Hybrid driven hydraulic work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9068321-B2
Application number	US-201214344615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2012
Priority date	Oct 19, 2011
Publication date	Jun 30, 2015
Grant date	Jun 30, 2015

Abstract

A hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine maintains the torque of the engine at a prescribed value when the load on a hydraulic pump is higher than the rated power of the engine and the electric assist motor assists the torque of the engine. Control of the engine revolution speed is based on the target revolution speed of the engine; engine load calculation; and at least one of: electric motor power running calculation which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target engine revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine and performs power running control on the electric assist motor depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher; and a hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation which performs reduction control on absorption torque of the hydraulic pump depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprising an engine ( 7 ), a hydraulic pump ( 6 ) of the variable displacement type which is driven and rotated by the engine ( 7 ), an electric assist motor ( 10 ) which is linked to the engine ( 7 ) and the hydraulic pump ( 6 ), a plurality of actuators ( 3 a - 3 f ) which are driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump ( 6 ), and a plurality of operation devices ( 4 a , 4 b ) having operation members and outputting operation signals corresponding to operations on the operation members to cause the actuators to operate, wherein the hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprises:
revolution speed detection means ( 23 ) which detects revolution speed of the engine ( 7 );
a storage device ( 11 e ) which has stored a preset engine setup revolution speed of the engine ( 7 );
target engine revolution speed calculation means ( 11 a ) which sets a target revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) at the engine setup revolution speed stored in the storage device ( 11 e );
engine control means ( 21 a ) which controls the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) based on the target revolution speed of the engine ( 7 );
engine load calculation means ( 11 b ) which calculates an engine load based on an engine torque signal from the engine control means ( 21 a ); and
at least one selected from the following:
electric motor power running calculation means ( 11 c ) which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target engine revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine and performs power running control on the electric assist motor ( 10 ) depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher; and
hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means ( 11 d ) which performs reduction control on absorption torque of the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher.

2. A hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprising an engine ( 7 ), a hydraulic pump ( 6 ) of the variable displacement type which is driven and rotated by the engine ( 7 ), an electric assist motor ( 10 ) which is linked to the engine ( 7 ) and the hydraulic pump ( 6 ), a plurality of actuators ( 3 a - 3 f ) which are driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump ( 6 ), and a plurality of operation devices ( 4 a , 4 b ) having operation members and outputting operation signals corresponding to operations on the operation members to cause the actuators to operate, wherein the hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprises:
revolution speed detection means ( 23 ) which detects revolution speed of the engine ( 7 );
a storage device ( 11 e ) which has stored a preset engine setup revolution speed of the engine ( 7 );
target engine revolution speed calculation means ( 11 a ) which sets a target revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) at the engine setup revolution speed stored in the storage device ( 11 e );
engine control means ( 21 a ) which controls the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) based on the target revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ); and
at least one selected from the following:
target electric motor revolution speed calculation means ( 71 a ) which sets a particular revolution speed within the target revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) set by the target engine revolution speed calculation means ( 11 a ) as a target revolution speed of the electric assist motor ( 10 ) and electric motor power running calculation means ( 71 b ) which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target electric motor revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) and performs power running control on the electric assist motor ( 10 ) depending on the differential revolution speed when the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) has fallen below the target revolution speed of the electric assist motor ( 10 ); and
target hydraulic pump revolution speed calculation means ( 71 c ) which sets a particular revolution speed within the target revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) set by the target engine revolution speed calculation means ( 11 a ) as a target revolution speed of the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) and hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means ( 71 d ) which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target hydraulic pump revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) and performs reduction control on absorption torque of the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) depending on the differential revolution speed when the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) has fallen below the target revolution speed of the hydraulic pump ( 6 ).

3. The hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine according to claim 1 , wherein when the value of the engine load calculated by the engine load calculation means ( 11 b ) falls below a maximum value at the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) or a prescribed value in the vicinity of the maximum value, at least one selected from the following is executed:
cancellation of the power running control of the electric assist motor ( 10 ) by the electric motor power running calculation means ( 11 c ); and
cancellation of the reduction control of the absorption torque of the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) by the hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means ( 11 d ).

4. The hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine according to claim 2 , wherein at least one selected from the following is executed:
cancellation of the power running control of the electric assist motor ( 10 ) by the electric motor power running calculation means ( 71 b ) when the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) exceeds the target electric motor revolution speed by a prescribed value or more; and
cancellation of the reduction control of the absorption torque of the hydraulic pump ( 6 ) by the hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means ( 71 d ) when the revolution speed of the engine ( 7 ) exceeds the target hydraulic pump revolution speed by a prescribed value or more.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Machinery

Inventors

• Hoshino Masatoshi
• Ishihara Shinji

Classifications

• F02D29/04

  peculiar to engines driving pumps · CPC title

• B60W2300/17

  Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators · CPC title

• B60L2200/40

  Working vehicles · CPC title

• B60K6/485

  Motor-assist type · CPC title

• G05B11/00

  Automatic controllers (G05B13/00 takes precedence) · CPC title