In a work vehicle, a safety frame includes a base, a pair of left and right lower frames extending from the base and fastened to a pair of left and right rear wheel fenders, and an upper frame having an inverted U shape connecting upper portions of the pair of left and right lower frames. The base is removably fastened to a rear axle case. A length in a width direction between a pair of left and right rear wheels is changed by changing a length in a width direction of the upper frame and changing a fastening position of the base to the rear axle case.
A row detection system includes a camera mounted to an agricultural machine to image a ground surface that is traveled by the agricultural machine to acquire time-series images including at least a portion of the ground surface, and a processor configured or programmed to perform image processing for the time-series images and to select, from the time-series images, a search region in which to detect at least one of crop rows and ridges, the search region having a size and shape including at least a portion of one or more wheels of the agricultural machine.
A working machine includes a machine body, a cabin which is provided on the machine body and in which an operator's seat where an operator sits is provided, a hood provided behind the cabin, and a condenser for an air conditioner to adjust a temperature inside the cabin, wherein the condenser is provided above the hood such that the condenser faces a lower portion of a rear surface of a rear panel of the cabin.
A hose clamp structure includes a vertical plate having an opening, a groove portion provided at a back side of the vertical plate on one side of the opening, the groove portion being open toward the opening, a receiver portion provided at the back side of the vertical plate on the other side of the opening, a first clamping member to be inserted in the groove portion, an elastic second clamping member configured such that the second clamping member is placed in the receiver portion through the opening to contact the receiver portion and such that hose(s) passing through the opening is held between the first clamping member and the second clamping member, and a pressing member to be attached to the vertical plate to press the second clamping member from the front side to elastically deform the second clamping member to press the first clamping member.
B60R 16/08 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for fluid
E02F 9/08 - Superstructures; Supports for superstructures
F16L 5/00 - Devices for use where pipes, cables or protective tubing pass through walls or partitions
An electric work vehicle includes an on-board charger, a power reception connector enabling attachment and detachment of a charging cable that is to be connected to the on-board charger, and an energizing cable that connects the power reception connector and the on-board charger to each other. Charging ports that enable attachment and detachment of the power reception connector are provided in both a left side portion of a body and a right side portion of the body. The charging ports are provided at positions higher than upper ends of travel devices.
B60L 53/16 - Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L 50/61 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
A clutch pedal locking device includes a clutch pedal, a stay attached to the clutch pedal, a plate attached to a lower surface of the stay and extending backward from the stay, a fixed portion provided to a lateral side of the clutch pedal and fixed to a work vehicle body, and a rotation plate suspended from and supported on the fixed portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft. In a case where the rotation plate rotates until a longitudinal direction becomes substantially horizontal, the rotation plate comes into contact with an upper surface of the plate and a back surface of the stay, and the clutch pedal is locked in a state of being stepped on.
B60K 23/02 - Arrangement or mounting of control devices for vehicle transmissions, or parts thereof, not otherwise provided for for main transmission clutches
B60R 25/00 - Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles
F16B 21/12 - Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread by separate parts with locking-pins or split-pins thrust into holes
A system comprising a work machine and an attachment removably coupled with the work machine. The attachment includes an identification module comprising a transceiver configured to communicate with a control system of the work machines so as to improve the functionality and efficiency of the attachment and of the work machines.
E02F 3/96 - Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements for alternate use of different digging elements
E02F 3/34 - Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
A working machine includes: a first fluid passage fluidly connecting a traveling operation device to an actuation valve; a first traveling fluid passage; a second traveling fluid passage; a third traveling fluid passage; a fourth traveling fluid passage; a second fluid passage fluidly connecting the first fluid passage to the first traveling fluid passage; and a third fluid passage fluidly connecting the first fluid passage to the third traveling fluid passage. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth traveling fluid passages is configured so that operation fluid to be applied to a first, second, third, and fourth pressure-receiving portions flows through the first, second, third, and fourth traveling fluid passages, respectively, when a traveling operation member is operated.
A work machine information collection system includes a work machine including an operation hardware assembly and a server communicably connected to each other, and a data collection processor configured or programmed to include an operation data output to output an operation data corresponding to an operation state of the operation hardware assembly, a determiner configured or programmed to determine whether not the operation data satisfies a determination condition to determine whether or not to transmit the operation data output by the operation data output to the server, and a communicator configured or programmed to transmit the operation data to the server when the determiner determines that the operation data satisfies the determination condition.
In an agricultural machine to perform an agricultural work in a field, data relating to the agricultural work or the agricultural machine is transmitted from a mobile terminal to a stationary base station included in an external communication network. The agricultural machine includes an agricultural base station connectable to at least one of the mobile terminal and the stationary base station.
A monitoring system of a work machine includes a monitor to monitor whether or not a work machine is within an area when a first signal is received and stop monitoring when a second signal is received. The work machine includes at least a communication terminal to transmit the first signal and the second signal to the monitor, a first instruction generator operable to instruct the communication terminal to transmit the first signal, and a second instruction generator operable to instruct the communication terminal to transmit the second signal when the monitor is monitoring the work machine.
A utility vehicle includes a fixing portion to which a lamp is fixed, and a support portion that supports the fixing portion and is capable of switching a position of the fixing portion between a use position where at least a portion of the lamp is located outside a vehicle body with respect to a fender and a storage position where the lamp is located inside the vehicle body with respect to the fender.
B60Q 1/32 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating vehicle sides
B60Q 1/26 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
16.
ROBOTIC ARM MOUNT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING RACK AND PINION
A robotic arm mount assembly includes a first mount with a main body, the main body including a first end and a second end opposed to the first end in an axial direction, the first end including a first mounting portion. The robotic arm mount assembly also includes a motor including a motor body and a motor shaft attached to the motor body, a pinion gear attached to the motor shaft, a rack to be driven by the pinion gear, and a second mount including an extension portion and a second mounting portion.
An agricultural tool includes a motor, a first driving gear to be driven by the motor, a second driving gear to be driven by the motor, and a main gear including a plurality of openings along a periphery of the main gear. The plurality of openings include a first opening and a second opening. The main gear includes a first receiving portion that defines a first receiving space, and a second receiving portion that defines a second receiving space. The first opening corresponds and is attached to the first receiving space, and the second opening corresponds and is attached to the second receiving space. The first driving gear and the second driving gear engage with the periphery of the main gear to drive the main gear.
