Fluid pressure circuit

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Shimada (Tokyo, JP)

F15B1/027 F15B15/20

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Patent No.: US 11,371,535
App. No.: 16/981,498
Granted: Jun 28, 2022
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A fluid pressure circuit includes a directional switching valve arranged between a fixed displacement pump and a fluid pressure actuator and configured to switch a flow passage for a pressurized fluid, an accumulator arranged in a branch flow passage branched from a connection flow passage that connects the fluid pressure actuator and the directional switching valve, an accumulator flow control valve arranged between the connection flow passage and the accumulator, and a pump flow control valve arranged between the fluid pressure actuator and the fixed displacement pump and configured to variably divert a flow rate of the pressurized fluid discharged from the fixed displacement pump into a first system including the tank and a second system including the fluid pressure actuator.

Claims (36)

1. A fluid pressure circuit comprising:

a tank having a fluid stored therein;

a fixed displacement pump configured to pressurize the fluid in the tank to generate a pressurized fluid;

a fluid pressure actuator configured to be driven by the pressurized fluid discharged from the fixed displacement pump and to be controlled in accordance with an operation command;

a directional switching valve arranged between the fixed displacement pump and the fluid pressure actuator and configured to switch flow passages for the pressurized fluid;

an accumulator arranged in a branch flow passage branched from a connection flow passage that connects the fluid pressure actuator and the directional switching valve;

an accumulator flow control valve arranged in the branch flow passage between the connection flow passage and the accumulator; and

a pump flow control valve arranged between the fluid pressure actuator and the fixed displacement pump and configured to diverge the pressurized fluid supplied from the fixed displacement pump into two systems consisting of a first system including the tank and a second system including the fluid pressure actuator and to gradually vary flow rates of the pressurized fluid supplied to the first system and the second system in accordance with an electric control signal sent to the pump flow control valve.

2. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the pump flow control valve is a spool valve.

3. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 , comprising a control unit configured to relevantly control the pump flow control valve when the fluid pressure actuator is operated by the accumulator.

4. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 3 , wherein

the accumulator flow control valve is a proportional valve configured to variably control a flow rate, and the control unit outputs a complementary operation command to the accumulator flow control valve and the pump flow control valve.

5. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 4 , further comprising a sensor configured to detect a pressure of the fluid in the accumulator.

6. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 4 , wherein