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US 7,155,909 · App. 10/842,460 · Granted Jan 2, 2007

Hydraulic controller for working machine

Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,155,909
App. No.
10/842,460
Granted
Jan 2, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydraulic controller for working machine according to the present invention, which presupposes an electronic control system where an integrated bleed-off valve common to hydraulic actuators is used for bleed-off control and the bleed-off valve is controlled by the secondary pressure of a proportional solenoid valve controlled by a controller, is constituted to compensate supply of a pressure oil for the hydraulic actuators even if the secondary pressure of the proportional solenoid valve is stopped, by providing, at the bleed-off valve, a fail-safe position with a fail-safe path which opens with an opening having smaller area than an unload opening.

Claims (17)

1. A hydraulic controller for working machine comprising:

hydraulic actuators;

a variable capacity hydraulic pump as a hydraulic pressure source for said hydraulic actuators;

control valves for controlling motion of each of said hydraulic actuators based on operation of an operating means;

a bleed-off valve for putting a surplus of pressure oil discharged from said hydraulic pump back to a tank;

a control means for controlling said bleed-off valve; and

a compensating means for compensating supply of the pressure oil from said hydraulic pump to each of said hydraulic actuators by controlling said bleed-off valve according to a pump controlling pressure in a condition that said control means cannot control said bleed-off valve.

2. A hydraulic controller for working machine comprising:

hydraulic actuators;

a hydraulic pump as a hydraulic pressure source for said hydraulic actuators;

control valves for controlling motion of each of said hydraulic actuators based on operation of an operating means;

a bleed-off valve for putting a surplus of pressure oil discharged from said hydraulic pump back to a tank;

a control means for controlling said bleed-off valve; and

a compensating means for compensating supply of the pressure oil from said hydraulic pump to each of said hydraulic actuators in a condition that said control means cannot control said bleed valve, wherein said bleed-off valve is a hydraulic pilot valve for operating between an unload position and a block position according to an amount of pilot pressure, said hydraulic pump is a capacity variable hydraulic pump, the discharge amount thereof being controlled by a pump regulator, and said control means comprises a proportional solenoid valve for sending a pilot pressure to said bleed-off valve and a controller for sending a control signal to said proportional solenoid valve, wherein said control means is adapted to control said pump regulator in such a manner that the discharge amount of said hydraulic pump increases as an operation amount of said operating means increases, wherein said compensating means is a pilot pressure switching valve provided between said proportional solenoid valve and said bleed-off valve, and wherein a switching means for switching its operating position is provided with said pilot pressure switching valve which, by said switching means under a failure condition, switches from a normal position for providing a secondary pressure of said proportional solenoid valve as pilot pressure with said bleed-off valve to a fail-safe position for providing a pump controlling pressure supplied to said pump regulator as pilot pressure to said bleed-off valve.

3. The hydraulic controller for working machine according to claim 2 , wherein said pilot pressure switching valve is an electromagnetic switching valve, said electromagnetic switching valve having the switching means for switching between said fail-safe position and said normal position.

4. The hydraulic controller for working machine according to claim 2 , wherein said pilot pressure switching valve is an electromagnetic switching valve, and a disorder detection unit for detecting an output abnormality of a control signal for said proportional solenoid valve from said controller is provided, said electromagnetic switching valve having a constitution to switch said electromagnetic switching valve to a fail-safe position in a case where an abnormality is detected by said disorder detection unit.

5. The hydraulic controller for working machine according to claim 2 , wherein said pilot pressure switching valve is a hydraulic pilot switching valve and said switching means is a pilot line for providing the secondary pressure of said proportional solenoid valve with a pilot port of said hydraulic pilot switching valve, said hydraulic pilot switching valve being adapted to switch to the fail-safe position in the case where no pilot pressure is supplied from said pilot line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2004
From: TOJI, YUTAKA
To: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-137446 · May 15, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040244232A1 · Dec 9, 2004