IP Library Granted Patent US 8,191,364
Granted Patent B2
US 8,191,364 · App. 12/227,801 · Granted Jun 5, 2012

Method for controlling pump of working machine

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Patent No.
US 8,191,364
App. No.
12/227,801
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is intended to provide a technology that can utilize the advantages of both a load sensing control and a regeneration circuit without causing any problem. A regeneration circuit is added to a hydraulic circuit provided with a hydraulic pressure signal line for detecting a hydraulic pressure value of a circuit and controlling a volume of hydraulic fluid to a cylinder 1 with reference to the detected value. A pressure reducing valve 6 that outputs a reduced pressure as an operating signal to a pump 2 , and subsequently the controlling means 5 causes the pressure reducing valve 6 to output a pressure reduction command to a pump 2 and thus to reduce a discharge rate from the pump 2 , when the regeneration circuit is in a regeneration state.

Claims (8)

1. A method for controlling a pump in a hydraulic circuit in which a regeneration circuit is added to a hydraulic circuit provided with a hydraulic pressure signal line for detecting a hydraulic pressure value of a circuit and controlling a volume of hydraulic fluid to a cylinder with reference to the detected value; said method comprising the steps of:

in the middle of said hydraulic pressure signal line,

disposing a pressure reducing and outputting means for reducing a hydraulic pressure value of said detected value to output the reduced hydraulic pressure value to a pump as an operating signal; and

outputting the reduced hydraulic pressure value from said pressure reducing and outputting means by a controlling means to reduce a discharge rate from the pump, when said regeneration circuit is in a regeneration state, in which said pressure reducing and outputting means comprises a pressure reducing valve for reducing said detected hydraulic pressure value by the use of an orifice and outputting the hydraulic pressure value to a pump, upon receiving a pressure reducing command signal from a controller as said controlling means.

2. A method for controlling a pump in a hydraulic circuit in which a regeneration circuit is added to a hydraulic circuit provided with a hydraulic pressure signal line for detecting a hydraulic pressure value of a circuit and controlling a volume of hydraulic fluid to a cylinder with reference to the detected value; said method comprising the steps of:

in the middle of said hydraulic pressure signal line,

disposing a pressure reducing and outputting means for reducing a hydraulic pressure value of said detected value to output the reduced hydraulic pressure value to a pump as an operating signal; and

outputting the reduced hydraulic pressure value from said pressure reducing and outputting means by a controlling means to reduce a discharge rate from the pump, when said regeneration circuit is in a regeneration state, in which said pressure reducing and outputting means comprises a relief valve having an electromagnetic switching valve on its upstream side, and switching of the electromagnetic switching valve, by a controller as said controlling means through direct outputting of said detected value to a pump when said regeneration circuit is in a non-regeneration state, and of first outputting of said detected value to the relief valve followed by outputting of the reduced hydraulic pressure value from said relief valve to a pump when said regeneration circuit is in a regeneration state.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2010
From: CATERPILLAR JAPAN LTD.
To: CATERPILLAR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 024235/0446 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2008
From: SHIMADA, YOSHIYUKI; YOSHINO, TETSUYA; MIKI, NOBUHIRO; KANENAWA, YUYA; YOKOYAMA, YUTAKA; KITAI, TAKAYASU
To: CATERPILLAR JAPAN LTD.
Reel/Frame 021918/0884 →