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Granted Patent B2
US 12,231,036 · App. 17/629,674 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Work machine

Inventors: Akira Watanabe (Ushiku, JP); Yasunori Ota (Tsuchiura, JP); Yusuke Imai (Arakawa-ku, JP); Manabu Yano (Nagareyama, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
H02M1/36E02F9/2004E02F9/2075E02F9/2285H02M3/00
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Patent No.
US 12,231,036
App. No.
17/629,674
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work machine includes: a controller; a first electrical circuit provided with a first power supply that supplies power to the controller; an electric drive source necessary for operating the work machine; and a second electrical circuit provided with a second power supply that supplies power to the electric drive source. The work machine further includes: a capacitor provided to the second electrical circuit; a first precharge device that performs precharge of the capacitor by using power of the first power supply; and a second precharge device that performs precharge of the capacitor by using power of the second power supply. The controller performs precharge by using one of the precharge devices when it is determined that precharge by using the other one of the precharge devices is impossible.

Claims (43)

1. A work machine comprising:

a controller that controls the work machine;

a low voltage power supply that supplies power to the controller;

a low voltage circuit provided with the low voltage power supply;

an electric drive source necessary for operating the work machine;

a high voltage power supply that supplies power to the electric drive source; and

a high voltage circuit provided with the high voltage power supply, wherein

the work machine further comprises:

a capacitor provided to the high voltage circuit;

a first precharge device provided between the low voltage circuit and the high voltage circuit; and

a second precharge device that is provided to the high voltage circuit and performs precharge of the capacitor by using power from the high voltage power supply, and

the controller is configured to:

perform precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device, and

perform precharge of the capacitor by boosting the power from the low voltage power supply using the first precharge device when precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device is impossible.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , including:

a main pump;

an actuator that is driven by a working fluid delivered from the main pump;

a control valve that controls a flow of the working fluid introduced from the main pump to the actuator;

a pilot pump driven by the electric drive source;

an operation device that generates a pilot pressure that is an operation signal for operating the control valve by using a delivery pressure of the pilot pump as a source pressure; and

an inverter circuit that drives the electric drive source, wherein

the capacitor is a smoothing capacitor provided on a direct current side of the inverter circuit.

3. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the first precharge device is a DC-DC converter provided between the low voltage circuit and the high voltage circuit, and

the second precharge device is a relay circuit provided to the high voltage circuit and has a precharge relay and a precharge resistor connected in parallel with a main relay.

4. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to:

determine whether or not the high voltage power supply is anomalous and determine that precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device is impossible when the high voltage power supply is anomalous.

5. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to:

determine that precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device is impossible when precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device has not been completed where predetermined time has elapsed since precharge has been started.

6. The work machine according to claim 2 , including:

an engine connected to the main pump; and

a generator that is connected to the engine and is capable of supplying power to the high voltage power supply, wherein

the controller is configured to:

limit output power of the electric drive source when it is determined that precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device is impossible.

7. The work machine according to claim 2 , including:

an engine connected to the main pump; and

a generator that is connected to the engine and is capable of supplying power to the high voltage power supply, wherein

the controller is configured to:

determine whether or not an idling stop condition is satisfied,

stop the engine when the idling stop condition is satisfied in a case where precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device has been able to be completed, and

not stop the engine even if the idling stop condition is satisfied in a case where it has been determined that precharge of the capacitor by using the second precharge device is impossible.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: WATANABE, AKIRA; OTA, YASUNORI; IMAI, YUSUKE; YANO, MANABU
To: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058747/0280 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-175691 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220282456A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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