IP Library Granted Patent US 9,809,948
Granted Patent B2
US 9,809,948 · App. 14/385,603 · Granted Nov 7, 2017

Work vehicle control method, work vehicle control device, and work vehicle

Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi (Mooka, JP); Minoru Wada (Mooka, JP); Yoshiaki Saito (Kawaguchi, JP)
Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,809,948
App. No.
14/385,603
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In controlling a work vehicle including a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn, and a bucket supported by a side, away from the vehicle body, of the boom and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom, and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches a stop position on the dump side based on the posture of the boom and the posture of the bucket, are obtained, and an operation amount of the actuator for causing the bucket to tilt is changed based on the operation amount for raising the boom or the rising speed of the boom to thereby cause the bucket to tilt according to the operable amount.

Claims (13)

1. A method to control a work vehicle, having a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn; and a bucket supported by a side of the boom and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, the method comprising:

obtaining an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches a stop position on a dump side, the operable amount being obtained based on a posture of the boom and a posture of the bucket; and

causing the bucket to perform tilting by operating the actuator from a position where the operable amount is large such that the operable amount becomes larger as the operation amount for raising the boom is larger or the rising speed of the boom is higher.

2. The method to control a work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

in a case where the boom is raised and a device for operating the bucket is in a neutral state, causing the bucket to perform tilting according to the operable amount.

3. A work vehicle including a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn; a bucket supported by a side of the boom, and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, and a work vehicle control device that controls the actuator, wherein

the work vehicle control device obtains an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom, and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches a stop position on a dump side, the operable amount being obtained based on a posture of the boom and a posture of the bucket, and

the work vehicle control device causes the bucket to perform tilting by operating the actuator from a position where the operable amount is large such that the operable amount becomes larger as the operation amount for raising the boom is larger or the rising speed of the boom is higher.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein in a case where the boom is raised and a device for operating the bucket is in a neutral state, the work vehicle control device causes the bucket to perform tilting according to the operable amount.

5. A work vehicle comprising:

a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn;

a bucket supported by a side, away from the vehicle body, of the boom, and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator; and

the work vehicle control device according to claim 3 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2014
From: IMAIZUMI, MASAAKI; WADA, MINORU; SAITO, YOSHIAKI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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