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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ken Nishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/84 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/844 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A work machine includes a vehicle body including a travel device, a blade supported so as to be rotatable about a pitch axis with respect to the vehicle body, a pitch actuator configured to cause the blade to perform a pitch motion about the pitch axis, and a controller. The determines whether a slip occurs on the travel device during work with the blade, and causes the blade to perform the pitch motion in a backward tilt direction upon determining that the slip occurs.