Patent classifications
E02F3/432
Electrohydraulic implement control system and method
A work machine includes a mainframe, a boom moveable relative to the mainframe, a work implement coupled to and moveable relative to the boom. The work machine further includes a work-implement operator control configured to transmit a signal indicative of a work-implement movement command, a boom operator control configured to transmit a signal indicative of a boom movement command, and a boom sensor configured to detect a movement of the boom and transmit a signal indicative of the detected movement of the boom. The work implement further includes a controller configured to receive signals from the work-implement operator control, the boom operator control, and the boom sensor. The controller is further configured transmit a signal to cause movement the work implement relative to the boom based on the detected movement of the boom and the work-implement movement command.
SELF-LEVELING LIFT ARM ASSEMBLY FOR POWER MACHINES
A lift arm assembly for a power machine can include a lift arm, an implement carrier, a lift cylinder that raises or lowers the lift arm, a leveling link, a tilt cylinder that causes the implement carrier to pivot relative to the lift arm, and an isolated hydraulic circuit. The isolated hydraulic circuit can include a follower cylinder that is mechanically synchronized with the lift cylinder, a leveling cylinder that can be pivotally secured to the leveling link and to the lift arm, a first conduit that can provide hydraulic flow between base ends of the follower and leveling cylinders, and a second conduit that can provide hydraulic flow between rod ends of the follower and leveling cylinders. Movement of the follower and leveling cylinders can be hydraulically synchronized by flow through the first and second conduits.
Hydraulic system for working machine
A hydraulic system includes a first supply line connecting a boom control valve and a bottom side of a boom cylinder, a second supply line connecting the boom control valve and a rod side of the boom cylinder, a leveling switch valve having: a first operating position allowing a leveling operation of a working tool; and a first stopping position allowing the leveling operation to stop, a ride controller including: a ride-control switch valve connected to a branched fluid line branched from the first supply line; and an accumulator configured to perform an anti-vibrating operation for suppressing a pressure fluctuation of the boom cylinder, and a drain fluid line to discharge operation fluid in a downstream section extending from the leveling switch valve to the rod side of the boom cylinder in the second supply line when the leveling switch valve is switched to the first stopping position.
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY DETERMINING PAYLOAD TRANSFER
Systems, methods, and apparatuses can accurately determine proper payload transfer from a working implement of a working machine. Such systems, methods, and apparatuses can identify occurrence of a payload discharge event for the working implement; determine whether a position of the working implement at a time of the identification of the occurrence of the payload discharge event is in a preset working area or a preset discharge area; omit the payload discharge event from registration for a tally of discharge material payload amount under a first case where the position of the working implement is determined to be in the working area; and register the payload discharge event for the tally under a second case where the position of the work implement is determined to be in the discharge area. The tally of the discharge material payload amount may be increased by a load amount associated with the load discharge event.
WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE
A wheel loader includes a vehicle body, a work implement, a bucket-to-ground angle detection section, and a control section. The work implement operates with respect to the vehicle body and includes a bucket or a fork. The bucket-to-ground angle detection section detects information on a tilt angle of the bucket or the fork with respect to a gravity direction. The control section controls the tilt angle of the bucket or the fork with respect to the gravity direction based on a detection value of the bucket-to-ground angle detection section.
LIFT ARM ARRANGEMENTS FOR POWER MACHINES
A lift arm structure for a power machine with a frame can include a lift arm and an electrical lift actuator. The lift arm can be configured to be movably secured to the frame to extend along a lateral side of the frame. The electrical lift actuator can be secured to the lift arm within a pocket defined by the lift arm and can be configured to extend and retract between the lift arm and the frame of the power machine to raise and lower the lift arm.
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TILTING A TRACK LOADER BUCKET TO ACHIEVE DESIRED CROSS SLOPE
A track-type loader machine includes a main frame, laterally spaced track roller frames, an equalizer bar pivotally mounted to the main frame and attached to the roller frames, a work implement movably connected to the main frame by a plurality of linkages, and at least one cross-slope actuator which connects one of the roller frames to the main frame. The at least one cross-slope actuator is configured to tilt the work implement and the plurality of linkages in conjunction with the main frame relative to a pivoting axis of the equalizer bar.
WORK VEHICLE
Provided is a work vehicle capable of preventing spillage of load materials from a bucket, even without adjusting an angle of the bucket in a scene where a traveling state is switched from a flat ground traveling to an inclined ground traveling. In a wheel loader 1 comprising a bucket 21 provided on the front of a vehicle body to scoop and discharge a work object, an inclination sensor 33 for detecting an inclination angle θ of the vehicle body is provided, and the controller 6 is configured to, in the case where a height position of the bucket 21 is higher than a predetermined height and it is determined that the vehicle body is in a state of being inclined rearward, activate a bucket cylinder 22 to a side for causing the bucket 21 to dump and correct an angle of the bucket 21.
OPTIMIZING BLADE ENGAGEMENT DEPTH USING ENGINE LOAD DATA
A control device receives, from an engine load sensor device, a value of an engine load of an engine of an equipment operating in an operating environment. The control device compares the value of the engine load to a target engine load range defined by a minimum target engine load value and a maximum target engine load value. Responsive to determining that the value of the engine load is less than the minimum target engine load value, the control device lowers a cutting blade of the equipment to increase an engagement of the cutting blade with a surface or subsurface. Responsive to determining that the engine load is greater than the maximum target engine load value, the control device raises the cutting blade of the equipment to decrease the engagement of the cutting blade with the surface or subsurface.
Work vehicle control method, work vehicle control device, and work vehicle
In controlling a work vehicle including a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn, and a bucket supported by a side, away from the vehicle body, of the boom and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom, and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches a stop position on the dump side based on the posture of the boom and the posture of the bucket, are obtained, and an operation amount of the actuator for causing the bucket to tilt is changed based on the operation amount for raising the boom or the rising speed of the boom to thereby cause the bucket to tilt according to the operable amount.