IP Library Granted Patent US 8,668,624
Granted Patent B2
US 8,668,624 · App. 13/378,445 · Granted Mar 11, 2014

Motor control device for working vehicle

Inventors: Koji Hyodo (Kasumigaura, JP); Masaki Yoshikawa (Kasama, JP); Kazuo Chounan (Moriya, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,668,624
App. No.
13/378,445
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor control device for a working vehicle includes: a travel drive device that transmits rotation of a motor to wheels through a torque converter; a first selection device to be operated so as to select one of a power mode and an economy mode; a second selection device that is different from the first selection device; a mode switching device that switches from the economy mode to the power mode if the second selection device is operated in a state where the economy mode has been selected by the first selection device; and a speed restriction device that, when the economy mode is set, restricts a maximum rotational speed of the motor to a lower speed side than that when the power mode is set.

Claims (23)

1. A motor control device for a working vehicle, comprising:

a travel drive device that transmits rotation of a motor to wheels through a torque converter;

a first selection device to be operated so as to select one of a power mode and an economy mode;

a second selection device that is different from the first selection device;

a mode switching device that switches from the economy mode to the power mode if the second selection device is operated in a state where the economy mode has been selected by the first selection device; and

a speed restriction device that, when the economy mode is set, restricts a maximum rotational speed of the motor to a lower speed side than that when the power mode is set.

2. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a determination device that making a decision as to whether a mode switching condition is established in accordance with one of a vehicle state of the working vehicle and an operation on the second selection device, wherein:

the mode switching device switches from the power mode to the economy mode if the determination device makes a decision that a mode switching condition is established in a state where the power mode has been selected by an operation on the second selection device.

3. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a speed ratio detection device that detects a speed ratio of the torque converter, wherein:

the determination device makes a decision that a mode switching condition is established if the torque converter speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection device becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

4. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:

the determination device makes a decision that a mode switching condition is established if the second selection device is operated again in a state where the power mode has been set by an operation on the second selection device.

5. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:

the determination device makes a decision that a mode switching condition is established if, in a state where a transmission has been set to an automatic shift mode, a shift up signal is output to the transmission.

6. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:

the determination device makes a decision that a mode switching condition is established if a forward and reverse movement changeover switch, by which an instruction of any of forward, reverse, and neutral of the working vehicle is given, is operated to a neutral position.

7. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first selection device is an alternate switch provided in a driver cabin; and

the second selection device is a momentary switch provided to a working operation member that outputs a drive instruction to a working actuator in accordance with an operation amount.

8. A motor control device for a working vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a low-speed instruction device that instructs a speed step to be switched to a low speed side and that is separated from the second selection device.

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 May 10, 2012
From: HYODO, KOJI; YOSHIKAWA, MASAKI; CHOUNAN, KAZUO
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028187/0874 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-146200 · Jun 19, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120094801A1 · Apr 19, 2012