IP Library Granted Patent US 10,683,632
Granted Patent B2
US 10,683,632 · App. 16/094,751 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Work vehicle

Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura (Hyogo, JP); Koji Shimazaki (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,683,632
App. No.
16/094,751
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle includes: a main hydraulic pump that supplies pressure oil to a hydraulic cylinder; an accessory pump that supplies pressure oil to an auxiliary machine; and a confluence switching valve that merges pressure oil of the accessory pump with pressure oil of the main hydraulic pump. The work vehicle is provided with a control device that, in case atmospheric pressure or air density of outside air is lower than a predetermined value, executes confluence limitation control of reducing a confluence flow rate at the confluence switching valve compared to the time in case the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air is higher than the predetermined value, and canceling the confluence limitation control in case rotation speed of an engine becomes higher compared to a predetermined rotation speed value during the confluence limitation control, and the rotation speed value is higher as the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air is lower.

Claims (20)

1. A work vehicle, comprising:

an engine;

a working device that includes a work tool and a lift arm;

a hydraulic cylinder that is for driving the working device;

a main hydraulic pump that is driven by the engine and discharges pressure oil that is for driving the hydraulic cylinder;

an operation device that operates the hydraulic cylinder;

an accessory pump that is driven by the engine and discharges pressure oil that is for driving an auxiliary machine,

a confluence switching valve that merges pressure oil discharged from the accessory pump with pressure oil discharged from the main hydraulic pump,

wherein a rotation speed detection device, a control device are provided, the rotation speed detection device detecting rotation speed of the engine, the control device, in case atmospheric pressure or air density of outside air is lower than a predetermined value, executing confluence limitation control of reducing a confluence flow amount at the confluence switching valve compared to the time in case the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air is higher than the predetermined value, and canceling the confluence limitation control in case rotation speed of the engine becomes higher than a predetermined rotation speed value during the confluence limitation control, and

the rotation speed value is higher as the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air is lower.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation speed value includes at least a value equal to or greater than a rotation speed of the engine at a maximum torque point.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device includes a torque characteristic setting section that sets a pump absorption torque characteristic of the main hydraulic pump based on the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device includes a correction section that corrects rotation speed of the engine so as to be increased as the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air becomes lower.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the auxiliary machine is a fan device that includes a cooling fan and a fan motor, and

the control device includes a fan control section that lowers a target speed of the cooling fan as the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air becomes lower.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an atmospheric pressure detection device that detects the atmospheric pressure; and

an outside air temperature detection device that detects an outside air temperature,

wherein the control device includes an air density calculation section that calculates the air density of the outside air based on the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detection device and the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature detection device.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: KCM CORPORATION
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050088/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, ATSUSHI; SHIMAZAKI, KOJI
To: KCM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047221/0400 →
Continuity (1)
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