Hydraulic systems for mobile machines and associated methods
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsNicholas J. Argenziano, Jason W. Muir, Jacob M. Saari
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AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsNicholas J. Argenziano, Jason W. Muir, Jacob M. Saari
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A mobile machine including: a frame; at least left and right propulsion devices on left and right sides of the mobile machine; and a hydraulic system including: a left hydraulic cylinder configured to adjust a distance between the frame and the left propulsion device, and having a rod end and a blind end; a right hydraulic cylinder configured to adjust a distance between the frame and the right propulsion device, and having a rod end and a blind end; a first valve set movable between positions permitting and preventing flow of hydraulic fluid between the rod ends of the left and hydraulic cylinders; and a second valve set movable between positions permitting and preventing the flow of the hydraulic fluid between the blind ends of the left and right hydraulic cylinders.
A mobile machine, comprising:
A hydraulic system for a road reclaimer, the hydraulic system comprising:
A method of operating a mobile machine including a left rear propulsion device on a left side of the mobile machine, a right rear propulsion device on a right side of the mobile machine, and a hydraulic system including a left rear hydraulic cylinder having a rod end and a blind end and configured to adjust a height of the left rear propulsion device, a right rear hydraulic cylinder having a rod end and a blind end and configured to adjust a height of the right rear propulsion device, a first valve set between the rod end of the left rear hydraulic cylinder and the rod end of the right rear hydraulic cylinder, and a second valve set between the blind end of the left rear hydraulic cylinder and the blind end of the right rear hydraulic cylinder, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.