EP2639358A1 - Vorrichtung zum Montieren eines Geräts an einem Fahrzeug - Google Patents

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EP2639358A1
EP2639358A1 EP12159895.7A EP12159895A EP2639358A1 EP 2639358 A1 EP2639358 A1 EP 2639358A1 EP 12159895 A EP12159895 A EP 12159895A EP 2639358 A1 EP2639358 A1 EP 2639358A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F3/00—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines
    • E02F3/04—Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines mechanically-driven
    • E02F3/76—Graders, bulldozers, or the like with scraper plates or ploughshare-like elements; Levelling scarifying devices
    • E02F3/7609—Scraper blade mounted forwardly of the tractor on a pair of pivoting arms which are linked to the sides of the tractor, e.g. bulldozers
    • E02F3/7613—Scraper blade mounted forwardly of the tractor on a pair of pivoting arms which are linked to the sides of the tractor, e.g. bulldozers with the scraper blade adjustable relative to the pivoting arms about a vertical axis, e.g. angle dozers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
    • E02F9/08—Superstructures; Supports for superstructures
    • E02F9/085—Ground-engaging fitting for supporting the machines while working, e.g. outriggers, legs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H11/00—Defence installations; Defence devices
    • F41H11/12—Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines
    • F41H11/16—Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles
    • F41H11/20—Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles with ground-penetrating elements, e.g. with means for removing buried landmines from the soil
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H11/00—Defence installations; Defence devices
    • F41H11/12—Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines
    • F41H11/16—Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles
    • F41H11/28—Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles using brushing or sweeping means or dozers to push mines lying on a surface aside; using means for removing mines intact from a surface
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H7/00—Armoured or armed vehicles
    • F41H7/02—Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks

