A method of steering an articulated wheel loader including a front body portion and a rear body portion, the front body portion including a bucket and a pair of front wheels. The rear body portion is pivotally coupled to the front body portion and includes a pair of rear wheels. The method includes steps of: providing a steering command to steer the wheel loader; detecting an angle that a front longitudinal axis of the front body portion forms with a rear longitudinal axis of the rear body portion; and when the detected angle is greater than a threshold automatically implementing a steering brake function to independently brake one of the pair of front wheels or rear wheels that is on a steering side to reduce a speed of the braked wheel to zero so that the braked wheel becomes a pivot point to minimize a turning radius.
ARTICULATED WHEEL LOADER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE STEERING OPERATIONS OF AN ARTICULATED WHEEL LOADER
GELENKRADLADER UND VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG DER LENKVORGÄNGE EINES GELENKRADLADERS
CHARGEUSE SUR ROUES ARTICULÉES ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE DES OPÉRATIONS DE DIRECTION D'UNE CHARGEUSE SUR ROUES ARTICULÉES
2023-10-25
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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