Implement performance
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorsChristopher W. Lougheed, Spencer L. Mindeman
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Abstract
Disclosed are work implements, power machines and methods of operating implements and power machines using machine and implement controllers. An implement controller receives information from a power machine with which the work implement is paired indicative of operational characteristics of the power machine. The implement controller is configured to responsively provide information to the power machine to direct operation of the power machine based upon the received information.
Claims18
A work implement configured to be paired with any of a plurality of different types of power machines to perform a work function, the work implement comprising:
- an implement controller configured to receive information from a power machine with which the work implement is paired indicative of operational characteristics of the power machine, wherein the implement controller is configured to responsively provide information to the power machine to direct operation of the power machine based upon the received information.
A power machine in combination with a work implement, comprising:
- a machine controller mounted on the power machine and configured to provide information related to identification and operational characteristics of the power machine;
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- an implement controller mounted on the implement and configured to communicate with the machine controller to receive the identification and operational characteristic information, wherein the implement controller is configured to responsively send instructions to the machine controller for displaying operational instructions to control the work implement based upon the received information.
A method of coordinating operation of a power machine paired with a work implement, comprising:
- receiving information from the power machine at an implement controller, the information being indicative of identification of the power machine;
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- providing the operational control information from the implement controller to the power machine directing control of an operational characteristic of the power machine based on the identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.