Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.

Pavel Stanislavovich Yanchelik

Ivan Giovanni Di Federico

Alexey Vladislavovich Zhdanov

Alexey Andreevich Kosarev

Stanislav Georgievich Saul

Alexandr Anatolyevich Agafonov

Arseny Alexeevich Chugunkin

Anton Sergeevich Tumanov

Georgievich Saul Stanislav

A quick mount adapter for mounting and fixing mountable devices, such as surveying equipment, on a support apparatus, such as a tripod or pole. The quick mount adapter allows a mountable device to be quickly and easily mounted on a support apparatus without the need for screwing the mountable device onto the support apparatus with a threaded joint.

Quick mount adapter

Dozers outfitted with manual or electric valves can be retrofitted with a control system for automatically controlling the elevation and orientation of the blade. No modification of the existing hydraulic drive system or existing hydraulic control system is needed. An arm is operably coupled to the existing joystick, whose translation controls the elevation and orientation of the blade. The arm is driven by an electrical motor assembly. Measurement units mounted on the dozer body or blade provide measurements corresponding to the elevation or orientation of the blade. A computational system receives the measurements, compares them to target reference values, and generates control signals. Drivers convert the control signals to electrical drive signals. In response to the electrical drive signals, the electrical motor assembly translates the arm, which, in turn, translates the joystick. If necessary, an operator can override the automatic control system by manually operating the joystick.

Automatic control of a joystick for dozer blade control

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Moskovskaya oblast, Russia

Pavel Stanislavovich Yanchelik