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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/84 (2006.01); E02F 3/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/844 (2013.01); E02F 3/7609 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a blade load is reduced from a value greater than or equal to a first set load value to a value less than the first set load value, a blade control device is configured to set a virtual designed surface to be closer to a blade than a designed surface is, and is configured to allow the blade to pivot above the virtual designed surface.