With Plural Cranks Or Cams Driving Each Blade Patents (Class 172/86)
  • Method and apparatus for a limp home mode
    Patent number: 6253136
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling a work implement in order to enable an earth moving machine to move to a service area after a failure within an implement control system occurs. The method includes the steps of detecting the failure of the implement control system, enabling a limp home mode in response to the failure, and controlling the implement into a limp home position through operator interaction using a display and either an associated keypad or a touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stratton, Brian G. Funke, Steven R. Genseal, Steven R. Kruase, Richard J. Skiba