Scraper vehicle, method of controlling the same, and towing vehicle
US11542679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 13, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H61/4096
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A scraper vehicle is described that can contribute, with a relatively simple and low-cost configuration, to shortening of a construction period, reduction of construction cost, and the like without travel being disabled easily. The scraper vehicle includes an auxiliary drive system that supplies, in excavation by the scraper, a driving force to at least part of traveling wheels of the scraper vehicle. The driving force is supplied constantly or in accordance with a travel resistance of the scraper vehicle.
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