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Granted Patent B2
US 12,606,981 · App. 18/702,469 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Load discharge system

Inventor: Daisuke Noda (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
E02F3/439E02F9/265E02F9/2025
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Patent No.
US 12,606,981
App. No.
18/702,469
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A load discharge system for loading work in which a discharge operation of discharging a load in a bucket of a work machine into a container is repeatedly performed. The load discharge system includes a controller for controlling the operation of the work machine, the controller acquires information on an amount of load in the bucket of the work machine and acquires information on a position of the container. The controller calculates a target discharge position that is a target position for the discharge operation using the information on the position of the container and the information on the amount of load in the bucket.

Claims (25)

1 . A load discharge system used for a loading work in which a discharge operation of loading a load in a bucket of a work machine into a container is repeatedly performed, the load discharge system comprising:

a controller configured to:

acquire information on an amount of the load in the bucket of the work machine;

acquire information on a position of the container; and

calculate a target discharge position that is a target position for the discharge operation by using the information on the position of the container and the information on the amount of the load in the bucket,

wherein the controller is configured to calculate the target discharge position for the next discharge operation according to a condition that a distance between one end of the container in a container longitudinal direction and the target discharge position for the next discharge operation increases as an amount of a loaded object in the container increases, the loaded object being formed by the load loaded into the container by performing the discharge operation at least once.

2 . The load discharge system according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the amount of the load in the bucket includes information on a mass of the load in the bucket.

3 . The load discharge system according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive control unit that controls an operation of a plurality of actuators including an actuator that moves the bucket,

wherein the controller outputs, to the drive control unit, a command for performing the discharge operation according to the target discharge position.

4 . A load discharge system used for a loading work in which a discharge operation of loading a load in a bucket of a work machine into a container is repeatedly performed, the load discharge system comprising:

a controller configured to:

acquire information on an amount of the load in the bucket of the work machine;

acquire information on a position of the container;

calculate a target discharge position that is a target position for the discharge operation by using the information on the position of the container and the information on the amount of the load in the bucket; and

calculate the target discharge position for the next discharge operation according to a condition that as the amount of the load in the bucket increases, a distance between the target discharge position for the next discharge operation and a loaded object in the container increases, the loaded object being formed by the load loaded into the container by performing the discharge operation at least once.

5 . The load discharge system according to claim 4 , wherein

a target loading integrated amount that is a target value of a total amount of the load to be loaded into the container by repeatedly performing the discharge operation is set in the controller, and

the controller calculates a sum of the amount of the load in the bucket and an amount of a part or all of the loaded object that is in the container and is formed by the load loaded into the container by performing the discharge operation at least once, calculates a ratio of the sum and the target loading integrated amount, and calculates the target discharge position for the next discharge operation by using the ratio.

6 . The load discharge system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller acquires information on a height of the loaded object in the container and is formed by the load loaded into the container by performing the discharge operation at least once, and calculates the target discharge position for the next discharge operation by using the information on the height of the loaded object and the information on the amount of the load in the bucket.

7 . A load discharge system used for a loading work in which a discharge operation of loading a load in a bucket of a work machine into a container is repeatedly performed, the load discharge system comprising:

a controller configured to:

acquire information on an amount of the load in the bucket of the work machine;

acquire information on a position of the container, and calculates a target discharge position that is a target position for the discharge operation by using the information on the position of the container and the information on the amount of the load in the bucket; and

calculate the target discharge position for the discharge operation at a same position according to a condition that the discharge operation is performed at a same position a plurality of times from a start of the loading work until an initial loading end condition set in advance is satisfied,

wherein the initial loading end condition includes at least one of a fact that a number of times of the discharge operation at the same position has reached a preset value, a fact that a total amount of the load loaded into the container by the discharge operation at the same position has exceeded a preset value, or a fact that a height of a deposit formed by the load loaded into the container by the discharge operation at the same position has exceeded a preset value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2024
From: NODA, DAISUKE
To: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067149/0346 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-179513 · Nov 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240410128A1 · Dec 12, 2024
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