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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001

Filed:

Oct. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Shigeru Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;

Koji Okazawa, Hirakata, JP;

Satoru Morita, Hirakata, JP;

Assignee:

Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/102 ;
Abstract

The modulation characteristic (static characteristic or dynamic characteristic) of a clutch and a brake are changed according to various operating conditions of a vehicle such as a high load driving state, slope traveling state, low engine speed state, and high speed driving state, to enable optimum steering performance that matches each operating condition of the tracklaying vehicle.


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