Hydraulic motor unit and hydraulic four-wheel-drive working vehicle

• US 8,517,138 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sashikuma, Kenta, Yasuda, Toshifumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Boehler, Anne Marie M
• Application Number:
  US12/948,466
• Publication Number:
  US 20110139532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: 180/242, 180305-307, 604/46, 604/43, 604/87, 902/86, 912/86
• US Class Current: 180/307
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 17/356 having fluid or electric motor, for driving one or more wheels disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel B60K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/223 Ridable lawn mowers
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/425 Motor capacity control by electric actuators
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/456 Control of the balance of torque or speed between pumps or motors

Abstract

A hydraulic motor unit according to the present invention includes an electric motor having an electric motor main body that is electrically controlled, an electric motor case that accommodates the electric motor main body and an electric motor main body output shaft that is rotated around an axis line thereof by the electric motor main body, the electric motor case being detachably mounted to the motor housing, wherein mounting of the electric motor to the motor housing causes the electric motor main body output shaft to be operatively connected to the first end of the control shaft so that the control shaft is rotated around the axis line in accordance with rotation of the electric motor main body output shaft.

Claims

1. A hydraulic motor unit comprising:

a hydraulic motor;

a motor shaft that supports the hydraulic motor in a relatively non-rotatable manner with respect thereto;

a motor housing that accommodates the hydraulic motor and supports the motor shaft in a rotatable manner around an axis line thereof;

a volume adjusting mechanism that changes a volume of the hydraulic motor, wherein the volume adjusting mechanism includes a control shaft that is supported directly or indirectly by the motor housing in a rotatable manner around an axis line thereof in a state where a first end thereof is extended outward from the motor housing, and changes the volume of the hydraulic motor in accordance with rotation of the control shaft around the axis line;

an electric motor including an electric motor main body that is electrically controlled;

an electric motor case that accommodates the electric motor main body;

an electric motor main body output shaft that is rotated around an axis line thereof by the electric motor main body, the electric motor case being detachably mounted to the motor housing;

an operation shaft that is connected to the first end of the control shaft in a relatively non-rotatable manner with respect thereto;

a sector gear that has a proximal end connected to the operation shaft and a distal end provided with a gear and extends in a direction perpendicular to the control shaft; and

an electric motor cover to which the electric motor case is connected and which is detachably connected to the motor housing,

wherein mounting of the electric motor to the motor housing causes the electric motor main body output shaft to be operatively connected to the first end of the control shaft so that the control shaft is rotated around the axis line in accordance with rotation of the electric motor main body output shaft,

wherein the electric motor includes an electric motor output gear operatively connected to the electric motor main body output shaft, and

wherein the electric motor output gear is directly or indirectly supported by the electric motor case so that the electric motor output gear is engaged with the sector gear upon connection of the electric motor cover to the motor housing.

2. A hydraulic motor unit according to claim 1, further comprising first and second adjusting screws that have distal ends brought into contact with the sector gear to define first and second ends of a swing range of the sector gear around the operation shaft, the first and second ends being positioned on one and the other side around the operation shaft,

wherein fixed positions of the first and second adjusting screws can be changed along respective axis lines.

3. A hydraulic motor unit according to claim 1,

wherein the sector gear is formed with, a pass-through hole penetrating along the axis line of the operation shaft, and

wherein the motor housing or a fixed member connected to the motor housing is formed with a fixing hole at a position that faces the pass-through hole at the time when the sector gear is positioned at a predetermined position around the operation shaft.

4. A hydraulic motor unit according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor unit mounted to the electric motor cover,

wherein the sensor unit includes a sensor housing mounted to the electric motor cover, a sensor shaft supported by the sensor housing in a rotatable manner around its axis line so as to be coaxial with the operation shaft in a state that the electric motor cover is connected to the motor housing, a sensor arm extending in a direction orthogonal to the operation shaft in a state of having a proximal end, portion connected to the sensor shaft, a biasing member biasing toward one side around the sensor shaft a detected body that is formed by the sensor shaft and the sensor arm, and a sensor main body detecting rotational amount of the detected body around the axis line of the sensor shaft, and

wherein the sector gear is provided with an engagement pin that extends parallel to the operation shaft and with which the sensor arm biased toward one side around the sensor shaft by the biasing member is engaged in a state where the electric motor cover with the sensor unit is connected to the first motor housing.

5. A hydraulic motor unit according to claim 1,

wherein the electric motor is provided with a worm shaft that is positioned coaxially with the electric motor main body output shaft and is operatively connected to the electric motor output gear in such a manner as that the electric motor output gear is rotated in accordance with rotation of the worm shaft around its axis line, and a clutch mechanism that is provided between the electric motor main body output shaft and the worm shaft,

wherein the clutch mechanism includes a driving-side arm that is provided at an distal end of the electric motor main body output shaft so as to extend radially outward, a collar member that surrounds the driving-side arm, a driven-side arm that is provided at the end of the worm shaft closer to the electric motor main body output shaft so as to extend radially outward, and a contact member that is disposed between the driven-side arm and the collar member with respect to a radial direction with the axis line of the electric motor main body output shaft and the worm shaft being as a reference,

wherein the driving-side arm has side surfaces facing in a circumferential direction with the axis line of the electric motor main body output shaft being as a reference, the side surfaces being configured so as to press, in the circumferential direction, side surfaces of both the driven-side arm and the contact member that face in the circumferential direction, and

wherein the driven-side arm has an outer end surface that faces radially outward, the outer end surface being substantially perpendicular to a virtual line connecting a circumferential center of the outer end surface and the axis line of the electric motor main body output shaft and the worm shaft when seen along the axis line.