Pump device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10794380-B2
Application number	US-201716307275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	Jun 8, 2016
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A pump device includes a variable capacity first pump, a tilt actuator that controls a tilt angle of a swash plate of the first pump in accordance with the control pressure, a regulator that regulates the control pressure in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of a control valve, a fixed capacity second pump driven by the same drive source as the first pump, the control actuator that operates in accordance with the front-rear differential pressure a resistor so as to drive the regulator to reduce the control pressure in response to an increase in the front-rear differential pressure of the resistor, an auxiliary passage that leads an auxiliary pressure to the control actuator, the auxiliary pressure acting on the control actuator against a upstream pressure of the resistor, and a switch valve that switches between connecting and shutoff the auxiliary passage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pump device for supplying a working fluid to a drive actuator for driving a drive subject through a control valve, comprising:
a variable capacity first pump configured to supply the working fluid to the drive actuator, the first pump having a discharge capacity that varies in accordance with a tilt angle of a swash plate;
a tilt actuator configured to control the tilt angle of the swash plate of the first pump in accordance with a control pressure supplied thereto;
a first regulator configured to regulate the control pressure in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of the control valve;
a fixed capacity second pump configured to be driven by a drive source that drives the first pump;
a resistor provided in a pump passage through which the working fluid discharged from the second pump is led;
a control actuator configured to operate in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of the resistor so as to drive the first regulator to reduce the control pressure in response to an increase in the front-rear differential pressure of the resistor;
an auxiliary passage configured to lead an auxiliary pressure to the control actuator independently from other flow of the working fluid led to the control actuator, the auxiliary pressure acting on the control actuator against either an upstream side pressure or a downstream side pressure of the resistor; and
a switch valve configured to switch between a state in which the auxiliary pressure is supplied to the control actuator through the auxiliary passage and a state in which the auxiliary pressure is shut off.

2. The pump device according to claim 1 , further comprising a horsepower control second regulator configured to vary the control pressure supplied to the tilt actuator in accordance with a discharge pressure of the first pump,
wherein the first regulator is configured to regulate the control pressure supplied to the tilt actuator in accordance with a control source pressure that is regulated by the horsepower control second regulator.

3. The pump device according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to switch the switch valve and modify a rotation speed of the drive source in accordance with operation input from an operator.

4. The pump device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary passage is configured to lead the auxiliary pressure, which is supplied from an exterior of the pump device, to the control actuator, and
the switch valve is provided in the auxiliary passage.

5. The pump device according to claim 1 , wherein the control actuator comprises:
a cylinder;
a piston configured to move so as to slide freely through an interior of the cylinder; and
a rod coupled to the piston and linked to the first regulator, and
a first pressure chamber into which the upstream side pressure of the resistor is led, a second pressure chamber into which the downstream side pressure of the resistor is led, and a third pressure chamber into which the auxiliary pressure is led from the auxiliary passage are provided in the interior of the cylinder.

6. The pump device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary passage configured to lead the auxiliary pressure to the control actuator independently from both the upstream side pressure and the downstream side pressure,
the front-rear differential pressure of the resistor is obtained by difference between the upstream side pressure and the downstream side pressure that are led to the control actuator, the upstream side pressure being led through the pump passage of an upstream side of the resistor, the downstream side pressure being led through the pump passage of a downstream side of the resistor.

7. A pump device for supplying a working fluid to a drive actuator for driving a drive subject through a control valve, comprising:
a variable capacity first pump configured to supply the working fluid to the drive actuator, the first pump having a discharge capacity that varies in accordance with a tilt angle of a swash plate;
a tilt actuator configured to control the tilt angle of the swash plate of the first pump in accordance with a control pressure supplied thereto;
a regulator configured to regulate the control pressure in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of the control valve;
a fixed capacity second pump configured to be driven by a drive source that drives the first pump;
a resistor provided in a pump passage through which the working fluid discharged from the second pump is led;
a control actuator configured to operate in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of the resistor so as to drive the regulator to reduce the control pressure in response to an increase in the front-rear differential pressure of the resistor;
an auxiliary passage configured to lead an auxiliary pressure to the control actuator, the auxiliary pressure acting on the control actuator against either an upstream side pressure or a downstream side pressure of the resistor;
a switch valve configured to switch between a state in which the auxiliary pressure is supplied to the control actuator through the auxiliary passage and a state in which the auxiliary pressure is shut off; and
a controller configured to switch the switch valve and modify a rotation speed of the drive source in accordance with operation input from an operator, wherein
the control actuator is configured such that the auxiliary pressure acts on the control actuator against the upstream side pressure of the resistor, and
the controller is configured to increase a discharge capacity of the first pump by switching the switch valve so as to shut off the auxiliary passage and reduce the rotation speed of the drive source in accordance with operation input from the operator.

8. A pump device for supplying a working fluid to a drive actuator for driving a drive subject through a control valve, comprising:
a variable capacity first pump configured to supply the working fluid to the drive actuator, the first pump having a discharge capacity that varies in accordance with a tilt angle of a swash plate;
a tilt actuator configured to control the tilt angle of the swash plate of the first pump in accordance with a control pressure supplied thereto;
a regulator configured to regulate the control pressure in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of the control valve;
a fixed capacity second pump configured to be driven by a drive source that drives the first pump;
a resistor provided in a pump passage through which the working fluid discharged from the second pump is led;
a control actuator configured to operate in accordance with a front-rear differential pressure of the resistor so as to drive the regulator to reduce the control pressure in response to an increase in the second differential pressure of the resistor;
an auxiliary passage configured to lead an auxiliary pressure to the control actuator, the auxiliary pressure acting on the control actuator against either an upstream side pressure or a downstream side pressure of the resistor; and
a switch valve configured to switch between a state in which the auxiliary pressure is supplied to the control actuator through the auxiliary passage and a state in which the auxiliary pressure is shut off, wherein
the resistor comprises a fixed throttle configured to apply resistance to a flow of working fluid discharged from the second pump, and a relief valve provided in parallel with the fixed throttle and configured to open when the upstream side pressure of the resistor exceeds a predetermined value.

Assignees

• Kyb Corp

Inventors

• Sakai Yuki
• Iwanaji Tetsuya

Classifications

• F04B49/06

  Control using electricity (regulating by means of floats actuating electric switches F04B49/04) · CPC title

• F04B53/16

  Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder liners or heads; Fluid connections · CPC title

• F04B53/14

  Pistons, piston-rods or piston-rod connections · CPC title

• Y10S417/00

  Pumps · CPC title

• F05B2210/11

  liquid, i.e. incompressible · CPC title