Control method and control apparatus for work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9238903-B2
Application number	US-201013258738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2010
Priority date	Mar 26, 2009
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a control method and a control apparatus for a vehicle that make it possible to moderate or completely eliminate the impacts generated when the bucket is operated in a tilt direction, from a state in which the bucket in a dump position is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction and the bucket hydraulic cylinder is pressurized by the lifting operation of the boom and also to perform the boom lifting operation with good operability and workability. Control is performed to supply a pressure oil to the bucket hydraulic cylinder so as to actuate the bucket hydraulic cylinder in the tilt direction when a work equipment is being actuated in an actuation region close to an actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction by lifting the boom in a state in which the bucket is operated to a neutral position or dump operated, or when the bucket is being actuated in the tilt direction in the actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction. Further, a pressure oil supplied to the bucket hydraulic cylinder is controlled so as to restrict an actuation speed of the bucket hydraulic cylinder in a dump direction when [the work equipment] being actuated in an actuation region close to an actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction by operating the boom to a neutral position or lowering the boom in a state in which the bucket is dump operated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control method for a work vehicle that is applicable to a work vehicle of a structure in which a movement of a bucket is restricted by abutment of a work equipment constituted by the bucket against a stopper, whereby the bucket in a dump position is forcibly moved upward toward a tilt direction and a bucket hydraulic cylinder is pressurized by a lifting operation of a boom, wherein
control is performed to supply a pressure oil to the bucket hydraulic cylinder so as to actuate the bucket hydraulic cylinder in the tilt direction when the work equipment is being actuated in an actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction, or in the actuation region close thereto, when lifting the boom in a state in which the bucket is operated at a position corresponding to a stopped position or to a bucket operation direction corresponding to a dumping operation position.

2. The control method for a work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
control is performed to limit a lifting speed of the boom in combination with control performed to supply the pressure oil to the bucket hydraulic cylinder.

3. A control apparatus for a work vehicle of a structure in which a movement of a bucket is restricted by abutment of a work equipment constituted by the bucket and a boom against a stopper, whereby the bucket in a dump position is forcibly actuated in a tilt direction and a bucket hydraulic cylinder is pressurized by a lifting operation of the boom, the control apparatus comprising:
a bucket control valve that controls a direction and a flow rate of a pressure oil supplied to the bucket hydraulic cylinder;
boom detection means for detecting an angle or a height of the boom;
bucket cylinder stroke detection means for detecting a stroke of the bucket hydraulic cylinder;
boom operation direction detection means for detecting an operation direction of the boom;
bucket operation direction detection means for detecting an operation direction of the bucket;
storage means for storing an actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in a tilt direction and an actuation region close to this actuation region, in association with a work equipment posture specified by the boom angle or height and the bucket cylinder stroke; and
control means for controlling the bucket control valve so as to actuate the bucket hydraulic cylinder in the tilt direction when the work equipment posture specified by the detected boom angle or height and the detected bucket cylinder stroke is within the actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction or within the actuation region close to this actuation region, as determined with reference to the storage means, and when the detected boom operation direction is a lifting direction and the detected bucket operation direction is a dump direction or the actuation of the bucket is stopped.

4. The control apparatus for a work vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising a boom control valve that controls a direction and a flow rate of the pressure oil supplied to the boom hydraulic cylinder,
wherein the control means controls the boom control valve so as to restrict also a lifting speed of the boom.

5. A control method for a work vehicle that is applicable to a work vehicle of a structure in which a movement of a bucket is restricted by abutment of a work equipment constituted by the bucket and a boom against a stopper, whereby the bucket in a dump position is forcibly actuated in a tilt direction and the bucket hydraulic cylinder is pressurized by a lifting operation of the boom, the control method comprising:
a first determination step of determining that a boom angle is greater than a predetermined value and a stroke necessary for the bucket hydraulic cylinder to reach a dump stopper end is less than a predetermined value;
a second determination step of determining that a boom operation direction is a lifting direction and a bucket operation direction is a dump direction or the actuation of the bucket is stopped, and also determining that the boom operation direction is a lowering direction or the actuation of the boom is stopped and the bucket operation direction is the dump direction; and
a step of performing control to supply a pressure oil to the bucket hydraulic cylinder so as to actuate the bucket hydraulic cylinder in the tilt direction when the boom angle is determined to be greater than the predetermined value and the stroke necessary for the bucket hydraulic cylinder to reach the dump stopper end is determined to be less than the predetermined value as a result of the first determination step, and the boom operation direction is determined to be the lifting direction and the bucket operation direction is determined to be the dump direction or the actuation of the bucket is stopped as a result of the second determination step, and of controlling the pressure oil supplied to the bucket hydraulic cylinder to restrict an actuation speed of the bucket hydraulic cylinder in the dump direction when the boom angle is determined to be greater than the predetermined value and the stroke necessary for the bucket hydraulic cylinder to reach the dump stopper end is determined to be less than the predetermined value as a result of the first determination step, and the boom operation direction is determined to be the lowering direction or the actuation of the boom is stopped and the bucket operation direction is determined to be the dump direction as a result of the second determination step.

Assignees

• Saito Yoshiaki
• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Yoshiaki

Classifications

• E02F3/431

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

• E02F9/2296

  Systems with a variable displacement pump · CPC title

• E02F9/2203 Primary

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