Hybrid-type working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000908-B2
Application number	US-201515122992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	Jul 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

There are provided an electric motor ( 12 ) driven by an engine ( 8 ) to generate power or assists in driving the engine ( 8 ), a heat exchanger ( 13 ) to which cooling air is supplied by a cooling fan ( 8 A), a heat exchanger upstream room ( 28 ) upstream of the heat exchanger ( 13 ), an electricity storage device ( 30 ) that stores or discharges power, and an inverter device ( 34 ) for controlling an operation of the electric motor ( 12 ). A radiator ( 42 ) for cooling the electricity storage device and a radiator ( 46 ) for cooling the are separately provided to be independent from each other, and are arranged in parallel between the heat exchanger ( 13 ) and the electricity storage device ( 30 ) in the heat exchanger upstream room ( 28 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid-type working machine, comprising:
an automotive vehicle body provided with a working mechanism in a front side of said vehicle body;
a counterweight that is provided in a rear side of said vehicle body to act as a weight balance to said working mechanism;
an engine that is arranged at a front side of said counterweight to drive a hydraulic pump;
an electric motor including a first electric motor that is driven by said engine to generate power or assists in a drive of said engine by supply of power thereto and a second electric motor that is driven by power supplied from said electricity storage device aside from said first electric motor or stores regeneration power generated by a regeneration operation in said electricity storage device;
a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid including engine cooling water and/or hydraulic oil;
a cooling fan for supplying cooling air to said heat exchanger;
an electricity storage device that is arranged in a heat exchanger upstream room upstream of said heat exchanger in a flow direction of the cooling air supplied to said heat exchanger and stores power or discharges the power therein;
an inverter device having a first inverter for controlling an operation of said first electric motor and a second inverter for controlling an operation of said second electric motor;
a radiator for the electricity storage device that cools said electricity storage device; and
a radiator for the inverter that is provided aside from said radiator for the electricity storage device to cool said inverter device, wherein
said radiator for the electricity storage device and said radiator for the inverter are positioned between said heat exchanger and said electricity storage device in said heat exchanger upstream room, and are arranged in parallel in the flow direction of said cooling air,
a connecting box is provided on an upper surface side of said electricity storage device for connection between a first cable extending from said first inverter, a second cable extending from said second inverter, and a terminal of said electricity storage device, respectively,
a first cable connecting port to which said first cable is connected and a second cable connecting port to which said second cable is connected, are provided on a front side surface of the connecting box aligned in a left-right direction,
a signal line connecting port to which a signal line from a control device for controlling charge or discharge by said electricity storage device is connected is provided on a rear side surface of said connecting box opposite said front side surface,
said radiator for the inverter and said radiator for the electricity storage device include upper tanks which receive a coolant to be cooled, lower tanks which receive cooled coolant, and heat radiation parts provided between said upper tanks and said lower tanks to release heat of the coolant into the cooling air, and
a lower end part of said heat radiation part in said radiator for the inverter and a lower end part of said heat radiation part in said radiator for the electricity storage device are arranged in a height equal to or higher than a height of an upper surface of said connecting box.

2. The hybrid-type working machine according to claim 1 , wherein
said engine is arranged in a horizontal state extending in the left-right direction,
said electricity storage device and said heat exchanger are arranged serially in the flow direction of the cooling air,
said inverter device is arranged at a front side from said electricity storage device in a front-rear direction of said vehicle body,
said radiator for the inverter is arranged in a position close to said inverter device in said heat exchanger upstream room, and
said radiator for the electricity storage device is arranged at a rear side from said radiator for the inverter in said heat exchanger upstream room.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Ota Yasunori
• Ojima Mitsugu
• Egawa Shuji
• Azuma Yuji

Classifications

• B60L2200/40

  Working vehicles · CPC title

• Y10S903/951

  Assembly or relative location of components · CPC title

• B60K11/04

  Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds · CPC title

• B60K2001/0405

  characterised by their position · CPC title

• B60L2220/42

  with use of more than one motor · CPC title