Excavator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10858808-B2
Application number	US-201816128521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2018
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

An excavator attachment is attached to a rotating platform of an excavator. A display unit visually displays a predicted stability indicating stability of the posture of the excavator after the excavator is manipulated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An excavator comprising:
an undercarriage;
a rotating platform rotatably provided on the undercarriage;
an attachment including a boom attached to the rotating platform and an arm link-connected to the boom; and
a display unit that visually displays a predicted stability indicating stability of the excavator's posture upon the attachment being manipulated before an operator's manipulations of the attachment.

2. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein
the display unit visually displays the predicted stability indicating stability of the excavator's posture upon the attachment being manipulated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment with respect to at least one of bucket position, attachment speed, attachment power, a manipulating-means manipulation variable, and change in the manipulating-means manipulation variable.

3. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit visually displays the predicted stability upon the attachment being manipulated as a gradient before the operator's manipulations of the attachment.

4. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit distinguishably displays an area in which the attachment is operable without restriction, and an area in which operation of the attachment should be restricted before the operator's manipulations of the attachment.

5. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment changes according to an inclination angle of the excavator.

6. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment changes according to a turning angle of the rotating platform.

7. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment changes according to the bucket's weight.

8. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment changes according to at least one of rpm of the excavator's engine and rpm of the excavator's hydraulic pump.

9. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment changes according to a setting of an operation mode of the excavator relating to the excavator's workload.

10. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein, before the operator's manipulations of the attachment, the display unit distinguishably displays an area in which operation of an arm shaft for the attachment should be restricted, and an area in which operation of a boom shaft for the attachment should be restricted.

11. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment as a diagram where the attachment is viewed laterally.

12. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit superimposes the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment, on an actual field of view to display the predicted stability.

13. The excavator according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment, by a graph and displays the excavator's current stability together with the predicted stability.

14. The excavator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a stability calculation unit that calculates the predicted stability, upon the attachment being manipulated, is calculated before the operator's manipulations of the attachment according to at least one of an inclination angle of the excavator, a turning angle of the rotating platform, bucket's weight, rpm of the excavator's engine and rpm of the excavator's hydraulic pump.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Okada Junichi
• Hiranuma Kazunori

Classifications

• E02F9/20

  Drives; Control devices (gearings in general F16H; controlling in general G05; electric multi-motor drives H02K, H02P) · CPC title

• E02F9/24

  Safety devices {, e.g. for preventing overload (E02F9/226 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• E02F9/26 Primary

  Indicating devices {(E02F5/145 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G05B2219/2616

  Earth moving, work machine · CPC title

• E02F3/435

  for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like · CPC title