Work vehicle having a work implement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9790663-B2
Application number	US-201715415999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Dec 17, 2013
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A work vehicle is equipped with an engine, a hydraulic pump, a work implement, a work implement operating member, a work implement control valve, a capacity control device, a travel device, an accelerator operating member, and a control unit. The hydraulic pump is driven by the engine. The work implement is driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump. The work implement control valve controls the hydraulic pressure supplied to the work implement. The capacity control device controls a differential pressure between a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump and an outlet hydraulic pressure of the work implement control valve. The travel device is driven by the engine. The accelerator operating member changes the engine rotation speed. The control unit causes the speed of the work implement to increase by causing the engine rotation speed to increase when an operation amount of the work implement operating member is increased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A work vehicle comprising:
an engine;
a hydraulic pump driven by the engine;
a work implement driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump;
a work implement operating member configured to operate the work implement;
a work implement control valve configured to control a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the work implement;
a capacity control device having a load sensing valve and controlling the discharge capacity of the hydraulic pump so that a differential pressure between a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump and an outlet hydraulic pressure of the work implement control valve becomes a predetermined value;
a travel device driven by the engine;
a power transmission device including an input shaft, an output shaft, and a motor, the power transmission device transmitting driving power from the engine to the travel device, the power transmission device being configured so that a rotation speed ratio of the output shaft with respect to the input shaft is changed by changing a rotation speed of the motor;
an accelerator operating member configured to change an engine rotation speed; and
a control unit configured to increase a speed of the work implement by increasing the engine rotation speed when an operation amount of the work implement operating member is increased, and to control a tractive force of the vehicle by controlling an output torque of the motor,
the control unit determining a required tractive force which is a target tractive force of the travel device on the basis of the operation amount of the accelerator operating member and controls the output torque of the motor so that the tractive force of the vehicle becomes the required tractive force,
the control unit including a storage unit configured to store required flow rate information which defines a relationship between the operation amount of the work implement operating member and a required flow rate to the hydraulic pump,
the control unit determining the required flow rate corresponding to the operation amount of the work implement operating member by referring to the required flow rate information, and
the control unit determining the engine rotation speed on the basis of the required flow rate and the discharge capacity of the hydraulic pump.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit causes a discharge capacity of the hydraulic pump to increase in response to an increase of the operation amount of the work implement operating member when the operation amount of the work implement operating member is equal to or less than a predetermined operation amount.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the discharge capacity of the hydraulic pump becomes a maximum capacity when the operation amount of the work implement operating member is the predetermined operation amount.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the control unit executes the increasing of the engine rotation speed in response to an increase in the operation amount of the work implement operating member when the operation amount of the work implement operating member is greater than the predetermined operation amount.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the control unit executes the increasing of the engine rotation speed in response to an increase in the operation amount of the work implement operating member when the operation amount of the work implement operating member is greater than the predetermined operation amount.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit causes the required tractive force to fall to a value lower than a value determined on the basis of the operation amount of the accelerator operating member when the engine rotation speed is increased in response to an increase in the operation amount of the work implement operating member.

7. The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the control unit causes the required tractive force to be reduced so that the tractive force is reduced in comparison to a tractive force before the operation of the work implement operating member.

8. The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the power transmission device has a planetary gear mechanism, and
the control unit causes the required tractive force to be reduced so that the tractive force is maintained regardless of the operation amount of the work implement operating member.

9. The work vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the control unit causes the required tractive force to be reduced by multiplying the required tractive force by a predetermined reduction rate.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshizawa Masao
• Miyamoto Shunsuke
• Yamada Kenichi

Classifications

• E02F3/422

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

• F15B2211/6651

  Control of the prime mover, e.g. control of the output torque or rotational speed · CPC title

• F15B11/10

  in which the servomotor position is a function of the pressure {also pressure regulators as operating means for such systems, the device itself may be a position indicating system} · CPC title

• F15B2211/6652

  Control of the pressure source, e.g. control of the swash plate angle · CPC title

• F04B49/20

  by changing the driving speed · CPC title