IP Library Granted Patent US 8,713,931
Granted Patent B2
US 8,713,931 · App. 13/061,678 · Granted May 6, 2014

Hydraulic circuit for working machine

Inventors: Kunihiko Sakamoto (Chikugo, JP); Riki Fujita (Chikugo, JP); Masaaki Yamashita (Chikugo, JP); Nagahiro Ogata (Chikugo, JP); Yousuke Yamashita (Chikugo, JP)
Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,713,931
App. No.
13/061,678
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A working vehicle, wherein flows of hydraulic oil delivered under pressure from two or more hydraulic pumps are joined together and the joined hydraulic oil can be taken out. A working vehicle is provided with two hydraulic pumps independent of each other and adapted to deliver hydraulic oil under pressure, a mode switching valve ( 230 ) capable of being switched to a flow joining position (K) at which flows of the hydraulic oil delivered under pressure by the two hydraulic pumps are joined together, PTO ports ( 260, 261 ) out of which the hydraulic oil is taken, and a PTO switching valve ( 240 ) provided downstream of the mode switching valve ( 230 ) and switching flow of the hydraulic oil so that the oil can be delivered under pressure to the PTO ports ( 260, 261 ).

Claims (17)

1. A working vehicle comprising:

two or more hydraulic pumps independent of each other and pressingly sending pressure oil;

a mode switching valve which can be switched to a confluence position at which the pressure oil pressingly sent by the two or more hydraulic pumps is combined;

a power take off (PTO) port at which the pressure oil is extracted; and

a PTO switching valve arranged downstream the mode switching valve and switched so as to send pressingly the pressure oil to the PTO port;

characterized in that the mode switching valve can be switched among the confluence position, a return position at which the pressure oil pressingly sent by the two hydraulic pumps is returned to a tank, and a working position at which the pressure oil pressingly sent by said two or more hydraulic pumps, is pressingly sent to the other control valves respectively arranged at the downstream sides without combining the pressure oil.

2. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the PTO switching valve has:

a continuous position at which pressure oil is held to be able to be sent pressingly to the PTO port, and

an interlock mechanism which makes the mode switching valve able to be switched to the confluence position only in the case that the PTO switching valve is switched to the continuous position.

3. The working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the interlock mechanism is constructed so that, when the PTO switching valve is switched from the continuous position to the other position, the mode switching valve is switched from the confluence position to the other position.

4. The working vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the interlock mechanism is constructed so that, in the middle of switching of the PTO switching valve from the continuous position to the other position, the mode switching valve is moved to a position across the position other than the confluence position for a predetermined dimension.

5. The working vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a starting inhibition means which inhibits starting of an engine in the case that the PTO switching valve is switched to the continuous position.

6. The working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an engine rotational speed restriction means which restricts the rotational speed of the engine not more than a predetermined rotational speed in the case that the mode switching valve is switched to the confluence position.

7. The working vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising an engine rotational speed restriction means which restricts the rotational speed of the engine not more than a predetermined rotational speed in the case that the mode switching valve is switched to the confluence position.

8. The working vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising an engine rotational speed restriction means which restricts the rotational speed of the engine not more than a predetermined rotational speed in the case that the mode switching valve is switched to the confluence position.

9. The working vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising an engine rotational speed restriction means which restricts the rotational speed of the engine not more than a predetermined rotational speed in the case that the mode switching valve is switched to the confluence position.

10. The working vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising an engine rotational speed restriction means which restricts the rotational speed of the engine not more than a predetermined rotational speed in the case that the mode switching valve is switched to the confluence position.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: YANMAR CO., LTD.
To: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054162/0112 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2011
From: SAKAMOTO, KUNIHIKO; FUJITA, RIKI; YAMASHITA, MASAAKI; OGATA, NAGAHIRO; YAMASHITA, YOUSUKE
To: YANMAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026014/0939 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-225257 · Sep 2, 2008 · national
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