IP Library Granted Patent US 10,662,617
Granted Patent B2
US 10,662,617 · App. 15/756,266 · Granted May 26, 2020

Work machine

Inventor: Koji Hyodo (Kasumigaura, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,662,617
App. No.
15/756,266
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To reduce increase of the temperature of a control device of a supercharger and increase the lifetime of the control device of the supercharger, a work machine includes a variable geometry supercharger having changeable supercharge pressure and a working device. The work machine includes a variable displacement work hydraulic pump configured to be driven by an engine and supply pressure oil to an actuator configured to drive the working device; a supercharger control device configured to control the supercharger; a temperature detection device configured to detect the temperature of the supercharger control device; and a main control device configured to restrict, in case the temperature of the supercharger control device is higher than a first temperature, a maximum absorbing torque of the work hydraulic pump as compared to case the temperature of the supercharger control device is lower than the first temperature.

Claims (16)

1. A work machine including a variable geometry supercharger having changeable supercharge pressure and a working device, the work machine comprising:

a variable displacement work hydraulic pump configured to be driven by an engine and supply pressure oil to an actuator configured to drive the working device;

a supercharger control device configured to control the supercharger;

a temperature detection device configured to detect the temperature of the supercharger control device; and

a main control device configured to restrict, when the temperature of the supercharger control device is higher than a first temperature, a maximum absorbing torque of the work hydraulic pump as compared to when the temperature of the supercharger control device is lower than the first temperature.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a refrigerant temperature detection device configured to detect the temperature of refrigerant of the engine, wherein, the temperature of the supercharger control device is higher than the first temperature, the main control device restricts the maximum absorbing torque of the work hydraulic pump based on the temperature of the refrigerant.

3. The work machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a heat exchanger configured to cool refrigerant of the engine; a cooling fan configured to generate cooling wind for the heat exchanger;

a fan hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the engine; a fan hydraulic motor configured to be driven by pressure oil discharged from the fan hydraulic pump and rotate the cooling fan; and

a fan control device configured to control the rotational speed of the cooling fan based on the temperature of the supercharger control device,

wherein, when the temperature of the supercharger control device is higher than a second temperature, the fan control device executes correction to increase the rotational speed of the cooling fan as compared when the temperature of the supercharger control device is lower than the second temperature.

4. The work machine according to claim 3 , further comprising a refrigerant temperature detection device configured to detect the temperature of refrigerant of the engine, wherein, the temperature of the supercharger control device is higher than the second temperature, the fan control device executes correction to increase the rotational speed of the cooling fan based on the temperature of the refrigerant.

5. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein, after having restricted the maximum absorbing torque of the work hydraulic pump, the main control device cancels the restriction when the temperature of the supercharger control device becomes lower than a threshold equal to or lower than the first temperature.

6. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein, after having restricted the maximum absorbing torque of the work hydraulic pump, the main control device cancels the restriction when the temperature of refrigerant of the engine becomes lower than a first refrigerant temperature.

7. The work machine according to claim 3 , wherein, after having executed correction to increase the rotational speed of the cooling fan, the fan control device cancels the correction when the temperature of the supercharger control device becomes lower than a threshold equal to or lower than the second temperature.

8. The work machine according to claim 3 , wherein, after having executed correction to increase the rotational speed of the cooling fan, the fan control device cancels the correction when the temperature of the refrigerant of the engine becomes lower than a second refrigerant temperature.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 22, 2019
From: KCM CORPORATION
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050787/0868 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2018
From: HYODO, KOJI
To: KCM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045063/0687 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-255266 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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