Control apparatus
OwnerDennis N. Monahaninventor
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Abstract
A control apparatus for a work object which has a first and a second mode of operation, the control apparatus having a sensing system operable to detect when the work object is in the first mode; a regulating system operably connected to the sensing system adapted to determine when a predetermined parameter has been reached by the work object; and a control system operably connected to the regulating system to place the work object in the second mode when the regulating system determines that the predetermined parameter has been reached by the work object.
Claims14
A control apparatus for a work object which has a first mode and a second mode, said control apparatus comprising a sensing system operable to detect when said work object is in said first mode;
- regulating means operably connected to said sensing system adapted to determine when a predetermined parameter has been reached by the work object;
- and a control system connected to said regulating means wherein the regulating means activates the control system to place said work object in said second mode when said regulating means determines that the predetermined parameter has been reached.
A control apparatus for a vehicle such as an earthworking implement or the like having an engine adapted to be used in at least two modes, a first of said modes being idling for subsequent use and a second of said modes being when said engine is not operating, the control apparatus comprising a sensing system operable discriminately to detect when said engine is in the first mode and in the second mode;
- a control system, operably connected to said sensing system, to respond to said sensing system detecting when said engine is in the first mode my monitoring for a preselected period of time said idling of the first mode;
- and a subsystem, operably connected to said control system, for changing operation of said engine from the first mode to said second mode when the control system detects the passage of said preselected period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.