IP Library Granted Patent US 10,926,795
Granted Patent B2
US 10,926,795 · App. 16/076,653 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Work vehicle

Inventor: Keisuke Iwamura (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,926,795
App. No.
16/076,653
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle including: an engine mounted on a traveling body; a straight-traveling system transmission path including a first stepless transmission device; and a turning system transmission path including a second stepless transmission device. The work vehicle combines an output of the straight-traveling system transmission path and an output of the turning system transmission path to drive left and right traveling units. The work vehicle further includes: control sections that control the output of the straight-traveling system transmission path and the output of the turning system transmission path in cooperation with each other; and a driving force blocking mechanism that blocks a driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path. When the driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path is blocked by the driving force blocking mechanism, the mutually reverse rotation operations of the left and right traveling units is inhibited.

Claims (19)

1. A work vehicle comprising:

an engine that is mounted on a traveling body;

a straight-traveling system transmission path including a first stepless transmission device; and

a turning system transmission path including a second stepless transmission device,

the work vehicle being configured to combine an output of the straight-traveling system transmission path and an output of the turning system transmission path to drive left and right traveling units and comprising:

a control section configured to control the output of the straight-traveling system transmission path and the output of the turning system transmission path in cooperation with each other; and

a driving force blocking mechanism configured to block a driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path, wherein

in a case where the driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path is blocked by the driving force blocking mechanism, the control section restricts the output of the turning system transmission path to inhibit mutually reverse rotation operations of the left and right traveling units.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transmission operation tool configured to specify the output of the straight-traveling system transmission path; and

a detector configured to detect the output of the straight-traveling system transmission path, wherein

the control section selects one of an instruction value from the transmission operation tool and an actually measured value from the detector and sets the output of the turning system transmission path, and in a case where the driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path is blocked by the driving force blocking mechanism, the control section sets the output of the turning system transmission path based on the actually measured value from the detector.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where the driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path is blocked by the driving force blocking mechanism, when the control section recognizes that a traveling direction of one travel unit of the left and right traveling units is opposite to a traveling direction of the traveling body, the control section restricts a coefficient to multiply the actually measured value from the detector to thereby restrict the output of the turning system transmission path.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a steering wheel that is rotatable by an operation, wherein

in a case where the driving force transfer from the straight-traveling system transmission path is blocked by the driving force blocking mechanism, when a steering angle of the steering wheel exceeds a predetermined angle, the control section restricts a coefficient to multiply the actually measured value from the detector to thereby restrict the output from the turning system transmission path.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the control section includes a first control section configured to control the output of the straight-traveling system transmission path and a second control section configured to control the output of the turning system transmission path, and

the second control section receives the output of the straight-traveling system transmission path set in the first control section to thereby set the output of the turning system transmission path.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 28, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053068/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2018
From: IWAMURA, KEISUKE
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046589/0828 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-022543 · Feb 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190047620A1 · Feb 14, 2019
Cited By (1)
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