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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B62D 11/08 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/196 (2012.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 11/08 (2013.01); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/196 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 2050/021 (2013.01); B60W 2300/17 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); E02F 9/2066 (2013.01); E02F 9/226 (2013.01); E02F 9/26 (2013.01); E02F 9/268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bulldozer is provided with left and right steering brakes that brake the rotations of left and right drive wheels, and a control unit for hydraulically controlling the braking state of the respective left and right steering brakes. The control unit executes protection processing on the left steering brake or the right steering brake when a state of the degree of engagement of the left steering brake or the right steering brake being within a predetermined range and the vehicle speed being equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed continues for a predetermined time.