IP Library Granted Patent US 8,315,783
Granted Patent B2
US 8,315,783 · App. 12/739,535 · Granted Nov 20, 2012

Engine control device for working vehicle

Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,315,783
App. No.
12/739,535
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided: a pedal operation amount detection unit 12 that detects an operation amount s of the accelerator pedal 11 ; a speed ratio detection unit 14, 15 that detects a speed ratio e of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter 2 ; a load pressure detection unit 16 that detects a load pressure P of the hydraulic pump 6 ; a speed stage detection unit 18 that detects a low speed stage of a transmission 3 capable of varying a speed stage between a low speed stage and a high speed stage; and a speed limiting unit 10 that limits a maximum speed of the engine 1 to a lower speed upon satisfaction of following speed limitation conditions: at least a pedal operation amount s is equal to or greater than a predetermined value s 1 , a speed ratio e is equal to or less than a predetermined value ea, a load pressure P is equal to or greater than a predetermined value Pa, and the low speed stage of the transmission has been detected.

Claims (40)

1. An engine control device for a working vehicle that comprise:

a rotation speed control unit that controls a rotation speed of an engine according to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal;

a hydraulic pump driven by the engine, that supplies a driving pressure to a working actuator upon which a reaction force according to a travel driving force is exerted; and

a travel drive device that transmits a rotation of the engine to wheels through a torque converter,

wherein the engine control device for a working vehicle comprising:

a pedal operation amount detection unit that detects an operation amount of the accelerator pedal;

a speed ratio detection unit that detects a speed ratio of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter;

a load pressure detection unit that detects a load pressure of the hydraulic pump;

a speed stage detection unit that detects a low speed stage of a transmission capable of varying a speed stage between a low speed stage and a high speed stage; and

a speed limiting unit that limits a maximum speed of the engine to a lower speed upon satisfaction of following speed limitation conditions: at least a pedal operation amount having been detected by the pedal operation amount detection unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a speed ratio having been detected by the speed ratio detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value, a load pressure having been detected by the load pressure detection unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and the low speed stage of the transmission has been detected by the speed stage detection unit.

2. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the transmission is capable of being shifted into at least three speeds or more; and

the speed stage detection unit detects the low speed stage when a speed stage is at a second speed or lower.

3. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the speed limiting unit limits a maximum speed of the engine upon satisfaction of the speed limitation conditions being continued for a predetermined period of time.

4. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising:

a mode selection unit that selects a travel mode, wherein:

the speed limiting unit varies a limit value of a maximum speed of the engine according to a travel mode having been selected by the mode selection unit.

5. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the speed limiting unit reduces a limit value of a maximum speed of the engine over a course of time.

6. An engine control device for a working vehicle that comprises:

a rotation speed control unit that controls a rotation speed of an engine according to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal;

a hydraulic pump driven by the engine, that supplies driving pressure to a working actuator upon which a reaction force according to a travel driving force is exerted; and

a travel drive device that transmits a rotation of the engine to wheels through a torque converter,

wherein the engine control device for a working vehicle comprising:

a pedal operation amount detection unit that detects an operation amount of the accelerator pedal;

a speed ratio detection unit that detects a speed ratio of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter;

an operation detection unit that detects an operation of the working actuator;

a speed stage detection unit that detects a low speed stage of a transmission capable of varying a speed stage between a low speed stage and a high speed stage; and

a speed limiting unit that limits a maximum speed of the engine to a lower speed upon satisfaction of following speed limitation conditions: at least an operation of the working actuator is detected by the operation detection unit, a pedal operation amount having been detected by the pedal operation amount detection unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a speed ratio having been detected by the speed ratio detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and the low speed stage of the transmission has been detected by the speed stage detection unit.

7. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein:

the transmission is capable of being shifted into at least three speeds or more; and

the speed stage detection unit detects the low speed stage when a speed stage is at a second speed or lower.

8. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein:

the speed limiting unit limits a maximum speed of the engine upon satisfaction of the speed limitation conditions being continued for a predetermined period of time.

9. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 6 , comprising:

a mode selection unit that selects a travel mode, wherein:

the speed limiting unit varies a limit value of a maximum speed of the engine according to a travel mode having been selected by the mode selection unit.

10. An engine control device for a working vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein:

the speed limiting unit reduces a limit value of a maximum speed of the engine over a course of time.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: KCM CORPORATION
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050088/0068 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
To: KCM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041806/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2010
From: HYODO, KOJI; NAKAZONO, HIROKI; SUZUKI, NOBUHIRO; SHIMAZU, ATSUSHI; YOSHIKAWA, MASAKI; ITOGA, KENTARO; CHONAN, KAZUO; TAKAHASHI, TAMOO
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024993/0084 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-276075 · Oct 24, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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