A method for tying/twisting an agricultural item of interest and a support structure together includes capturing the agricultural item of interest with an agricultural tool, capturing the support structure with the agricultural tool, and tying/twisting the agricultural item of interest and the support structure together such that the agricultural item of interest is supported by the support structure.
A cutting device includes a base plate, a motor attached to the base plate, a driving cord including a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the motor, and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a fixed blade that is fixed to the base plate, and a driven blade that moves with respect to the fixed blade. The second end of the driving cord is attached to the driven blade to move the driven blade with respect to the fixed blade when the motor rotates.
An agricultural tool includes a motor, a magazine to house one or more clips, and a sliding arm to be moved by the motor between a retracted position and a deployed position. The sliding arm moves between the retracted position and the deployed position to attach a clip, from among the one or more clips, to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure to fasten or attach the agricultural item of interest to the support structure.
An agricultural clip includes a base portion, a left arm portion attached to the base portion, a right arm portion attached to the base portion, and a curved protrusion. The left arm portion and the right arm portion define a clip receiving space to receive the agricultural item of interest and the support structure, and the curved protrusion includes a first end attached to one of the left arm portion and the right arm portion, and a second end which is a free end that protrudes into the clip receiving space.
A method for fastening or attaching an agricultural item of interest to a support structure includes housing one or more clips in a magazine, and moving a sliding arm, which is driven by a motor, between a retracted position and a deployed position to attach a clip, from among the one or more clips, to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure to fasten or attach the agricultural item of interest to the support structure.
An automated machine management and operational control system. The system uses reusable digital assets to efficiently generate mission plans using predictable instructions. The reusable digital assets are created for applicability to multiple machines, locations, implements and operations. Machine, implement or location specific configurations may be used in combination with reusable digital assets to form mission plan instructions.
Some embodiments may include a working machine including a transportation system and one or more implements to perform one or more work tasks, the working machine further including: at least one selectively-locatable electric accessory, which comprises at least part of the transportation system or at least part of a powered implement of the one or more implements, the at least one selectively-locatable electric accessory defining a first mechanical frame connection; a frame assembly including two or more power points at two or more different locations on the frame assembly, respectively; wherein each power point defines a second mechanical frame connection to mate with the first mechanical frame connection, and wherein the at least one selectively-locatable electric accessory is operable in any of the two or more power points. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
A travel assistance system for an agricultural machine includes a traveling device included in an agricultural machine, an acquirer to acquire a travel route to be traveled by the agricultural machine and created on a field representing an agricultural field, a corrector to correct the travel route acquired by the acquirer, and a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling device based on the travel route corrected by the corrector. The travel route includes lines connected to each other and the corrector includes a creator to create an auxiliary line extending from an ending portion of a first line of the lines to a starting portion of a second line of the lines connected to the ending portion of the first line, the auxiliary line being inclined relative to the second one of the lines.
A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
G05D 1/617 - Safety or protection, e.g. defining protection zones around obstacles or avoiding hazards (arrangements for controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles for avoiding collisions therebetween G05D 1/693;arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure G05D 1/80)
G05D 1/648 - Performing a task within a working area or space, e.g. cleaning
A boom is configured such that, when the boom is in its fully raised position, a first section between an intermediate portion and a boom proximal portion extends upward from the boom proximal portion toward the intermediate portion and a second section between the intermediate portion and a boom distal portion extends diagonally forward and upward from the intermediate portion, and that a first straight line orthogonal to an arm support shaft and to a first cylinder support shaft and extending downward from the first cylinder support shaft passes forward of a machine body.
E02F 3/32 - Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with a dipper-arm pivoted on a cantilever beam working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
An automatic travel system includes a prohibition boundary line setter to set a prohibition boundary line beyond which the vehicle is prohibited from entering, a turning circle setter to set a virtual turning circle as a target route for entry turning travel to enter a subsequent travel route, a transition turning travel controller to control tangent following travel using a vehicle body reference point that is calculated during travel to the virtual turning circle as a target orientation, and the entry turning travel using the virtual turning circle as a turning target route, an interference boundary line detector to detect the prohibition boundary line that is present in a moving direction of the vehicle in the tangent following travel, as an interference boundary line, and an interference avoidance travel controller to control travel for avoiding interference with the interference boundary line.
A work vehicle includes a travel device, a battery, a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel device, an inverter configured to operate the motor, and an operation section. The battery is forward of the operation section, and the inverter is between the battery and the operation section in a side view.
A work vehicle includes travel devices; a battery; a motor; an inverter configured to operate the motor; an operation section including a steering wheel configured to operate the travel devices, and an operator seat; a transmission case housing a transmission for travel; and a transmission shaft, wherein the motor is between a front travel device and a rear travel device in a side view and below the steering wheel, and the motor, the transmission shaft, the transmission, and the travel devices are configured such that motive power from the motor is transmitted to the transmission via the transmission shaft and transmitted from the transmission to the travel devices.
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
B60K 1/00 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
B60K 17/04 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of gearing
B60K 17/28 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles characterised by arrangement, location, or type of power take-off
A work vehicle includes a left operation tool that adjusts speed of a left rear wheel by displacement along a first path, a right operation tool that adjusts speed of a right rear wheel by displacement along a second path, a parking brake operating section that operates a parking brake in response to displacement of the left operation tool along a third path branching from the first path and displacement of the right operation tool along a fourth path branching from the second path, a parking brake release section that releases operation of the parking brake in response to release displacement of the left operation tool along the first path from a neutral position or release displacement of the right operation tool along the second path from a neutral position, a release displacement calculation section that calculates the release displacement, and a calibration section that calibrates the release displacement calculation section in real time.
B62D 11/08 - Steering non-deflectable wheels; Steering endless tracks or the like by differentially driving ground-engaging elements on opposite vehicle sides by means of a single main power source using brakes or clutches as main steering-effecting means
A01D 34/64 - Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle
A working machine includes a machine body, a working device provided on the machine body movably up and down with respect to the machine body, a protector provided on the machine body to protect an operator's seat on the machine body, a detector provided on the protector to detect an obstacle higher than the protector, and a controller configured or programmed to, when the detector detects the obstacle, perform at least one process to prevent the working device from contacting the obstacle.
