Crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11926510-B2
Application number	US-201916976358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2019
Priority date	Feb 28, 2018
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

This crane is provided with: a operable functional unit; an actuator; a generation unit that generates a first control signal including a first deceleration signal section composed of a control signal for decelerating a speed of the operable functional unit from a first speed to a second speed and a first constant-speed signal section composed of a control signal for maintaining the speed of the operable functional unit at the second speed; a filter unit for filtering the first control signal to generate a second control signal; and a control unit that controls the actuator so as to decelerate the operable functional unit based on the second control signal, then controls the actuator so as to maintain the speed at the second speed, and controls the actuator so as to zero the speed when a load has been moved to a location satisfying a prescribed condition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A crane comprising:
a operable functional unit;
an actuator for driving the operable functional unit;
a generation unit that, in control of causing the operable functional unit to automatically stop, generates a first control signal including a first deceleration signal section including a control signal for decelerating a speed of the operable functional unit from a first speed to a second speed and a first constant-speed signal section including a control signal for maintaining the speed of the operable functional unit at the second speed;
a filter unit for filtering at least the first deceleration signal section in the first control signal to generate a second control signal; and
a control unit that controls the actuator so as to decelerate the operable functional unit on the basis of the second control signal, then controls the actuator so as to maintain the speed of the operable functional unit at the second speed, and controls the actuator so as to zero the speed of the operable functional unit in a case where it is determined that a load suspended from the crane moves to a location satisfying a prescribed condition.

2. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the second control signal includes a second deceleration signal section corresponding to the first deceleration signal section and a second constant-speed signal section corresponding to the first constant-speed signal section, and
the control unit controls the actuator to reduce the speed of the operable functional unit on the basis of the second deceleration signal section, and then controls the actuator to maintain the speed of the operable functional unit at the second speed on the basis of the second constant-speed signal section.

3. The crane according to claim 2 , wherein
in a state where the control unit controls the actuator on the basis of the second constant-speed signal section, in a case where the load suspended on the crane moves to the location satisfying the prescribed condition, the generation unit generates a stop control signal to zero the speed of the operable functional unit, and
the control unit controls the actuator on the basis of the stop control signal to zero the speed of the operable functional unit.

4. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the location satisfying the prescribed condition is a boundary location between a first area which is an area where movement of the load is permitted at a work site and a second area which is an area where the movement of the load is not permitted at the work site.

5. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the location satisfying the prescribed condition is a location which is separated by a predetermined distance from a boundary location between a first area which is an area where movement of the load is permitted at a work site and a second area which is an area where the movement of the package load is not permitted at the work site to the first area side.

6. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
when controlling the actuator on the basis of the second constant-speed signal section, the control unit controls a flow rate of a hydraulic oil supplied to the actuator to be a minimum flow rate.

7. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation unit generates the first control signal in advance before starting the control for automatically stopping.

8. The crane according to claim 7 , wherein
a duration time of the first constant-speed signal section in the first control signal is a preset predetermined time.

9. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the generation unit
generates the first control signal section in advance before starting the control, and
generates the first constant-speed signal section in real time in a case where the speed of the operable functional unit becomes the second speed after starting the control for automatically stopping, and
the control unit controls the actuator to maintain the speed of the operable functional unit at the second speed on the basis of the first constant-speed signal section generated in real time.

10. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the actuator is any one of a hydraulic motor which turns a boom, a hydraulic cylinder which extends/retracts the boom, a hydraulic cylinder which hoists the boom, and a hydraulic motor which lifts/lowers a hook.

Assignees

• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Goto Tomokazu
• Kanda Shinsuke
• Mizuki Kazuma

Classifications

• B66C13/20 Primary

  for non-electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C13/40) · CPC title

• B66C13/48

  Automatic control of crane drives for producing a single or repeated working cycle; Program control · CPC title

• B66C23/54

  with pneumatic or hydraulic motors, e.g. for actuating jib-cranes on tractors · CPC title

• B66C23/90

  Devices for indicating or limiting lifting moment · CPC title

• B66C13/06

  for minimising or preventing longitudinal or transverse swinging of loads · CPC title