Working vehicle and working vehicle control method

• US 9,540,785 B1
• Filed: 08/18/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Sugiguchi, Takashi, Arimatsu, Shinya, Sugimura, Yuki, Kamado, Mitsuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): CAMBY, RICHARD M
• Application Number:
  US14/909,861
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/32 working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/431 for bucket-arms, front-end loaders, dumpers or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0841 Articulated frame, i.e. having at least one pivot point between two travelling gear units tractor-trailer combinations B62D53/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0866 Engine compartment, e.g. heat exchangers, exhaust filters, cooling devices, silencers, mufflers, position of hydraulic pumps in the engine compartment
• 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: E02F 9/2235 including an electronic controller
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2296 Systems with a variable displacement pump
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/268 with failure correction follow-up actions

Abstract

A working vehicle includes a revolving pump output calculating section that calculates the revolving pump output where the output of an electric motor is converted to be the output of a hydraulic pump. A reduction amount determining section determines a reduction amount for the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations based on the revolving pump output. A pump output determining section determines a value, where the reduction amount is subtracted from the output of the hydraulic pump which is determined according to the state with the multiple operations, in a first control mode as the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations. The pump output determining section increases the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations in a second control mode more than in the first control mode.

Claims

1. A working vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body including a traveling body and a revolving body rotatably supported by the traveling body;

an engine mounted in the vehicle body;

a hydraulic pump driven by the engine;

a work implement including a hydraulic actuator driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump;

an electric motor which rotates the revolving body;

a multiple operation detecting section which detects a state with multiple operations in which operating of the hydraulic actuator and the electric motor is carried out in combination;

a control mode selecting section which selects a control mode from a plurality of control modes including a first control mode and a second control mode;

a revolving pump output calculating section which calculates a revolving pump output which is an output of the hydraulic pump converted from an output of the electric motor;

a reduction amount determining section which determines a reduction amount for the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations based on the revolving pump output; and

a pump output determining section which determines a value, which is the maximum output of the hydraulic pump determined according to the state with the multiple operations minus the reduction amount, in the first control mode as the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations and which increases the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations in the second control mode more than in the first control mode.

2. The working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the pump output determining section increases the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations to an extent which is equivalent to the reduction amount in the second control mode.

3. The working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the pump output determining section increases the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations to an extent which is smaller than the reduction amount in the second control mode.

4. The working vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising

a discharging pressure detecting section which detects a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump;

and

a motor output determining section which determines the output of the electric motor during the multiple operations,

the motor output determining section restricting the output of the electric motor in the first control mode according to the discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump and not performing restricting of the output of the electric motor according to the discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump in the second control mode.

5. The working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the work implement includes a boom, and

the hydraulic actuator is a boom cylinder which drives the boom.

7. The working vehicle according to claim 3, further comprising

a discharging pressure detecting section which detects a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump;

and

a motor output determining section which determines the output of the electric motor during the multiple operations,

the motor output determining section restricting the output of the electric motor in the first control mode according to the discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump and does not perform restricting of the output of the electric motor according to the discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump in the second control mode.

8. The working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the work implement includes a boom, and

the hydraulic actuator is a boom cylinder which drives the boom.

6. A working vehicle control method comprising:

detecting a state with multiple operations in which operating of a hydraulic actuator for a work implement and an electric motor for revolving is carried out in combination;

receiving a selection signal which indicates a control mode which is selected from a plurality of control modes which includes a first control mode and a second control mode;

calculating a revolving pump output which is an output of a hydraulic pump converted from an output of the electric motor;

determining a reduction amount for the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations based on the revolving pump output;

determining a value, which is the maximum output of the hydraulic pump determined according to the state with the multiple operations minus the reduction amount, in the first control mode as the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations; and

outputting a command signal for the hydraulic pump so that the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations is increased in the second control mode more than in the first control mode.