Hydraulic circuit for traveling

• US 6,874,857 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2002
• Issued: 04/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Nabtesco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Nabtesco Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanabe, Sadayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Siconolfi, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KRAMER, DEVON C
• Application Number:
  US10/324,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20030089543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 188/71.5, 188/166, 188/167, 188/170, 303/3, 303/6.01, 303/9.72, 303/11
• US Class Current: 303/11
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 17/10 of fluid gearing of fluid clutches B60K17/02
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/16 responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels brake control systems for vehicle drive stability B60T8/1755; arrangements responsive to a speed condition for adjusting wheel braking force B60T8/32; control of vehicle driving stability otherwise than by controlling the propulsion unit only B60W30/02; preventing wheel slippage by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/686 in hydraulic systems or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/203 hydraulic system components
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/4809 Traction control, stability control, using both the wheel brakes and other automatic braking systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/184 with wheel brakes
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/6876 the motor speed
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2063/3033 the brake is actuated by springs and released by a fluid pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/4157 Control of braking, e.g. preventing pump over-speeding when motor acts as a pump
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/421 Motor capacity control by electro-hydraulic control means, e.g. using solenoid valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/44 with more than one pump or motor in operation

Abstract

If a hydraulic motor (23) (traveling wheel (27)) is rotated (or skidding) at high rate, and a hydraulic motor (24) is hardly rotated, a detection controller (68) compares the rotational speeds of both hydraulic motors (23, 24). Then the rotation detected by the rotation detectors (66, 67) to detect the traveling wheel (27) to be skidding, and moves a piston (71) to allow a negative brake (40) to give a braking force to the hydraulic motor (23), and rotate the hydraulic motor (24). In this way, this invention can release the traveling wheel from skidding without the use of a flow dividing valve.

Claims

1. A brake system for a traveling vehicle having at least two traveling wheels driven by a single hydraulic pump through respective hydraulic motors, comprising:

a parking brake for applying braking force to all of said at least two traveling wheels when the hydraulic pump is not driven or the hydraulic pump does not provide sufficient hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic motors;

at least two auxiliary brakes, each auxiliary brake applying braking force to only one of the traveling wheels independently of the parking brake, the braking force being provided directly to a rotational portion of the corresponding hydraulic motor;

at least two rotation detectors, each rotation detector detecting rotational speeds of the respective traveling wheels; and

a computer connected to the rotation detectors for comparing the rotational speeds of the traveling wheels, wherein the computer controls one of the auxiliary brakes to apply a braking force selectively to the corresponding traveling wheel based on a result of the comparison.

2. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein

the parking brake includes first pistons for respectively applying the braking force to both of the traveling wheels when the sufficient hydraulic pressure does not act on the first pistons;

and

the auxiliary brake includes second pistons for the respective traveling wheel so that the respective second piston supplies the braking force to the corresponding traveling wheel when a predetermined hydraulic pressure acts on the second piston.

3. The brake system according to claim 2, wherein the first pistons and the second pistons are formed integrally with each other with respect to each traveling wheel.

4. The brake system according to claim 2, wherein the first pistons and the second pistons are formed individually with each other with respect to each traveling wheel.

5. The brake system according to claim 2, wherein each of the hydraulic motors includes a friction plate connected to a rotational portion for driving the traveling wheel and a stationary counterpart plate connected to a stationary portion thereof for applying the braking force to the rotational portion when the stationary counterpart plate is brought into frictional contact with the rotational friction plate.

6. The brake system according to claim 3, wherein a rotational friction plate and a stationary counterpart plate are brought into frictional contact with each other by being urged by the first pistons or the second pistons.

7. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein when the computer detects that one of the traveling wheels skids, the computer controls the corresponding auxiliary brake to apply a braking force to the skidding traveling wheel.

8. The brake system according to claim 7, wherein the computer determines that either of the traveling wheels is skidding if a difference in the rotational speeds is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

9. The brake system according to claim 1, wherein a control valve is interposed in a fluid passage between the hydraulic pump and the corresponding auxiliary brake for controlling a high pressure fluid to be led to the auxiliary brake.

10. The brake system according to claim 9, wherein the control valve is electrically connected to the computer so as to receive a control signal from the computer.

11. The brake system according to claim 9, wherein a control signal in accordance with an amount of treading of a foot brake is output from the computer to the control valve.

12. The brake system according to claim 9, wherein the control valve is a pressure reducing valve.

13. The brake system according to claim 1 wherein the braking force is provided directly to the rotational portion of the corresponding hydraulic motor so that an amount of fluid that is supplied to said hydraulic motor is limited.