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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kondou, Hitachinaka, JP;
Ryuuen Kou, Hiratsuka, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A work vehicle including a transmission that transmits power of an engine to wheels at a plurality of different transmission gear ratios, the work vehicle traveling while maintaining a targeted speed by controlling a degree of opening of an accelerator, brakes, and the transmission, wherein the work vehicle includes a controller which inhibits change in the transmission gear ratio of the transmission when the transmission shifts up before lapse of a first predetermined time after the transmission shifts down while the vehicle is running downhill and then before a second predetermined time elapses, the transmission shifts down while the vehicle is running downhill.