IP Library Granted Patent US 12,247,373
Granted Patent B2
US 12,247,373 · App. 18/496,276 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Hydraulic drive system and construction machine

Inventor: Etsuro Komori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,247,373
App. No.
18/496,276
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The hydraulic drive system includes a hydraulic pump, a plurality of variable displacement actuators, and a control unit. The hydraulic pump discharges a hydraulic fluid. The variable displacement actuators each receive a pressure of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump to operate corresponding one of a plurality of drive parts. The control unit controls displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators. The control unit controls the displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators, based on sensed pressures in fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation, such that the pressures in the fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation approach a common target pressure.

Claims (21)

1. A hydraulic drive system, comprising:

a hydraulic pump configured to discharge a hydraulic fluid;

a plurality of variable displacement actuators each configured to receive a pressure of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump to operate a corresponding one of a plurality of drive parts; and

a control unit configured to control respective displacement varying parts of the plurality of variable displacement actuators,

wherein the control unit is configured to:

acquire a common target pressure that is predetermined and common to the plurality of variable displacement actuators, and

control the displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators, based on sensed pressures in fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation among the plurality of variable displacement actuators, such that the pressures in the fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation approach the acquired common target pressure that is common to the plurality of variable displacement actuators.

2. The hydraulic drive system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control the displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators such that displacements of the variable displacement actuators in operation are varied within respective ranges from rated minimum displacements to rated maximum displacements of the variable displacement actuators.

3. The hydraulic drive system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control the displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators such that both an overall flow rate of the variable displacement actuators in operation is equal to or less than a prescribed flow rate and the pressures in the fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation approach the acquired common target pressure.

4. The hydraulic drive system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control the displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators such that an overall horsepower of the variable displacement actuators in operation is equal to or less than a prescribed horsepower.

5. The hydraulic drive system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to acquire the common target pressure that is predetermined based on a maximum pressure in a fluid inflow part of a variable displacement actuator, which requires a maximum flow rate to operate a drive part, among the plurality of variable displacement actuators.

6. A construction machine, comprising:

a plurality of drive parts; and

a hydraulic drive system configured to receive a pressure of a hydraulic fluid to operate the plurality of drive parts,

wherein the hydraulic drive system includes:

a hydraulic pump configured to discharge the hydraulic fluid;

a plurality of variable displacement actuators each configured to receive a pressure of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump to operate a corresponding one of the plurality of drive parts; and

a control unit configured to control respective displacement varying parts of the plurality of variable displacement actuators,

wherein the control unit is configured to:

acquire a common target pressure that is predetermined and common to the plurality of variable displacement actuators, and

control the displacement varying parts of the variable displacement actuators, based on sensed pressures in fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation among the plurality of variable displacement actuators, such that the pressures in the fluid inflow parts of the variable displacement actuators in operation approach the acquired common target pressure that is common to the plurality of variable displacement actuators.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: NABTESCO CORPORATION
To: COMTESCO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073901/0888 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2023
From: KOMORI, ETSURO
To: NABTESCO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065373/0954 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-190160 · Nov 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240175242A1 · May 30, 2024
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