Patent ID: 8364356
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B62D,E02F,F15B,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of altering a drive parameter of a vehicle including a drive system with a first drive and a second drive, the first and second drives each driving a different one of left side wheels or tracks and right side wheels or tracks of the vehicle in response to operator control device positions, the first drive and the second drive having a first drive output and a second drive output, respectively, the second drive output being independent from the first drive output, the vehicle further having an input device interfacable with an operator, the method comprising: receiving a first input from the operator via the input device to enter a tracking adjustment mode; varying an output limit for the first drive while in the tracking adjustment mode to trim the output of one of the first and second drives relative to the other of the first and second drives to adjust steering of the vehicle for a positive center operator control device position, the output limit being equal to or less than a maximum output; and controlling the drive system using an operator control device to result in movement of the vehicle, the controlling including limiting the first drive based upon the varied output limit for the first drive.