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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Nobumasa Takamatsu, Oyama, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A working vehicle including a power transmission system capable of surely preventing a slip is provided. For this purpose, the working vehicle is a working vehicle having a modulating clutch ( ) which flexibly changes traveling power transmitted from an engine ( ) to a torque converter ( ), and a controller ( ) which controls a degree of engagement of the modulating clutch ( ), characterized by including rotational frequency detectors ( ) which detect the rotational frequencies of right and left driving wheels ( ) of the vehicle, respectively, and characterized in that the controller ( ) controls the degree of engagement of the modulating clutch ( ) by detecting a sign of a wheel slip based on a difference in the rotational frequency between the right and left driving wheels ( ) detected by the rotational frequency detectors ( ), to prevent a slip.