Electric work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12295283-B2
Application number	US-202217970249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2022
Priority date	Oct 22, 2021
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

An electric work vehicle includes a traveling motor to drive wheels, a working motor to drive a work machine, a manipulator to direct a target rotation speed of the traveling motor and operation of the work machine, a controller to control the traveling motor and the working motor according to operation of the manipulator, and a temperature sensor to detect temperature of the working motor. The controller maintains or changes a target torque range of the working motor according to a detected temperature of the working motor, and the controller maintains or changes a target rotation speed of the traveling motor so that a calculated output torque value of the working motor falls within the target torque range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric work vehicle comprising:
a traveling motor to drive wheels;
a working motor to drive a work machine;
a manipulator to direct a target rotation speed of the traveling motor and operation of the work machine;
a controller to control the traveling motor and the working motor according to operation of the manipulator; and
a temperature sensor to detect temperature of the working motor,
wherein the controller is configured to maintains or changes a target torque range of the working motor according to a detected temperature of the working motor, and
the controller is configured to maintain a target rotation speed of the traveling motor in a state that calculated output torque value of the working motor falls within the target torque range and configured to change the target rotation speed of the traveling motor in a state that the calculated output torque value of the working motor falls outside the target torque range so that the calculated output torque value of the working motor falls within the target torque range.

2. The electric work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to set the target torque range of the working motor so that the working motor is driven in a low torque range when the detected temperature of the working motor is not less than a predetermined first temperature, and so that the working motor is driven in a high torque range when the detected temperature of the working motor is not more than a predetermined second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.

3. The electric work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
when, after the controller performs a vehicle traveling speed decreasing control in which the detected temperature of the working motor is not less than the first temperature and the working motor is driven in the low torque range, the controller performs a vehicle traveling speed increasing control in which the detected temperature of the working motor is not more than the second temperature and the working motor is driven in the high torque range, the controller performs a control so that an absolute value of a vehicle acceleration when performing the vehicle traveling speed increasing control is smaller than an absolute value of a vehicle deceleration when performing the vehicle traveling speed decreasing control.

4. The electric work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
when an amount of decrease per a predetermined time of a detected value of a rotation speed of the working motor is not less than a predetermined amount of decrease, the controller increases a decrease rate of a vehicle traveling speed according to the amount of decrease of the detected value.

5. The electric work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
when a change rate of increase of the calculated output torque value of the working motor is not less than a predetermined change rate, the controller increases a decrease rate of a vehicle traveling speed according to the change rate of the increase of the calculated output torque value.

Assignees

• Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogura Kohei

Classifications

• A01D34/78

  electric · CPC title

• A01D34/828

  Safety devices · CPC title

• A01D34/66

  with two or more cutters · CPC title

• A01D34/006 Primary

  Control or measuring arrangements · CPC title