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US 10,400,797 · App. 15/563,631 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Hydraulic control system for working machine

Inventors: Tsutomu Udagawa (Ibaraki, JP); Hiroaki Tanaka (Ibaraki, JP); Yasutaka Tsuruga (Ibaraki, JP); Kazunori Nakamura (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,400,797
App. No.
15/563,631
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a hydraulic control system for a working machine with high fuel efficiency and higher versatility to be capable of being adapted to special work. The hydraulic control system for the working machine according to the present invention includes: a plurality of directional control valves ( 31, 32 , . . . ), more than one of which is connected in parallel to each of a plurality of hydraulic pumps ( 11, 12, 13 ) to supply hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to each of the corresponding actuators ( 4, 5, 6, 50 ); operating devices ( 110, 120, 130, 140 ) to which an operator inputs manipulated variables; a connection map ( 182 ) storing a precedence order for connection between a plurality of hydraulic pumps and a plurality of directional control valves; and a controller ( 100 ) controlling the connection conditions of the pumps and the actuators on the basis of the connection a¥map and operation signals.

Claims (22)

1. A working machine, comprising:

a prime mover;

a plurality of hydraulic pumps driven by the prime mover;

a plurality of actuators driven by hydraulic oil discharged from the plurality of hydraulic pumps;

a plurality of directional control valves, respectively connected in parallel to each of the plurality of hydraulic pumps, for directing the hydraulic oil discharged from one of the hydraulic pumps to a predetermined actuator of the plurality of actuators;

a plurality of speed sensors provided in each of the plurality of actuators;

a plurality of working members, each respectively operated by the plurality of actuators;

a plurality of operating devices that output operation signals representing operation amounts to the plurality of directional control valves;

a controller that receives the operation signals from the plurality of operating devices, then calculates pump control signals for the plurality of hydraulic pumps and valve drive signals for the plurality of directional control valves on the basis of the plurality of operation signals, and then outputs the pump control signals to the plurality of hydraulic pumps, and also outputs the valve drive signals to the plurality of directional control valves;

a plurality of pressure control valves provided upstream of the plurality of directional control valves; and

a mode selector for inputting a mode switch signal to the controller; wherein the controller:

calculates a target driving pressure of the actuator from an operation speed of the actuator detected by the speed sensor and a target flow rate of the hydraulic oil supplied to the actuator,

controls the pressure control valve provided upstream of the actuator so that the driving pressure of the actuator becomes the target driving pressure,

and, for each of the plurality of hydraulic pumps, stores a plurality of maps defining a first priority order which is a priority order of the actuators for supplying the hydraulic oil discharged by the hydraulic pump in accordance with work performed by the work machine,

selects a corresponding map from the plurality of maps on the basis of the mode switch signal from the mode selector, and

determines which actuator of the plurality of actuators the hydraulic oil discharged by each of the plurality of the hydraulic pumps is supplied to.

2. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein, for the actuator having the first priority order, the map defines a second priority order that is a priority order of the hydraulic pump that supplies the hydraulic oil to the actuator.

3. The working machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the working machine is a hydraulic excavator including a front member including at least a boom, an arm and an attachment, and a revolving upperstructure,

the first precedence order gives the highest priority to a specific hydraulic pump of the hydraulic pumps to allow only the specific hydraulic pump to supply hydraulic oil preferentially to the actuators driving the attachment and the revolving upperstructure, and

the first precedence order for the specific hydraulic pump gives a lower priority to the actuators driving the boom and the arm than that to the attachment and revolving upperstructure, and also the second precedence order is set for the actuators driving the boom and the arm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: UDAGAWA, TSUTOMU; TANAKA, HIROAKI; TSURUGA, YASUTAKA; NAKAMURA, KAZUNORI
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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