Abstract: A running slip control system for a bulldozer, comprising: (a) a running slip detector for detecting the running slip of a vehicle body; and (b) a blade controller for lifting a blade to eliminate the running slip when the running slip detector detects the occurrence of running slip.

Abstract: A blade control system for a bulldozer, comprising: (a) a pitch angle detector for detecting a pitch angle of a vehicle body when the vehicle body inclines back and forth; (b) an actual tractive force detector for detecting an actual tractive force of the vehicle body; and (c) a controller for correcting the actual tractive force detected by the actual tractive force detector according to the pitch angle detected by the pitch angle detector and for controlling the blade to be lifted or lowered such that the corrected actual tractive force becomes equal to a target tractive force.

Abstract: A composition containing 100 parts by weight of a soluble polyimidosiloxane obtained by polymerization and imidation of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid component and a component comprising a diaminopolysiloxane, an aromatic diamine with a hydroxyl group and optionally another aromatic diamine, 1 to 50 parts by weight of an epoxy resin, and optionally, also 2 to 150 parts by weight of an inorganic filler such as mica, silica or barium sulfate, and an organic solvent. The composition is homogeneously soluble in organic solvents, and when formed into a protective film on a flexible wiring board it has high heat resistance, flexing resistance, adhesion and chemical resistance (against soldering flux and tin plating solutions).

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for the pitch cylinders (4A, 4B) of a bulldozer blade apparatus can include (a) main hydraulic pumps (30A, 30B) and an assistant hydraulic pump (31) to make up the assistant hydraulic circuit, (b) variable displacement hydraulic pumps (21A, 21B), or (c) fixed displacement hydraulic pumps (30A, 30B) and a plurality of solenoid selector valves such that the pitch cylinders can be connected in series. The assistant hydraulic pump (31) is connectable to delivery lines of the main hydraulic pumps through an assistant solenoid selector valve (32) which is controlled by an external signal. The blade (10) can be formed so that a line (14) tangential to the lower edge of the curved panel of the blade is inclined rearwardly with respect to the front face (13) of the blade edge member (12). Earth-moving work can be performed by inclining the blade (10) rearwardly by an angle (.theta..sub.

Abstract: A dozing system for a bulldozer with which dozing can be carried out by a simple operation without giving a great deal of fatigue to the operator.When the running slip of a vehicle body is not detected by a running slip detector, a blade is lifted or lowered by a comparison controller such that an actual tractive force of the vehicle body detected by an actual tractive force detector becomes coincident with a target tractive force set by e.g., a dial, whereby the amount of loads applied to the blade by excavating and moving earth can be maintained constant. On the other hand, when the running slip of the vehicle body is detected by the running slip detector, the comparison controller lifts the blade, thereby reducing the amount of loads applied to the blade by excavating and moving earth in order to eliminate the running slip.

Abstract: An engine overrun preventing system for a vehicle, in which the overrun of an engine is prevented when the overrun of the engine is detected, by (i) switching a lock-up system provided in a torque convertor OFF to cause a slip, if it is detected that the lock-up system is in its ON state; (ii) shifting a transmission into a speed range which is one grade lower than a presently selected speed range and reducing vehicle speed by engine brake, if it is detected that the lock-up system is in its OFF state and that the transmission is placed in another speed range than a first speed; and (iii) actuating a brake to reduce vehicle speed, if it is detected that the lock-up system is in its OFF state and that the transmission is placed in the first speed and if a detected vehicle speed is equal to a predetermined vehicle speed or more.

Abstract: A load control unit for a bulldozer, comprising an actual tractive force detector for detecting the actual tractive force of a vehicle body; target tractive force setting switch for setting a target tractive force for an automatic blade control mode in dozing operation; and blade controller for controlling a blade to be lifted or lowered such that if there is a difference between the actual tractive force detected by the actual tractive force detector and the target tractive force set by the target tractive force setting switch when digging is started with the automatic blade control mode in dozing operation, the actual tractive force gradually comes closer to the target tractive force.

Abstract: A blade control system for use in a bulldozer comprising: a driving mode setting device which can set an automatic blade control mode during dozing operation; a running condition detector for detecting whether a transmission is placed in forward range or reverse range; and a blade controller for controlling tilting and lowering of a blade such that when the speed range detector has detected that the transmission is placed in forward range and the driving mode setting device has set the automatic blade control mode to start digging, the lower end of the blade becomes horizontal in relation to a vehicle body and is brought into contact with the ground.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus of a construction machine in which steering control is performed by hydraulically controlling the steering clutches and the steering brakes, comprises remote operating unit for generating a first steering command for turning on or off the steering clutches of the construction machine and a second steering command for turning on or off the steering brakes of the construction machine, steering operation of the construction machine being controlled by the first and second steering commands; and a control unit provided in the construction machine, for performing a control in such a manner that when the first steering command becomes on, the steering clutches are released for a duration during which the first steering command is on, and when the second steering command becomes on in the duration during which the first steering command is on, hydraulic pressure of the steering brakes is gradually changed from a releasing side to a braking side with a predetermined gradient.

