Hybrid construction machine

• US 8,958,958 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2012
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Imura, Shinya, Ishikawa, Kouji, Satake, Hidetoshi, Ooki, Takatoshi, Nishikawa, Shinji, Edamura, Manabu
• Primary Examiner(s): Mawari, Redhwan k
• Application Number:
  US13/982,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20140199148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 701/22, 701/50, 701/36, 701/42, 903/903, 903/930, 180/68.1, 180/65.29, 180/65.28
• US Class Current: 701/50
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/123 Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2037 Coordinating the movements of the implement and of the frame
• 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: Y10S 903/903 having energy storing means, e.g. battery, capacitor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 903/93 Conjoint control of different elements

Abstract

In hybrid construction machine employing a hydraulic motor and an electric motor for the driving of the swing structure, satisfactory operability of a combined operation of the swing structure and other actuators is secured irrespective of the operating status of the electric motor.

A control device of the hybrid construction machine executes control selected from: hydraulic/electric complex swing control for driving the swing structure by total torque of the electric motor and the hydraulic motor when a swing operating lever device is operated; and hydraulic solo swing control for driving the swing structure by the torque of the hydraulic motor alone when the swing operating lever device is operated. The control device controls drive torque or driving force of each of the electric motor, the hydraulic motor and a second hydraulic actuator so that the relationship between the position or the speed of the second hydraulic actuator and the swing angle or the swing speed of the swing structure in the combined operation when the swing operating lever device and a second operating lever device are operated at the same time during the hydraulic/electric complex swing control is substantially identical with the relationship in the combined operation during the hydraulic solo swing control.

Claims

1. Hybrid construction machine comprising:

a prime mover (22);

a hydraulic pump (41) which is driven by the prime mover (22);

a swing structure (20);

an electric motor (25) for driving the swing structure;

a hydraulic motor (27) for driving the swing structure, the hydraulic motor being driven by the hydraulic pump (41);

an electrical storage device (24) which is connected to the electric motor (25);

a swing operating lever device (72) which is operated for commanding the driving of the swing structure (20);

a second hydraulic actuator (32) which is driven by the hydraulic pump (41) and drives a driven part other than the swing structure (20);

a second operating lever device (78) which is operated for commanding the driving of the second hydraulic actuator (32); and

a control device (80) which executes control selected from;

hydraulic/electric complex swing control for driving the swing structure (20) by total torque of the electric motor (25) and the hydraulic motor (27) by driving both the electric motor (25) and the hydraulic motor (27) when the swing operating lever device (72) is operated; and

hydraulic solo swing control for driving the swing structure (20) by the torque of the hydraulic motor (27) alone by driving only the hydraulic motor (27) when the swing operating lever device (72) is operated, wherein;

the control device (80) controls drive torque of the electric motor (25), drive torque of the hydraulic motor (27) and driving force of the second hydraulic actuator (32) so that the relationship between the position or the speed of the second hydraulic actuator (32) and the swing angle or the swing speed of the swing structure (20) when the swing operating lever device (72) and the second operating lever device (78) are operated at the same time during the hydraulic/electric complex swing control is substantially identical with the relationship between the position or the speed of the second hydraulic actuator (32) and the swing angle or the swing speed of the swing structure (20) when the swing operating lever device (72) and the second operating lever device (78) are operated at the same time during the hydraulic solo swing control.

2. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1, wherein when the swing operating lever device (72) and the second operating lever device (78) are operated at the same time during the hydraulic/electric complex swing control, the control device (80) controls the drive torque of the electric motor (25) so that the ratio of the drive torque of the electric motor (25) to the drive torque of the hydraulic motor (27) decreases with the increase in the operation amount of the second operating lever device (78).

3. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1, wherein when the swing operating lever device (72) is operated during the hydraulic/electric complex swing control, the control device (80) increases the drive torque of the electric motor (25) and controls the drive torque of the hydraulic motor (27) so as to reduce the drive torque of the hydraulic motor (27) by an amount corresponding to the increase in the drive torque of the electric motor (25).

4. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1, wherein when the swing operating lever device (72) and the second operating lever device (78) are operated at the same time during the hydraulic solo swing control, the control device (80) controls the driving force of the second hydraulic actuator (32) so as to reduce the driving force of the second hydraulic actuator (32).

5. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 1, wherein:

the second hydraulic actuator is a boom cylinder (32), and

the second operating lever device is a boom raising operating lever device (78).

6. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 3, wherein the control device (80) reduces the drive torque of the hydraulic motor (27) by performing reduction control on the output of the hydraulic pump (41).

7. The hybrid construction machine according to claim 4, wherein the control device (80) reduces the driving force of the second hydraulic actuator (32) by performing reduction control on the output of the hydraulic pump (41).