# US 8,770,307 B2 · Blade control system, construction machine and blade control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,770,307 B2 - Document ID: US8770307B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/267,037 - Filed: 2011-10-06 - Published: 2013-04-11 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-06 - Assignees: Komatsu Ltd. - Applicants: Kazuhiko Hayashi; Kenjiro Shimada; Kenji Okamoto - Inventors: Kazuhiko Hayashi; Kenjiro Shimada; Kenji Okamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770307B2 ## CPC - E02F 3/847: {using electromagnetic, optical or acoustic beams to determine the blade position, e.g. laser beams} - E02F 9/2029: {Controlling the position of implements in function of its load, e.g. modifying the attitude of implements in accordance to vehicle speed (control for hydraulic or pneumatic drives E02F9/2203, E02F9/2221 and E02F9/2253 take precedence)} - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract A blade control system of the present invention includes a determining part which is configured to determine whether or not a load acting on a blade exceeds a first threshold, and a tilt controlling part which is configured to supply a hydraulic oil to a tilt cylinder for causing the blade to perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action when the determining part determines that the load acting on the blade exceeds the first threshold. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A blade control system, comprising: a lift frame vertically pivotably attached to a vehicle body; a blade attached to a tip of the lift frame; a tilt cylinder connected to the lift frame and the blade, the tilt cylinder configured to cause the blade to perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action; a determining part configured to determine whether or not a load acting on the blade exceeds a first threshold; and a tilt controlling part configured to supply a hydraulic oil to the tilt cylinder for causing the blade to alternately perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action when the determining part determines that the load acting on the blade exceeds the first threshold. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blade control system according to claim 1, further comprising: a tilt action time setting part configured to set an execution time of causing the blade to perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action to be longer in proportion to magnitude of the load, wherein the tilt controlling part is configured to cause the blade to perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action in accordance with the execution time set by the tilt action time setting part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A construction machine, comprising: a vehicle body; and the blade control system according to claim 1. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The construction machine according to claim 3, further comprising: a drive unit including a pair of tracks attached to the vehicle body. ### Claim 5 A blade control system, comprising: a lift frame vertically pivotably attached to a vehicle body; a blade attached to a tip of the lift frame; a tilt cylinder connected to the lift frame and the blade, the tilt cylinder configured to cause the blade to perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action; a determining part configured to determine whether or not a load acting on the blade exceeds a first threshold; a tilt controlling part configured to supply a hydraulic oil to the tilt cylinder for causing the blade to perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action when the determining part determines that the load acting on the blade exceeds the first threshold; and a steering direction detector configured to detect a steering direction of the vehicle body based on a yaw angle of the vehicle body, the tilt controlling part being configured to cause the blade to start performing the rightward tilt action first when the steering direction detector detects that the steering direction of the vehicle body is left, and the tilt controlling part being configured to cause the blade to start performing the leftward tilt action first when the steering direction detector detects that the steering direction of the vehicle body is right. ### Claim 6 A blade control system, comprising: a lift frame vertically pivotably attached to a vehicle body; a blade attached to a tip of the lift frame; a tilt cylinder connected to the lift frame and the blade, the tilt cylinder configured to cause the blade to perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action; a determining part configured to determine whether or not a load acting on the blade exceeds a first threshold; a tilt controlling part configured to supply a hydraulic oil to the tilt cylinder for causing the blade to perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action when the determining part determines that the load acting on the blade exceeds the first threshold; a proportional control valve configured to supply the hydraulic oil to the tilt cylinder; and an opening ratio setting part configured to set an opening ratio of the proportional control valve based on the load, the opening ratio setting part being configured to set the opening ratio to be greater in proportion to magnitude of the load, and the tilt controlling part being configured to control the proportional control valve in accordance with the opening ratio set by the opening ratio setting part. ### Claim 7 A blade control system, comprising: a lift frame vertically pivotably attached to a vehicle body; a blade attached to a tip of the lift frame; a tilt cylinder connected to the lift frame and the blade, the tilt cylinder configured to cause the blade to perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action; a determining part configured to determine whether or not a load acting on the blade exceeds a first threshold; a tilt controlling part configured to supply a hydraulic oil to the tilt cylinder for causing the blade to perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action when the determining part determines that the load acting on the blade exceeds the first threshold; a theoretical vehicle speed obtaining part configured to obtain a theoretical vehicle speed of the vehicle body; an actual vehicle speed obtaining part configured to obtain an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle body; a lift cylinder configured to vertically pivot the lift frame; and a lift controlling part configured to supply the hydraulic oil to the lift cylinder for elevating the blade when a ratio of the actual vehicle speed to the theoretical vehicle speed is less than a second threshold. ### Claim 8 A blade control method, comprising: determining whether or not a load acting on a blade exceeds a first threshold, the blade attached to a tip of a lift frame, the lift frame vertically pivotably attached to a vehicle body, and causing the blade to alternately perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action when the load acting on the blade is determined to exceed the first threshold. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The blade control method according to claim 8, further comprising: causing the blade to alternately perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action at a tilt range to be increased in proportion to magnitude of the load. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The blade control method according to claim 8, further comprising: causing the blade to alternately perform the rightward tilt action and the leftward tilt action at a tilt speed to be increased in proportion to magnitude of the load.