Driving device for work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783960-B2
Application number	US-201414771870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2014
Priority date	Sep 2, 2013
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

To provide a driving device capable of improving the operability of a plurality of single rod hydraulic cylinders. The present invention takes a construction provided with a closed circuit A in which first and third hydraulic pumps 12, 14 and a boom cylinder 1 are connected through selector valves 43 a, 45 a in a closed-circuit fashion, a plurality of open circuits E, F provided with second and fourth hydraulic pumps 13, 15 and selector valves 44 a, 46 a that switch the supply destinations of hydraulic oils flowing out from the second and fourth hydraulic pumps 13, 15 , and a connection passage 301 connected to sides of the selector valves 44 a, 46 a from which sides hydraulic oil flows out, and connected to the closed circuit A.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A driving device for a work machine, comprising:
a plurality of closed circuits including
a closed-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section having two outflow/inflow ports enabling the outflow/inflow of hydraulic oil in both directions, and
a single rod hydraulic cylinder having a first hydraulic oil chamber and a second hydraulic oil chamber, the two outflow/inflow ports of the closed-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section being connected to the first hydraulic oil chamber and the second hydraulic oil chamber to form the closed circuit; and

a plurality of open circuits including
an open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section having an inflow port in which hydraulic oil flows from a tank, and an outflow port from which hydraulic oil flows out, and
an open-circuit switching section that is connected to the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section and switches supply destinations of the hydraulic oil flowing out from the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section to any of the plurality of the closed circuits; wherein

the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section and the open-circuit switching section are respectively provided in a plurality of numbers so as to correspond to the plurality of the closed circuits,
a controller that controls a plurality of the closed-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control sections, a plurality of the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control sections, and a plurality of the open-circuit switching sections is further provided, and
the controller controls the plurality of the open-circuit switching sections such that the plurality of the closed circuits are respectively connected to any of the plurality of the open circuits.

2. The driving device for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the closed circuits and the open circuits are provided to be paired.

3. The driving device for the work machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller controls a first flow rate of the closed-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section on a side connected to the first hydraulic oil chamber and the second hydraulic oil chamber of the single rod hydraulic cylinder and a second flow rate of the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section connected through the open-circuit switching section to a connection passage that connects a side from which hydraulic oil of the open-circuit switching section of the plurality of the open circuits flows out to any of the plurality of the closed circuits so that the ratio of the first flow rate to the second flow rate becomes a predetermined value which is determined beforehand in correspondence to pressurized areas at the first hydraulic oil chamber and the second hydraulic oil chamber of the single rod hydraulic cylinder.

4. The driving device for the work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller controls a first flow rate of the closed-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section on a side connected to the first hydraulic oil chamber and the second hydraulic oil chamber of the single rod hydraulic cylinder and a second flow rate of the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section connected through the open-circuit switching section to a connection passage that connects a side from which hydraulic oil of the open-circuit switching section of the plurality of the open circuits flows out to any of the plurality of the closed circuits so that the ratio of the first flow rate to the second flow rate becomes a predetermined value determined in correspondence to pressurized areas at the first hydraulic oil chamber and the second hydraulic oil chamber of the single rod hydraulic cylinder.

5. The driving device for the work machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the open-circuit hydraulic oil outflow/inflow control section includes: an open-circuit hydraulic pump capable of controlling a discharge flow rate of hydraulic oil; and a flow rate adjusting valve provided on a first conduit branching from a second conduit that connects the open-circuit switching section to the open-circuit hydraulic pump, and the first conduit leading to the tank.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Shimizu Juri
• SAITOH Teppei
• Mizuochi Mariko
• Hiraku Kenji
• Ishii Akinori
• Takahashi Hiromasa
• Kusama Takashi

Classifications

• F15B2211/3059

  having multiple valves for multiple output members · CPC title

• F15B2211/20561

  reversible · CPC title

• E02F9/2267

  Valves or distributors (position of valves arrangements on upper-structures E02F9/0875) · CPC title

• F15B11/17 Primary

  using two or more pumps · CPC title

• E02F9/2292

  Systems with two or more pumps · CPC title