Patents Assigned to Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11952750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a working machine that makes it possible to alert its operator to cautions properly without obstructing the view of the operator. The working machine includes a cab for its operator to ride in, a projection device that projects image light to form an image of cautions to an operator who operates the working machine, a display unit that displays image light projected by the projection device, state detection element to detect a state of the working machine, and a controller that controls the projection device so that a manner of displaying the cautions on the display unit will change depending on the state of the working machine detected by the state detection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Imamura, Yuji Nagashima
  • Patent number: 11946224
    Abstract: The object of the present invention resides in provision of a construction machine in which a hydraulic cylinder can be driven in a high efficiency by an accumulator. To this end, the construction machine including: a hydraulic cylinder; a first accumulator that accumulates return fluid from the hydraulic cylinder with a first set pressure; a tank that stores hydraulic fluid therein; a first hydraulic pump that delivers the hydraulic fluid sucked from the tank; a hydraulic actuator that is driven by the first hydraulic pump; and a second accumulator that accumulates return fluid from the hydraulic actuator with a second set pressure, includes a first control valve placed in a first hydraulic line that connects the first accumulator and the hydraulic cylinder to each other, and a second control valve placed in a second hydraulic line that connects the second accumulator and the hydraulic cylinder to each other. The second set pressure is set to a value higher than that of the first set pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Hijikata, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Kenji Hiraku, Masatoshi Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11946492
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a hydraulic actuator that is driven by a hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump; an open-center directional control valve that is arranged on a center bypass line, and controls a flow of the hydraulic fluid to be supplied to the hydraulic actuator; a CB cut valve arranged between a directional control valve and a hydraulic working fluid tank on the center bypass line; and a machine controller that controls an opening of the CB cut valve. The machine controller restricts the opening of the CB cut valve when operation on the hydraulic actuator is in a fine operation state in which the operation on the hydraulic actuator is within a predetermined range representing a region of fine operation, and the fine operation state is continued longer than a predetermined period, and fully opens the CB cut valve otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hoshino, Seiji Hijikata, Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Patent number: 11946226
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine capable of achieving both low fuel consumption and ensuring of workability. The work machine is configured to, in a state where an output of an engine or hydraulic pump has increased to an increase threshold (S12: Yes) with the rotational speed being at a first rotational speed (S11: Yes), raise the rotational speed from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed (S13); in a process of raising the rotational speed to the second rotational speed, output, to a regulator, a signal instructing reduction in the discharge rate (S14) so as to keep the output of the engine or hydraulic pump constant; and after the rotational speed has reached the second rotational speed, output, to the regulator, a signal instructing increase in the discharge rate (S16) so as to make the output of the engine or hydraulic pump have a value corresponding to a request load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hoshino, Seiji Hijikata, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Ryou Yagisawa, Shou Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11933025
    Abstract: Each time clogging of a filter (5) of an air cleaner is determined on the basis of intake negative pressure of an engine (2), and the air filter (5) is cleaned, an accumulated value of operating time of the engine (2) from previous cleaning until clogging is determined is taken as a cleaning interval (S), and sequentially measured. A plurality of stages are previously set by classifying a minimum value and a maximum value of the cleaning interval (S), and the measured cleaning interval (S) is added to the stage to which the measured cleaning interval (S) is to belong, among the stages. A histogram in which an axis of abscissas is taken as the stage, an axis of ordinates is taken as frequency of the cleaning interval (S) is constructed, and an approximate straight line (L2) illustrated by a solid line is obtained by approximating a characteristic line (L1) of the histogram illustrated by a dotted line to a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11933023
    Abstract: A plus-side main connection line (27) connects electrical equipment (21), (22) to a plus terminal (26A) of a battery (26). A plus-side isolating switch (28) is provided in the plus-side main connection line (27) to connect or disconnect the electrical equipment (21), (22) and or from the plus terminal (26A) of the battery (26). A plus-side auxiliary connection line (30) connects a urea SCR controller (25) to the plus terminal (26A) of the battery (26) in a position upstream of the plus-side isolating switch (28). A minus-side main connection line (32) connects a minus terminal (26B) of the battery (26) to ground. A minus-side isolating switch (33) is provided in the minus-side main connection line (32) to connect or disconnect the minus terminal (26B) of the battery (26) and or from ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Tago, Takenori Hiroki, Tomoya Murazumi, Hironori Itou, Daiki Machida, Junya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11926995
