Hydraulic drive of operating machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285023-B2
Application number	US-201214009127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2012
Priority date	Apr 1, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

To rapidly stop an upperstructure even though relief pressure is lowered due to an abnormality in a hydraulic device included in a swing motor driving circuit while intending to stop the upperstructure when a predetermined delay time has passed since a swing operation tool is brought back to a neutral position, provided are: a first choke for controlling a parking brake to apply a braking force to a swing motor when a predetermined delay time has passed since the tool is brought back to a neutral position in a state where the tool is connected to a pilot pump; and an on-off valve and a second choke for controlling the parking brake to apply a braking force to the motor when a delay time shorter than the predetermined delay time has passed since the tool is brought back to the neutral position and disconnected from the pilot pump.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic drive of operating machine, which is provided in the operating machine having a upperstructure and a work device attached to the upperstructure, the hydraulic drive comprising:
a hydraulic pump, a swing motor which is operated by pressure oil discharged from the hydraulic pump so as to drive the upperstructure, a parking brake which applies a braking force to the swing motor, a swing direction control valve which controls a flow of the pressure oil supplied from the hydraulic pump to the swing motor, a swing operation tool which operates to change over the swing direction control valve, a pilot pump which supplies a pilot pressure to the swing operation tool, and a connection/disconnection unit which connects/disconnects the swing operation tool to/from the pilot pump; the hydraulic drive further comprising:
a parking brake control unit which controls the parking brake so as to apply the braking force to the swing motor when a predetermined delay time has passed since the swing operation tool is brought back to a neutral position from an operation position; the hydraulic drive, wherein:
the parking brake control unit includes:
a first parking brake control unit which controls the parking brake so as to apply the braking force to the swing motor when the predetermined delay time has passed since the swing operation tool is brought back to the neutral position from the operation position in a state where the swing operation tool is connected to the pilot pump by the connection/disconnection unit; and
a second parking brake control unit which is provided separately from the first parking brake control unit and which operates in conjunction with the connection/disconnection unit to control the parking brake so as to apply the braking force to the swing motor when a shorter delay time than the predetermined delay time has passed since the connection/disconnection unit operates to disconnect the swing operation tool from the pilot pump.

2. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second parking brake control unit operating in conjunction with the connection/disconnection unit cooperates with the first parking brake control unit to apply the braking force to the swing motor when the shorter delay time than the predetermined delay time has passed since the swing operation tool is brought back to the neutral position from the operation position and the connection/disconnection unit operates to disconnect the swing operation tool from the pilot pump.

3. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first parking brake control unit includes a pipe line which connects the parking brake with a hydraulic oil tank, and a first choke which is provided in the pipe line; and
the second parking brake control unit includes:
a branch pipe line which branches from the pipe line connecting the parking brake with the hydraulic oil tank, and which can bring return oil from the parking brake back to the hydraulic oil tank;
an on-off valve which is provided in the branch pipe line and which has a closed position to which the on-off valve is changed over by a pilot pressure of the pilot pump so as to close the branch pipe line when the connection/disconnection unit operates to connect the swing operation tool to the pilot pump, and an open position to which the on-off valve is changed over by a spring force so as to open the branch pipe line when the connection/disconnection unit operates to disconnect the swing operation tool from the pilot pump; and
a second choke which narrows the oil brought back to the hydraulic oil tank through the branch pipe line when the on-off valve is kept in the open position.

4. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 3 , wherein:
the on-off valve and the second choke are formed separately from each other, and provided in the branch pipe line individually.

5. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 3 , wherein:
the second choke is provided in the on-off valve.

6. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first parking brake control unit includes a pipe line which connects the parking brake with a hydraulic oil tank, and a first choke which is provided in the pipe line; and
the second parking brake control unit includes:
a branch pipe line which branches from the pipe line connecting the parking brake with the hydraulic oil tank, and which can bring return oil from the parking brake back to the hydraulic oil tank;
an on-off valve which is provided in the branch pipe line and which has a closed position to which the on-off valve is changed over by a pilot pressure of the pilot pump so as to close the branch pipe line when the connection/disconnection unit operates to connect the swing operation tool to the pilot pump, and an open position to which the on-off valve is changed over by a spring force so as to open the branch pipe line when the connection/disconnection unit operates to disconnect the swing operation tool from the pilot pump; and
a second choke which narrows the oil brought back to the hydraulic oil tank through the branch pipe line when the on-off valve is kept in the open position.

7. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 6 , wherein:
the on-off valve and the second choke are formed separately from each other, and provided in the branch pipe line individually.

8. A hydraulic drive of operating machine according to claim 6 , wherein:
the second choke is provided in the on-off valve.

Assignees

• Ishikawa Kouji
• Satake Hidetoshi
• Nishikawa Shinji
• Ooki Takatoshi
• Hitachi Construction Machinery

Inventors

• Ishikawa Kouji
• Satake Hidetoshi
• Nishikawa Shinji
• Ooki Takatoshi

Classifications

• E02F9/226

  Safety arrangements, e.g. hydraulic driven fans, preventing cavitation, leakage, overheating · CPC title

• E02F9/128 Primary

  Braking systems · CPC title

• E02F9/2285

  Pilot-operated systems · CPC title

• F16H39/00 Primary

  Rotary fluid gearing using pumps and motors of the volumetric type, i.e. passing a predetermined volume of fluid per revolution (control of exclusively fluid gearing F16H61/38) · CPC title

• E02F9/2296

  Systems with a variable displacement pump · CPC title