Patent classifications
E02F3/42
CONTROL OF A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
A hydraulic system may include a first actuator to control a first linkage member, a second actuator to control a second linkage member, a first primary hydraulic circuit and a first secondary hydraulic circuit that include the first actuator, a second primary hydraulic circuit and a second secondary hydraulic circuit that include the second actuator, a first pump to cause fluid to flow through the first primary hydraulic circuit and the second secondary hydraulic circuit, a second pump to cause fluid to flow through the second primary hydraulic circuit and the first secondary hydraulic circuit, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine that an operator assistance mode is enabled, and cause closing of a first valve that controls fluid flow through the first secondary hydraulic circuit and a second valve that controls fluid flow through the second secondary hydraulic circuit.
System and method for bucket agitation during automated payload tip-off
A wheel loader machine includes a bucket configured to hold a predetermined load of a granular or powder material, a hydraulic system having an electro-hydraulic actuator to move the bucket over tilt angles and to shake the bucket, a hydraulic sensor configured to detect hydraulic pressure, an interface configured to receive input parameters and to output status information of the bucket, and a controller. The input parameters including a target weight of the granular or powder material. The status information including weight of the granular or powder material in the bucket determined using the detected hydraulic pressure. The controller configured to control the hydraulic system to tilt the bucket to a predetermined tilt angle and to shake the bucket in accordance with an agitation pattern until the weight of the granular or powder in the bucket is at or below the target weight of the granular or powder material.
System and method for bucket agitation during automated payload tip-off
A wheel loader machine includes a bucket configured to hold a predetermined load of a granular or powder material, a hydraulic system having an electro-hydraulic actuator to move the bucket over tilt angles and to shake the bucket, a hydraulic sensor configured to detect hydraulic pressure, an interface configured to receive input parameters and to output status information of the bucket, and a controller. The input parameters including a target weight of the granular or powder material. The status information including weight of the granular or powder material in the bucket determined using the detected hydraulic pressure. The controller configured to control the hydraulic system to tilt the bucket to a predetermined tilt angle and to shake the bucket in accordance with an agitation pattern until the weight of the granular or powder in the bucket is at or below the target weight of the granular or powder material.
WORK VEHICLE
A work vehicle includes an arm cylinder configured to raise an arm assembly. A front plate is attached to a vehicle body frame in front of the arm cylinder. A back plate is attached to the vehicle body frame in back of the arm cylinder. A side plate is attached to the front plate and the back plate opposite to the vehicle body frame with respect to the arm cylinder. A bottom plate is attached to the vehicle body frame and the side frame below the arm cylinder. The front plate extends in a reference direction in which the arm cylinder is directed when a work equipment attached to the arm assembly is grounded. The bottom plate includes a downward extending portion extending in the reference direction. The downward extending portion, the front plate, the side plate, and the vehicle body frame define an opening below the arm cylinder.
Hydraulic system for working machine and control method of the hydraulic system
A hydraulic system includes: a boom cylinder to move a boom; a working tool cylinder to move a working tool attached to the boom; a boom control valve to control the boom cylinder; a working tool control valve to control the working tool cylinder; a horizontal control valve having: an activating position to allow a horizontalizing operation of the working tool; and a stopping position to stop the horizontalizing operation; and a controller device having: a first information obtaining portion to obtain permission and non-permission to the horizontalizing operation; a second information obtaining portion to obtain at least one of upward operation and upward movement of the boom; and a horizontal controller to set the horizontal control valve to the stopping position when the first information obtaining portion obtains the non-permission and the second information obtaining portion obtains one of the upward operation and the upward movement.
Utility loader with high lift loader arms and unifying hand grip for dual traction control levers
A compact utility loader is operated by a standing operator at the rear of a frame. A loader arm assembly comprises a scissors linkage on either side of the frame nesting around the prime mover. Each scissors linkage has an upper loader arm that is pivoted at its rear end to rears ends of a pair of lower loader arms such that the pivot connections to the upper loader arm move upwardly and forwardly relative to the frame during elevation of the loader arm assembly to provide a high lift capability. The frame is self-propelled by a differential drive and steering system that is operated by dual levers. A hand grip extends between and unifies the operation of the levers to permit the operator to more easily move the levers in the ways that are needed to provide either straight motion of the frame or turns of the frame.
SKID STEER LOADER
A skid steer loader includes a chassis frame, a cab, a main beam, and a bucket. The chassis frame is assembled with a walking system to form a movable chassis of the skid steer loader, and a power system of the skid steer loader is assembled to a tail portion of the chassis frame. The cab is arranged on a front portion of the chassis frame in an. overturning manner, and the cab is horizontally placed on the chassis frame when a telescopic support rod is in a retracted state and overturns forward when the telescopic support rod is in an extended state. A tail end of the main beam is movably hinged to the tail portion of the chassis frame by a four-bar linkage mechanism, the bucket is assembled to a front end of the main beam.
SKID STEER LOADER
A skid steer loader includes a chassis frame, a cab, a main beam, and a bucket. The chassis frame is assembled with a walking system to form a movable chassis of the skid steer loader, and a power system of the skid steer loader is assembled to a tail portion of the chassis frame. The cab is arranged on a front portion of the chassis frame in an. overturning manner, and the cab is horizontally placed on the chassis frame when a telescopic support rod is in a retracted state and overturns forward when the telescopic support rod is in an extended state. A tail end of the main beam is movably hinged to the tail portion of the chassis frame by a four-bar linkage mechanism, the bucket is assembled to a front end of the main beam.
Excavator and method of controlling the same
An attachment is attached to an upper turning body. During a normal operation, a drive means drives the attachment according to an input of an operator to a manipulation device. A sensor detects a motion of an excavator. Based on an output of the sensor, the slip suppression unit detects slip of a traveling body in an extension direction of the attachment and corrects an operation of the attachment performed by the drive means.
ROTARY CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
A confluence control part of a slewing-type construction machine controls a confluence switch valve such that the confluence switch valve is switched to a suspension state when a slewing and boom raising manipulation action is performed. A pump capacity control part of the slewing-type construction machine executes a capacity control when the slewing and boom raising manipulation action is performed, the capacity control including regulating a first pump capacity and a second pump capacity respectively in such a manner that the first pump capacity increases and the second pump capacity decreases as an operating pressure difference resulting from the subtraction of a slewing operating pressure from a boom operating pressure increases, and the first pump capacity decreases and the second pump capacity increases as the operating pressure difference decreases.