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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Shane Okeson, Detroit Lakes, MN (US);
Dave Osterman, Detroit Lakes, MN (US);
Shane Okeson, Detroit Lakes, MN (US);
Dave Osterman, Detroit Lakes, MN (US);
TEAM Industries, Inc., Audubon, MN (US);
Abstract
Controller for an all terrain or utility vehicle for automatically raising and lowering an implement to a pre-selected position using an electric winch. The winch is turned for a predetermined time during with the winch is turned, and based on the selected lowered position and the predetermined time the winch may be raised to the same height, denoting a raised position. Based on that predetermined time, a second predetermined time may be determined to run the winch in the opposite direction, with the time corresponding to the amount of time required the snow plow to the selected lowered position. The time to lower the plow may tend to be less than the time required to raise the plow due to the effect of gravity. The controller may raise or lower the plow after the transmission has been set from neutral to reverse or forward, respectively.