Work vehicle and method of controlling work vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9441346-B2
Application number	US-201314397873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2013
Priority date	Jul 12, 2013
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

A work vehicle includes: a body; a boom which is supported by the body and is turned; a bucket which is supported by a side of the boom opposite to a side of the body and is turned; a boom driving part which turns the boom; a bucket driving part which turns the bucket; a lifting force detector which detects lifting force as force that the boom driving part receives from the boom; and a control device which starts a tilt operation of the bucket when a predetermined condition is established, and ends the tilt operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force from a time when the tilt operation is started.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
a body;
a boom which is supported by the body and is turned;
a bucket which is supported by a side of the boom opposite to a side of the body and is turned;
a boom driving part which turns the boom;
a bucket driving part which turns the bucket;
a lifting force detector which detects lifting force as force that the boom driving part receives from the boom;
a vehicle speed detector which detects a speed at which the work vehicle runs;
a boom angle detection sensor which detects an angle of the boom; and
a control device configured to start a tilt operation of the bucket when a predetermined condition is established, and end the tilt operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force from a time when the tilt operation is started, wherein
the control device is configured to start the tilt operation on the basis of at least a detected result from the lifting force detector and a detected result from the vehicle speed detector.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the boom driving part includes a boom hydraulic cylinder, and
the lifting force detector is a boom bottom pressure detector which detects a bottom pressure as a pressure on a hydraulic fluid supplied to the boom hydraulic cylinder.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device starts an ascending operation of the boom on the basis of the lifting force, the speed at which the work vehicle runs, and an angle of the boom, and ends the ascending operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force or the angle of the boom from the start of the ascending operation of the boom.

4. A method of controlling a work vehicle including a body, a boom which is supported by the body and is turned, and a bucket which is supported by a side of the boom opposite to a side of the body and is turned, the method comprising, in controlling an operation of the bucket of the work vehicle:
starting a tilt operation of the bucket on the basis of at least lifting force as force that a boom driving part which turns the boom receives from the boom and a speed at which the work vehicle runs;
detecting an angle of the boom; and
ending, after the tilt operation is started, the tilt operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force from a time when the tilt operation is started.

5. The method of controlling a work vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein an ascending operation of the boom is started on the basis of the lifting force, the speed at which the work vehicle runs, and an angle of the boom, and the ascending operation is ended on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force or the angle of the boom from the start of the ascending operation of the boom.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Imaizumi Masaaki
• Wada Minoru

Classifications

• E02F9/2203

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

• E02F9/2029 Primary

  Controlling the position of implements in function of its load, e.g. modifying the attitude of implements in accordance to vehicle speed (control for hydraulic or pneumatic drives E02F9/2203, E02F9/2221 and E02F9/2253 take precedence) · CPC title

• E02F3/431

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

• E02F9/265

  with follow-up actions (e.g. control signals sent to actuate the work tool) · CPC title

• E02F3/283

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