IP Library Granted Patent US 10,060,096
Granted Patent B2
US 10,060,096 · App. 15/228,906 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Shovel

Inventor: Jitsutaka Takeo (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,060,096
App. No.
15/228,906
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shovel according to embodiments of the present invention includes a lower travelling body, an upper swivel body, an operation attachment, an engine, a motor generator which is connected to the engine, a hydraulic pump which is connected to the motor generator and supplies hydraulic oil to the operation attachment, a swiveling electric motor which is mounted on the upper swivel body, a power storage device, a DC bus which electrically connects the power storage device and the swiveling electric motor to each other, and a control device, in which the control device decreases a charging/discharging limit value of the power storage device and changes a discharging requirement value which is the maximum value of power which is supplied from the power storage device to the swiveling electric motor, according to a decrease of temperature.

Claims (27)

1. A shovel comprising:

a lower travelling body;

an upper swivel body;

an operation attachment;

an engine;

a motor generator which is connected to the engine;

a hydraulic pump which is connected to the motor generator and supplies hydraulic oil to the operation attachment;

a swiveling electric motor which is mounted on the upper swivel body;

a power storage device;

a DC bus which electrically connects the power storage device and the swiveling electric motor to each other; and

a control device,

wherein the control device decreases a charging/discharging limit value of the power storage device and changes a discharging requirement value which is the maximum value of power which is supplied from the power storage device to the swiveling electric motor, according to a decrease of temperature.

2. The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein the control device decreases a change of each of the charging limit value and the discharging limit value with respect to a change of a state-of-charge of the power storage device and decreases a change of the discharging requirement value with respect to the change of the state-of-charge, according to the decrease of temperature.

3. The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein the control device decreases a discharging start state-of-charge according to the decrease of temperature.

4. The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein the control device decreases a swivel speed limit value according to the decrease of temperature.

5. The shovel according to claim 4 , wherein the control device decreases a swivel torque limit value according to a decrease of the swivel speed limit value.

6. The shovel according to claim 4 , wherein the control device decreases an ejection amount of the hydraulic pump according to the decrease of the swivel speed limit value.

7. The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein the control device decreases the discharging requirement value according to the decrease of temperature when swivel regeneration is performed.

8. The shovel according to claim 1 , wherein the control device decreases the discharging requirement value according to the decrease of temperature when swiveling power runs.

9. The shovel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a hydraulic drive system which drives the operation attachment, and

wherein the control device charges and discharges the power storage device to warm up the power storage device during warming-up of the hydraulic drive system.

10. The shovel according to claim 9 , wherein the control device decreases an absorption horsepower of the hydraulic pump which configures the hydraulic drive system in a case where the motor generator is operated as a generator during warming-up of the hydraulic drive system and warming-up of the power storage device.

11. The shovel according to claim 9 , wherein the control device increases an absorption horsepower of the hydraulic pump which configures the hydraulic drive system in a case where the motor generator is operated as an electric motor during warming-up of the hydraulic drive system and warming-up of the power storage device.

12. The shovel according to claim 9 , wherein the control device determines whether or not the hydraulic drive system is being warmed-up.

13. The shovel according to claim 9 , wherein the control device starts warming-up of the power storage device in a case where a temperature related to the power storage device is less than or equal to a predetermined temperature, and a swiveling operation and a traveling operation are not performed.

14. The shovel according to claim 9 , wherein the control device stops warming-up of the power storage device in a case where a temperature related to the power storage device is equal to or more than a predetermined temperature, or a swiveling operation or a traveling operation is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2016
From: TAKEO, JITSUTAKA
To: SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-044240 · Mar 6, 2014 · national
JP 2014-074526 · Mar 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015056722 · Mar 6, 2015
Related Publication 20160340870A1 · Nov 24, 2016
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