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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Imaizumi, Mooka, JP;
Minoru Wada, Mooka, JP;
Assignee:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01); E02F 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/2029 (2013.01); E02F 3/283 (2013.01); E02F 3/431 (2013.01); E02F 9/2203 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A work vehicle includes: a body; a boom which is supported by the body and is turned; a bucket which is supported by a side of the boom opposite to a side of the body and is turned; a boom driving part which turns the boom; a bucket driving part which turns the bucket; a lifting force detector which detects lifting force as force that the boom driving part receives from the boom; and a control device which starts a tilt operation of the bucket when a predetermined condition is established, and ends the tilt operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force from a time when the tilt operation is started.