Granted Patent B2

US 12,637,839 · App. 18/773,575 · Granted May 26, 2026

Inventors: Kohei Nagao (Sakai, JP); Ryota Hamamoto (Sakai, JP); Daiki Abe (Sakai, JP)

Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION

E02F9/2203E02F9/2004E02F9/2235E02F9/2253

Abstract

Claims (99)

1 . A work vehicle comprising:

a hydraulic motor configured to generate a driving force of the work vehicle;

a hydraulic pump configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor;

a prime mover configured to rotate the hydraulic pump;

a human-machine interface configured to receive an input corresponding to a target rotation speed of the hydraulic motor;

a rotation speed sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of the hydraulic motor;

a hydraulic control circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure of pilot oil to change a displacement volume of the hydraulic pump; and

circuitry configured to control the prime mover and the hydraulic control circuit,

the circuitry being configured to:

obtain based on the target rotation speed, a reference value of a control parameter according to which the hydraulic control circuit is controlled;

calculate a speed difference obtained by subtracting the target rotation speed from the rotation speed;

calculate an offset value corresponding to the speed difference; and

set the control parameter to a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value,

wherein the circuitry is configured to update the offset value by:

subtracting a first feedback control value from the offset value to reduce the displacement volume when the speed difference is greater than a first threshold value that is a predetermined positive value;

adding a second feedback control value to the offset value to increase the displacement volume when the speed difference is smaller than a second threshold value that is a predetermined negative value; and

keeping the offset value unchanged when the speed difference is between the second threshold value and the first threshold value.

2 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to add a third feedback control value, which is greater than the second feedback control value, to the offset value when an indicated position of the human-machine interface is changed from a return position to which the indicated position of human-machine interface is returned when the human-machine interface is not operated.

3 . The work vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein the human-machine interface includes an operation lever, and

wherein the return position is a neutral position of the operation lever.

4 . A work vehicle comprising:

a hydraulic motor configured to generate a driving force of the work vehicle;

a hydraulic pump configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor;

a prime mover configured to rotate the hydraulic pump;

a human-machine interface configured to receive an input corresponding to a target rotation speed of the hydraulic motor;

a rotation speed sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of the hydraulic motor;

a hydraulic control circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure of pilot oil to change a displacement volume of the hydraulic pump; and

circuitry configured to control the prime mover and the hydraulic control circuit,

the circuitry being configured to:

obtain based on the target rotation speed, a reference value of a control parameter according to which the hydraulic control circuit is controlled;

calculate a speed difference obtained by subtracting the target rotation speed from the rotation speed;

calculate an offset value corresponding to the speed difference; and

set the control parameter to a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value,

wherein the circuitry is configured to set the offset value to zero when the speed difference is larger than a third threshold value which is larger than a first threshold value.

5 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to set the control parameter to a predetermined upper limit value when a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value exceeds the upper limit value.

6 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein an absolute value of the first feedback control value is larger than an absolute value of the second feedback control value.

7 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control parameter is a current value to control the hydraulic control circuit.

8 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotation speed sensor is configured to detect the rotation speed at every sampling interval, and

wherein the circuitry is configured to calculate the speed difference and the offset value to set the control parameter to the value at every sampling interval.

9 . A controller of the work vehicle, comprising:

operation detection circuitry configured to receive an input from a human-machine interface, the input corresponding to a target rotation speed of a hydraulic motor configured to generate a driving force of the work vehicle;

determination circuitry configured to determine a control parameter according to which a displacement volume of a hydraulic pump is controlled in response to an operation of the human-machine interface, the hydraulic pump being configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor;

pump control circuitry configured to send a command corresponding to the control parameter to a hydraulic control circuit to control the displacement volume of the hydraulic pump;

prime mover control circuitry configured to send a command to a prime mover configured to rotate the hydraulic pump to rotate the hydraulic motor via the hydraulic pump;

motor rotation detection circuitry configured to receive a rotation speed of the hydraulic motor from a rotation speed sensor; and

