A brake control unit configured to control a brake to a braked state in response to a brake position sensor having detected that a steering lever has been operated to a stop position and to a released state in response to the brake position sensor having detected that the steering lever has been operated from the stop position toward a travel operation pathway and a travel position sensor having detected that the steering lever is at a neutral position, at which the steering lever is placeable to stop travel.

A system and method for steering a machine. The system may comprise a controller configured to receive a steering command and determine a target angular turn rate for the body and a target turn direction for the body. The controller may be further configured to determine a steering mode based on a transmission output torque, the steering mode including Traction-steering, Assisted-steering or Implement-steering. When the steering mode is Assisted-steering, the controller is configured to steer the machine in the target turn direction and at the target angular turn rate by (a) moving an implement from a first position to a second position and (b) diverting or removing power from a first ground engaging traction member. When the steering mode is Implement-steering, the controller is configured to move the implement from a first position to a second position to steer the machine in the target turn direction and at the target angular turn rate without diverting or removing power from the first ground engaging traction member.

Disclosed embodiments include steering circuits utilizing a controllable cross-feed loop between left and right drive motor sides of an articulated power machine to reduce skidding caused by a turning operation in which an articulation actuator changes an articulation joint angle between a front frame member and a rear frame member of the power machine.

A tractor has hydraulically driven wheels at a cab end and castor wheels at an engine end. Each driven wheels is driven by a hydraulic motor with a continuous adjustment of the motor displacement, with the motor being driven by a pump also having continuous displacement. The motor displacement is controlled by an electronic controller in response to stroking of the speed control lever to manage the displacement to provide required drive torques at different points in the stroke. There is provided an automatic steering system having a guidance controller arranged to receive GPS position information which controls the steering by differentially adjusting the displacement of the motors so that the automatic steering is independent of the manual steering which controls the pumps.

A riding type vehicle has a driving source, a left wheel and a right wheel, a transmission configured to receive power from the driving source to independently operate and drive the left wheel and the right wheel with regard to a rotation direction and a rotation speed, and caster wheels separately provided in a front-rear direction with respect to the left wheel and the right wheel, the riding type vehicle including two first sensors arranged on both left and right sides more to a front side than a rear end of the vehicle, the two first sensors configured to detect an obstacle target located on a rear side, the obstacle target being a target becoming an obstacle at the time of reversing or turning.

A vehicle having a long track or wheel-trail wheel combination on one side and a smaller ground engaging member, such as a short track or wheel on the other. The vehicle has a work attachment on one end of its frame, which is provided clearance on the side of the vehicle with the short track or wheel. A control system is provided to allow an operator to properly control a direction of the vehicle despite the fact that different forces may be required to operate the long track and the short track or wheel.

A collinear relationship is satisfied in which rotation speeds of first to third rotation elements and rotation speeds of fourth to sixth rotation elements are arranged respectively in this sequence on a single straight line in a collinear diagram. The first and fourth rotation elements are connected with first and second power sources respectively. The second and fifth rotation elements are connected with first and second driven units respectively. The second and sixth rotation elements are connected with each other by a first connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later. The third and fifth rotation elements are connected with each other by a second connecting mechanism in a way that rotating directions thereof are the same, and rotation speed of the former is greater than that of the later.

A control lever of a working machine having a main operating frequency includes, a tube having a mass and a length extending from a first end to a second end. The tube defines a lumen extending from the second open end towards the first end of the tube. The control lever includes a rod having a predetermined mass and a length extending from a first end to a second end. The rod is fixed to the tube and is disposed in the lumen at a predetermined position with respect to the second end of the tube. In embodiments, the mass of the rod is determined based at least on the mass of the tube and the main operating frequency of the working machine, and the control lever has a natural frequency that is less than the main operating frequency of the working machine.

A utility vehicle such as a loader includes a drive control system that includes an electronic controller and a manually actuated drive command device, such as one or more joysticks. The electronic controller is configured to control the drive control system to supply propulsive power at a predetermined output that is lower than that which is commanded by the drive command device for so long as an output of the drive control system is beneath a designated threshold, maintaining vehicle speed lower than a commanded vehicle speed. The electronic controller is further configured to control the drive control system to ramp up the propulsive power supply toward that which is commanded by the drive command device when the output of the drive control system is above the designated threshold, causing the vehicle speed to approach a commanded vehicle speed. The vehicle may include a EH drive system such as a hydrostatic drive system.

Provided is a traveling vehicle which is configured to be manually operable and to be capable of being prevented from collision, and which can be assembled more easily. This traveling vehicle is provided with a traveling vehicle body on which a first control unit for controlling traveling is mounted, and an operation unit which enables the manual operation of the traveling vehicle body. The operation unit is provided with a housing having a connection section removably connected to the traveling vehicle body. The housing is integral with manual operation sections enabling an input of instructive information for traveling into the first control unit, and also with an obstacle sensor for detecting an obstacle present in the direction of movement of the vehicle body and transmitting the result of detection to the first control unit.