IP Library Granted Patent US 12687182
Granted Patent B2
US 12687182 · App. 18/846,559 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Hydraulic drive apparatus

Inventors: Masahiro Ohira (Kobe, JP); Yoshiyuki Tode (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F15B11/162E02F9/2203E02F9/2228F15B2211/20538F15B2211/3111F15B2211/40F15B2211/40507F15B2211/40515F15B2211/41509F15B2211/426F15B2211/6052F15B2211/6313F15B2211/6346F15B2211/7053F15B2211/7058F15B2211/7135F15B2211/7142F15B2211/781
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Patent No.
US 12687182
App. No.
18/846,559
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydraulic drive includes a hydraulic pump that discharges a working fluid; a travel system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a first passage branching from a pump passage connected to the hydraulic pump and controls a flow of the working fluid to a travel motor; a loading system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a second passage branching from the pump passage and controls a flow of the working fluid to a loading actuator; a flow rate control valve that is interposed in the second passage and changes an opening degree of the second passage according to a signal; a travel-end pressure sensor that detects a pressure being supplied to the travel motor; and a control device that controls, by outputting the signal to the flow rate control valve, the opening degree of the second passage according to the pressure detected by the travel-end pressure sensor.

Claims (48)

1 . A hydraulic drive apparatus that supplies a working fluid to a travel motor and a loading actuator, the hydraulic drive apparatus comprising:

a hydraulic pump that discharges the working fluid;

a travel system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a first passage branching from a pump passage connected to the hydraulic pump and controls a flow of the working fluid to the travel motor;

a loading system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a second passage branching from the pump passage and controls a flow of the working fluid to the loading actuator;

a flow rate control valve that is interposed in the second passage and changes an opening degree of the second passage according to an opening degree signal;

a travel-end pressure sensor that detects a travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the travel motor;

a loading-end pressure sensor that detects a loading-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the loading actuator; and

a control device that controls, by outputting the opening degree signal to the flow rate control valve, the opening degree of the second passage according to the travel-end supply pressure detected by the travel-end pressure sensor and the loading-end supply pressure detected by the loading-end pressure sensor.

2 . The hydraulic drive apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first travel-end pressure sensor and a second travel-end pressure sensor each being the travel-end pressure sensor, wherein

the travel system hydraulic circuit supplies the working fluid to a first travel motor and a second travel motor each being the travel motor,

the first travel-end pressure sensor detects a first travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the first travel motor,

the second travel-end pressure sensor detects a second travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the second travel motor, and

the control device controls the opening degree of the second passage according to the first travel-end supply pressure detected by the first travel-end pressure sensor and the second travel-end supply pressure detected by the second travel-end pressure sensor.

3 . The hydraulic drive apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the travel system hydraulic circuit includes: a first traveling directional control valve that controls a flow of the working fluid to the first travel motor; and a second traveling directional control valve that controls a flow of the working fluid to the second travel motor,

the first travel-end pressure sensor detects a hydraulic pressure of the working fluid being supplied from the first traveling directional control valve to the first travel motor, and

the second travel-end pressure sensor detects a hydraulic pressure of the working fluid being supplied from the second traveling directional control valve to the second travel motor.

4 . The hydraulic drive apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a supply pressure selection circuit, wherein

the travel system hydraulic circuit supplies the working fluid to a first travel motor and a second travel motor each being the travel motor,

the supply pressure selection circuit outputs, to the travel-end pressure sensor, a higher one of a first travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the first travel motor and a second travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the second travel motor, and

the control device controls the opening degree of the second passage according to the travel-end supply pressure detected by the travel-end pressure sensor.

5 . The hydraulic drive apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the control device actuates the flow rate control valve on the basis of a maximum value of a plurality of loading-end supply pressures and a maximum value of the first travel-end supply pressure and the second travel-end supply pressure.

6 . A hydraulic drive apparatus that supplies a working fluid to a travel motor and a loading actuator, the hydraulic drive apparatus comprising:

a hydraulic pump that discharges the working fluid;

a travel system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a first passage branching from a pump passage connected to the hydraulic pump and controls a flow of the working fluid to the travel motor;

a loading system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a second passage branching from the pump passage and controls a flow of the working fluid to the loading actuator;

a flow rate control valve that is interposed in the second passage and changes an opening degree of the second passage according to an opening degree signal;

a travel-end pressure sensor that detects a travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the travel motor;

a control device that controls, by outputting the opening degree signal to the flow rate control valve, the opening degree of the second passage according to the travel-end supply pressure detected by the travel-end pressure sensor; and

a plurality of loading-end pressure sensors, wherein

the loading system hydraulic circuit supplies the working fluid to each of a plurality of loading actuators including the loading actuator,

each of the plurality of loading-end pressure sensors detects a pressure being supplied to a corresponding one of the plurality of loading actuators, and

the control device controls the opening degree of the second passage according to the travel-end supply pressure detected by the travel-end pressure sensor and a plurality of loading-end supply pressures detected by the plurality of loading-end pressure sensors.

7 . The hydraulic drive apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the loading system hydraulic circuit includes a plurality of loading directional control valves,

each of the plurality of loading directional control valves controls a flow of the working fluid being supplied to a corresponding one of the plurality of loading actuators, and

each of the plurality of loading-end pressure sensors detects a supply pressure of the working fluid being supplied from a corresponding one of the plurality of loading directional control valves to a corresponding one of the plurality of loading actuators.

8 . A hydraulic drive apparatus that supplies a working fluid to a travel motor and a loading actuator, the hydraulic drive apparatus comprising:

a hydraulic pump that discharges the working fluid;

a travel system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a first passage leading to a pump passage connected to the hydraulic pump and controls a flow of the working fluid to the travel motor;

a loading system hydraulic circuit that is connected to a second passage leading to the pump passage via the first passage and controls a flow of the working fluid to the loading actuator;

a flow rate control valve that is interposed in the second passage and changes an opening degree of the second passage according to an opening degree signal;

a travel-end pressure sensor that detects a travel-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the travel motor;

a loading-end pressure sensor that detects a loading-end supply pressure that is a pressure being supplied to the loading actuator; and

a control device that controls, by outputting the opening degree signal to the flow rate control valve, the opening degree of the second passage according to the travel-end supply pressure detected by the travel-end pressure sensor and the loading-end supply pressure detected by the loading-end pressure sensor.