Patents Assigned to Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11879233
    Abstract: A work machine includes a plurality of actuators that drive a work device; a posture sensor that senses postural data about the work device; and a controller having a degree-of-proximity calculating section that computes a degree of proximity that is an index value indicating proximity between an intrusion prohibition region and the work device on the basis of positional data about the intrusion prohibition region and the postural data. A command section executes, when the proximity specified by the degree of proximity is closer than proximity specified by a degree-of-proximity threshold, operating area limiting control to decelerate at least one of the plurality of actuators such that an intrusion of the work device into the intrusion prohibition region is prevented. History of the data about the degree of proximity calculated at the degree-of-proximity calculating section is stored and the degree-of-proximity threshold is altered on the basis of the history data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Hidekazu Moriki
  • Patent number: 11866913
    Abstract: First to third inertial sensors (16, 17, 18) are respectively mounted on a boom (5A), an arm (5B) and a bucket (5C) to rotate in coordinate axes different from each other at the time of operating the boom (5A). In a case where the boom (5A) is operated in a state where a traveling operation pressure Pa and a revolving operation pressure Pb are equal to or less than respective preset operation pressure threshold values, a controller (20) makes a determination on which movable part of the boom (5A), the arm (5B) and the bucket (5C) each of the inertial sensors (16, 17, 18) is mounted, based upon sensor outputs outputted from the inertial sensors (16, 17, 18). The controller (20) sets a corresponding relation between each of the boom (5A), the arm (5B) and the bucket (5C) and each of the inertial sensors (16, 17, 18) based upon the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsumasa Uji
  • Patent number: 11859367
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine on which a hydraulic closed circuit for driving a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor is mounted and that has good swing deceleration responsiveness. In this construction machine that drives each of a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor in a closed circuit, a minimum passage area from a second flushing valve to a tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from a first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Hiromasa Takahashi, Kenji Hiraku
  • Patent number: 11859703
    Abstract: A transmission (21) as a power transmission device for a vehicle comprises an input shaft (22), an output shaft (23), and a planetary continuously variable transmission mechanism (31). 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). When the transmission (21) is switched from a traveling state to a neutral state, at least one clutch (33, 40) of the pump side clutch (33) and the motor side clutch (40) is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ueno, Takuma Koinuma
  • Patent number: 11851842
    Abstract: In a hydraulic excavator including a track structure, a swing structure swingably disposed on an upper portion of the track structure, a work implement coupled to the swing structure, an earth removal device including a blade coupled to the track structure and a lift cylinder configured to raise and lower the blade, an operation sensor configured to detect an operation of a travelling lever, a height sensor configured to measure a height of the blade with respect to the track structure, an antenna for a satellite positioning system, the antenna being mounted on the swing structure, and a controller configured to calculate positional data regarding the blade, the controller is configured to determine a travelling operation on the basis of a signal of the operation sensor, calculate a travelling direction of straight forward travelling of the track structure as an orientation of the track structure when the straight forward travelling of the track structure is detected from a trajectory of the antenna with a st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Nakatani, Shinya Imura
  • Patent number: 11851854
    Abstract: An hydraulic excavator calculates an estimated excavation volume Va defined by a bucket claw tip position (first position) at an excavation start, a bucket claw tip position (second position) at an excavation end set in advance, a current landform, a first target surface, and a bucket width w. A second target surface is generated at a position superior to the first target surface when the estimated excavation volume Va exceeds a limit volume Vb; and the second target surface is generated at a position at which the excavation volume defined by the first position, the second position, the current landform, the second target surface, and the bucket width is closer to the limit volume Vb. The hydraulic actuators are controlled such that an operating range of a work implement is limited on the second target surface and to an area superior to the second target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Chiba, Hisami Nakano, Hiroaki Tanaka, Manabu Edamura
  • Patent number: 11840822
