Track drive mode management system and methods
AssigneeCamso Inc.
InventorsAlain Lussier, Francois Leblanc, Patrice Boily
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Abstract
A method for managing a drive mode of a tracked vehicle, comprising the step of reading an output of a sensor and in response to the output of the sensor performing a control action to manage the drive mode of the vehicle.
Claims19
A track system for traction of a vehicle on a ground, the track system comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- and
- a track disposed around the wheels and configured to move about the wheels, the track being elastomeric and comprising a ground-engaging outer surface configured to engage the ground, an inner surface opposite to the ground-engaging outer surface and a plurality of projections projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface and the inner surface,
- wherein the track comprises a sensor, wherein at least part of the sensor is located in a cavity of a given one of the projections, wherein the plurality of wheels comprises a drive sprocket engaging the track via pins, and wherein the sensor has a sensing part adjacent a face of said given one of the projections engageable with at least one of the pins of the drive sprocket.
An apparatus for use in respect of a vehicle comprising a track system for traction of the vehicle on a ground, the track system comprising a plurality of wheels and a track that is disposed around the wheels and configured to move about the wheels, the track being elastomeric and comprising a ground-engaging outer surface configured to engage the ground, an inner surface opposite to the ground-engaging outer surface and a plurality of projections projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface and the inner surface,
- wherein the track comprises a sensor, wherein at least part of the sensor is located in a cavity of a given one of the projections, wherein the plurality of wheels comprises a drive sprocket engaging the track via pins, and wherein the sensor has a sensing part adjacent a face of said given one of the projections engageable with at least one of the pins of the drive sprocket, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver to receive a signal output by the sensor;
- and
- a processing device configured to perform an action based on the signal output by the sensor.
A track system for traction of a vehicle on a ground, the track system comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- and
- a track disposed around the wheels and configured to move about the wheels, the track being elastomeric and comprising a ground-engaging outer surface configured to engage the ground, an inner surface opposite to the ground-engaging outer surface and a plurality of projections projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface and the inner surface,
- wherein the track system comprises a sensor configured generate a signal processable by a processing apparatus to convey information to a user, wherein at least part of the sensor is located in a cavity of a given one of the projections, and wherein the plurality of wheels comprises a drive sprocket engaging the track via pins, and wherein the sensor has a sensing part adjacent a face of said given one of the projections engageable with at least one of the pins of the drive sprocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.