Steering assist for a rear caster wheel on a work machine

A work machine includes a frame, at least one drive wheel carried by the frame, at least one caster wheel assembly carried by the frame, and at least one turn assist arrangement. Each turn assist arrangement is coupled between the frame and a corresponding caster wheel assembly. Each turn assist arr...

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Hauptverfasser:	ROTOLE DAVID VINCENT, BEBERNES THOMAS DARYL, DREGER TIMOTHY K, LANG ERIC RYAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS CASTORS INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS MOTOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRAILERS TRANSPORTING VEHICLE WHEELS VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A work machine includes a frame, at least one drive wheel carried by the frame, at least one caster wheel assembly carried by the frame, and at least one turn assist arrangement. Each turn assist arrangement is coupled between the frame and a corresponding caster wheel assembly. Each turn assist arrangement is configured to bias the corresponding caster wheel assembly during an operator commanded turn, and to be overridden by forces applied by the ground to the caster wheel assembly.