Steering system for a bulldozer

Details Steering system for a bulldozer Steering system for a bulldozer

1994-09-15

1996-04-02

Melius, Terry Lee

Earth working

Automatic power control

172 7, 36442407, 180 62, B62D 1108, F16D 6704

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055032320

ABSTRACT:
A steering system for a bulldozer, comprising a steering direction indicating device for indicating a lateral direction in which a vehicle body is to be steered, a dozing operation detector for judging by detection whether the bulldozer is in dozing operation, a steering controller for controlling the vehicle body to be steered in the lateral direction indicated by the steering direction indicating device when the dozing operation detector judges that the bulldozer is in dozing operation, by tilting a blade in the indicated lateral direction in order to impose offset load on the vehicle body, and by causing a difference between the relative travel speeds of right and left crawler belts attached to the vehicle body at least when light load occurs in the dozing operation.

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patent: 5325933 (1994-07-01), Matsushita

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