Construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10676897-B2
Application number	US-201916277533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 26, 2018
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A construction machine that can easily regulate a set maximum flow rate at a time of replacement of an attachment and that can improve an energy conservation performance is provided. A controller selects a corresponding map in response to an attachment designation signal from among maps each of which sets a relationship between an operation signal per type of the attachment and a flow rate of a hydraulic fluid supplied to an actuator, generates a control signal by causing the selected map to refer to the operation signal, and controls a flow control valve of an attachment flow rate regulation valve device in such a manner that a position of the flow control valve is switched over from a neutral position on the basis of the control signal. An unloading valve that maintains a differential pressure across the flow control valve is disposed in the attachment flow rate regulation valve device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A construction machine including:
a first hydraulic pump;
a first selector valve of a center bypass type to which a hydraulic fluid delivered from the first hydraulic pump is introduced;
an actuator for an attachment, the actuator being driven by the hydraulic fluid having passed through the first selector valve; and
an operation device that instructs an operation of the attachment, wherein
the construction machine comprises:
an attachment flow rate regulation valve device having a hydraulic line connected to the first selector valve, a flow control valve of a closed center type connected to the hydraulic line and configured to regulate a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid passing through the first selector valve and supply the hydraulic fluid to the actuator, and an unloading valve connected to the hydraulic line and configured to unload the hydraulic fluid flowing through the hydraulic line while maintaining a differential pressure across the flow control valve;
an attachment designation device that designates a type of the attachment;
an operation switching device configured to switch over a position of the first selector valve to a full open position when the operation device is operated; and
a controller configured to control the flow control valve on the basis of an operation signal output from the operation device and an attachment designation signal output from the attachment designation device,
the unloading valve being a selector valve that moves between a closed position and an open position, the selector valve having, at an end portion of a side in which the unloading valve is actuated in a closing direction, a pressure receiving section to which a load pressure of the actuator is introduced and a spring, and having, at an end portion of a side in which the unloading valve is actuated in an opening direction, a pressure receiving section to which a pressure from the hydraulic line is introduced,
the controller being configured to select a corresponding map in response to the attachment designation signal from maps which are stored in the controller and each of which sets a relationship between the operation signal per type of the attachment and the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator, to generate a control signal by causing the selected map to refer to the operation signal, and to control the flow control valve in such a manner that a position of the flow control valve is switched over from a neutral position on the basis of the control signal.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second hydraulic pump;
a second selector valve of a center bypass type to which a hydraulic fluid delivered from the second hydraulic pump is introduced; and
an actuator line that merges the hydraulic fluid passing through the second selector valve with the hydraulic fluid supplied from the flow control valve and supplies a merged hydraulic fluid to the actuator, wherein
the controller is configured to switch over the position of the flow control valve from the neutral position and a position of the second selector valve to a full open position when a maximum demanded flow rate for the attachment designated by the attachment designation signal is higher than a maximum delivery flow rate of the hydraulic fluid delivered from the first hydraulic pump.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising
a maximum flow rate regulation device configured to regulate a maximum flow rate set in any one of the maps that is lower than a maximum delivery flow rate of the hydraulic fluid delivered from the first hydraulic pump, wherein
the controller is configured to change the set maximum flow rate in the map on the basis of an input from the maximum flow rate regulation device and stores the changed set maximum flow rate.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oka Daisuke
• Yoshida Hajime
• Takebayashi Yoshifumi
• Nakamura Natsuki

Classifications

• E02F9/2225 Primary

  using pressure-compensating valves · CPC title

• E02F9/2267

  Valves or distributors (position of valves arrangements on upper-structures E02F9/0875) · CPC title

• E02F3/963

  Arrangements on backhoes for alternate use of different tools (backhoes per se E02F3/30; quick-acting devices to connect tools to arms E02F3/3609, for arms to tractors or the like E02F3/627) · CPC title

• E02F9/2285

  Pilot-operated systems · CPC title

• E02F9/2282

  Systems using center bypass type changeover valves · CPC title