A working machine includes a machine body, a left traveling device located left on the machine body, a right traveling device located right on the machine body, and a controller configured or programmed to perform automatic deceleration to automatically reduce a first rotation speed of a left traveling motor and a second rotation speed of a right traveling motor by shifting a speed stage of each of the left and right traveling motors from a second speed stage to a first speed stage that is lower than the second speed stage. The controller is configured or programmed to: not perform the automatic deceleration when the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotation speed; and perform the automatic deceleration when the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed are less than the predetermined rotation speed.
B62D 11/00 - Steering non-deflectable wheels; Steering endless tracks or the like
B62D 11/04 - Steering non-deflectable wheels; Steering endless tracks or the like by differentially driving ground-engaging elements on opposite vehicle sides by means of separate power sources
F15B 15/00 - Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
F15B 18/00 - Parallel arrangements of independent servomotor systems
A work vehicle includes travel devices, a battery, a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel devices, an inverter configured to operate the motor, and an operation section. The battery is between a front travel device and a rear travel device in a side view, and below a floor of the operation section.
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
B60K 17/28 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles characterised by arrangement, location, or type of power take-off
A lever device includes a movable bracket and a lever supported on a support shaft on a base such that they are pivotable between lowered and raised positions, first engagement portion(s) on the movable bracket, second engagement portion(s) on the lever, a cam member attached to the support shaft such that it is movable in an axial direction of the support shaft but not rotatable about the support shaft, and a biasing member to bias the cam member to engage with the first and second engagement portions. When the movable bracket etc. are in the lowered position and when they are in the raised position, the first engagement portion(s) engage(s) with the cam member to restrict the movable bracket from pivoting. When the lever pivots upward from the lowered position or downward from the raised position, the second engagement portion(s) disengage(s) the cam member from the first engagement portion(s).
A ROPS frame for a work vehicle includes: a first pipe having an end; a second pipe having an end facing the end of the first pipe; a plate-shaped first joint coupled to the end of the first pipe and oriented orthogonally to a longitudinal direction of the pipes; a plate-shaped second joint coupled to the end of the second pipe and oriented orthogonally to the longitudinal direction of the pipes, the second joint being placed on the first joint; and a bolt extending through the first and second joints and fastening the first and second joints to each other.
An agricultural work assistance system includes a display to display a map representing an agricultural field, and a controller configured or programmed to define or function as an area setter to set a first area and a second area located inward of the first area in the map displayed by the display, and a route creator to create, in at least one of the first area or the second area, a travel route along which an agricultural machine is to travel. The route creator is configured or programmed to set at least a portion of the travel route as an automatic steering route on which the agricultural machine is to be automatically steered and a travel speed of the agricultural machine is to be changed manually.
A transport system includes a sensor to sense surroundings of a working machine configured to perform automatic operation, the sensor being provided in or on the working machine, a transport determiner configured or programmed to determine whether it is possible to load the working machine onto and/or unload the working machine from a transport vehicle based on the surroundings of the working machine sensed by the sensor. The transport system includes a communication device provided in or on the working machine and configured or programmed to transmit information relating to loading and/or unloading of the working machine onto and/or from the transport vehicle.
A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
A01B 73/00 - Means or arrangements to facilitate transportation of agricultural machines or implements, e.g. folding frames to reduce overall width
B60P 1/43 - Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using a loading ramp mounted on the vehicle
B60P 3/06 - Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects for carrying vehicles
38.
ELECTRIC WORKING MACHINE AND CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC WORKING MACHINE
An electric working machine includes an electric actuator, a battery unit including a battery to supply electricity to the electric actuator, a working device to operate using a driving force from the electric actuator, a charging port to be connected to an external fast charger via a charging cable, a manual operator to be operated to set at least one charging parameter, and a controller to change a value of electric current supplied from the fast charger to the battery unit according to the at least one charging parameter set via the manual operator.
B60L 53/10 - Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
B60L 53/18 - Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L 53/66 - Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
B62D 33/063 - Drivers' cabs movable from one position into at least one other position, e.g. tiltable, pivotable about a vertical axis, displaceable from one side of the vehicle to the other
E02F 3/32 - Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with a dipper-arm pivoted on a cantilever beam working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
E02F 9/00 - Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups
E02F 9/08 - Superstructures; Supports for superstructures
E02F 9/16 - Cabins, platforms, or the like for the driver
A liquid cooling structure for a motor includes: a casing; an end plate provided at a cylinder end of the casing; a stator; a rotor; and a substantially cylindrical bulkhead extending along a direction of extension of an axis passing through a center of the stator from an inner surface of the end plate such that the bulkhead faces an inner peripheral surface of the casing with a gap therebetween to allow coolant to flow through the gap. The casing has a coolant inlet passing through the casing to guide externally supplied coolant to the gap, the stator includes a stator core having teeth protruding from the inner peripheral portion of the stator core, and coils wound around the respective teeth, and the bulkhead has nozzle hole portions passing therethrough to allow the coolant flowing in the gap to be ejected to an interior space defined by the bulkhead.
H02K 9/193 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil with means for preventing leakage of the cooling medium
An electric work vehicle comprises: a battery configured to store electric power; a motor generator conductively connected to the battery; a power transfer device having a power output shaft configured to transfer motive power from the motor generator; and a controller configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode.
B60L 53/24 - Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
43.
CULTIVATED LAND WORK VEHICLE AND AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL REPLENISHMENT METHOD
A cultivated land work vehicle includes a vehicle position computer, a travel controller to control travel of the body based on a vehicle position and target routes, and a replenishment mode executor to execute a replenishment travel mode to replenish the cultivated land work vehicle with agricultural material, during U-turn transition travel. In a first replenishment travel mode, reverse travel into the boundary area is performed after a starting point of the next travel route his reached, and forward travel to the starting point of the next travel route his performed after replenishment work is complete. In a second replenishment travel mode, reverse travel into the boundary area is performed before the starting point of the next travel route is reached, and forward travel to the starting point of the next travel route is performed after the replenishment work is complete.
