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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Clark Equipment Company, West Fargo, ND (US);
Brady J. Bertsch, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Jason L. Magnuson, Fargo, ND (US);
Christopher L. Young, Fargo, ND (US);
John M. Hoaby, Lisbon, ND (US);
Charles P. Hoaby, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Clark Equipment Company, West Fargo, ND (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include power machines that provide an electronic tag along mode of operation. A control system is coupled to and selectively provides power to the left and right side tractive elements from the power source. First and second user input devices each provide an actuation signal indicative of manipulation between a neutral state and a forward state. An electronic tag-along input device provides a tag-along activation signal. When each of the first and second user input devices are in the forward state and the electronic tag-along input device provides a tag-along activation signal, a controller maintains power to the left and right side tractive elements when one of the first and second user input devices is in the forward state and the other of the first and second user input devices is the forward or neutral state.