Actuator displacement measurement system in electronic hydraulic system of construction equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9506225-B2
Application number	US-201114349153-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	Oct 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

An actuator displacement measuring system in an electro-hydraulic system for a construction machine is disclosed, which can detect an actuator displacement using the characteristics of an electro-hydraulic system. The actuator displacement measuring system includes controlling driving of an electric motor, determining whether the electric motor is driven, determining whether a set pressure value of a relief valve is larger than or equal to a measured pressure value of the hydraulic system if a displacement value of an actuator that is always detected deviates from a zero value of a reference position, setting the actuator displacement value to a previous value if a pressure value of the hydraulic system is larger than or equal to a pressure value of a relief valve and calculating the actuator displacement value using a rotating speed of the electric motor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An actuator displacement measuring system in an electro-hydraulic system for a construction machine, including an electric motor, a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor, a hydraulic actuator connected to the hydraulic pump, a load holding valve installed in a flow path between the hydraulic pump and the actuator, a relief valve installed in a branch flow path connected in parallel to the flow path, and a controller controlling driving of the electric motor, the actuator displacement measuring system comprising:
controlling the driving of the electric motor according to a control signal from the controller;
determining whether the electric motor is driven, and if the electric motor is driven, calculating a flow rate of the hydraulic pump;
determining whether a displacement value of the actuator that is always detected by a detection signal input from a position detection sensor to the controller deviates from a zero value that is set as a reference position;
determining whether a set pressure value of the relief valve is larger than or equal to a measured pressure value of the hydraulic system if the actuator displacement value deviates from the set zero value;
setting the actuator displacement value to a previous value if the pressure value of the hydraulic system is larger than or equal to the pressure value of the relief valve, and calculating the actuator displacement value using a rotating speed of the electric motor, a sectional area of the actuator, and a supply flow rate of the hydraulic pump if the pressure value of the hydraulic system is smaller than the pressure value of the relief valve; and
finishing the calculation after storing the actuator displacement value calculated up to now in the controller if a power-off request of the hydraulic system is input, and moving to an initial stage if the power-off request of the hydraulic system is not input.

2. The actuator displacement measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic actuator is a hydraulic cylinder.

3. The actuator displacement measuring system according to claim 2 , further comprising a first sensor for sensing positions that is mounted on a piston of the hydraulic cylinder, and second and third sensors for sensing positions that are mounted on a tube of the hydraulic cylinder during a stroke end of the hydraulic cylinder, wherein an accumulated error of displacement values of the hydraulic cylinder that are calculated by detection signals input from the second and third sensors to the controller is removed, and the displacement value of the hydraulic cylinder is reset to a zero value when the first sensor coincides with any one of the second and third sensors.

4. The actuator displacement measuring system according to claim 3 , wherein the displacement value D of the hydraulic cylinder is calculated by D=∫Vdt=∫(Q/A)dt where, V is a driving speed of the hydraulic cylinder, Q is a flow rate of the hydraulic pump, and A is a sectional area of the hydraulic cylinder.

5. The actuator displacement measuring system according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic pump is composed of a fixed displacement hydraulic pump.

Assignees

• Kim Ji-Yun
• Volvo Constr Equip Ab

Inventors

• Kim Ji-Yun

Classifications

• F15B2211/20515

  Electric motor · CPC title

• F15B2211/30515

  Load holding valves · CPC title

• E02F9/2095

  Control of electric, electro-mechanical or mechanical equipment not otherwise provided for, e.g. ventilators, electro-driven fans (control of hydraulic driven equipment E02F9/22) · CPC title

• E02F9/2271

  Actuators and supports therefor and protection therefor · CPC title

• F15B21/08

  Servomotor systems incorporating electrically operated control means (F15B21/02, {F15B21/065} take precedence) · CPC title