Hydraulic system for work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10539162-B2
Application number	US-201615387548-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2016
Priority date	Dec 24, 2015
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a first control valve including a first direction switch to switch a direction in which the operation fluid is to flow through a first hydraulic actuator and a pressure compensator to maintain a differential pressure to a constant pressure, the differential pressure being a difference between a pressure of the operation fluid to be inputted to the pressure compensator and a pressure of the operation fluid to be outputted from the pressure compensator. And, the hydraulic system includes a second control valve including a second direction switch to switch a direction in which the operation fluid is to flow through a second hydraulic actuator and a flow rate prioritizer to prioritize a flow rate of the operation fluid to be outputted to the second hydraulic actuator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic system for a work machine, comprising:
a first hydraulic actuator;
a second hydraulic actuator;
a hydraulic pump to supply an operation fluid;
a first control valve to control the first hydraulic actuator, the first control valve comprising:
a first direction switch to switch a direction in which the operation fluid is to flow through the first hydraulic actuator; and
a pressure compensator to maintain a differential pressure to a constant pressure, the differential pressure being a difference between a pressure of the operation fluid to be inputted to the pressure compensator and a pressure of the operation fluid to be outputted from the pressure compensator; and

a second control valve to control the second hydraulic actuator, the second control valve comprising:
a second direction switch to switch a direction in which the operation fluid is to flow through the second hydraulic actuator; and
a flow rate prioritizer to prioritize a flow rate of the operation fluid to be outputted to the second hydraulic actuator,

wherein the flow rate prioritizer includes:
a spool configured to move between a first position where a flow rate of the operation fluid outputted to the second hydraulic actuator is increased and a second position where the operation fluid of a flow rate smaller than the flow rate at the first position is supplied to the second hydraulic actuator;
a pressing member to press the spool toward the first position;
a first pressure receptor to receive a pressure of the operation fluid outputted from the second direction switch to the flow rate prioritizer; and
a second pressure receptor to receive a pressure of the operation fluid outputted from the hydraulic pump, and

wherein the spool includes a first flow path with a throttle to decrease the flow rate of the operation fluid to less than the flow rate at the first position when the spool is at the second position and a second flow path without the throttle when the spool is at the first position, the spool being configured to be pressed toward the first position by a pressing force of the pressing member and by the pressure of the operation fluid received by the first pressure receptor such that the operation fluid is to flow toward the second hydraulic actuator via the second flow path, and is pressed toward the second position by the pressure of the operation fluid received by the second pressure receptor such that the operation fluid is to flow toward the second hydraulic actuator via the first flow path.

2. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , comprising:
a first fluid tube connected to the hydraulic pump;
a second fluid tube connecting the second direction switch to the first pressure receptor; and
a third fluid tube connecting the first fluid tube to the second pressure receptor.

3. The hydraulic system for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the second hydraulic actuator is a turn motor.

4. The hydraulic system for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the second hydraulic actuator is a travel motor.

5. The hydraulic system for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the second hydraulic actuator is an auxiliary attachment attachable to the work machine.

6. The hydraulic system for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first hydraulic actuator includes
an arm cylinder, or
a boom cylinder.

7. The hydraulic system for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first hydraulic actuator includes a travel motor.

8. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pressing force of the pressing member is set to equal to or less than a differential pressure between an output pressure of the operation fluid outputted from the hydraulic pump and a highest one of load pressures of the first control valve and the second control valve.

9. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the spool is configured to increase the flow rate of the operation fluid as compared with a flow rate of the operation fluid at an intermediate position when the spool is at the first position and to decrease the flow rate of the operation fluid as compared with the flow rate of the operation fluid at the intermediate position when the spool is at the second position.

10. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the spool is configured such that the flow rate of the operation fluid outputted to the second hydraulic actuator when the spool is at the second position is greater than zero.

11. A hydraulic system for a work machine, comprising:
a first hydraulic actuator;
a second hydraulic actuator;
a hydraulic pump to supply an operation fluid;
a first control valve to control the first hydraulic actuator, the first control valve comprising:
a first direction switch to switch a direction in which the operation fluid is to flow through the first hydraulic actuator; and
a pressure compensator to maintain a differential pressure to a constant pressure, the differential pressure being a difference between a pressure of the operation fluid to be inputted to the pressure compensator and a pressure of the operation fluid to be outputted from the pressure compensator; and

a second control valve to control the second hydraulic actuator, the second control valve comprising:
a second direction switch to switch a direction in which the operation fluid is to flow through the second hydraulic actuator; and
a flow rate prioritizer to prioritize a flow rate of the operation fluid to be outputted to the second hydraulic actuator,

wherein the flow rate prioritizer includes:
a spool configured to move between a first position where a flow rate of the operation fluid outputted to the second hydraulic actuator is increased and a second position where the operation fluid of a flow rate smaller than the flow rate at the first position is supplied to the second hydraulic actuator;
a pressing member to press the spool toward the first position;
a first pressure receptor to receive a pressure of the operation fluid outputted from the second direction switch to the flow rate prioritizer; and
a second pressure receptor to receive a pressure of the operation fluid outputted from the hydraulic pump,

wherein the spool is configured to be pressed toward the first position by a pressing force of the pressing member and by the pressure of the operation fluid received by the first pressure receptor, and is pressed toward the second position by the pressure of the operation fluid received by the second pressure receptor, and
wherein the spool is configured such that the flow rate of the operation fluid outputted to the second hydraulic actuator when the spool is at the second position is greater than zero.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Horii Hiroshi

Classifications

• F15B2211/781

  one or more output members having priority · CPC title

• F15B2211/7135

  Combinations of output members of different types, e.g. single-acting cylinders with rotary motors · CPC title

• F15B2211/605

  Load sensing circuits · CPC title

• F15B2211/30555

  Inlet and outlet of the pressure compensating valve being connected to the directional control valve · CPC title

• F15B2211/20553

  with pilot circuit, e.g. for controlling a swash plate · CPC title