Work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11970840-B2
Application number	US-201915734593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Priority date	Mar 27, 2019
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

An articulated-type front work implement has a boom, an arm, and a bucket that are driven members coupled to each other; a boom cylinder, an arm cylinder and a bucket cylinder that are hydraulic actuators each of which drives a corresponding one of the plurality of driven members on the basis of an operation signal; a plurality of operation members each outputting the operation signal to one of the hydraulic actuators; and a controller that outputs the operation signal to at least one of the plurality of hydraulic actuators or executes area limiting control of correcting the output operation signal such that the front work implement moves on a target surface preset for a work target of the front work implement or within an area above the target surface, and corrects the operation signal on the basis of information related to operation of the hydraulic actuator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work machine comprising:
a front work implement including a boom, an arm, and a bucket;
a plurality of hydraulic actuators including a boom cylinder that drives the boom, an arm cylinder that drives the arm, and a bucket cylinder that drives the bucket;
an operation device that outputs an operation signal to the plurality of hydraulic actuators; and
a controller that outputs the operation signal to the boom cylinder based on the speed of the arm cylinder or performs boom-raising pressure-increasing control of correcting the operation signal such that the bucket moves on a target surface preset for a work target of the front work implement or within an area above the target surface, wherein
when an arm-dumping operation is performed by the operation device, the arm cylinder rotates the arm by being driven to a contraction side by supplying hydraulic fluid to a rod-side, and when the arm-crowding operation is performed by the operation device, the arm cylinder performing excavation construction by rotating the arm by being driven to an expansion side by supplying hydraulic fluid to a bottom-side, and
immediately after performing the arm-crowding operation by the operation device, the controller performs the boom-raising pressure-increasing control based on a speed of the arm cylinder whose raising in the arm-crowding operation has been corrected based on a rod pressure of the arm cylinder immediately before the arm-crowding operation.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller performs the boom-raising pressure-increasing control based on the speed of the arm cylinder whose raising in the arm-crowding operation has been corrected based on a differential pressure between the bottom side and rod side of the arm cylinder immediately before the boom-raising pressure-increasing control is performed.

3. The work machine according to claim 2 , wherein
on a basis of a differential pressure existing between the bottom side and rod side of the arm cylinder immediately before the boom-raising pressure-increasing control is performed, the controller selects either correction of the operation signal according to a velocity of the arm cylinder based on the operation signal input to the arm cylinder or correction of the operation signal based on a target velocity of the arm cylinder.

4. The work machine according to claim 2 , wherein
on a basis of a differential pressure existing between the bottom side and rod side of the arm cylinder immediately before the boom-raising pressure-increasing control is performed, the controller obtains a ratio of a velocity of the arm cylinder based on the operation signal input to the arm cylinder to a target velocity of the arm cylinder, and corrects the operation signal on a basis of the velocity of the arm cylinder and the target velocity of the arm cylinder according to the ratio.

5. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
on a basis of an operation amount of the operation device corresponding to the arm cylinder immediately before the boom-raising pressure-increasing control is performed, the controller selects either correction of the operation signal according to a velocity of the arm cylinder based on the operation signal input to the arm cylinder or correction of the operation signal based on a target velocity of the arm cylinder.

6. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
on a basis of an operation amount of the operation device corresponding to the arm cylinder immediately before the boom-raising pressure-increasing control is performed, the controller obtains a ratio of a velocity of the arm cylinder based on the operation signal input to the arm cylinder to a target velocity of the arm cylinder, and corrects the operation signal on a basis of the velocity of the arm cylinder and the target velocity of the arm cylinder according to the ratio.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Takeuchi Hiroki
• Izumi Shiho
• Narikawa Ryu
• MEGURIYA Shuuichi
• Igarashi Teruki

Classifications

• E02F9/265 Primary

  with follow-up actions (e.g. control signals sent to actuate the work tool) · CPC title

• E02F3/32

  working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes · CPC title

• E02F3/435 Primary

  for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like · CPC title

• E02F9/2004

  Control mechanisms, e.g. control levers (control levers per se G05G) · CPC title

• E02F9/2203

  Arrangements for controlling the attitude of actuators, e.g. speed, floating function · CPC title