Hydraulic system for working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10975893-B2
Application number	US-201816149794-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 2, 2018
Priority date	Oct 3, 2017
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

A hydraulic system for a working machine includes a hydraulic pump to output an operation fluid, a hydraulic device to be operated by the operation fluid, an operation member to be operated, a first operation valve to regulate a pressure of the operation fluid in accordance with operation of the operation member, and a pressure supplying portion to supply a first counteracting pressure of the operation fluid against a first operation pressure, the first operation pressure being a pressure of the operation fluid regulated by the first operation valve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic system for a working machine, comprising:
a hydraulic pump to output an operation fluid to an outputting fluid tube;
a hydraulic device having first and second hydraulic receiving portions;
a first pilot valve to regulate a first pilot pressure of the operation fluid supplied to the first hydraulic receiving portion upon first operation of a hydraulic member;
a second pilot valve to regulate a second pilot pressure of the operation fluid supplied to the second hydraulic receiving portion upon second operation of the hydraulic member;
a first supply fluid tube for fluid communication between the first pilot valve and the first hydraulic receiving portion;
a second supply fluid tube for fluid communication between the second pilot valve and the second hydraulic receiving portion;
a branched fluid tube for fluid communication between the first supply fluid tube and second supply fluid tube;
a first shuttle valve provided at a first confluence of the first supply fluid tube and the branched fluid tube;
a second shuttle valve provided at a second confluence of the second supply fluid tube and the branched fluid tube; and
a proportional valve provided in the outputting fluid tube to regulate a counteracting pressure of the operation fluid flowing both into the first confluence and the second confluence through the branched fluid tube.

2. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , wherein the proportional valve regulates the counteracting pressure to be changed continuously.

3. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the counteracting pressure is less than the first pilot pressure and greater than the second pilot pressure, the operation fluid of the first pilot pressure is supplied to the first hydraulic receiving portion and the operation fluid of the counteracting pressure is supplied to the second hydraulic receiving portion.

4. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , wherein the proportional valve regulates the counteracting pressure to be changed simultaneously at the first shuttle valve and the second shuttle valve.

5. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first discharging fluid tube with a first throttle for discharging the operation fluid in the first supply fluid tube to a tank; and
a second discharging fluid tube with a second throttle for discharging the operation fluid in the second supply fluid tube to the tank.

6. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first check valve to allow a flow of the operation fluid from the first shuttle valve to the hydraulic device and to block the flow of the operation fluid from the hydraulic device to the first shuttle valve;
a first bypass fluid tube for connection across upstream and downstream sides of the first check; and
a third throttle provided in the first bypass fluid tube.

7. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second check valve to allow a flow of the operation fluid from the second shuttle valve to the hydraulic device and to block the flow of the operation fluid from the hydraulic device to the second shuttle valve;
a second bypass fluid tube for connection across upstream and downstream sides of the second check; and
a fourth throttle provided in the second bypass fluid tube.

8. The hydraulic system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller to control the proportional valve; and
a slide switch to input a signal to the controller;
wherein the controller controls the proportional valve in accordance with the signal received from the slide switch.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Fukuda Yuji
• Takemura Toshihiko

Classifications

• F15B13/027

  Check valves · CPC title

• F15B13/028

  Shuttle valves · CPC title

• E02F9/2267

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

• F15B2211/7053

  Double-acting output members · CPC title

• F15B2211/355

  Pilot pressure control · CPC title