An electric work vehicle, which is configured to be driven with use of motive power of an electric motor configured to be supplied with electric power from a rechargeable battery, comprises: a drive controller configured to control driving of the electric work vehicle and including a start determination module configured to determine whether or not to permit the electric motor to be started; a display unit configured to display vehicle state information regarding the electric work vehicle and including a start permission indicator configured to indicate that the electric motor is permitted to be started; and a notification controller configured to control display in the display unit.
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
B60L 58/24 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries
46.
AUTONOMOUS OPERATING ZONE SETUP FOR A WORKING VEHICLE OR OTHER WORKING MACHINE
Some embodiments may include a touchscreen or other user input interface to select part of a displayed map and one or more processors coupled to the touchscreen or other user input interface. The one or more processors may be configured to setup an autonomous operating zone for a working machine based on a user selection from a displayed map. The working machine may monitor its current location with respect to the autonomous operation zone, and may de-actuate at least one of its actuator(s) or send a new actuation signal to its actuator(s) to change an operation of at least one motorized device of the working machine. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
A speed control method for a work vehicle, includes driving an engine to rotate a first hydraulic pump provided in the work vehicle. Hydraulic fluid from the first hydraulic pump is supplied to a first hydraulic motor to rotate the first hydraulic motor to drive a first traveling device provided in a vehicle body of the work vehicle. A rotational speed of the first hydraulic motor is detected. Feedback control with respect to the engine and a control valve configured to control a pilot pressure of the first hydraulic pump is performed. The feedback control being performed to reduce a speed difference between the rotational speed detected and a target rotational speed of the first hydraulic motor corresponding to a target vehicle speed. A feedback gain of the feedback control is set based on a first coefficient which becomes larger as the target rotational speed becomes lower.
A hydraulic system for a working machine includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump, a plurality of hydraulic actuators, and a plurality of control valves. Each of the control valves includes an input port, an output port, and a flowrate reduction section. At least one of the control valves includes a flowrate increase section. The hydraulic actuators are a boom cylinder, a working tool cylinder, and an auxiliary actuator. The control valves are a boom control valve for controlling the boom cylinder, a working tool control valve for controlling the working tool cylinder, and a first auxiliary control valve for controlling the auxiliary actuator. The boom control valve and the working tool control valve each include the flowrate reduction section, and the first auxiliary control valve includes the flowrate reduction section and the flowrate increase section.
Some embodiments may include a working machine to perform one or more work tasks in a work area, the working machine comprising: a machine localization system to localize the working machine based on perception sensor observations indicative of data embedded on one or more markers placed in the work area or proximate to the work area, wherein the working machine obtains localization data responsive to reading one or more machine-readable optical images on the one or more markers, respectively, wherein the working machine determines, using the obtained localization data, an absolute position of the working machine or one or more absolute positons of the one or more markers, respectively; and wherein the working machine performs the one or more work tasks based on the determined absolution position(s). Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
A speed control method for a work vehicle includes controlling a first hydraulic pump to supply hydraulic fluid to a first hydraulic motor to drive a first traveling device provided on a vehicle body of the work vehicle and detecting a first differential pressure of the first hydraulic motor. The method includes regulating at least one of a first pump pilot pressure applied to a first pump pilot port of the first hydraulic pump and a rotational speed of an engine to drive the first hydraulic pump such that a vehicle speed is controlled to maintain a predetermined target speed in response to an absolute value of the first differential pressure.
A hydraulic system for a working vehicle includes a first hydraulic pump to deliver pilot fluid to a control valve for a hydraulic actuator whose highest load pressure acts on a first fluid passage, and a second hydraulic pump to deliver hydraulic fluid whose pressure acts on a second fluid passage. A hydraulic controller is operable to control a load-sensing (LS) differential pressure between the highest load pressure and a delivery pressure of the hydraulic fluid from the second hydraulic pump. A third fluid passage to which the second hydraulic pump delivers the hydraulic fluid branches to a fourth fluid passage for flow of the pilot fluid. A solenoid valve is operable to change a pilot pressure of the pilot fluid for the hydraulic controller, and a controller is configured or programmed to control the solenoid valve to adjust the pilot pressure to change the LS differential pressure.
A hydraulic system for a working machine includes first and second hydraulic actuators actuated by hydraulic fluid delivered by a hydraulic pump, a first flow rate controller to control a first supply flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the first hydraulic actuator to match a first required flow rate, a second flow rate controller to control a second supply flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the second hydraulic actuator to match a second required flow rate, and a special flow rate control system to, if a sum of the first and second required flow rates is greater than a maximum delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump, reduce the first supply flow rate to allow the second supply flow rate to approach the second required flow rate.
Provided is a method for treating wastewater, the method being capable, even during low water temperature periods, of efficiently purifying organic wastewater that experiences large temperature differences in a year. A method for treating organic wastewater uses a device including a predetermined reaction tank containing activated sludge and a culture tank and includes the steps of: culturing, in the culture tank, a microorganism contained in the activated sludge, while maintaining a temperature of a content of the culture tank at a temperature that is at least 5° C. lower than a water temperature of the organic wastewater at a start of culturing of the microorganism and not lower than −1° C. and not higher than 10° C.; and then introducing the microorganism into the reaction tank.
A work vehicle includes a primary pressure control valve configured to control a pilot primary pressure of pilot oil. A secondary pressure control valve is configured to control a pilot secondary pressure of the pilot oil. Control circuitry is configured to control a rotation speed of an engine according to a target rotation speed. The control circuitry is configured to control the primary pressure control valve and the secondary pressure control valve based on a first target value of the pilot primary pressure and a second target value of the pilot secondary pressure. The control circuitry is configured to reduce the first target value and the second target value such that the second target value is higher than the first target value when the rotation speed of the engine detected by a rotation speed sensor becomes lower than the target rotation speed by a predetermined speed difference or more.
