Traveling system for a driving vehicle
First Claim
1. A traveling system for a driving vehicle comprising a driving vehicle capable of driving with its driving unit, a driving motor incorporated in the driving vehicle, and a power supply section capable of moving together with said driving vehicle and supplying power to the motor, wherein said power supply section can freely be loaded on or off from said driving vehicle and is disconnected from said driving vehicle in a low-duty traveling mode and power is not supplied to said driving motor, and the power supply section is connected to said driving vehicle in a heavy-duty traveling mode to supply power to said driving motor.
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Abstract
An assistance vehicle (A) is connected to a dump truck (D) on or at bases of ascending paths (T1, T2), and power is supplied as auxiliary power from the assistant vehicle A to a driving motor in the dump truck (D). Because of this feature, a driving unit of the dump truck (D) (a generator for supplying power to the driving motor in the dump truck (D) or a generating engine for driving the generator) is required only to have the performance sufficient for running on horizontal paths (H1 to H3), which enables size reduction of the driving unit and as a result cost reduction of the dump truck (D). Further the assistant vehicle (A) is connected to the dump truck (D) and moves together with the dump truck (D), so that a freedom degree of the dump truck (D) for a traveling path can substantially be improved.
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- 1. A traveling system for a driving vehicle comprising a driving vehicle capable of driving with its driving unit, a driving motor incorporated in the driving vehicle, and a power supply section capable of moving together with said driving vehicle and supplying power to the motor, wherein said power supply section can freely be loaded on or off from said driving vehicle and is disconnected from said driving vehicle in a low-duty traveling mode and power is not supplied to said driving motor, and the power supply section is connected to said driving vehicle in a heavy-duty traveling mode to supply power to said driving motor.
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