IP Library Granted Patent US 10,557,249
Granted Patent B2
US 10,557,249 · App. 15/563,966 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Wheel loader

Inventor: Hideki Tsuji (Komatsu, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,557,249
App. No.
15/563,966
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wheel loader includes a work implement, an obtaining unit, and a control unit. The work implement includes a bucket. The obtaining unit obtains soil property information on a soil property of an excavation object. The control unit controls an operation to excavate the excavation object with the bucket of the work implement based on the soil property information obtained by the obtaining unit.

Claims (35)

1. A wheel loader comprising:

a work implement including a boom rotatably supported by a vehicular body and a bucket rotatably supported by the boom;

a pair of left and right front wheels and a pair of left and right rear wheels attached to the vehicular body;

an obtaining unit which obtains soil property information on a soil property of an excavation object; and

a control unit which controls an operation to excavate the excavation object with the bucket of the work implement by determining a trace of the bucket based on the soil property information obtained by the obtaining unit and moving based on the trace, the bucket into the excavation object in a forward moving direction of the wheel loader.

2. The wheel loader according to claim 1 , wherein

the soil property information is obtained from image pick-up data.

3. The wheel loader according to claim 2 , the wheel loader comprising a camera which obtains the image pick-up data.

4. The wheel loader according to claim 1 , wherein

the obtaining unit obtains moisture information representing an amount of moisture contained in the excavation object, and

the control unit controls the operation to excavate the excavation object based on the obtained moisture information.

5. The wheel loader according to claim 1 , wherein

the obtaining unit obtains grain size information representing a grain size of soil of the excavation object, and

the control unit controls the operation to excavate the excavation object based on the obtained grain size information.

6. The wheel loader according to claim 1 , the wheel loader further comprising a display, wherein

the control unit has the display show operation guidance for the operation to excavate the excavation object with the bucket of the work implement based on the soil property information obtained by the obtaining unit.

7. The wheel loader according to claim 1 , wherein

the obtaining unit further obtains form information on a form of the bucket, and

the control unit controls an excavation operation with the bucket of the work implement based on the soil property information and the form information obtained by the obtaining unit.

8. The wheel loader according to claim 7 , the wheel loader further comprising a sensor which obtains outer geometry data of the bucket, wherein

the obtaining unit obtains the form information on the form of the bucket based on the outer geometry data from the sensor.

9. The wheel loader according to claim 1 , the wheel loader further comprising a load calculation unit which calculates a load imposed on the bucket by excavation of the excavation object, wherein

the control unit controls the operation to excavate the excavation object with the bucket of the work implement based on the soil property information obtained by the obtaining unit and a result of calculation by the load calculation unit.

10. The wheel loader according to claim 9 , wherein

the load calculation unit calculates the load imposed by excavation based on an amount of strain of an attachment pin of the bucket or a pressure of a cylinder of the work implement.

11. A wheel loader comprising:

a work implement including a boom rotatably supported by a vehicular body and a bucket rotatably supported by the boom;

a pair of left and right front wheels and a pair of left and right rear wheels attached to the vehicular body;

an obtaining unit which obtains form information on a form of the bucket; and

a control unit which controls an operation to excavate the excavation object with the bucket of the work implement by determining a trace of the bucket based on the form information obtained by the obtaining unit and moving based on the trace, the bucket into the excavation object in a forward moving direction of the wheel loader.

12. A wheel loader comprising:

a work implement including a boom rotatably supported by a vehicular body and a bucket rotatably supported by the boom;

a pair of left and right front wheels and a pair of left and right rear wheels attached to the vehicular body;

a load calculation unit which calculates a load imposed on the bucket by excavation of an excavation object; and

a control unit which controls an operation to excavate the excavation object with the bucket of the work implement by determining a trace of the bucket based on the load calculated by the load calculation unit and moving based on the trace, the bucket into the excavation object in a forward moving direction of the wheel loader.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2017
From: TSUJI, HIDEKI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 043764/0386 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-164480 · Aug 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180135273A1 · May 17, 2018
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