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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Applicant:
David C. Atkinson, Dunlap, IL (US);
Inventor:
David C. Atkinson, Dunlap, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 3/36 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/2041 (2013.01); E02F 3/439 (2013.01); E02F 3/434 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A machine such as a wheel loader includes a frame and ground engaging propulsion elements coupled with the frame. A hydraulically actuated implement system of the machine includes a linkage and an implement and is adjustable from a starting configuration to a second configuration according to a substrate collision avoiding pattern. In the second configuration, the implement hovers above a substrate beneath the machine. Related methodology and control logic is also disclosed.