Hydraulic system of industrial vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11215206-B2
Application number	US-202017036518-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Oct 4, 2019
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle includes an oil tank in which hydraulic oil is retained; a hydraulic pump that draws in the hydraulic oil from the tank and supply the oil to a loading actuator and a brake unit; a brake valve that controls the hydraulic oil to be supplied to the brake unit according to an operation of a brake operation tool; a hydraulic oil cooler that cools the hydraulic oil; a cooling passage that allows the hydraulic oil to flow toward the cooler and further allows the oil cooled in the cooler to flow toward the brake unit; and a switching valve that switches between a first oil passage that cuts off a supply of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the cooling passage and a second oil passage that allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the cooling passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle including a loading actuator and a brake unit that are driven by hydraulic oil, the hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle comprising:
an oil tank in which the hydraulic oil is retained;
a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump, wherein each of the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump is configured to draw in the hydraulic oil from the oil tank, wherein the first hydraulic pump is configured to supply the hydraulic oil to the loading actuator and the second hydraulic pump is configured to supply the hydraulic oil to the brake unit;
a control valve configured to control the hydraulic oil supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the loading actuator;
a brake valve configured to control the hydraulic oil supplied from the second hydraulic pump to the brake unit according to an operation of a brake operation tool;
a hydraulic oil cooler configured to cool the hydraulic oil;
a cooling passage that allows the hydraulic oil to flow from the hydraulic oil cooler to the brake unit; and
a switching valve configured to switch between a first oil passage so as to cut off a supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage and a second oil passage so as to allow the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage.

2. The hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic system further includes an accumulator that is configured to accumulate the hydraulic oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump,
the brake valve is configured to control the hydraulic oil supplied from the accumulator to the brake unit according to the operation of the brake operation tool,
the switching valve is disposed between the second hydraulic pump and the accumulator,
the switching valve allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the accumulator via the first oil passage and cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage, and
the switching valve allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage via the second cooling passage when a pressure in the accumulator is equal to or higher than a set pressure.

3. The hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic system further includes:
an accumulator configured to accumulate the hydraulic oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump;
a pressure detector configured to detect a pressure in the accumulator; and
a controller configured to control the switching valve based on the pressure in the accumulator detected by the pressure detector,

the brake valve is configured to control the hydraulic oil that is supplied from the accumulator to the brake unit according to the operation of the brake operation tool,
the switching valve is a solenoid switching valve and disposed between the second hydraulic pump and the accumulator,
the switching valve allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the accumulator via the first oil passage and cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the cooling passage,
the switching valve cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the accumulator via the first oil passage and allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage, and
the controller controls the solenoid switching valve to switch to the first oil passage when the pressure in the accumulator detected by the pressure detector is equal to or lower than a specified pressure, and controls the solenoid switching valve to switch to the second oil passage when the pressure in the accumulator detected by the pressure detector is higher than the specified pressure.

4. The hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the hydraulic system further includes a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the hydraulic oil,
the hydraulic oil cooler is disposed between the solenoid switching valve and the brake unit in the cooling passage,
the solenoid switching valve is connected to a part of the cooling passage between the hydraulic oil cooler and the brake unit by a detour-flow passage that detours around the hydraulic oil cooler,
the solenoid switching valve allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the accumulator via the first oil passage and cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the hydraulic oil cooler and the detour-flow passage,
the solenoid switching valve allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the hydraulic oil cooler via the first second passage and cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the accumulator and the detour-flow passage,
the hydraulic system further includes a cooler-detour oil passage, and the solenoid switching valve switches between the first oil passage, the second oil passage, and the cooler-detour oil passage that allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the detour-flow passage and cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the accumulator and the hydraulic oil cooler, and
the controller controls the solenoid switching valve to switch to the cooler-detour oil passage when the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the temperature detector is equal to or lower than a specified temperature and the pressure in the accumulator detected by the pressure detector is higher than the specified pressure, controls the solenoid switching valve to switch to the second oil passage when the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the temperature detector is higher than the specified temperature and the pressure in the accumulator detected by the pressure detector is higher than the specified pressure, and controls the solenoid switching valve to switch to the first oil passage regardless of the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the temperature detector when the pressure in the accumulator detected by the pressure detector is equal to or lower than the specified pressure.

5. The hydraulic system of an industrial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the hydraulic system further includes:
an accumulator configured to accumulate the hydraulic oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump;
a solenoid switching valve disposed between the switching valve and the brake unit;
a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the hydraulic oil; and
a controller configured to control the solenoid switching valve based on the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the temperature detector,

the brake valve is configured to control the hydraulic oil supplied from the accumulator to the brake unit according to the operation of the brake operation tool,
the hydraulic oil cooler is disposed between the solenoid switching valve and the brake unit in the cooling passage,
the solenoid switching valve is connected to a part of the cooling passage between the hydraulic oil cooler and the brake unit by a detour-flow passage that detours around the hydraulic oil cooler,
the first oil passage allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the accumulator and cuts off the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage,
the second oil passage allows the supply of the hydraulic oil from the second hydraulic pump to the cooling passage when a pressure in the accumulator is equal to or higher than a set pressure,
the solenoid switching valve is configured to switch between a third oil passage so as

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• Maruyama Daisuke
• Sato Tomoya

Classifications

• F15B21/0423 Primary

  Cooling · CPC title

• B60T13/12 Primary

  the fluid being liquid · CPC title

• B60T13/14

  using accumulators or reservoirs {fed by pumps} · CPC title