Drive device of construction machine

• US 10,017,917 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Kawaguchi, Tadashi, Akiyama, Teruo, Saito, Koji, Watanabe, Takayuki, Iida, Noboru
• Primary Examiner(s): LESLIE, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US14/916,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20170121940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 60420, 60421, 60484, 60486
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/32 working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/435 for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/123 Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2095 Control of electric, electro-mechanical or mechanical equipment not otherwise provided for, e.g. ventilators, electro-driven fans control of hydraulic driven equipment E02F9/22
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/22 Hydraulic or pneumatic drives for dipper or bucket arm position control E02F3/43, for blade position control for graders E02F3/844; for turntables E02F9/121; for fork-lift trucks B66F9/22
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2217 with energy recovery arrangements, e.g. using accumulators, flywheels
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2228 including an electronic controller
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2242 including an electronic controller
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2292 Systems with two or more pumps
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2296 Systems with a variable displacement pump
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 11/08 with only one servomotor
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 11/163 for sharing the pump output equally amongst users or groups of users, e.g. using anti-saturation, pressure compensation
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 11/17 using two or more pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 13/0401 Valve members; Fluid interconnections therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 21/08 Servomotor systems incorporating electrically operated control means F15B21/02, F15B21/065 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/20523 Internal combustion engine
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/20576 with multiple pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/30595 with additional valves between the groups of valves for multiple output members
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/35 Directional control combined with flow control
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/7135 Combinations of output members of different types, e.g. single-acting cylinders with rotary motors
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/7142 : the output members being arranged in multiple groups

Abstract

A drive device of a construction machine includes a pump passage connected to a hydraulic pump, first and second supply passages connected to the pump passage, first and second passages connected to the first supply passage, third and fourth passages connected to the second supply passage, a first valve connected to the first and third passages, a second valve connected to the second and fourth passages, a first bucket passage connecting the first passage to a cap-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first valve, a second bucket passage connecting the third passage to a rod-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first valve, a first arm passage connecting the second passage to a rod-side space of an arm cylinder through the second valve, and a second arm passage connecting the fourth passage to a cap-side space of the arm cylinder through the second valve.

Claims

1. A drive device of a construction machine including a working implement with a bucket and an arm, comprising:

a bucket cylinder which operates the bucket;

an arm cylinder which operates the arm;

a first hydraulic pump which discharges working fluid supplied to the bucket cylinder and the arm cylinder; and

a hydraulic circuit through which the working fluid discharged from the first hydraulic pump flows,

wherein the hydraulic circuit includes

a first pump passage which is connected to the first hydraulic pump,

a first supply passage and a second supply passage which are connected to the first pump passage,

a first branch passage and a second branch passage which are connected to the first supply passage,

a third branch passage and a fourth branch passage which are connected to the second supply passage,

a first main operation valve which is connected to the first branch passage and the third branch passage,

a second main operation valve which is connected to the second branch passage and the fourth branch passage,

a first bucket passage which connects the first branch passage to a cap-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first main operation valve,

a second bucket passage which connects the third branch passage to a rod-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first main operation valve,

a first arm passage which connects the second branch passage to a rod-side space of the arm cylinder through the second main operation valve, and

a second arm passage which connects the fourth branch passage to a cap-side space of the arm cylinder through the second main operation valve.

2. The drive device of the construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the working implement includes a boom, and

the drive device further comprises:

a boom cylinder which operates the boom; and

a second hydraulic pump which discharges working fluid supplied to the boom cylinder.

3. The drive device of the construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the construction machine includes a lower traveling body and an upper swinging body supporting the working implement,

the drive device further comprises:

an electric swinging motor which generates power for swinging the upper swinging body; and

a second hydraulic pump which discharges working fluid supplied to a boom cylinder,

the hydraulic circuit includes

a second pump passage which is connected to the second hydraulic pump,

a third supply passage and a fourth supply passage which are connected to the second pump passage,

a fifth branch passage which is connected to the third supply passage,

a sixth branch passage which is connected to the fourth supply passage,

a third main operation valve which is connected to the fifth branch passage and the sixth branch passage,

a first boom passage which connects the fifth branch passage to a cap-side space of the boom cylinder through the third main operation valve, and

a second boom passage which connects the sixth branch passage to a rod-side space of the boom cylinder through the third main operation valve.

4. The drive device of the construction machine according to claim 3, further comprising:

a junction passage which connects the first pump passage to the second pump passage; and

a first dividing/merging valve which is provided in the junction passage so as to switch a merged state or a divided state of the first pump passage and the second pump passage.

5. The drive device of the construction machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second dividing/merging valve which is connected to an outlet port of a shuttle valve provided between the first main operation valve and the second main operation valve.

6. A drive device of a construction machine including a working implement with a bucket, an arm, and a boom, an upper swinging body supporting the working implement, and a lower traveling body, comprising:

a generator;

an electric swinging motor which is operated by power supplied from the generator so as to generate power for swinging the upper swinging body;

a bucket cylinder which operates the bucket;

an arm cylinder which operates the arm;

a boom cylinder which operates the boom;

a first hydraulic pump which discharges working fluid supplied to the bucket cylinder and the arm cylinder;

a second hydraulic pump which discharges working fluid supplied to the boom cylinder; and

a hydraulic circuit through which the working fluid discharged from the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump flows,

wherein the hydraulic circuit includes

a first main operation valve which adjusts a direction and a flow rate of the working fluid supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the bucket cylinder,

a second main operation valve which adjusts a direction and a flow rate of the working fluid supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the arm cylinder, and

a third main operation valve which adjusts a direction and a flow rate of the working fluid supplied from the second hydraulic pump to the boom cylinder,

wherein the hydraulic circuit includes

a first pump passage which is connected to the first hydraulic pump,

a first supply passage and a second supply passage which are connected to the first pump passage,

a first branch passage and a second branch passage which are connected to the first supply passage,

a third branch passage and a fourth branch passage which are connected to the second supply passage,

the first main operation valve which is connected to the first branch passage and the third branch passage,

the second main operation valve which is connected to the second branch passage and the fourth branch passage,

a first bucket passage which connects the first branch passage to a cap-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first main operation valve,

a second bucket passage which connects the third branch passage to a rod-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first main operation valve,

a first arm passage which connects the second branch passage to a rod-side space of the arm cylinder through the second main operation valve, and

a second arm passage which connects the fourth branch passage to a cap-side space of the arm cylinder through the second main operation valve.

7. The drive device of the construction machine according to claim 6, comprising:

a pressure compensating valve which compensates a pre/post-differential pressure of the first main operation valve and a pressure of the working fluid supplied to the second main operation valve.

8. The drive device of the construction machine according to claim 6, comprising:

an electric drive system which includes the electric swinging motor,

wherein the electric swinging motor generates regenerative energy in a deceleration state, and

the electric drive system includes

a generator,

a storage battery which is charged by the regenerative energy generated by the electric swinging motor, and

a hybrid controller which controls at least one of the generator, the electric swinging motor, and the storage battery.