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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/205 (2013.01); E02F 9/22 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (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 includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, traveling hydraulic motors as traveling actuators for driving the lower traveling body, and a controller as a control device provided in the upper turning body. The controller is configured to determine a front and rear of a traveling direction in accordance with a direction of the upper turning body and to perform travel control such that the rear of the upper turning body is positioned forward in the traveling direction.