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Granted Patent B2
US 10,364,551 · App. 15/626,505 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Work machine

Inventors: Yuji Fukuda (Osaka, JP); Ryosuke Kinugawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,364,551
App. No.
15/626,505
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump to be operated by the prime mover to output an operation fluid, a hydraulic device to be operated by the operation fluid, a measurement sensor to measure a first temperature and a second temperature, the first temperature being a temperature of the operation fluid at starting of the prime mover, the second temperature being a temperature of the operation fluid after the starting of the prime mover, and a controller including a determiner to determine an upper limit revolution speed based on the first temperature, the upper limit revolution speed being an upper limit of a revolution speed of the prime mover, and a changer to change the upper limit revolution speed based on the second temperature.

Claims (34)

1. A work machine comprising:

a prime mover;

a hydraulic pump configured to be operated by the prime mover and outputting an operation fluid;

a hydraulic device configured to operate via the operation fluid;

a measurement sensor configured to measure a first temperature and a second temperature, the first temperature being a temperature of the operation fluid at starting of the prime mover, the second temperature being a temperature of the operation fluid after the starting of the prime mover; and

a controller configured to:

utilize a predetermined starting upper limitation revolution speed as an upper limit revolution speed at the starting of the prime mover, the upper limit revolution speed being an upper limit of a revolution speed of the prime mover;

change, after the starting of the prime mover, the upper limit revolution speed to a changed upper limitation revolution speed obtained by adding a correction value to the starting upper limitation revolution speed, the correction value being obtained by multiplying a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature by a predetermined correction revolution speed; and

the controller including a revolution controller configured to control the revolution speed of the prime mover based on the starting upper limitation revolution speed at the starting of the prime mover and to control the revolution speed of the prime mover based on the changed upper limitation revolution speed after the starting of the prime mover.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the starting upper limitation revolution speed to be higher compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a plus side, and wherein the controller sets the starting upper limitation revolution speed to be lower compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a minus side.

3. The work machine according to claim 2 , wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be higher compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a plus side, and wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be lower compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a minus side.

4. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be higher compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a plus side, and wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be lower compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a minus side.

5. The work machine according to claim 4 , comprising:

a storage configured to store information related to a first upper limit setting including the starting upper limitation revolution speed and information related to a second upper limit setting information including the correction revolution speed,

wherein the controller utilizes the starting upper limitation revolution speed as the upper limit revolution speed based on the first upper limit setting, and

wherein the controller calculates the correction value by multiplying the temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature by the correction revolution speed based on the second upper limit setting.

6. A work machine comprising:

a prime mover;

a hydraulic pump configured to be operated by the prime mover and outputting an operation fluid;

a hydraulic device configured to be operated by the operation fluid;

a measurement sensor configured to measure a first temperature and a second temperature, the first temperature being a temperature of the operation fluid at starting of the prime mover, the second temperature being a temperature of the operation fluid after the starting of the prime mover; and

a controller configured to:

utilize a predetermined starting upper limitation revolution speed as an upper limit revolution speed at starting of the prime mover, the upper limit revolution speed being an upper limit of a revolution speed of the prime mover;

change, after the starting of the prime mover, the upper limit revolution speed to a changed upper limitation revolution speed obtained by adding a correction value to the starting upper limitation revolution speed, the correction value being obtained by multiplying a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature by a correction revolution speed set per a unit of the temperature difference; and

the controller including a revolution controller configured to control the revolution speed of the prime mover based on the starting upper limitation revolution speed at starting of the prime mover and to control the revolution speed of the prime mover based on the changed upper limitation revolution speed after the starting of the prime mover.

7. The work machine according to claim 6 , wherein the correction revolution speed is set based on the first temperature and is configured to vary depending on the first temperature.

8. The work machine according to claim 7 , wherein the correction revolution speed is configured to increase when the first temperature increases.

9. The work machine according to claim 8 , wherein the controller sets the starting upper limitation revolution speed to be higher compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a plus side, and wherein the controller sets the starting upper limitation revolution speed to be lower compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a minus side.

10. The work machine according to claim 9 , wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be higher compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a plus side, and wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be lower compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a minus side.

11. The work machine according to claim 8 , wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be higher compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a plus side, and wherein the controller sets the changed upper limitation revolution speed to be lower compared to a case where the measurement sensor has no measurement error when the measurement sensor has the measurement error on a minus side.

12. The work machine according to claim 11 , comprising

a storage configured to store information related to a first upper limit setting including the starting upper limitation revolution speed and information related to a second upper limit setting information representing a relation between the first temperature and the correction revolution speed,

wherein the controller utilizes the starting upper limitation revolution speed as the upper limit revolution speed based on the first upper limit setting, and

wherein the controller calculates the correction value by multiplying the temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature by the correction revolution speed based on the second upper limit setting.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2017
From: FUKUDA, YUJI; KINUGAWA, RYOSUKE
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043593/0077 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-125815 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170370073A1 · Dec 28, 2017