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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Andy B. Appleton, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); F16H 61/0213 (2013.01); B60W 2510/30 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01); Y10T 477/631 (2015.01); Y10T 477/636 (2015.01);
Abstract
A tractor includes an engine, a transmission coupled to the engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine, at least one of a tractor implement, attachment, or control moved by the hydraulic pump, a sensor, and a controller coupled to the transmission. The controller is configured to downshift the transmission based on a signal from the sensor.