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  • the present invention relates to a mounting assembly for mounting an implement to a vehicle, and relates particularly, but not exclusively, to a mounting assembly for mounting a bulldozer blade to a military work vehicle.
  • Blade mounting assemblies for mounting bulldozer blades to vehicle bodies are known. These often include mechanisms which allow the lift (height of the blade relative to the vehicle), pitch (orientation of the blade about an axis generally normal to the vehicle centre line plane), angle (orientation of the blade about a generally vertical axis) and tilt (orientation of the blade about a generally horizontal axis parallel to the vehicle centre line plane) to be adjusted for particular operations.
  • Military work vehicles generally operate as conventional bulldozers, i.e. clearing debris, filling holes and so on, but in some cases also function as "earth anchors" in which the blade is buried deeply in the ground to provide a secure anchor to allow the vehicle, fitted with a suitable winch, to recover other vehicles stuck in soft terrain.
  • the assembly may be subjected to very high loads. For example, if the edge of the blade strikes a sufficiently immoveable obstacle while bulldozing, the vehicle will be stopped almost instantly. The loads in the assembly in such a situation may be very large compared to normal bulldozing loads.
  • one or more powered actuators are connected between the blade and a frame in order to rotate the blade relative to the frame.
  • Such arrangements suffer from the disadvantage that when the blade is facing straight ahead, the actuator cylinders are partly extended, usually at their mid-point of travel, and actuators are then further extended and/or contracted to turn the blade left or right from its mid position.
  • the blade is typically held rigidly in the mid position by locking the actuators. Since hydraulic cylinders are usually used as actuators, these are locked by closing hydraulic valves connected to the cylinder ports, preventing oil leaving or entering the cylinder, and thus preventing the cylinders extending or contracting.
  • hydraulic circuits typically include pressure relief valves which override this lock if a sufficiently high external force results in hydraulic pressures above some set threshold value, for example as a result of the blade edge striking some sufficiently immoveable object and if the moving vehicle has sufficient mass and speed.
  • Preferred embodiments of the present invention seek to overcome the above disadvantage of the prior art.
  • a mounting assembly for mounting an implement to a vehicle, the assembly comprising:-
  • first link members pivotably mounted at respective second pivots to first actuators and second actuators for adjusting the position said second pivots relative to the body to adjust the orientation of the implement relative to the vehicle
  • this provides the advantage of enabling the distance between the implement and an adjacent part of the vehicle to be reduced by means other than reducing the length of one or more of the first actuators.
  • the implement can be in its angular mid position with fully compressed first actuators, which provides the advantage of significantly increasing the compressive forces which the assembly can withstand by means of actuators of a given size, as a result of which a lighter and more compact mounting assembly can be used for a given load.
  • At least one said first link member and the corresponding said first actuator may be arranged in use such that a line directly connecting said first and second pivots is arranged at an obtuse angle to a line directly connecting said second and third pivots.
  • At least one said second actuator may be adapted to move the corresponding said second pivot from one side of a line directly joining the corresponding said first and third pivots to the other side of said line.
  • This provides the advantage of enabling the angle of the implement relative to the vehicle to be adjusted by means of a more compact assembly.
  • At least one said first link member and the corresponding said first actuator may be arranged such that loads urging the implement towards the vehicle in use tend to decrease the size of said obtuse angle.
  • At least one said second actuator may be arranged such that loads urging the implement towards the vehicle in use cause tensile loading of said second actuator.
  • At least one said second actuator may be pivotably mounted at a respective fourth pivot to said body.
  • the assembly may further comprise at least one third actuator for adjusting the orientation of the body relative to the vehicle.
  • At least one said third actuator may be adapted to cause pivoting of the implement relative to the vehicle about a first axis, and said first and second actuators may be adapted to cooperate to cause pivoting of the implement relative to the vehicle about a second axis substantially perpendicular to said first axis.
  • At least one said third actuator may be adapted to be pivotably mounted relative to the vehicle and to the implement.
  • the assembly may comprise a plurality of said third actuators.
  • This provides the advantage of providing a further degree of freedom of pivoting of the implement relative to the vehicle, by means of extending at least one said third actuator and/or contracting at least one said third actuator.
  • the assembly may further comprise at least one second link member adapted to be pivotably mounted relative to the implement and to the vehicle to adjust the orientation of the implement relative to the body as the orientation of the body relative to the vehicle changes.
  • This provides the advantage of enabling automatic pitch control of the implement when the implement is a bulldozer blade without the need for an additional actuator, thereby minimising increases in weight and volume of the assembly.
  • a vehicle comprising:
  • a bulldozer blade 2 is attached to a vehicle 4 by means of a mounting assembly 6 embodying the present invention.
  • the assembly 6 comprises a body in the form of a lower link 8 connected to the vehicle 4 by means of a pin joint 10, the axis of the pin joint 10 being generally perpendicular to a vehicle centre line plane 12 ( Figure 2 ).
  • the lower link 8 is connected the blade 2 by means of a ball joint 14 ( Figure 5 ).
  • a pair of first actuators 16, 18 are connected to the blade 2 by respective ball joints 20, 22 and to respective first link members in the form of link plates 24, 26 by means of respective pin joints 28, 30.
  • the link plates 24, 26 are connected to the lower link 8 by means of respective ball joints 32, 34 ( Figure 5 ).
  • a pair of second actuators 36, 38 are connected to the lower link 8 by respective ball joints 40, 42 and to the respective link plates 24, 26 and actuators 16, 18 at the respective pin joints 28, 30 such that the actuators 16, 18 and respective link plates 24, 26 form respective obtuse angles to each other in the arrangement shown in Figure 2 .
  • a pair of third actuators 44, 46 are connected to the blade 4 by respective "point on line” joints 48, 50.
  • a "point on line” joint is a joint having one translational degree of freedom and three rotational degrees of freedom, for example a plain spherical bearing which can slide along a pin.
  • the axis of the translational degree of freedom is fixed normal to the centre line plane 52 of the blade 2.
  • Left actuator 46 is connected to the vehicle 4 by means of a pin joint 54, the structure connecting the pin joint 54 to the vehicle body being omitted from the Figures for clarity, and the axis of the pin joint 54 is generally perpendicular to the vehicle centre line plane 12.
  • right actuator 44 is connected to the blade 2 by "point on line” joint 48 and to the vehicle body by means of a pin joint 56. Again, the structure connecting the pin joint 56 to the vehicle body is omitted from the Figures for clarity.
  • a top link 58 is attached to the vehicle body by means of a ball joint 60 and to the bulldozer blade 2 by means of a ball joint 62.
  • the blade 2 is raised relative to ground plane 64 by retraction of actuators 44, 46 so that the blade 2 and mounting assembly 6 fit within an envelope 66 bounded by an approach angle plane 68 and a sight or gun line plane 70. This enables the apparatus to be effectively stowed when not in use.
  • extension of the actuators 44, 46 causes the assembly 6 to lower the blade 2 deeply below the nominal ground plane 64. This enables secure earth anchoring to be carried out.
  • one of the second actuator 36 is extended and the other second actuator 38 is contracted.
  • the pin joint 28 moves from one side of a line directly connecting the ball joints 24, 34 to the other side of that line, thereby enabling the distance between the blade 2 and the adjacent part of the vehicle 4 to be reduced by means other than retraction of the actuator 18.
  • This movement is also assisted by means of connection of the lower link 8 to the blade 2 by means of ball joint 14. Since the blade 2 is also connected to the upper link 58 by means of a ball joint 62, the blade 2 can rotate about an axis passing through the ball joints 14, 62.
  • the blade 2 can be arranged in a tilted position for penetrating hard ground.
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ES12159895.7T ES2688075T3 (es) 2012-03-16 2012-03-16 Conjunto de montaje para montar un implemento en un vehículo
US13/794,998 US8887827B2 (en) 2012-03-16 2013-03-12 Mounting assembly for mounting implement to a vehicle

