Hybrid construction machine control system

• US 8,977,443 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2011
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
• Inventors: Nakamura, Kazuhito
• Primary Examiner(s): Kiswanto, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/577,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303227A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• Field of Search: 701/50
• US Class Current: 701/50
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/46 Series type
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/30 including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/1886 Controlling power supply to auxiliary devices
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/123 Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2075 of the hybrid type for vehicles in general B60W20/00
• 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: E02F 9/2246 Control of prime movers, e.g. depending on the hydraulic load of work tools
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles

Abstract

[Object] When total power required by a hybrid construction machine increases above output power available from a driving source, power supplied to a rotation motor is restricted.

[Means to Realize Object] Driving power from an engine 2 is distributed to a hydraulic pump 6 and a generator 4. Electric power generated by the generator 4 is used to drive a rotation motor 12, and pressurized oil provided by the hydraulic pump 6 is used to drive a hydraulic machine 14. When both of the hydraulic machine 14 and the rotation motor 12 are simultaneously manipulated, the output power outputted by the engine 2 and the required power required by the hydraulic machine 14 and the rotation motor 12 are detected. When the required power exceeds the output power, the torque or acceleration of the rotation motor 12 is restricted to preferentially provide output power to the hydraulic machine 14.

Claims

1. A hybrid construction machine control system for use with a hybrid construction machine, in which driving power of an engine serving as part of a driving source is distributed to a hydraulic pump and a generator, a motor for rotation being driven from power generated by said generator, a hydraulic actuator being driven from pressurized oil supplied by said hydraulic pump, wherein:

said hybrid construction machine control system comprising;

first power detecting means for detecting first power required by said hydraulic actuator;

output power detecting means for detecting at least output power of said engine; and

control means to which said first power detected by said first power detecting means, second power required by said rotation motor and said output power detected by said output power detecting means are applied, said control means computing, from said output power and said first power, power which said generator can generate, and, when said second power is larger than the power which said generator can generate, restricting torque or acceleration of said rotation motor so that said output power is distributed preferentially to said hydraulic actuator.

2. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 1, wherein said engine output power detecting means computes the output power of said engine from the rotation rate of an output shaft of said engine.

3. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 2, wherein there is provided electric power storage means as part of said driving source, said output power detecting means including storage means output power computing means for computing output power of said storage means from a voltage stored in said storage means;

power outputted by said driving source being computed from the output power of said engine detected by said engine output detecting means and the output power of said storage means computed by said stored power computing means.

4. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 2, wherein the rotation rate of the output shaft of said engine is computed from output of a position sensor of said generator.

5. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 1, wherein said first power detecting means computes the first power from an output of a flow rate sensor disposed downstream of said hydraulic pump and an output of a pressure sensor disposed downstream of said hydraulic pump.

6. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 1, wherein said first power detecting means is a first torque sensor disposed in the output side of said generator, and said output power detecting means is a second torque sensor disposed in the input side of said generator.

7. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 1, wherein said first power detecting means computes said first power in accordance with an amount of manipulation of a manipulating lever for said hydraulic actuator.

8. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 1, wherein said first power detecting means computes said first power in accordance with an output of a pressure sensor disposed downstream of said hydraulic pump and an amount of manipulation of a manipulating lever for said hydraulic actuator.

9. A hybrid construction machine control system according to claim 1, wherein said first power detecting means computes said first power from an amount of manipulation of a manipulating lever for said hydraulic actuator, and said control means computes said second power from an amount of manipulation of a manipulating lever for said rotation motor.