Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Jukugyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 5259470
    Abstract: This invention provides a hydraulically driven crawler vehicle in which pilot pressure for controlling the discharge of right and left variable displacement pumps is produced in response to the engine speed by throttle valves disposed in the discharge oil circuit of a fixed displacement pump, variable throttle valve in a branch circuit each installed in a pilot circuit for controlling the right and left crawlers is operated by a cam rotated by the steering wheel, and when the steering wheel is turned exceeding a certain angle, a direction change-over solenoid valve of variable displacement pump at the steering wheel turning side is energized to the reverse side so that the right and left crawlers are driven in the reverse direction to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukugyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumihiro Akahane, Makoto Yanagisawa