A monitoring system for a working machine includes: a position detector to determine a position of a working machine based on radio waves from positioning satellite(s); an area setter to set work area information indicating whether work area(s) is/are in a shielded environment or an unshielded environment, the work area(s) being area(s) where work is to be done by the working machine, the shielded environment being an environment in which the radio waves are likely to be blocked, the unshielded environment being an environment in which the radio waves are unlikely to be blocked; and a monitor to evaluate a state of position determination by the position detector based on a result of the position determination by the position detector, and provide a notification if there is a predetermined change in the state of the position determination compared to a state of position determination corresponding to the work area information.
A working machine rental system includes: a rental setter to make one or more settings for use in renting out a working machine configured to perform a special action, the one or more settings including a selection to use or not use the special action; and a fee calculator to: calculate a rental fee for the working machine based on the one or more settings made by the rental setter; and change the rental fee for the working machine if the special action is actually used or actually not used differently from the selection to use or not use the special action included in the one or more settings made by the rental setter.
Some embodiments may include a multi-product management system including a modular container for re-supplying partially or fully automated agricultural operations. The modular container may include a liquid-holding portion, a granular solid-holding portion, and, optionally, an add-on portion. In some embodiments, the liquid-holding portion may be formed of a plurality of liquid-holding portions. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
A charging system comprises: a first battery mountable in an electric work vehicle; a second battery mountable in an electric automobile; and a converter capable of conductively connecting to the first battery and the second battery, and also capable of converting first electric power from the second battery to second electric power receivable by the first battery and transmitting the second electric power to the first battery.
H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other dc sources, e.g. providing buffering
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
Some embodiments may include at least one sensor to collect at least a portion of data driving a perception system of a working machine or driving autonomously or semi-autonomously control of actuators of the working machine; a housing defining an environmentally isolated cavity containing the at least one sensor, the housing comprising: a signal-permeable material having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defining part of the environmentally isolated cavity; and a body to passively divert water and/or debris away from the exterior surface of the signal-permeable material, at least part the exterior surface of the signal-permeable material inset with respect to a part of the body; and one or more devices to actively generate a barrier over part of the exterior surface of the signal-permeable material, wherein the actively generated barrier repeals particulate from at least part of the exterior surface of the signal-permeable material. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Some embodiments may include a working machine comprising 1) a frame assembly including first and second sections, 2) ground implements to work a ground surface, the first section including at least one first implement of the ground implements and the second section including at least one second different implement of the ground implements, respectively, and 3) a transportation system including transportation devices and at least one actuator to pivotally or hingeably move one part of the working machine relative to another part of the working machine; the working machine further including: at least one sensor to produce at least one measurement indicative of a degree of engagement of the at least one first implement or the at least one second implement with a corresponding part of the ground surface; and one or more processors to operate the at least one actuator of the transportation system while the machine is working the ground surface, based on the at least one measurement. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Some embodiments may include a working machine comprising 1) a frame assembly including first and second sections, 2) ground implements to work a ground surface, the first section including at least one first implement of the ground implements and the second section including at least one second different implement of the ground implements, respectively, and 3) a transportation system including transportation devices and at least one actuator to pivotally or hingably move one part of the working machine relative to another part of the working machine; the working machine further including: at least one sensor to produce at least one measurement indicative of a degree of engagement of the at least one first implement or the at least one second implement with a corresponding part of the ground surface; and one or more processors to operate the at least one actuator of the transportation system while the machine is working the ground surface, based on the at least one measurement. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
A01B 63/32 - Tools or tool-holders adjustable relatively to the frame operated by hydraulic or pneumatic means
A01B 63/10 - Lifting or adjusting devices or arrangements for agricultural machines or implements for implements mounted on tractors operated by hydraulic or pneumatic means
Provided is an electronic fuel injection type diesel engine capable of performing precise electronic fuel injection control. A fuel injector includes a main body portion having a large diameter, a nozzle portion having a small diameter, and a pressing surface formed at a step portion between the main body portion and the nozzle portion, in which the nozzle portion of the fuel injector is inserted from an inside of a sleeve into an inside of an insertion hole, the fuel injector is pressed toward a vortex chamber by a pressing force, and the pressing force applied to the fuel injector is received by a pressure receiving surface of the sleeve from the pressing surface of the fuel injector via the washer.
A work machine includes: a body including: a body frame; a driver's seat at a central portion of the body; a power source at a back portion of the body; and a front-wheel unit disposed at a front portion of the body and extending in a left-right direction of the body, wherein the body has a forward portion provided with at least one first holder configured to hold a rope and/or allowing the rope to pass therethrough. The forward portion is provided with two or more first holders which are each usable as an independent holder or which are usable in conjunction with each other to allow a rope to pass through both holders.
An audio signaling system for automated machines facilitates action controls for a machine or fleet of machines. The audio signaling system may use audio tones and audio recognition for specified actions such as emergency stops. The system may include a field audio output system and onboard audio control systems. Audio control systems may include audio recognition and be integrated with automation control systems.
B60R 16/037 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for occupant comfort
G10L 15/22 - Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialog
A waste separating system includes: a first waste separating apparatus 4 and a second waste separating apparatus 5 each configured to separate waste S from treatment target water W1, the first waste separating apparatus 4 including a first filter 41 with a first opening size, the second waste separating apparatus 5 including a second filter 51 with a second opening size larger than the first opening size and disposed downstream of the first waste separating apparatus 4.
A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling device, a traveling motor, a traveling pump, a circulation fluid passage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state corresponding to a first speed of a hydraulic motor and a second state corresponding to a second speed of the hydraulic motor, a brake, an actuation valve configured to output the hydraulic pressure applied to the traveling pump, and change the hydraulic pressure output therefrom, and a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling switching valve, the brake and the actuation valve, and being capable of activating a first mode. The controller is configured or programmed to, when activating the first mode, shift the brake into a braking state, shift the traveling switching valve into the second state, and control the actuation valve so as to set the hydraulic pressure output from the actuation valve to a predetermined pressure.
F16H 61/448 - Control circuits for tandem pumps or motors
F16H 61/4157 - Control of braking, e.g. preventing pump over-speeding when motor acts as a pump
F16H 61/444 - Control of exclusively fluid gearing hydrostatic with more than one pump or motor unit in operation by changing the number of pump or motor units in operation
F16H 61/421 - Motor capacity control by electro-hydraulic control means, e.g. using solenoid valves
F16H 61/02 - Control functions within change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion characterised by the signals used
69.
