Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor grader
- Patent Title (中): 自动平地机
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Application No.: US14363517Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US09334628B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Tomonao Nagamura , Tetsuya Morimoto , Michihiro Aida
- Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-011085 20120123
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/083213 WO 20121221
- International Announcement: WO2013/111486 WO 20130801
- Main IPC: B60K31/00
- IPC: B60K31/00 ; E02F9/22 ; B60W10/02 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/11 ; E02F3/84 ; E02F9/20 ; F16H61/00 ; B60W10/04 ; B60W30/14 ; F16H61/02 ; F16H63/50 ; E02F3/76 ; F02D29/04 ; F02D29/02

Abstract:
A motor grader is provided with an engine, front and rear travel wheels, a transmission, a work implement, a control unit, and a vehicle speed adjusting knob. The transmission has hydraulic clutches for switching between forward and reverse travel and for switching between speed stages. The transmission changes the speed of power from the engine, and transmits the power to either the front travel wheels and/or to the rear travel wheels. The work implement includes a blade for grading. During travel at a forward first speed, the control unit causes one of the hydraulic clutches of the transmission to operate as a braking clutch such that the motor grader travels at a very low speed. The vehicle speed adjusting knob is a member for setting the vehicle speed during very low-speed travel to an arbitrary speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140345890A1 MOTOR GRADER Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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