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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Bradford Jay Holt, Edwards, IL (US);
John Andrew Yeoman, Dunlap, IL (US);
Michael Dan Strnad, Morton, IL (US);
Stephen Victor Lunzman, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Bradford Jay Holt, Edwards, IL (US);
John Andrew Yeoman, Dunlap, IL (US);
Michael Dan Strnad, Morton, IL (US);
Stephen Victor Lunzman, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for mitigating hop in a propelled machine is provided. A controller is operable to receive an aggressiveness command based on an operator input. A sensor is operable to measure a parameter indicative of hop and output a hop signal indicative of a magnitude of machine hop, based on the measurement. A manager is operable to reduce an aggressiveness indicated by the aggressiveness command in proportion to the indicated magnitude of machine hop.