Patent ID: 9334628
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,B60Y,E02F,F02D,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A motor grader comprising: an engine; front and rear travel wheels; a transmission including a plurality of hydraulic clutches configured to switch between forward and reverse travel and to switch between speed stages, to change speed stages of a motive force from the engine, and to transmit the motive force to at least one of the front and rear travel wheels; a work implement including a blade configured to grade; a control unit configured to control the hydraulic clutches with command signals, the control unit being configured to execute a very low-speed control in which one of the hydraulic clutches of the transmission is operated as a braking clutch to enable a very low-speed travel when traveling at a forward low-speed stage, the one of the hydraulic clutches operated as braking clutch being operated in double engagement with another of the hydraulic clutches that is engaged to achieve the forward low-speed stage; and a very low-speed adjusting member configured to adjustably set a vehicle speed during the very low-speed travel to an arbitrary vehicle speed.