Construction machinery

• US 7,708,100 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2003
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Company Limited (Kobe Steel Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Company Limited (Kobe Steel Limited)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Norihiko, Kinugawa, Hideki, Asakage, Tomohiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson; Paul N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilhelm; Timothy
• Application Number:
  US10/543,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20060144669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,478 Days
• Field of Search: 180/271, 180/272
• US Class Current: 180/272
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/04 responsive to presence or absence of the driver, e.g. to weight or lack thereof
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/20 Drives; Control devices gearings in general F16H; controlling in general G05; electric multi-motor drives H02K, H02P
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2246 Control of prime movers, e.g. depending on the hydraulic load of work tools
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/228 Warning displays
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/042 for stopping the engine
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0818 Conditions for starting or stopping the engine or for deactivating the idle-start-stop mode
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/106 Driver presence, e.g. detected by door lock, seat sensor or belt sensor

Abstract

After a remote control valve has been brought into a non-working state, a stop signal is to be sent from an engine controller in a controller to a governor controller in an engine to stop the engine automatically, under the condition that an illuminating lamp is turned off, after a preset allowance time has passed and when a gate lever provided at a gateway for an operator is opened (the operator gets off the machine). Further, before the engine is stopped, the operator is to be notified of the coming engine stop, and when the engine is stopped, a power supply is to be cut off automatically.

Claims

1. A construction machine comprising an illuminating lamp, a hydraulic actuator driven by discharge oil from a hydraulic pump adapted to operate using an engine as a power source, access state detecting means for detecting an access state of getting-on or getting-off of an operator, and control means adapted to stop said engine automatically when said access state detecting means detects the getting-off of the operator, under a condition that said illuminating lamp is turned off.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1, further comprising operating means for operating said hydraulic actuator, and operation state detecting means for detecting whether or not said operating means is in a working state, wherein said control means is configured to stop said engine automatically after a preset allowance time has passed and when said access state detecting means detects the getting-off of the operator after said operation state detecting means has detected that said operating means is in a non-working state.

3. The construction machine according to claim 2, wherein said control means is configured to decelerate a speed of said engine down to a preset standby speed during said allowance time.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein a gate lever switch adapted to be operated by a gate lever for opening and closing a gateway is used as said access state detecting means, and wherein said control means is configured to determine the getting-off of the operator based on a signal from said gate lever switch when said gate lever is opened.

5. A construction machine comprising a hydraulic actuator driven by discharge oil from a hydraulic pump adapted to operate using an engine as a power source, access state detecting means for detecting an access state of getting-on or getting-off of an operator, and control means adapted to stop said engine automatically when said access state detecting means detects the getting-off of the operator, and to provide guidance for restarting said engine for an operator when said access state detecting means detects getting-on of the operator after said engine is stopped automatically.

6. A construction machine comprising a hydraulic actuator driven by discharge oil from a hydraulic pump adapted to operate using an engine as a power source, access state detecting means for detecting an access state of getting-on or getting-off of an operator, and control means adapted to stop said engine automatically when said access state detecting means detects the getting-off of the operator, and to provide guidance for restarting said engine for the operator when a key switch for starting said engine is operated from an ON position to another position after said engine is stopped automatically.

7. A construction machine including a hydraulic actuator, comprising:

a hydraulic actuator driven by discharge oil from a hydraulic pump adapted to operate using an engine as a power source;

access state detecting means for detecting an access state of getting-on or getting-off of an operator;

operating means for operating said hydraulic actuator;

operation state detecting means for detecting whether or not said operating means is in a working state; and

control means for stopping said engine automatically at a time after a preset allowance time has passed after said operation state detecting means has detected that said operating means is in a non-working state, and said access state detecting means detects the getting-off of the operator at said time after a preset allowance time has passed.