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EP2884220A1 (de) * 2013-12-11 2015-06-17 Pearson Engineering Limited Demontierbares Fahrzeuganbaugerät
DE102018129830A1 (de) * 2018-11-26 2020-05-28 Liebherr-Betonpumpen Gmbh Arbeitsmaschine mit wenigstens einem Schwenkbein
GB2555370B (en) * 2016-06-29 2022-04-13 Pearson Eng Ltd Dozer blade assembly
US11686057B2 (en) 2016-03-02 2023-06-27 The Toro Company Four wheel drive, skid steer snow vehicle with snow plow blade

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US2643472A (en) * 1949-09-12 1953-06-30 John W Merz Bulldozer
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US3011276A (en) * 1958-12-22 1961-12-05 Newton A Likely Bulldozer blade construction
US3628612A (en) * 1969-09-08 1971-12-21 Caterpillar Tractor Co Mounting arrangement for bulldozer blades
JPS4711105U (de) * 1971-02-25 1972-10-09
JPS4949403B1 (de) * 1968-12-28 1974-12-27

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US2643472A (en) * 1949-09-12 1953-06-30 John W Merz Bulldozer
US2943407A (en) * 1958-02-27 1960-07-05 Case Co J I Bulldozer blade mounting
US3011276A (en) * 1958-12-22 1961-12-05 Newton A Likely Bulldozer blade construction
JPS4949403B1 (de) * 1968-12-28 1974-12-27
US3628612A (en) * 1969-09-08 1971-12-21 Caterpillar Tractor Co Mounting arrangement for bulldozer blades
JPS4711105U (de) * 1971-02-25 1972-10-09

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EP2884220A1 (de) * 2013-12-11 2015-06-17 Pearson Engineering Limited Demontierbares Fahrzeuganbaugerät
EP2884220B1 (de) 2013-12-11 2018-05-23 Pearson Engineering Limited Demontierbares Fahrzeuganbaugerät
US10077542B2 (en) 2013-12-11 2018-09-18 Pearson Engineering Limited Demountable vehicle implement
US11686057B2 (en) 2016-03-02 2023-06-27 The Toro Company Four wheel drive, skid steer snow vehicle with snow plow blade
GB2555370B (en) * 2016-06-29 2022-04-13 Pearson Eng Ltd Dozer blade assembly
DE102018129830A1 (de) * 2018-11-26 2020-05-28 Liebherr-Betonpumpen Gmbh Arbeitsmaschine mit wenigstens einem Schwenkbein

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