Hybrid construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9487932-B2
Application number	US-201314400947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2013
Priority date	May 14, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A hybrid construction machine comprises: a motor generator ( 2 ) which exchanges torque with an engine ( 1 ); a hydraulic pump ( 3 ) which is driven by at least one of the engine and the motor generator; a hydraulic actuator ( 5 ) which is driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump; an electrical storage device ( 10 ) for supplying electric power to the motor generator; and a controller ( 8 ) which sets target power of the engine and target power of the motor generator so as to satisfy demanded power of the hydraulic pump. The controller makes the setting so that the target power of the engine monotonically increases with the decrease in the remaining electric amount of the electrical storage device. With this configuration, the operator's operational feel can be kept excellent while also achieving reduction in fuel consumption and gas emission.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid construction machine comprising:
an engine;
a motor generator which exchanges torque with the engine;
a hydraulic pump which is driven by at least one of the engine and the motor generator;
a hydraulic actuator which is driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump;
an electrical storage device which supplies electric power to the motor generator; and
control means which sets target power of the engine based on the remaining electric amount of the electrical storage device and sets target power of the motor generator based on the target power of the engine and demanded power of the pump,
wherein the target power of the engine is set to monotonically increase with the decrease in the remaining electric amount of the electrical storage device.

2. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control means sets the rate of change of the target power of the engine higher with the decrease in the remaining electric amount.

3. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control means sets a limit value of the rate of change of the power of the engine higher with the increase in the target power of the engine.

4. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control means sets the target power of the engine at the maximum power of the engine when the remaining electric amount falls to or below a first set value.

5. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 4 , wherein the control means sets the target power of the engine at a value lower than the minimum power of the hydraulic pump when the remaining electric amount rises to or above a second set value which is higher than the first set value.

6. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control means sets target revolution speed of the engine based on the target power of the engine and engine characteristic data indicating relationship among revolution speed and torque of the engine and at least one selected from fuel efficiency of the engine and the amount of exhaust gas.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Ishihara Shinji
• Hoshino Masatoshi
• Sakamoto Hiroshi

Classifications

• E02F9/2075

  of the hybrid type (for vehicles in general B60W20/00) · CPC title

• E02F9/20 Primary

  Drives; Control devices (gearings in general F16H; controlling in general G05; electric multi-motor drives H02K, H02P) · CPC title

• H02H7/0833

  for electric motors with control arrangements · CPC title

• B60L1/003

  to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title