FASTENED MEMBER, COATING JIG FOR THE SAME, AND METHOD OF COATING THE SAME
A fastened member such as a hinge which is a metal fastened member to be fastened with at least one fastener to at least one attachment surface of at least one target object such as a construction machine to which the fastened member is to be attached, the at least one target object containing steel, the fastened member including at least one contact surface to make contact with the at least one attachment surface, the at least one contact surface at least partially including at least one exposure portion where material having a higher ionization tendency than steel is exposed, wherein a portion of the fastened member that is other than the at least one contact surface is coated with a coating.
B05B 13/02 - Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work
B05B 12/28 - Masking elements, i.e. elements defining uncoated areas on an object to be coated for defining uncoated areas that are not enclosed within coated areas or vice versa, e.g. for defining U-shaped border lines
A work vehicle includes: a body 1; a plurality of travel wheels 2 at front and back portions of the body 1 on each of left and right sides; a plurality of holder mechanisms A held by the body 1 and holding the respective travel wheels 2 in such a manner as to be capable of moving the travel wheels 2 independently of one another relative to the body 1; a detector B configured to detect a state of a travel surface; and a controller C configured to, based on the state that the detector B has detected, control the holder mechanisms A to move the travel wheels 2 relative to the body 1.
B60G 17/0165 - Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or s the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements characterised by their responsiveness, when the vehicle is travelling, to specific motion, a specific condition, or driver input to an external condition, e.g. rough road surface, side wind
B60G 17/015 - Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or s the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements
71.
TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE INFERENCE DEVICE AND DIFFUSED AIR AMOUNT CONTROL DEVICE
To appropriately infer changes over time in transmembrane pressure to perform an appropriate membrane filtration operation, without being bound by typical approach regarding the diffused air volume control. An inference device (2) includes: an input data acquisition section (21) configured to acquire input data derived from operation data that is measured during a membrane filtration operation, the operation data including a membrane filtration pressure and a diffused air volume; and an inference section (23) configured to (i) use a regression model (31) to infer transmembrane pressure-related data after the predetermined time, and (ii) execute an updating process M times (where M is an integer of not less than 2) while changing part of data included in the input data, the updating process being a process of updating the input data N times (where N is an integer of not less than 2) by changing the transmembrane pressure-related data included in the input data to the inferred transmembrane pressure-related data, so as to obtain M inference results on changes over time in the transmembrane pressure in a period up to N×the predetermined time.
A ring body to be provided in a pipe joint which can prevent a spigot from separating from a socket by a spigot protrusion engaging with a lock ring from the back side of the socket in the separation direction A of the spigot. The ring body includes a main body part which is inserted into between the inner peripheral surface of the socket and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot to be provided in the pipe joint, and a deviation prevention member that prevents the main body part from deviating to the opening end side of the socket, wherein the main body part moves the spigot in the pipe radial direction with respect to the socket, thereby reducing deviation in the pipe radial direction between the pipe axis of a first pipe and the pipe axis of a second pipe.
F16L 21/08 - Joints with sleeve or socket with additional locking means
F16L 21/035 - Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings placed around the spigot end before connection
F16L 21/04 - Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings in which sealing rings are compressed by axially-movable members
Provided is an injector control device which is capable of setting a preceding injection amount to a fuel injection amount that is less than a main injection amount, while suppressing situations where preceding injections executed prior to a main injection in multi-stage injection are eliminated.
Provided is an injector control device which is capable of setting a preceding injection amount to a fuel injection amount that is less than a main injection amount, while suppressing situations where preceding injections executed prior to a main injection in multi-stage injection are eliminated.
An injector control device 2 includes: an injection amount setting unit 211 that sets, as a total injection amount, a total of fuel injection amounts in multi-stage injection in a single cycle, and sets, as a preceding injection amount, a fuel injection amount in a preceding injection executed prior to a main injection in the multi-stage injection; an energization period setting unit 212 that sets an energization period of an injector 31 based on the fuel injection amounts set by the injection amount setting unit 211; and an injector driving unit 213 that controls driving of the injector 31 based on the energization period set by the energization period setting unit 212. The injection amount setting unit 211 sets a fuel injection amount that is a predetermined percentage of the total injection amount as the preceding injection amount.
It is possible to precisely manage a task in operation by precisely inferring the task with use of a trained model that is constructed by machine learning. A task management device (3) includes: a first outputting section (312) configured to output a detection class that is inferred to appear in a task at a time point at which a captured image is obtained, the detection class being inferred by inputting the captured image to an index inference model (321); and a task inferring section (314) configured to infer, on the basis of an output result from the first outputting section, the task being carried out at the time point at which the captured image is obtained.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
75.
WORK VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE
A control method for a work vehicle includes acquiring an upper limit speed in a creep mode in which the work vehicle travels at the upper limit speed or less regardless of an operation amount of at least one operation device, detecting a hydraulic pressure in an oil passage between a hydraulic motor to move the work vehicle and a hydraulic pump to actuate the hydraulic motor, determining a traveling primary pressure of pilot oil supplied to an operation valve operated by a first operation device out of the at least one operation device based on a first relationship among the upper limit speed, the hydraulic pressure, and the traveling primary pressure, and controlling a control valve via which the pilot oil is supplied to the operation valve such that a pressure of the pilot oil supplied to the operation valve approaches the traveling primary pressure.
A work vehicle including: a transmission configured to receive motive power input from a motive power source, and shift and output the input motive power to a travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission; and a gear pair disposed in the transmission, in a bottom section of an internal space of the transmission case, and including (i) a first power transmission gear configured to rotate about a first rotation axis, and (ii) a second power transmission gear configured to mesh with the first power transmission gear and rotate about a second rotation axis that is parallel with the first rotation axis. The work vehicle further includes at least one gear cover covering the first power transmission gear and the second power transmission gear.
