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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Abraham Orbach, Naperville, IL (US);
William L Schubert, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Steven W Seymour, Plainfield, IL (US);
Donald D Carr, Valley City, ND (US);
Case Corporation, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A system or method for controlling the position of an implement coupled to a work vehicle. The implement is moveable by a hydraulic positioning assembly including an actuator and a valve assembly which control the flow of fluid to the actuator in response to control signals. The valve assembly includes raise and lower valves, each valve requiring a control signal equal to a threshold value before the valve opens and fluid begins to flow. The system includes a sensor to detect the position of the implement and a control circuit. In response to a change in a position command, the control circuit applies a control signal to the appropriate raise or lower valve based upon the respective threshold value. The control signal is generated by using a predetermined gain. When undesirable implement movement such as an overshoot condition is detected, the control circuit modifies the gain value. The modified gain value is used to generate subsequent control signals for actuating the implement.