Construction machinery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10221871-B2
Application number	US-201715422152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2017
Priority date	Jul 25, 2011
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

The Construction machinery includes at least two actuators, a main pump that generates hydraulic energy for driving the actuators, control valves disposed between the main pump and the actuators, a hydraulic pump motor driven by the generator motor that generates energy to be added to the hydraulic energy, and a controller that reduces hydraulic energy generated by the main pump when the hydraulic pump motor driven by the generator-motor generates energy. The construction machinery further comprises changeover valves that selectively change a location at which the energy from the hydraulic pump motor driven by the generator-motor is to be added according to the actuators. The controller changes a reduction rate of the hydraulic energy generated by the main pump depending on a specific actuator to which the energy is to be added.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Construction machinery including:
at least two actuators including a cylinder and a hydraulic motor;
a main pump that discharges hydraulic oil for driving the actuators,
lines for connecting the main pump and each of the actuators;
flow control valves disposed in the lines, the flow control valves including a control valve for operating the cylinder and a control valve for operating the hydraulic motor;
a hydraulic pump motor that adds hydraulic oil to the lines;
sub-lines for connecting the hydraulic pump motor and the lines; and
a controller that reduces a discharge flow rate of the main pump when the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump motor is added to any of the lines through any of the sub-lines,
wherein one of the sub-lines is connected to a line between the main pump and the control valve for operating the cylinder among the lines, and
remaining sub-lines of the sub-lines are connected to lines between the control valve for operating the hydraulic motor and the hydraulic motor among the lines,
wherein a changeover valve is disposed in each of the sub-lines,

wherein the controller reduces the discharge flow rate of the main pump and controls the changeover valves such that the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump motor is supplied to the line between the main pump and the control valve for operating the cylinder when the cylinder is operated by an operation signal from an operating lever, and reduces the discharge flow rate of the main pump at a larger reduction rate than when the cylinder is operated and controls the changeover valves such that the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump motor is supplied to one of the lines between the control valve for operating the hydraulic motor and the hydraulic motor when the hydraulic motor is operated by an operation signal from the operating lever.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co
• Satake Takako

Inventors

• Imura Shinya
• Satake Hidetoshi
• Ishikawa Kouji
• Hijikata Seiji
• Ooki Takatoshi
• Nishikawa Shinji

Classifications

• F15B2211/7053

  Double-acting output members · CPC title

• E02F9/2296

  Systems with a variable displacement pump · CPC title

• E02F9/2282

  Systems using center bypass type changeover valves · CPC title

• F15B2211/20546

  variable capacity · CPC title

• E02F9/123 Primary

  Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor (E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence) · CPC title