A work vehicle includes: an engine bonnet in a front section of a body of the work vehicle and forming an engine compartment, the engine bonnet being swingably openable and closable in an up-down direction of the body with an opening and closing axis extending in a width direction of the body in a rear section of the engine bonnet as a swing fulcrum; and a front guard covering a front portion of the engine bonnet and including a lower guard section fixedly supported by a body frame and an upper guard section supported by the lower guard section.
B60R 19/38 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles adjustably or movably mounted, e.g. horizontally displaceable for securing a space between parked vehicles
A work machine includes an engine, a hydraulic pump, a work apparatus driver to receive a pressurized fluid, a hydraulic circuit connecting the hydraulic pump with the work apparatus driver, a control valve in the hydraulic circuit, a relief valve connected to a first portion upstream of the control valve, a drain path connected to a second portion upstream of the first portion, an on-off valve to open and close the drain path, and a controller to control the on-off valve based on a state of the engine. The controller is configured or programmed to keep the on-off valve open after detecting an operation to start the engine until detecting a start of the engine and to close the on-off valve in response to detecting the start of the engine.
B60K 17/28 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles characterised by arrangement, location, or type of power take-off
B62D 49/06 - Tractors adapted for multi-purpose use
B60R 16/08 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for fluid
B60K 17/10 - Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of gearing of fluid gearing
H01H 27/06 - Key inserted and then turned to effect operation of the switch
79.
SWIVELING WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ORIENTATION OF SWIVELING WORK MACHINE
A swiveling work machine includes: a swivel base rotatable about a swivel axis extending in an up-down direction; a working device provided on the swivel base; a position detector provided on the swivel base to detect a position; and a calculator to calculate an orientation of the swivel base based on a detected position which is the position detected by the position detector, in which the calculator is configured or programmed to calculate an axis position which is a position of the swivel axis based on a plurality of the detected positions obtained during rotation of the swivel base about the swivel axis, and calculate the orientation of the swivel base, based on the axis position and the detected position.
A work vehicle includes: a body 1; a plurality of travel wheels 2 at front and back portions of the body 1 on each of left and right sides; a plurality of holder mechanisms A held by the body 1 and holding the respective travel wheels 2 in such a manner as to be capable of moving the travel wheels 2 independently of one another relative to the body 1; and a plurality of crawler travel devices E attachable to and detachable from the respective holder mechanisms A.
B62D 55/04 - Endless-track vehicles with tracks and alternative ground wheels, e.g. changeable from endless-track vehicle into wheeled vehicle and vice versa
B62D 61/12 - Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels, not otherwise provided for, e.g. four wheels in diamond pattern with variable number of ground-engaging wheels, e.g. with some wheels arranged higher than others, or with retractable wheels
A support system for a working vehicle includes a working vehicle including a vehicle body to travel selectively under manual steering or automatic steering, a controller, and a communicator, the controller is configured or programmed to define a planned travel line for and control the automatic steering based on a reference line, the communicator receiving a replacement line for replacing the reference line, and a server to transmit the replacement line to the communicator. The controller includes a status acquirer to acquire a status of a device provided in or on the working vehicle, and is configured or programmed to, in accordance with the status acquired by the status acquirer, switch between a first mode in which the controller replaces the reference line with the replacement line transmitted from the server and a second mode in which the controller does not replace the reference line with the replacement line.
A work vehicle includes:
a power transmission shaft drivable to rotate;
a shaft holder holding the power transmission shaft in such a manner that the power transmission shaft is rotatable; and
a hydraulically operable section configured to operate in response to receiving operating oil,
the power transmission shaft including:
a shaft groove extending entirely around an outer circumferential portion of the power transmission shaft;
an inlet port extending inside the power transmission shaft in a radial direction of the power transmission shaft and connected with the shaft groove; and
a supply oil passage extending inside the power transmission shaft in a longitudinal direction of the power transmission shaft and connected with the inlet port inside the power transmission shaft.
A pipe joint is provided in which a seal member insertion space 14 is formed between a first tapered surface 8 of a socket 5 and an outer circumference of a spigot 3, a seal member 15 is inserted into the seal member insertion space 14, and a gland 17 that presses the seal member 15 into the seal member insertion space 14 is externally fitted to the spigot 3. The seal member 15 has a bulb part 26 at one end part thereof. A guide part 29 that guides the bulb part 26 from an opening end face 16 of the socket 5 into the seal member insertion space 14 is formed on the inner circumference of the socket S. The guide part 29 has a second tapered surface 30. An angle of inclination of the second tapered surface 30 is greater than an angle of inclination of the first tapered surface 8.
F16L 21/04 - Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings in which sealing rings are compressed by axially-movable members
F16L 21/03 - Joints with sleeve or socket with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings placed in the socket before connection
A clutch unit (20) includes a coupling element (23) configured to, in a power transmission enabled manner, couple an output shaft (13) of an engine (10) and an input shaft (16) of a hydraulic pump (15) driven by driving force of the engine (10), and a motor generator (18) configured to generate driving force separately from the engine (10), in which the motor generator (18) is disposed to avoid the coupling element (23) as viewed from an axial direction of the output shaft (13).
B60K 6/40 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components
B60K 6/387 - Actuated clutches, i.e. clutches engaged or disengaged by electric, hydraulic or mechanical actuating means
B60K 6/36 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the transmission gearings
A clutch unit (20) includes a coupling element (23) configured to, in a power transmission enabled manner, couple an output shaft (13) of an engine (10) and an input shaft (16) of a hydraulic pump (15) driven by driving force of the engine (10), and a motor generator (18) configured to generate driving force separately from the engine (10), in which the coupling element (23) includes a driving-side coupling portion (23a) configured to be coupled to a first coupling portion (11a) that is provided in the output shaft (13), and a driven-side coupling portion (23b) configured to be coupled to a second coupling portion (15a) that is provided in the input shaft (16) and that is configured to be coupled to the first coupling portion (11a).
B60K 6/36 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the transmission gearings
A work vehicle includes a diesel engine, a heater to heat a gas to be supplied to a combustion chamber of the diesel engine, and a controller to execute an afterglow routine to cause the heater to operate. The controller is configured or programmed to execute the afterglow routine in response to the diesel engine being started, an elapse of a predetermined stop time since an end of a previous execution of the afterglow routine, and the work vehicle being in a warming-up state.
