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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOMATSU LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/36 (2006.01); E02F 3/40 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); G01C 15/12 (2006.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01); E02F 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/3681 (2013.01); E02F 3/40 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01); G01C 15/12 (2013.01); G01S 19/45 (2013.01); E02F 3/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hydraulic excavator is equipped with a bucket, a tilt cylinder, a fourth stroke sensor, and a bucket information computing unit. The bucket is able to rotate about the center of a tilt axis. The tilt cylinder causes the bucket to rotate about the center of the tilt axis. The fourth stroke sensor detects a stroke length of the tilt cylinder. The bucket information computing unit obtains a tilt angle of the bucket on the basis of the stroke length detected by the fourth stroke sensor.