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US 12,312,220 · App. 17/602,105 · Granted May 27, 2025

Work machine collision safety controls and warnings

Inventors: Yoshio Sasaoka (Tokyo, JP); Tomofumi Okada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
B66C23/905B66C13/46B66C23/94G06V20/58
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Patent No.
US 12,312,220
App. No.
17/602,105
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a work machine in which load shaking of a crane in emergency can be prevented. In the work machine, a turning body is disposed to be turnable relative to a base body. The work machine includes a drive control unit which controls a turning operation of the turning body, and a detection unit which detects an obstacle present around the turning body. The drive control unit does not start turning of the turning body in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit while the turning of the turning body is stopped, and maintains the turning of the turning body for at least a predetermined period in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit during the turning of the turning body.

Claims (11)

1. A work machine in which a turning body is disposed to be turnable relative to a base body, the work machine comprising:

a control unit including a computer having a memory and a central processing unit which reads processing content from the memory and achieves various functions, and

sensors which detect an obstacle present around the turning body,

wherein the control unit comprises a drive control unit which controls a turning operation of the turning body,

the drive control unit does not start turning of the turning body in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit while the turning of the turning body is stopped, and decelerates the turning of the turning body with a deceleration to such an extent that a load suspended from the turning body does not swing like a pendulum for at least a predetermined period in a case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit during the turning of the turning body,

the drive control unit decelerates the turning of the turning body with a deceleration equal to or less than a predetermined deceleration, in the case where the obstacle is detected by the detection unit during the turning of the turning body, and

a notification device which outputs different notifications to an operator of the work machine depending on a mode of the detection of the obstacle by the sensors and a type of the turning operation of the turning body based on at least turning speed and turning direction.

2. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit further comprises:

an operation reception unit which receives an operation of turning the turning body, wherein the notification device performs the notification, in a case where the operation reception unit receives the operation while the turning of the turning body is stopped.

3. The work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit is configured to measure a distance from the turning body to the obstacle, and

the notification device performs the notification in a different mode depending on the distance from the turning body to the obstacle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: SASAOKA, YOSHIO; OKADA, TOMOFUMI
To: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057731/0283 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-095261 · May 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220194757A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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