F02B 3/06 - Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition
F02P 19/02 - Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal-combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition electric, e.g. layout of circuits of apparatus having glowing plugs
A management system includes a working vehicle and a server. The working vehicle includes a working device, a vehicle body capable of traveling by either automatic steering based on a reference line or manual steering, a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body, a first memory to store, in a case where the vehicle body is automatically steered, correspondence information in which setting information of the working vehicle and position information of the vehicle body are associated with each other, and a first communicator to transmit the correspondence information stored in the first memory to the server. The server includes a second communicator to receive the correspondence information transmitted by the first communicator, and a second memory to store the correspondence information received by the second communicator.
A work vehicle includes: a travel device supporting a body; a battery; a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel device; an inverter configured to enable the motor to operate; a cabin supported by the body and housing a driving section that includes a driver seat; and an air conditioner configured to condition air inside the cabin. The inverter is inside the cabin.
B62D 49/06 - Tractors adapted for multi-purpose use
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
B60K 11/04 - Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds
B60H 1/00 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices
H02K 9/19 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
A work vehicle includes: a front wheel; a rear travel device; a travel body supported by the front wheel and the rear travel device; a driving section provided in the travel body and having an occupant floor section; a travel power transmission device configured to transmit power to the rear travel device; at least one electric motor coupled to the travel power transmission device; a first inverter connected to the at least one electric motor; and a second inverter connected to the at least one electric motor.
A work vehicle includes: a travel device; a battery; a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel device; an inverter configured to enable the motor to operate; a first storage section configured to store a first coolant; and a second storage section configured to store a second coolant. The first coolant in the first storage section is supplied to the motor by the first pump, and returns from the motor to the first storage section, and the second coolant in the second storage section is supplied to the inverter by the second pump, and returns from the inverter to the second storage section.
B60K 11/02 - Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units with liquid cooling
B60K 6/40 - Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components
A work vehicle including: a front wheel; a rear travel device; a travel body supported by the front wheel and the rear travel device; a driving section provided in the travel body and having an occupant floor section; a transmission configured to output power to the rear travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission; an electric motor coupled to the transmission; and an inverter connected to the electric motor, wherein: the inverter is provided between the front wheel and the rear travel device, under the floor section, and laterally of the transmission case.
B60L 53/22 - Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
B60L 50/61 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
B60L 50/13 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by engine-driven generators, e.g. generators driven by combustion engines using AC generators and AC motors
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
B60K 11/04 - Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds
A management system includes a working vehicle and a server. The working vehicle includes a setting switch to enable or disable a setting mode of performing setting before a start of automatic steering, a first memory to store correspondence information in which setting mode information indicating whether the setting mode is enabled or disabled, time information measured by a timer, and position information of a vehicle body are associated with each other, and a first communicator to transmit the correspondence information stored in the first memory to the server. The server includes a second communicator to receive the correspondence information transmitted by the first communicator, a second memory to store the correspondence information received by the second communicator, and an information manager to manage the correspondence information stored in the second memory, based on the setting mode information.
An agricultural work assistance apparatus includes a route creator to create a travel route along which an agricultural machine is to travel in a registered agricultural field, and a display to display a predicted work portion where the agricultural machine is predicted to perform agricultural work with a working device connected thereto while traveling based on the travel route and/or a predicted non-work portion where the agricultural machine is predicted not to perform agricultural work with the working device. An agricultural work assistance system includes an agricultural work assistance apparatus, and an agricultural machine. An agricultural machine includes an agricultural work assistance apparatus, a traveling vehicle body, a connector to connect a working device to the traveling vehicle body, and a position detector to detect a position of the traveling vehicle body.
A working machine is provided, which includes a machine body, a prime mover, a pair of traveling devices, a pair of traveling motors to be switched between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a pair of traveling pumps driven by the prime mover to supply operation fluid to the pair of traveling motors, respectively, a controller configured to automatically shift down the pair of traveling motors from the second speed to the first speed, a mode switch configured for an operator to select an ON position allowing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed and an OFF position preventing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, and a display to display that the operator selects the ON position of the mode switch.
A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame including a first inner frame including a first connection and a first inner projection projecting above the first connection in a height direction, a first outer frame including a second connection and a first outer projection projecting above the second connection in the height direction, and a first connection frame having a first opening and connected to the first connection and the second connection between the first inner frame and the first outer frame. A first arm hydraulic cylinder is provided to pass through the first opening. The first cover is configured to surround an outer periphery of the first arm hydraulic cylinder to cover the first opening and provided on the first connection frame to be slidably guided by the first connection frame, the first inner projection, and the first outer projection.
E02F 3/34 - Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
E02F 9/08 - Superstructures; Supports for superstructures
An agricultural machine includes a traveling vehicle body, a connector to connect a working device for agricultural work to the traveling vehicle body, a route creator to create a travel route along which the traveling vehicle body is to travel, a supply point setter to set, at a location off the travel route, a supply point where supply of material used during the agricultural work is to be received, a position detector to detect a position of the traveling vehicle body, an automatic operation controller to cause the traveling vehicle body to travel based on the position of the traveling vehicle body and the travel route and cause the traveling vehicle body to move to the supply point, and a notifier to provide a notification indicating that the traveling vehicle body is about to move to the supply point, while the automatic operation controller causes the traveling vehicle body to travel.
A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
100.
BURIED PIPING REPLACEMENT PERIOD PREDICTION APPARATUS, BURIED PIPING REPLACEMENT PERIOD PREDICTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
A buried piping replacement period prediction apparatus includes a buried piping attribute data acquisition unit and an exceedance-probability-of-corrosion-depth prediction unit. The buried piping attribute data acquisition unit acquires attribute data of buried piping. The attribute data of the buried piping includes a first environmental factor of the buried piping, a first burial period of time of the buried piping, and a nominal pipe wall thickness or an allowable corrosion depth of the buried piping. The exceedance-probability-of-corrosion-depth prediction unit calculates an exceedance probability of corrosion depth of the buried piping in a certain period from an exceedance-probability-of-corrosion-depth prediction model for the first environmental factor, the first burial period of time, and the nominal pipe wall thickness or the allowable corrosion depth.
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