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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeya Izumikawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/435 (2013.01); E02F 9/2004 (2013.01); E02F 9/2033 (2013.01); E02F 9/262 (2013.01); E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 9/2228 (2013.01); E02F 9/2285 (2013.01); E02F 9/2292 (2013.01); E02F 9/2296 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shovel () according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower travelling body (), an upper pivot body () pivotably mounted to the lower travelling body (), an object detection device () provided to the upper pivot body (), and a controller () that brakes a drive unit of the shovel. The controller () is configured to, when the object detection device () detects an object, automatically brake the drive unit. The controller is configured to, upon determining that an operator has an intention to continue operation during execution of the braking, deactivate the braking.