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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2007
John Andrew Yeoman, Dunlap, IL (US);
Michael Dan Strnad, Metamora, IL (US);
Kevin Lynn Claytor, Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Stephen Victor Lunzman, Chillicothe, IL (US);
John Andrew Yeoman, Dunlap, IL (US);
Michael Dan Strnad, Metamora, IL (US);
Kevin Lynn Claytor, Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Stephen Victor Lunzman, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling the speed of a right front wheel and a left front wheel on a work machine includes receiving a speed command based at least partially on an operator input and monitoring at least one wheel steering angle of at least one front wheel. A first front wheel speed command may be determined based at least partially on the at least one wheel steering angle. In addition, a second front wheel speed command may be determined based at least partially on the at least one wheel steering angle. The first front wheel speed command and the second front wheel speed command may be output to independently control the speed of the right and the left front wheels.