Hybrid driven hydraulic work machine

• US 9,068,321 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2012
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hoshino, Masatoshi, Ishihara, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Walters, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Triggs, James
• Application Number:
  US14/344,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20150008054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 180/302
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/485 Motor-assist type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/40 Working vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/421 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/423 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/44 related to combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/441 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/443 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/15 with additional electric power supply with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/10 Controlling the power contribution of each of the prime movers to meet required power demand
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2300/17 Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2075 of the hybrid type for vehicles in general B60W20/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2296 Systems with a variable displacement pump
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 29/04 peculiar to engines driving pumps
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 11/00 Automatic controllers G05B13/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/14 for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Abstract

A hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine maintains the torque of the engine at a prescribed value when the load on a hydraulic pump is higher than the rated power of the engine and the electric assist motor assists the torque of the engine. Control of the engine revolution speed is based on the target revolution speed of the engine; engine load calculation; and at least one of: electric motor power running calculation which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target engine revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine and performs power running control on the electric assist motor depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher; and a hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation which performs reduction control on absorption torque of the hydraulic pump depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher.

Claims

1. A hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprising an engine (7), a hydraulic pump (6) of the variable displacement type which is driven and rotated by the engine (7), an electric assist motor (10) which is linked to the engine (7) and the hydraulic pump (6), a plurality of actuators (3a-3f) which are driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump (6), and a plurality of operation devices (4a, 4b) having operation members and outputting operation signals corresponding to operations on the operation members to cause the actuators to operate, wherein the hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprises:

revolution speed detection means (23) which detects revolution speed of the engine (7);

a storage device (11e) which has stored a preset engine setup revolution speed of the engine (7);

target engine revolution speed calculation means (11a) which sets a target revolution speed of the engine (7) at the engine setup revolution speed stored in the storage device (11e);

engine control means (21a) which controls the revolution speed of the engine (7) based on the target revolution speed of the engine (7);

engine load calculation means (11b) which calculates an engine load based on an engine torque signal from the engine control means (21a); and

at least one selected from the following;

electric motor power running calculation means (11c) which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target engine revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine and performs power running control on the electric assist motor (10) depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher; and

hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means (11d) which performs reduction control on absorption torque of the hydraulic pump (6) depending on the differential revolution speed when the engine load is a prescribed value or higher.

3. The hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine according to claim 1, wherein when the value of the engine load calculated by the engine load calculation means (11b) falls below a maximum value at the revolution speed of the engine (7) or a prescribed value in the vicinity of the maximum value, at least one selected from the following is executed:

cancellation of the power running control of the electric assist motor (10) by the electric motor power running calculation means (11c); and

cancellation of the reduction control of the absorption torque of the hydraulic pump (6) by the hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means (11d).

2. A hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprising an engine (7), a hydraulic pump (6) of the variable displacement type which is driven and rotated by the engine (7), an electric assist motor (10) which is linked to the engine (7) and the hydraulic pump (6), a plurality of actuators (3a-3f) which are driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump (6), and a plurality of operation devices (4a, 4b) having operation members and outputting operation signals corresponding to operations on the operation members to cause the actuators to operate, wherein the hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine comprises:

revolution speed detection means (23) which detects revolution speed of the engine (7);

a storage device (11e) which has stored a preset engine setup revolution speed of the engine (7);

target engine revolution speed calculation means (11a) which sets a target revolution speed of the engine (7) at the engine setup revolution speed stored in the storage device (11e);

engine control means (21a) which controls the revolution speed of the engine (7) based on the target revolution speed of the engine (7); and

at least one selected from the following;

target electric motor revolution speed calculation means (71a) which sets a particular revolution speed within the target revolution speed of the engine (7) set by the target engine revolution speed calculation means (11a) as a target revolution speed of the electric assist motor (10) and electric motor power running calculation means (71b) which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target electric motor revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine (7) and performs power running control on the electric assist motor (10) depending on the differential revolution speed when the revolution speed of the engine (7) has fallen below the target revolution speed of the electric assist motor (10); and

target hydraulic pump revolution speed calculation means (71c) which sets a particular revolution speed within the target revolution speed of the engine (7) set by the target engine revolution speed calculation means (11a) as a target revolution speed of the hydraulic pump (6) and hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means (71d) which calculates a differential revolution speed between the target hydraulic pump revolution speed and the revolution speed of the engine (7) and performs reduction control on absorption torque of the hydraulic pump (6) depending on the differential revolution speed when the revolution speed of the engine (7) has fallen below the target revolution speed of the hydraulic pump (6).

4. The hybrid-driven hydraulic work machine according to claim 2, wherein at least one selected from the following is executed:

cancellation of the power running control of the electric assist motor (10) by the electric motor power running calculation means (71b) when the revolution speed of the engine (7) exceeds the target electric motor revolution speed by a prescribed value or more; and

cancellation of the reduction control of the absorption torque of the hydraulic pump (6) by the hydraulic pump absorption torque calculation means (71d) when the revolution speed of the engine (7) exceeds the target hydraulic pump revolution speed by a prescribed value or more.