Rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery

• US 9,212,467 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Take, Hiroaki, Morinaga, Jun, Akushichi, Shuki
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kan, Yuri
• Application Number:
  US13/582,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: 701/50, 303/20, 318/34, 318/371, 175/24, 373/48, 508/469
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/128 Braking systems
• 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: F15B 11/16 with two or more servomotors

Abstract

The disclosed rotating parking brake control device obviates the need for an operator to operate an emergency-stop switch. A hybrid controller, to which a brake is connected, outputs a drive control signal to a rotating electric motor to control drive of an upper rotating body and also controls the brake by generating a brake release command signal and outputting the brake release command signal to the brake. A pump controller also generates a brake release command signal, and the brake release command signal generated by the pump controller is transmitted to the hybrid controller through an inter-controller signal line. The brake release command signal is outputted to the brake only when the brake release command signal is generated by the hybrid controller and the brake release command signal is transmitted from the pump controller through the inter-controller signal line.

Claims

1. A rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery adapted to control a rotating parking brake for braking a moving body of the construction machinery, comprising:

a first controller performing drive control of a rotational electric motor and configured to generate a brake release command signal and to output the brake release command signal to the rotating parking brake; and

a second controller operating independent of the first controller concerning the performing drive control of the rotational electric motor and configured to generate a brake release command signal and to output the brake release command signal to the rotating parking brake, wherein

the first controller receives inputs of the brake release command signal from the second controller and an operation signal,

the first controller outputs the brake release command signal when the input operation signal denotes operation of the moving body and agrees with the brake release command signal input from the second controller, and

the first controller outputs no brake release command signal when the input operation signal denotes no operation of the moving body and differs from the brake release command signal input from the second controller, and

the second controller receives inputs of the brake release command signal from the first controller and an operation signal,

the second controller outputs the brake release command signal when the input operation signal denotes operation of the moving body and agrees with the brake release command signal input from the first controller, and

the second controller outputs no brake release command signal when the input operation signal denotes no operation of the moving body and differs from the brake release command signal input from the first controller.

2. The rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery according to claim 1, wherein:

the first controller and the second controller each generates the brake release command signal;

the brake release command signal is transmitted from one controller to the other controller, the brake release command signal is inputted to the other controller, and the other controller outputs the brake release command signal to the rotating parking brake.

3. The rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery according to claim 2, wherein:

the brake release command signal is transmitted from the one controller to the other controller through a signal transmission line for supplying an electric power to an electric equipment.

4. The rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detector which detects that an operation member for rotational operation of an upper rotating body was operated from its neutral position; and

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the first controller and the second controller generate the brake release command signal when the detector detects that the operation member was operated from its neutral position.

6. The rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery according to claim 3, wherein the first controller and the second controller are connected through an in-vehicle network.

7. The rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery according to claim 2, further comprising:

a detector which detects that an operation member for rotational operation of an upper rotating body was operated from its neutral position, wherein;

the first controller and the second controller generate the brake release command signal when the detector detects that the operation member was operated from its neutral position.

8. The rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery according to claim 3, further comprising:

a detector which detects that an operation member for rotational operation of an upper rotating body was operated from its neutral position, wherein;

the first controller and the second controller generate the brake release command signal when the detector detects that the operation member was operated from its neutral position.

5. A rotating parking brake control device for construction machinery, which is provided with a brake controller which controls a rotating parking brake for braking a moving body of the construction machinery, wherein:

the brake controller is configured to include;

a first controller connected to the rotating parking brake and configured to performing drive control of an upper rotating body and to generate a brake release command signal;

a second controller operating independent of the first controller concerning the performing drive control of the rotational electric motor and configured to generate a brake release command signal; and

an inter-controller signal line transmitting the brake release command signals generated by the first and the second controllers between the first and the second controllers;

the first controller is configured to receive an input of the brake release command signal generated by the second controller and transmitted from the second controller through the inter-controller signal line, the first controller is also configured to receive an input from at least one sensor detecting an operation of the moving body, and

the first controller outputs the brake release command signal when the input from the sensor denotes operation of the moving body and agrees with the brake release command signal received from the second controller, and

the first controller outputs no brake release command signal when the input from the sensor indicates no operation of the moving body and differs from the brake release command signal received from the second controller; and

the second controller is configured to receive an input of the brake release command signal generated by the second controller and transmitted from the first controller through the inter-controller signal line input, the second controller is also configured to receive an input from at least another sensor detecting operation of the moving body, and

the second controller outputs the brake release command signal when the input from the another sensor denotes operation of the moving body and agrees with the brake release command signal received from the first controller, and

the second controller outputs no brake release command signal when the input from the another sensor indicates no operation of the moving body and differs from the brake release command signal received from the second controller.