Load measuring apparatus for construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10317273-B2
Application number	US-201515555190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	May 26, 2015
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a new load measuring apparatus for a construction machine that enables more enhancing measurement precision by monitoring a condition of a suspension cylinder. The load measuring apparatus for a construction machine according to the present invention is provided with a loading weight arithmetic module 111 that calculates a loading weight on the basis of loads of plural suspension cylinders 51 and a loading weight confirmation module 112 that outputs the calculated loading weight when the loads of the suspension cylinders 51 are all equal to or larger than a specified value and makes the calculated loading weight ineffective without outputting the loading weight when any one of the loads is below the specified value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A load measuring apparatus for a construction machine comprising:
a storage device configured to store a specified value; and
an interface configured to receive four respective gas pressures inside of four respective suspension cylinders attached to front left, front right, rear left and rear right wheels of the construction machine which are measured by four respective gas pressure sensors attached thereto, and configured to receive four respective pressures of the four respective suspension cylinders which are measured by four respective pressure sensors attached thereto; and
a processor connected to the storage device and the interface, and programmed to:
calculate loads of the respective suspension cylinders from the respective measured pressures of the respective suspension cylinders measured by each of the respective pressure sensors,
calculate a loading weight of the construction machine from the respective loads of the respective suspension cylinders,
compare each of the measured gas pressures inside of the respective suspension cylinders measured by each of the respective gas pressure sensors with the specified value stored in the storage device,
when all the gas pressures inside the suspension cylinders are equal to or larger than a specified value, output the calculated loading weight to the storage device, and
when at least one of the gas pressures inside the suspension cylinders is less than the specified value, invalidate the calculated loading weight without outputting the calculated loading weight to the storage device.

2. The load measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specified value compared with the measured gas pressures inside of the suspension cylinders of the front left and front right wheels is different from the specified value compared with the measured loads of the suspension cylinders of the rear left and rear right wheels.

3. The load measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specified value compared with the measured gas pressures inside of the suspension cylinder of each of the front left, front right, rear left and rear right wheels is different.

4. A load measuring apparatus for a construction machine comprising:
a storage device configured to store a specified value; and
an interface configured to receive four respective stroke amounts of four respective suspension cylinders attached to front left, front right, rear left and rear right wheels of the construction machine which are measured by four respective stroke sensors attached thereto, and configured to receive four respective pressures of the four respective suspension cylinders which are measured by four respective pressure sensors attached thereto; and
a processor connected to the storage device and the interface, and programmed to:
calculate loads of the respective suspension cylinders from the respective measured pressures of the respective suspension cylinders measured by each of the respective pressure sensors,
calculate a loading weight of the construction machine from the respective loads of the respective suspension cylinders,
compare each of the measured stroke amounts of the suspension cylinders measured from the stroke sensors with the specified value stored in the storage device,
when all the stroke amounts of the suspension cylinders are equal to or larger than a specified value, output the calculated loading weight to the storage device, and
when at least one of the stroke amounts of the suspension cylinders is less than the specified value, invalidate the calculated loading weight without outputting the calculated loading weight to the storage device.

5. The load measuring apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the specified value compared with the measured stroke amount of the suspension cylinders of the front left and front right wheels is different from the specified value compared with the measured loads of the suspension cylinders of the rear left and rear right wheels.

6. The load measuring apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the specified value compared with the measured stroke amount of the suspension cylinder of each of the front left, front right, rear left and rear right wheels is different.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Minoshima Toshikazu

Classifications

• B60G2400/5182

  Fluid damper · CPC title

• G01G19/14

  for weighing suspended loads (G01G3/00 takes precedence; incorporation of weighing devices in cranes B66C1/40, B66C13/16) · CPC title

• B60G17/0182

  involving parameter estimation, e.g. observer, Kalman filter · CPC title

• B60G2400/252

  vertical · CPC title

• B60P1/04

  with a tipping movement of load-transporting element (dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F3/00) · CPC title