Motor vehicles – Steering by driving – Combined with manual steering
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-07
2009-02-03
Winner, Tony H. (Department: 3611)
Motor vehicles
Steering by driving
Combined with manual steering
C180S006320, C180S006440
Reexamination Certificate
active
07484579
ABSTRACT:
A crawler tractor comprises steering mechanisms (44) (45) for rotating a machine body by causing right and left crawler belts (9) to move differentially. The tractor is characterized in that the steering mechanism (44) is connected to a drive system located behind a reverser mechanism (21) that moves the machine body forward and back. Even when the machine body movement direction is changed from forward to back, the direction of the steering wheel (18) and the direction of the rotation of the machine body are kept the same, so that a reversed steering phenomenon is prevented from occurring, and an appropriate operation in forward or back movement is enabled with a simple structure that does not require an additional mechanism such as a reverse-steering preventions mechanism.
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Akashima Susumu
Komatsu Masakazu
Jordan and Hamburg LLP
Winner Tony H.
Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd.
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