Working vehicle

• US 6,757,993 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2003
• Issued: 07/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yanmar Company Limited (Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yanmar Company Limited (Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kondou, Masami
• Primary Examiner(s): Batson, Victor
• Application Number:
  US10/343,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20030167660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 340/684, 340/451, 340/457, 340/438, 340/471, 340/472, 340/463, 373/48, 374/43, 374/66, 414/614, 414/699, 172/2, 701/50
• US Class Current: 37/348
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 11/04 by means of separate power sources
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 11/06 by means of a single main power source
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/02 Travelling-gear, e.g. associated with slewing gears drives therefor E02F9/20; for motor vehicles B60B, B60G; undercarriages for locomotives or railroad cars B61F; track-laying vehicles B62D; for cranes B66C23/18
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/225 Control of steering, e.g. for hydraulic motors driving the vehicle tracks steering in general B62D
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/226 Safety arrangements, e.g. hydraulic driven fans, preventing cavitation, leakage, overheating
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2292 Systems with two or more pumps
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/24 Safety devices , e.g. for preventing overload E02F9/226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 11/166 Controlling a pilot pressure in response to the load, i.e. supply to at least one user is regulated by adjusting either the system pilot pressure or one or more of the individual pilot command pressures
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 11/17 using two or more pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/3051 Cross-check valves
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/3116 the pump port being open in the centre position, e.g. so-called open centre
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/36 Pilot pressure sensing
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/50518 using pressure relief valves
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/5157 being connected to a pressure source and a return line
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/55 for limiting a pressure up to a maximum pressure, e.g. by using a pressure relief valve
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/61 Secondary circuits
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/634 representing a state of a valve
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/7058 Rotary output members
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/7142 the output members being arranged in multiple groups
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/781 : one or more output members having priority
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/857 : Monitoring of fluid pressure systems

Abstract

In a working vehicle which includes left and right traveling devices, a pair of hydraulic traveling motors are installed to drive the respective traveling devices, and a pair of hydraulic directional control valves are provided for the respective hydraulic traveling motors in order to control the traveling of the vehicle. A throttle valve is provided in a pilot oil-passage, and connected to a drain oil-passage after passing serially through the pair of hydraulic directional control valves below the throttle valve. A pressure switch for warning the traveling state is operated by a pilot hydraulic pressure which is pressure of oil within an oil-passage between the throttle valve and an upstream one of the left and right hydraulic directional control valves.

Claims

1. A working vehicle, comprising:

left and right traveling devices;

a pair of hydraulic traveling motors installed to drive the traveling devices;

a pair of hydraulic directional control valves provided for the respective hydraulic traveling motors in order to control traveling of the working vehicle;

a pilot oil-passage for feeding pilot oil to the hydraulic directional control valves, said hydraulic directional control valves being connected in series by said pilot oil-passage;

a single throttle valve provided in the pilot oil-passage which is located more upstream than an upstream one of said hydraulic directional control valves serially connected;

a low pressure oil-passage connected to the pilot oil-passage which is located more downstream than a downstream one of said hydraulic directional control valves serially connected; and

a traveling warning system comprising a pressure switch, said pressure switch being connected to the pilot oil-passage between said single throttle valve and said upstream one of said hydraulic directional control valves and being operated by hydraulic pressure within said pilot oil-passage, and said traveling warning system being operated on the basis of the on-off of said pressure switch.

2. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said traveling warning systems comprises

a warning sound generating means electrically connected to said pressure switch, and

said warning sound generating means comprises a volume controlling means to control a volume of warning sound.

3. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein a plurality of warning sound generators having different sound volume are provided in the warning sound generating means, and the sound volume is controlled by selecting one from the plurality of warning sound generators.

4. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 1, comprising a main pilot oil-passage for feeding pilot oil to a hydraulic pilot type control device other than said hydraulic traveling motors, and wherein said pilot oil-passage diverges from said main pilot oil-passage.

5. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a pilot pump connected to said pilot oil-passage for supplying pilot oil.

6. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 4, further comprising a pilot pump connected to said main pilot oil-passage for supplying pilot oil.

7. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 4, wherein said traveling warning system comprises a warning sound generating means electrically connected to said pressure switch, and said warning sound generating means comprises a volume controlling means to control a volume of warning sound.

8. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 5, wherein said traveling warning system comprises a warning sound generating means electrically connected to said pressure switch, and said warning sound generating means comprises a volume controlling means to control a volume of warning sound.

9. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 6, wherein said traveling warning system comprises a warning sound generating means electrically connected to said pressure switch, and said warning sound generating means comprises a volume controlling means to control a volume of warning sound.

10. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 7, wherein a plurality of warning sound generators having different sound volume are provided in the warning sound generating means, and the sound volume is controlled by selecting one from the plurality of warning sound generators.

11. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 8, wherein a plurality of warning sound generators having different sound volume are provided in the warning sound generating means, and the sound volume is controlled by selecting one from the plurality of warning sound generators.

12. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 9, wherein a plurality of warning sound generators having different sound volume are provided in the warning sound generating means, and the sound volume is controlled by selecting one from the plurality of warning sound generators.

13. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein said warning sound generating means comprises a warning sound generator covered with a cover, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting covering degree of said cover to said warning sound generator.

14. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 7, wherein said warning sound generating means comprises a warning sound generator covered with a cover, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting covering degree of said cover to said warning sound generator.

15. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 8, wherein said warning sound generating means comprises a warning sound generator covered with a cover, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting covering degree of said cover to said warning sound generator.

16. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 9, wherein said warning sound generating means comprises a warning sound generator covered with a cover, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting covering degree of said cover to said warning sound generator.

17. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein said volume controlling means comprises i) a sound volume control mechanism which is a variable resistor and ii) a controller having a pulse width modulation circuit, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting resistance of said sound volume control mechanism to change a pulse width of a signal to a warning sound generator.

18. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 7, wherein said volume controlling means comprises i) a sound volume control mechanism which is a variable resistor and ii) a controller having a pulse width modulation circuit, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting resistance of said sound volume control mechanism to change a pulse width of a signal to a warning sound generator.

19. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 8, wherein said volume controlling means comprises i) a sound volume control mechanism which is a variable resistor and ii) a controller having a pulse width modulation circuit, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting resistance of said sound volume control mechanism to change a pulse width of a signal to a warning sound generator.

20. The working vehicle as set forth in claim 9, wherein said volume controlling means comprises i) a sound volume control mechanism which is a variable resistor and ii) a controller having a pulse width modulation circuit, and the volume of warning sound is controlled by adjusting resistance of said sound volume control mechanism to change a pulse width of a signal to a warning sound generator.