IP Library Granted Patent US 8,312,793
Granted Patent B2
US 8,312,793 · App. 12/679,820 · Granted Nov 20, 2012

Hydraulic pressure supply device for industrial vehicle

Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,312,793
App. No.
12/679,820
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first hydraulic circuit leads, as clutch control pressure, pressurized oil supplied from a first hydraulic pump, to a transmission control device after regulating the pressurized oil, and leads, as torque converter operation oil, pressured oil to a torque converter, and leads pressurized oil to an oil cooler. Through a second hydraulic circuit, pressurized oil from a second hydraulic pump is distributed to a circuit portion downstream of the pressure regulation valve and upstream of a safety valve and to a circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler. A flow control device changes a proportion of a rate of flow in the second hydraulic circuit so that a proportion of the rate of flow to the circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler increases as pressure at an entrance of the torque converter increases.

Claims (12)

1. A hydraulic pressure supply device for industrial vehicle, comprising:

a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump that are driven by an engine;

a first hydraulic circuit that leads, as clutch control pressure, pressurized oil which is supplied from the first hydraulic pump to a transmission after regulating the pressurized oil by a pressure regulation valve, and that leads, as torque converter operation oil, pressured oil which has passed through the pressure regulation valve to a torque converter, and then leads pressurized oil which has passed through the torque converter to an oil cooler;

a safety valve that is connected to the first hydraulic circuit between the pressure regulation valve and the torque converter and, that releases pressurized oil on a torque converter entrance side to a reservoir when pressure on an entrance side of the torque converter is equal to or greater than a predetermined value;

a second hydraulic circuit, through which pressurized oil from the second hydraulic pump is distributed to a circuit portion downstream of the pressure regulation valve and upstream of the safety valve and to a circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler; and

a flow control device that changes a proportion of a rate of flow in the second hydraulic circuit so that a proportion of the rate of flow to the circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler increases as pressure at an entrance of the torque converter increases.

2. A hydraulic pressure supply device for industrial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the flow control device comprises a check valve disposed in the second hydraulic circuit, through which pressurized oil from the second hydraulic pump is led to the circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler, and a cracking pressure at the check valve is set so that operating pressure at the check valve is substantially equal to a set pressure at the safety valve.

3. A hydraulic pressure supply device for industrial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the flow control device comprises an on/off valve of external pilot type that is disposed in the second hydraulic circuit, through which pressurized oil from the second hydraulic pump is led to the circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler, and that is switched by a pressure at an entrance of the torque converter.

4. A hydraulic pressure supply device for industrial vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the flow control device comprises a directional control valve of external pilot type that is disposed at a branch point at which pressurized oil from the second hydraulic pump is distributed to the circuit portion downstream of the pressure regulation valve and upstream of the safety valve and to the circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler, and that is switched by a pressure at an entrance of the torque converter.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
To: KCM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041806/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2010
From: AZUMA, HIROYUKI; SHIMAZU, ATSUSHI; YOSHIKAWA, MASAKI; SUZUKI, KOSEI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024488/0220 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-248308 · Sep 26, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100204008A1 · Aug 12, 2010