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes a lift arm, bucket, a lift cylinder that rotates the lift arm, a hydraulic force detection unit that detects a hydraulic force of the lift cylinder, an arm angle detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the lift arm, and a controller that calculates a weight of the load. A hydraulic force measurement unit measures a hydraulic force with the rotation angle of the lift arm within a predetermined measurement angle range; and a hydraulic-force-change-rate calculation unit calculates a change rate of the hydraulic force with respect to the rotation angle of the lift arm, and then calculates a new hydraulic force change rate within the measurement angle range. The controller corrects an error of the weight of the load occurring due to the inclination angle of the body on the basis of the new hydraulic force change rate calculated by the hydraulic-force-change-rate calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Tsukada, Masanori Ichinose, Masaki Higurashi
  • Patent number: 11920325
    Abstract: A construction machine is provided that can cause each hydraulic actuator to accurately operate according to operation by an operator in combined operation in which a hydraulic fluid of a hydraulic pump is subjected to flow dividing and is supplied to plural hydraulic actuators. A controller 10, in a case of determining that combined operation is being carried out, controls a regulator 7a in such a manner that the delivery flow rate of a hydraulic pump 7 becomes larger than the total target flow rate of plural hydraulic actuators 4a, 5a, and 6a, and controls the respective opening amounts of plural directional control valves 8a1, 8a3, and 8a5 in such a manner that the difference between the respective target flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators and the respective inflow flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators sensed by velocity sensors 12 to 14 becomes small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kanazawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Takaaki Chiba, Shinya Imura
  • Patent number: 11913198
    Abstract: A controller mounted in a hydraulic excavator includes: a state transition section that performs switchover between two types of control that are manual control and semiautomatic control, on the basis of input of a state switching signal; and a velocity transition section that changes a rate of change with time in a velocity of a boom cylinder from a first rate of change I1 to a second rate of change I2 greater than the first rate of change I1 in a case in which input to an operation lever changes since the state transition section switches over between the two types of control until the velocity of the boom cylinder changes to a velocity Vo(t) specified by the control after the switchover between the two types of control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumasa Uji
  • Patent number: 11913190
    Abstract: Provided is a wheel loader capable of reducing erroneous determination of rear wheel lifting. The wheel loader 1 includes a controller 5 for determining a rear wheel lifting state where rear wheels 11B are lifted upwardly. The controller 5 is configured to, when a temporal change rate ? of a bucket operation angle becomes a temporal change rate of a bucket operation angle necessary for a tilt operation of a bucket 23 during an excavation operation and a temporal change rate ? of a vehicle body inclination angle estimated by the controller 5 becomes a temporal change rate of an obliquely upward inclination state of a rear vehicle body with respect to a front vehicle body, turn on a correlation flag indicating a correlation between an operation state of the bucket 23 and an inclination state of a vehicle body to determine a rear wheel lifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ito, Yoshikazu Urimoto
  • Patent number: 11905682
    Abstract: Provided is a wheel loader capable of automatically decreasing vehicle speed without making an operator feel discomfort during a loading operation. A wheel loader 1 mounted with a torque converter type traveling drive system comprises a controller 5 configured to control shifting of a transmission 32. When a vehicle body travels forward at vehicle speed corresponding to a second speed stage set greater by one speed stage than the lowest speed stage of the transmission 32 while operating the lift arm 21 upwardly, the controller 5 sets, as a gear ratio of the transmission 32, an intermediate gear ratio between a gear ratio corresponding to the second speed stage and a gear ratio corresponding to a first speed stage, and outputs a signal for selecting a combination of a plurality of gears corresponding to the set gear ratio to each first to fifth solenoid control valves 32A to 32E.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Masaki Nukii, Keisuke Naitou
  • Patent number: 11906641
    Abstract: A coordinate conversion system including a controller that converts geographic-coordinate-system coordinates of a certain point into site-coordinate-system coordinates includes: an image-capturing device that captures an image of a reference point; and a GNSS antenna that receives a navigation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Hayakawa, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11891781
    Abstract: A loading vehicle is capable of improving work efficiency by adjusting engine rotational speed with high accuracy in accordance with an operation state of the working device. An HST traveling driven wheel loader has an electrically controlled HST pump. A controller is configured to control input torque of the HST pump 31 and solenoid proportional pressure reducing valve is configured to generate control pressure for controlling displacement volume of the pump based on a control signal from the controller. The controller is configured to calculate the displacement volume q of the HST pump based on discharge pressure Pf of a loading hydraulic pump so that maximum input torque Thst of the HST pump decreases as the discharge pressure Pf or input torque of the loading hydraulic pump increases, and output a control signal corresponding to the calculated displacement volume q to the solenoid proportional pressure reducing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Fumihiro Nakao, Yasunori Miyamoto, Masaki Nukii
