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.
Claims16
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 first motorized track;
- a second motorized track;
- and
- 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;
- removing the energy storage assembly from the crawler vehicle;
- and
- replacing the removed energy storage assembly with a further energy storage assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.