Work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958726-B2
Application number	US-202017600324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2020
Priority date	Apr 4, 2019
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

A work machine includes: an actuator that extends and retracts a telescopic boom; an electric drive source that is provided in the actuator and drives using power supplied from a power source; an operating unit that operates based on power of the electric drive source; and a joint that has a drive-side element fixed to a first transmission shaft that rotates on the basis of the power of the electric drive source and a driven-side element fixed to a second transmission shaft connected to the operating unit, the joint being able to take a transmission state in which both the drive-side element and the driven-side element rotate and a non-transmission state in which only either the drive-side element or the driven-side element rotates.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work machine, comprising:
an actuator that extends and retracts a telescopic boom;
an electric drive source that is provided in the actuator and drives using power supplied from a power source;
an operating unit that operates based on power of the electric drive source; and
a joint that has a drive-side element fixed to a first transmission shaft that rotates on the basis of the power of the electric drive source and a driven-side element fixed to a second transmission shaft connected to the operating unit, the joint being able to take a transmission state in which both the drive-side element and the driven-side element rotate and a non-transmission state in which only either the drive-side element or the driven-side element rotates,
wherein
the boom includes a first boom element and a second boom element that are telescopically overlapped with each other, and
the operating unit includes:
a first connecting mechanism that connects the first boom element and the actuator based on an urging force of a first urging mechanism and releases the connection between the first boom element and the actuator based on the power of the electric drive source, and

a second connecting mechanism that connects the first boom element and the second boom element based on an urging force of a second urging mechanism, and releases the connection between the first boom element and the second boom element on the basis of the power of the electric drive source.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first connecting mechanism releases the connection between the first boom element and the actuator when the electric drive source rotates in a first direction, and
the second connecting mechanism releases the connection between the first boom element and the second boom element when the electric drive source rotates in a second direction.

3. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the joint is in the transmission state until the driven-side element rotates to reach a predetermined position when the first connecting mechanism connects the first boom element and the actuator based on an urging force of the first urging mechanism, and is in the non-transmission state in which only the drive-side element rotates when the driven-side element stops after the driven-side element reaches the predetermined position.

4. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the joint is in the transmission state until the driven-side element rotates to reach a predetermined position when the second connecting mechanism connects the first boom element and the second boom element based on the urging force of the second urging mechanism, and is in the non-transmission state in which only the drive-side element rotates when the driven-side element stops after the driven-side element reaches the predetermined position.

5. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive-side element includes a drive-side transmission part, and
the driven-side element includes a driven-side transmission part engageable with the drive-side transmission part in a rotation direction of the joint,
in the transmission state, the drive-side transmission part and the driven-side transmission part are engaged with each other in the rotation direction, and
in the non-transmission state, a gap in the rotation direction exists between the drive-side transmission part and the driven-side transmission part.

6. The work machine according to any claim 1 , further comprising:
a switch gear that is provided between the joint and a combination of the first connecting mechanism and the second connecting mechanism, and selectively transmits the power of the electric drive source to either the first connecting mechanism or the second connecting mechanism.

Assignees

• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Zushi Masahide
• Nagahama Kazu
• Fukuoka Toshihiko
• Shirai Manato

Classifications

• B66C23/706 Primary

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• B66C2700/0371

  on a turntable · CPC title

• B66C23/708

  locking devices for telescopic jibs · CPC title

• E02F3/286

  telescopic or slidable (fork-lift trucks with a telescopic boom B66F9/0655) · CPC title