Abstract: A dozing control unit for a bulldozer, comprising an actual tractive force detector for detecting the actual tractive force of a vehicle body; a driving mode selector button capable of switching a manual operation mode to an automatic driving mode in dozing operation; and a blade controller for controlling a blade to be lifted or lowered such that if there is a difference between the actual tractive force detected by the actual tractive force detector and a target tractive force set for the automatic driving mode when the manual operation mode is switched to the automatic driving mode by the driving mode selector button, the actual tractive force gradually comes closer to the target tractive force.

Abstract: A control unit for controlling load on a bulldozer in the case of manual intervention, comprising: an actual tractive force detector for detecting the actual tractive force of a vehicle body; a target tractive force setting device for setting a target tractive force for an automatic blade control mode in dozing operation according to the actual tractive force detected by the actual tractive force detector; and a blade controller for controlling a blade to be lifted or lowered such that, if there is a difference between the target tractive force set by the target tractive force setting device when switching from the automatic blade control mode to a manual operation mode takes place in dozing operation and the actual tractive force detected by the actual tractive force detector when return from the manual operation mode to the automatic blade control mode takes place, the actual tractive force gradually comes closer to the target tractive force set when switching to the manual operation mode takes place.

Abstract: A steering system for a bulldozer, comprising a steering direction indicating device for indicating a lateral direction in which a vehicle body is to be steered, a dozing operation detector for judging by detection whether the bulldozer is in dozing operation, a steering controller for controlling the vehicle body to be steered in the lateral direction indicated by the steering direction indicating device when the dozing operation detector judges that the bulldozer is in dozing operation, by tilting a blade in the indicated lateral direction in order to impose offset load on the vehicle body, and by causing a difference between the relative travel speeds of right and left crawler belts attached to the vehicle body at least when light load occurs in the dozing operation.

Abstract: A straight-ahead traveling control system for a bulldozer comprising: (a) a driving mode setting device which can set an automatic blade control mode for dozing operation; (b) a yaw angle detector for detecting the yaw angle of a vehicle body in relation to a target traveling direction for the vehicle body; (c) a blade tilt angle detector for detecting the tilt angle of the blade tilting laterally in relation to the ground; and (d) a blade controller for controlling tilting of the blade based on a first blade tilting amount used for driving the vehicle body straight ahead and a second blade tilting amount used for forming a laterally horizontal earth surface after digging by the blade, the first blade tilting amount being obtained from the yaw angle of the vehicle body detected by the yaw angle detector and the second blade tilting amount being obtained from the tilt angle of the blade detected by the blade tilt angle detector, when the driving mode setting device has set the automatic blade control mode.

Abstract: A dozing system for a bulldozer, comprising an actual tractive force detector for detecting an actual tractive force of a vehicle body; a target tractive force setting device for setting a target tractive force for a vehicle body; a tractive force deviation calculator for calculating the deviation between the actual tractive force detected by the actual tractive force detector and the target tractive force set by the target tractive force setting device; and a comparison control unit for controlling a blade to be lifted or lowered such that the absolute value of the deviation is increased, when at least the absolute value of the deviation is less than a preset value and tile actual tractive force is approaching the target tractive force.

Abstract: A transmission control method for a vehicle, with which torque starvation does not occur during shifting operation, and wherein shift between drive ranges in forward and reverse respectively is performed by engagement and disengagement of forward and reverse drive clutches as well as engagement and disengagement of at least first and second drive clutches, the first drive clutch to be disengaged is brought into a half-engaged state and the second drive clutch to be engaged is brought into a half-engaged state, and then the first drive clutch in a half-engaged state is fully disengaged and the second drive clutch in a half-engaged state is fully engaged.

Abstract: An automatic drive control system for a bulldozer comprising a digging start detector for detecting that the bulldozer is in a digging start position, a digging end detector for detecting that the bulldozer is in a digging end position, a driving direction detector for detecting the momentarily varying driving direction of the bulldozer, and a drive controller for shifting a transmission into a forward gear when the digging start detector detects that the bulldozer is presently in the digging start position; shifting the transmission into a reverse gear when the digging end detector detects that the bulldozer is presently in the digging end position; and controlling the bulldozer such that the driving direction detected by the driving direction detector is made coincident with a target driving direction when the bulldozer is moving from the digging start position towards the digging end position.

Abstract: The content of spherulites of polyethylene resins is reduced by contact of the polyethylene resin while it is molten with lithium carbonate which is in a subdivided form and is dispersed in the molten polyethylene resin or which is in a form of a block and is removed from the polyethylene resin after the contact. The dispersed lithium carbonate can be removed with the reduced spherulite content preserved.