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US 12,091,832 B2Granted
System and method of tilting a track loader bucket to achieve desired cross slope
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorJason Stephen Knowles
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Abstract
A track-type loader machine includes a main frame, laterally spaced track roller frames, an equalizer bar pivotally mounted to the main frame and attached to the roller frames, a work implement movably connected to the main frame by a plurality of linkages, and at least one cross-slope actuator which connects one of the roller frames to the main frame. The at least one cross-slope actuator is configured to tilt the work implement and the plurality of linkages in conjunction with the main frame relative to a pivoting axis of the equalizer bar.
Claims15
A track-type loader machine, comprising:
- a main frame;
- a plurality of track roller frames respectively disposed on either side of the main frame;
- an equalizer bar pivotally mounted to the main frame and attached to the plurality of track roller frames;
- a work implement movably connected to the main frame by a plurality of linkages;
- and
- at least one cross-slope actuator which connects one of the plurality of track roller frames to the main frame,
- wherein the at least one cross-slope actuator is configured to tilt the work implement and the plurality of linkages together with tilting of the main frame in a width direction of the track-type loader machine relative to a pivoting axis of the equalizer bar, and
- wherein the work implement is tiltable in the width direction of the track-type loader machine relative to the plurality of track roller frames.
5 more elements
A track-type machine, comprising:
- a main frame;
- a plurality of track roller frames respectively on opposite sides of the main frame;
- an equalizer bar pivotally mounted to the main frame and attached to the plurality of track roller frames;
- a work implement movably connected to the main frame;
- and
- at least one cross-slope actuator which connects one of the plurality of track roller frames to the main frame,
- wherein the at least one cross-slope actuator is configured to tilt the work implement together with tilting of the main frame in a width direction of the track-type machine relative to the equalizer bar, and
- wherein the work implement is tiltable in the width direction of the track-type machine relative to the plurality of track roller frames.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.