Hybrid working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11142887-B2
Application number	US-201816644288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2018
Priority date	Sep 21, 2017
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

An engine cooling system (22) includes an engine (11), an engine cooling pipe line (23), an engine water pump (24) and an engine radiator (25). An electricity storage device cooling system (27) includes an electricity storage device (19), an electricity storage device cooling pipe line (28), an electricity storage device water pump (29) and an electricity storage device radiator (31). Different heat-transfer media (engine cooling water and electricity storage device cooling water) flow respectively in the engine cooling system (22) and the electricity storage device cooling system (27). Further, a heating heat exchanger (32) is provided in the halfway of the engine cooling pipe line (23) and in the halfway of the electricity storage device cooling pipe line (28) for performing heat exchange between the engine cooling water and the electricity storage device cooling water.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid working machine comprising:
an automotive vehicle body attached to a working mechanism;
an engine mounted on the vehicle body;
an electric motor that is driven and rotated by the engine to generate power or assists in a drive of the engine with supply of power;
an electricity storage device that stores the power generated by the electric motor or supplies the stored power to the electric motor;
an engine cooling pipe line to convey an engine heat-transfer medium for cooling the engine;
an engine cooling pump that delivers the engine heat-transfer medium to the engine cooling pipe line;
an engine radiator that is connected through the engine cooling pipe line to the engine to perform heat release of the engine heat-transfer medium;
an electricity storage device cooling pipe line to convey an electricity storage device heat-transfer medium for cooling the electricity storage device;
an electricity storage device cooling pump that delivers the electricity storage device heat-transfer medium to the electricity storage device cooling pipe line; and
an electricity storage device radiator that is connected through the electricity storage device cooling pipe line to the electricity storage device to perform heat release of the electricity storage device heat-transfer medium, wherein
an engine cooling system including the engine, the engine cooling pipe line, the engine cooling pump and the engine radiator, and an electricity storage device cooling system including the electricity storage device, the electricity storage device cooling pipe line, the electricity storage device cooling pump and the electricity storage device radiator are configured as different cooling systems to respectively convey different heat-transfer media;
a heat-transfer medium heat exchanger is provided for performing heat exchange between the engine heat-transfer medium and the electricity storage device heat-transfer medium; and
the electricity storage device cooling pipe line includes:
a radiator pipe line for connection of the electricity storage device cooling pump, the electricity storage device and the electricity storage device radiator; and
a heat exchanger pipe line for connection of the electricity storage device cooling pump, the electricity storage device and the heat-transfer medium heat exchanger, and
the electricity storage device cooling system includes a switching valve that switches the flow of the electricity storage device heat-transfer medium to any one of the radiator pipe line and the heat exchanger pipe line, based upon a temperature of the electricity storage device.

2. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the engine cooling system includes a control valve that controls a flow amount of the engine heat-transfer medium to the engine radiator, and
the engine heat-transfer medium is supplied to the heat-transfer medium heat exchanger regardless of a state of the control valve.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Watanabe Akira
• Takeuchi Ken
• Osaka Tadashi

Classifications

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• B60K2001/006

  the electric motors · CPC title

• B60K2001/005

  the electric storage means · CPC title

• B60K11/02

  with liquid cooling · CPC title