Crawler vehicle and method for managing the operation of said crawler vehicle
AssigneePrinoth S.P.A.
InventorsAndreas Muigg, Martin Kirchmair
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Abstract
A crawler vehicle has a frame; a first energy storage assembly configured to be removed from the crawler vehicle and to be replaced by a further first energy storage assembly; a propulsion system configured to be powered by the first energy storage assembly; a connection interface configured to selectively and relatively quickly connect/disconnect the first energy storage assembly to/from the propulsion system; a first motorized track and a second motorized track; and a transmission assembly configured to transmit power from the propulsion system to the first and to the second track.
Claims14
A crawler vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a first energy storage assembly configured to be removed from the crawler vehicle and to be replaced with a further first energy storage assembly;
- a propulsion system configured to be powered by the first energy storage assembly;
- a connection interface configured to selectively connect the first energy storage assembly to the propulsion system and selectively disconnect the first energy storage assembly from the propulsion system;
- a position sensor assembly configured to detect a relative position of the connection interface with respect to a replacement device of the first energy storage assembly;
- a first motorized track;
- a second motorized track;
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- a transmission assembly configured to transmit power from the propulsion system to the first motorized track and to the second motorized track.
A method for managing an operation of a crawler vehicle, the method comprising:
- powering a propulsion system of the crawler vehicle by an energy storage assembly;
- transmitting power from the propulsion system to a first track of the crawler vehicle and a second track of the crawler vehicle;
- detecting, by a position sensor assembly, a relative position of a connection interface with respect to a replacement device of the energy storage assembly;
- removing, by the connection interface, the energy storage assembly from the propulsion system of the crawler vehicle, wherein the connection interface selectively connects the energy storage assembly to the propulsion system and selectively disconnects the energy storage assembly from the propulsion system;
- and
- replacing the removed energy storage assembly with a further energy storage assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.