  • Patent number: 11891775
    Abstract: The hydraulic excavator 1 includes a work implement 7, a detection device that detects an obstacle around the hydraulic excavator 1, and a controller 27 that controls the operation of the work implement 7. The controller 27 has a driving assistance function and a work assistance function. The work assistance function is switchable between enabled and disabled. When the work assistance function is switched to enabled, the controller 27 suppresses, for an obstacle detected in a monitoring range but outside of a work range, the driving assistance function in comparison with when the work assistance function is switched to disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Chiba, Kento Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11891776
    Abstract: When an automatic operation is finished, a detection process for detecting a ground contactable range where a work implement can be set is carried out on a basis of terrain profile information acquired by laser scanners, and, when the ground contactable range is detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in contact with the ground contactable range is generated, whereas when the ground contactable range is not detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in a predetermined standby posture is generated. As a result, a suitable standby posture can be taken according to the surrounding conditions when the automatic operation is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11891783
    Abstract: A calibration work support system includes an input device for inputting machine information including machine rank data on a hydraulic excavator and specification data on a front work implement, a display controller that generates a target posture image that is an image of the case in which the front work implement that takes target measurement posture is viewed with a point-of-view position and a line-of-sight direction of an operator M on the basis of the machine information input from the input device and target posture data defined in advance as the target measurement posture of the front work implement when an inertial measurement device is calibrated, and an HMD that displays the target posture image generated in the display controller. The HMD executes displaying in such a manner that the target posture image is superimposed on the actual front work implement viewed with the point-of-view position and the line-of-sight direction of the operator M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Nakagi, Yasuhiko Kanari, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11891779
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator is provided which can suppress the fuel consumption amount and improve the work efficiency by reducing the hydraulic pressure loss generated when a plurality of hydraulic actuators different in load are operated simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Ogura, Katsuaki Kodaka, Masahiro Kayane, Yoshihiro Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 11885398
    Abstract: A transmission (21) as a power transmission device for a vehicle comprises an input shaft (22), an output shaft (23), a planetary continuously variable transmission mechanism (31), a direct connecting mechanism (27), and an idler gear (29). The direct connecting mechanism (27) comprises a direct connecting clutch (30). The planetary continuously variable transmission mechanism (31) comprises a planetary gear mechanism (32), a pump side clutch (33), a hydraulic pump (36), a hydraulic motor (38), and a motor side clutch (40). The hydraulic pump (36) and the hydraulic motor (38) are connected via a pair of main lines (37A, 37B). An electromagnetic on-off valve (41) capable of switching between a communicating state and a blocking state between the pair of main lines (37A, 37B) is provided between the pair of main lines (37A, 37B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakagaki, Takuma Koinuma
  • Patent number: 11885097
    Abstract: A controller 20 mounted on a hydraulic excavator 1 that is able to perform machine control transmits work situation parameters (machine body position, hydraulic working fluid temperature, bucket weight, and target surface gradient) to a management server 71, receives, from the management server, control command correction values that are calculated by the management server on the basis of the work situation parameters and that represent correction values for correcting control commands, and controls hydraulic actuators 5, 6, and 7 with corrected control commands that represent the control commands corrected on the basis of the control command correction values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuuichi Meguriya, Shiho Izumi
  • Patent number: 11885108
    Abstract: In a hydraulic excavator including a machine body and a front work device, when an object is detected by sensors for detecting an object around the machine body when operation limiting control for limiting the operation of at least one of the machine body and the front work device is enabled, or when an operation device is operated, the detection of the object is notified to an operator by a first state warning, and when the operation limiting control is enabled and when the operation device is not operated, the detection of the object is notified to the operator by a second state warning that is weaker in warning intensity than the first state warning. Accordingly, the botheration for the operator can be suppressed while securing the effectiveness of an alarm in periphery monitoring, and the safety performance can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichirou Anahara, Naoki Hagiwara, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Akihiro Narazaki, Shinji Nishikawa