Abstract:
An electric work vehicle includes a motor unit (40) including a left motor (4L) and a right motor (4R) arranged side by side in a transverse direction of the vehicle and connected to a vehicle frame (2), a left transmission mechanism (43) extending rearward in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle from a left side of the left motor to transmit power from the left motor to a left rear wheel, a right transmission mechanism (44) extending rearward in the fore-and-aft direction from a right side of the right motor to transmit power from the right motor to a right rear wheel, and a battery unit (6A) housed in a battery casing (60). The battery casing includes an upper casing extending rearward of the left transmission mechanism and the right transmission mechanism from a top of the motor unit, and a lower casing projecting downward from a bottom of a rear half of the upper casing.
Abstract:
Some embodiments are directed to a controlled differential adapted to couple two shafts and steer input, such as those provided in a drive configuration for a skid steered vehicle, the controlled differential including a pair of planet carriers arranged to turn with respective shafts; a pair of ring gears interconnected by a cross-shaft such that the ring gears rotate in common; planet gears and a pair of sun gears, the sun gears being coupled to at least one steer motor to enable rotation of the sun gears in mutually opposite senses upon input from the steer motor.
Abstract:
A travel control section (60b) is configured to control the revolution velocities of transversely opposite travel motors (51 and 52) such that when turning amount command signals are inputted from a turning amount operation dial (48), transversely opposite crawler travel devices (12a and 12b) are caused to realize a turn according to the turning amount command signals by decelerating the traveling velocities of the transversely opposite crawler travel devices (12a and 12b) from a target straight traveling velocity set by a travel operation lever (47) by equal values of velocity which are predetermined according to the turning amount command signals inputted from the turning amount operation dial (48) and further decelerating the traveling velocity of the crawler travel device (12a or 12b) which is positioned inwardly relative to the other in the turning direction.
Abstract:
A traveling control device and a traveling control program for a work vehicle or a control device and a control program for the work vehicle capable of fixing a control amount to a specified value since variation in control amount (speed ratio) due to the effect of the vibration of a vehicle body is less even if an operation device with shorter operation stroke is adopted and also capable of providing a control amount according to the feeling of an operator even when fine-adjustment is performed by increasing or decreasing the operation stroke. When an operation lever device is operated from a point on a first line (L11) in the direction for increasing the operation stroke and decreasing the speed ratio, the speed ratio is calculated according to the first line. When the operation lever device is operated from a point on a second line (L12) in the direction for reducing the operation stroke and increasing the speed ratio, the speed ratio is calculated according to the second line. When the operation lever is operated from the point on the first line in the direction for decreasing the operation stroke and increasing the speed ratio or from the point on the second line in the direction for increasing the operation stroke and decreasing the speed ratio, the speed ratio is calculated according to third lines (L131)-(L134).
Abstract:
A riding lawnmower includes left and right wheels, at least one caster wheel, a lawnmower blade or reel, and a control section. The left and right wheels are independently driven by electric rotary machines to travel. The lawnmower blade or reel is driven for mowing. The control section, in response to turn instruction input by a turn operator, controls the left and right wheels according to preset standard setting conditions, or according to deceleration setting conditions which differ from the standard setting conditions, under which at least one of a vehicle movement speed and vehicle turning speed is decelerated more than under standard setting conditions. The riding lawnmower includes a section designating either standard setting conditions or deceleration setting conditions. In a riding lawnmower, left and right wheels are caused to turn around a turn center position corresponding to a turn instruction according to designated setting conditions.
Abstract:
There is provided an electric ground working vehicle (10) including a left wheel (14) and a right wheel (16), at least one caster (19), a working apparatus (22), an acceleration operating element (44,46) for performing acceleration instructions, a turn operating element (42) for performing turn instructions, and a control unit (40). The left wheel (14) and the right wheel (16) are independently driven by left and right electric motors (26,28) respectively. The control unit (40) controls a regenerative brake driving unit so that electric power is regenerated from the left and right electric motors (26,28) to an electric power source unit when the acceleration operating element (44,46) is not operated during traveling to regeneratively brake the left and right wheels (14,16). The control unit (40) controls the brake force of the wheels (14,16) so that the brake force of the wheel at the inside of a turn, among the left wheel and the right wheel (14,10), can be made greater than the brake force of the wheel at the outside of a turn when the acceleration operating element (44,46) is not operated during traveling and turn instructions are inputted from the turn operating element (42).
Abstract:
A universal linkage assembly for a power machine (100) is disclosed. The universal linkage is adaptable for different control configurations or patterns. For example, in embodiments disclosed, the linkage assembly includes a first control interface connectable to one of a first or second joysticks (190,192) to operate one of a left (152) or right (154) drive motor or other function and a second control interface connectable to either the first or second joystick to operate the other of the left or right drive motor or other function with separate joysticks or the same joystick depending upon the control pattern desired.