the determination circuitry being configured to:

calculate a speed difference obtained by subtracting the target rotation speed from the rotation speed; and

obtain a reference value of the control parameter based on the target rotation speed;

calculate an offset value corresponding to the speed difference; and

set the control parameter to a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value,

wherein the determination circuitry being configured to calculate the offset value by:

subtracting a first feedback control value from the offset value to reduce the displacement volume when the speed difference is greater than a first threshold value that is a predetermined positive value;

adding a second feedback control value to the offset value to increase the displacement volume when the speed difference is smaller than a second threshold value that is a predetermined negative value; and

keeping the offset value unchanged when the speed difference is between the second threshold value and the first threshold value.

10 . The controller according to claim 9 , wherein

the determination circuitry is configured to receive the rotation speed, calculate the speed difference and the offset value, and set the control parameter to the value at every sampling interval.

11 . A speed control method for a work vehicle, comprising:

acquiring from a human-machine interface, a target rotation speed of a hydraulic motor configured to generate a driving force of the work vehicle;

determining a control parameter according to which a displacement volume of a hydraulic pump is set based on an operation of the human-machine interface, the hydraulic pump being configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor;

controlling the displacement volume of the hydraulic pump according to the control parameter to rotate the hydraulic pump to rotate the hydraulic motor;

detecting a rotation speed of the hydraulic motor;

calculating a speed difference obtained by subtracting the rotation speed from the target rotation speed;

obtaining a reference value of the control parameter based on the target rotation speed;

calculating an offset value corresponding to the speed difference; and

setting the control parameter to a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value,

wherein the calculating the offset value comprises:

subtracting a first feedback control value from the offset value to reduce the displacement volume when the speed difference is greater than a first threshold value that is a predetermined positive value,

adding a second feedback control value to the offset value to reduce the displacement volume when the speed difference is smaller than a second threshold value that is a predetermined negative value, and

keeping the offset value unchanged when the speed difference is between the second threshold value and the first threshold value.

12 . The speed control method according to claim 11 ,

wherein third feedback control value larger than the second feedback control value is added to the offset value when an indicated position of an additional human-machine interface is changed from a return position to which the indicated position is returned when the human-machine interface is not operated.

13 . A speed control method for a work vehicle, comprising:

acquiring from a human-machine interface, a target rotation speed of a hydraulic motor configured to generate a driving force of the work vehicle;

determining a control parameter according to which a displacement volume of a hydraulic pump is set based on an operation of the human-machine interface, the hydraulic pump being configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor;

controlling the displacement volume of the hydraulic pump according to the control parameter to rotate the hydraulic pump to rotate the hydraulic motor;

detecting a rotation speed of the hydraulic motor;

calculating a speed difference obtained by subtracting the rotation speed from the target rotation speed;

obtaining a reference value of the control parameter based on the target rotation speed;

calculating an offset value corresponding to the speed difference; and

setting the control parameter to a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value,

wherein the offset value is set to zero when the speed difference is larger than a third threshold value which is larger than a first threshold value.

14 . The speed control method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the control parameter is set to the upper limit value when a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value exceeds a predetermined upper limit value.

15 . The speed control method according to claim 11 ,

wherein an absolute value of the first feedback control value is larger than an absolute value of the second feedback control value.

16 . The speed control method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the control parameter is a current value according to which a hydraulic control circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure of pilot oil to change a displacement volume of the first hydraulic pump.

17 . The speed control method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the detecting the rotation speed, the calculating the speed difference and the offset value, and the setting the control parameter to the value are conducted at every sampling interval.

18 . The work vehicle according to claim 4 ,

wherein the circuitry is configured to update the offset value by subtracting the first feedback control value from the offset value to reduce the displacement volume when the speed difference is greater than the first threshold value that is a predetermined positive value.

19 . The speed control method according to claim 13 ,

wherein the calculating the offset value comprises subtracting a first feedback control value from the offset value to reduce the displacement volume when the speed difference is greater than the first threshold value that is a predetermined positive value.

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