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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Christopher Wynkoop, Eureka, IL (US);
David Pavlik, Peoria, IL (US);
Nicholas Dodge, Raleigh, NC (US);
F. Walter Duren, Apex, NC (US);
Andrew Saxsma, Morton, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A control system for a machine with a rotatable operator station includes sensors to produce data indicative of suitability and unsuitability of the machine for initiating and completing adjustment, respectively, between a first control configuration where the operator station is at a first orientation and a second control configuration where the operator station is at a second orientation. A control device in the control system transitions the control system between a locking state for inhibiting rotation of the operator station and an unlocking state for permitting rotation, based on the suitability data and the unsuitability data.