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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Philip Paull, Noblesville, IN (US);
Inventor:
Philip Paull, Noblesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 9/22 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 3/30 (2006.01); E02F 3/34 (2006.01); E02F 3/40 (2006.01); E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 9/08 (2006.01); E02F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 3/301 (2013.01); E02F 3/3417 (2013.01); E02F 3/401 (2013.01); E02F 3/433 (2013.01); E02F 3/434 (2013.01); E02F 3/436 (2013.01); E02F 3/437 (2013.01); E02F 9/0875 (2013.01); E02F 9/2228 (2013.01); E02F 9/2267 (2013.01); E02F 9/245 (2013.01); E02F 9/262 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a digging machine, including operationally connecting a sensor to a bucket, operationally connecting an electronic controller to the sensor and to each respective hydraulic cylinder, operationally connecting a valve system to the hydraulic cylinder and to the electronic controller, inputting a desired post excavation landscape contour into the electronic controller, inputting locations of underground objects into the electronic controller, automatically actuating a bucket hydraulic cylinder operationally connected to the bucket, and automatically controlling the bucket hydraulic cylinder to dig within predetermined parameters.