Work vehicle and control method for work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12404656-B2
Application number	US-202118036266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2021
Priority date	Dec 4, 2020
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A work vehicle includes a power source, a travel device that includes a clutch capable of adjusting a degree of engagement between the power source and a transmission, and travels on a basis of power transmitted from the power source, working equipment, a drive device that operates the working equipment on a basis of power transmitted from the power source, and a control device that outputs a control command for controlling the degree of engagement of the clutch on a basis of a state of the working equipment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
a power source;
a travel device that includes a clutch capable of adjusting a degree of engagement between the power source and a transmission, and travels on a basis of power transmitted from the power source;
working equipment;
a drive device that operates the working equipment on a basis of power transmitted from the power source; and
a control device that outputs a control command for controlling the degree of engagement of the clutch on a basis of a state of the working equipment,
wherein the state of the working equipment includes an operation speed of the working equipment, and
wherein the control device outputs the control command such that the degree of engagement decreases when a clutch control start condition is satisfied in which a state in which the operation speed of the working equipment is lower than a speed determination value continues for a specified time or longer.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising a power take-off that distributes power from the power source to the travel device and the drive device,
wherein, as the degree of engagement is decreased, power distributed to the drive device increases.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the working equipment includes a boom and a bucket, and
wherein the operation speed of the working equipment includes an angular velocity of the bucket.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the drive device includes a boom cylinder that operates the boom and a bucket cylinder that operates the bucket, and
wherein the control device starts a tilt operation of the bucket on a basis of a traveling speed of the travel device and a pressure of hydraulic oil in the boom cylinder, and ends the tilt operation on a basis of the traveling speed of the travel device and an increase amount of the pressure from a time when the tilt operation is started.

5. A control method for a work vehicle comprising:
in the work vehicle including working equipment, outputting a control command for performing engagement of a clutch disposed between a power source and a transmission and capable of adjusting a degree of engagement such that power generated in the power source is transmitted to a travel device including the clutch; and
outputting a control command for decreasing the degree of engagement of the clutch on a basis of a state of the working equipment,
wherein the state of the working equipment includes an operation speed of the working equipment, and
wherein the control command is output such that the degree of engagement decreases when a clutch control start condition is satisfied in which a state in which the operation speed of the working equipment is lower than a speed determination value continues for a specified time or longer.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ichikawa Kazuki
• Imaizumi Masaaki
• Hirabayashi Ken
• Niiyama Kento

Classifications

• F16D48/066

  Control of fluid pressure, e.g. using an accumulator (F16D48/062, F16D48/068 take precedence) · CPC title

• E02F3/434

  providing automatic sequences of movements, e.g. automatic dumping or loading, automatic return-to-dig · CPC title

• E02F3/431

  for bucket-arms, front-end loaders, dumpers or the like · CPC title

• E02F3/283

  with a single arm pivoted directly on the chassis (linkage mechanism for it E02F3/3405) · CPC title

• F16D2500/50287

  Torque control · CPC title