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US 2012/0246977 A1Published application
Road position indication for motor grader snow plow
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBrian Christopher Proeber, Timothy A. Wilcox, Barry Schaffter, Michael E. Kennedy, Richard J. Erwin, Nathan Horsman, Robert Meegan
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Abstract
A motor grader is disclosed having a tracking system indicating the location of the motor grader relative to a desired snow plowing path. The tracking system may also indicate the location of prerecorded obstacles along the desired snow plowing path.
Claims20
A method of steering a motor grader during reduced visibility conditions including the steps of
- providing a motor grader including a chassis, a plurality of traction devices positioned to support the chassis and including at least one front traction device and at least one rear traction device, a snow wing extending laterally from the chassis, and a motor grader position indicator indicating the lateral position of the motor grader relative to a desired path;
- and
- adjusting the lateral position of the motor grader in response to indicated lateral position of the motor grader relative to the desired path.
A method of operating a motor grader during reduced visibility conditions including the steps of
- providing a motor grader including a chassis, a plurality of traction devices positioned to support the chassis and including at least one front traction device and at least one rear traction device, a snow blade supported by the chassis, and an indicator indicating the location of prerecorded obstacles along a path;
- and
- adjusting the position of the snow blade relative to the chassis based on the indicated position of the prerecorded obstacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.