    Abstract: A work machine capable of assisting in an operator's operation to allow a work tool move along a design surface indicating a target shape of an object to be worked irrespectively of an angle of the design surface and a posture of a work implement is provided. A controller determines an excavation actuator in charge of an excavation action and determines an alignment actuator in charge of an alignment action for a work tool out of a plurality of actuators on the basis of the design surface set by a work execution target setting device and the posture of the work implement measured by a work implement posture/position measurement device, determines a target velocity of the excavation actuator on the basis of operation signals outputted from an operation device, and limits a target velocity of the alignment actuator in a direction in which the work tool approaches the design surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka, Hisami Nakano, Yuusuke Suzuki, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11834041
    Abstract: Provided is a conveying vehicle that ensures efficiently travelling while suppressing vehicle slip. A dump truck 100 includes a vehicle body 101 provided with wheels 103 and a vehicle control device 300 and travels on a travel route. The vehicle control device 300 calculates and stores slip limit values at a plurality of positions on the travel route, reads out the slip limit values to calculate at least one of a maximum acceleration and a maximum deceleration of the dump truck 100 at which the wheels 103 is capable of maintaining a grip state against a road surface, and sets a target travel speed at a travel position between the dump truck 100 and a target position according to a target speed at the target position and at least one of the maximum acceleration and the maximum deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Bando, Shinichi Uotsu
  • Patent number: 11834033
    Abstract: A power regeneration device 21 that converts the power of a main engine DC line 16 connected to a main engine power generator 12 through a rectification circuit 14 to supply the converted power to an accessory DC line 34 connected to an accessory power generator 31 through a rectification circuit 32 includes a plurality of power conversion modules 221 to 22N configured such that input sections 221a to 22Na are connected in series. The main engine power generator 12 and a power consumption device 15 are controlled such that a voltage input to the power regeneration device 21 does not exceed a voltage upper limit value Vm and a portion between a positive electrode terminal (+) and a negative electrode terminal (?) of each of the input sections of the power conversion modules to be stopped is short-circuited by a bypass device and the voltage upper limit value Vm is decreased when some of the plurality of power conversion modules 221 to 22N are stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kadota, Masatsugu Arai, Takayuki Satou, Naoki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11821175
    Abstract: To provide a work machine having a blade provided to a track structure, and a swing structure provided swingably on the upper side of the track structure, which work machine allows for computation of the horizontal coordinates of the blade. The work machine includes: a swing-structure-position acquiring device that acquires a horizontal coordinate and an orientation of the swing structure; a swing sensor that senses a swing of the swing structure; a travel sensor that senses travelling of the track structure; and a controller that computes an orientation of the track structure, and a horizontal coordinate of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imura, Kenichiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 11814818
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fatigue management system capable of managing fatigue of each portion of a construction machine more accurately than conventional systems. The fatigue management system S includes: a stress calculation section S1 that calculates stress acting on a plurality of portions of the construction machine based on the output of a sensor 18 attached to a part of the construction machine; a damage degree calculation section S2 that calculates the cumulative damage degree of each portion of the construction machine based on the stress calculated by the stress calculation section S1; and an index value calculation section S3 that calculates a fatigue index value, which is a weighted value of the cumulative damage degree, for each portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Ogasawara, Akio Hoshi, Shunichi Suda, Hiroshi Kanezawa, Takeshi Shiina
  • Patent number: 11789450
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an autonomous traveling vehicle configured to autonomously travel in a mine, a manned vehicle. The autonomous traveling vehicle and the manned vehicle each include an own position estimating device and a vehicle mounted communication terminal. The autonomous traveling vehicle and the manned vehicle are communicatively connected via one wireless channel. The manned vehicle transmits manned vehicle location information using a first communication method at a first granularity. When a distance from the manned vehicle is determined to be a first inter-vehicular distance threshold or less based on the manned vehicle location information transmitted by the first communication method, the autonomous traveling vehicle instructs the manned vehicle to transmit the manned vehicle location information by a second communication method different from the first communication method at a second granularity smaller than the first granularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotake Ishii, Tomoyuki Hamada, Hidefumi Ishimoto, Akiyoshi Kirimura
  • Patent number: 11781285
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine which can promptly adjust the rotational speed of a swing motor to a target rotational speed. A controller calculates a target rotational speed of the swing motor based on input from an operation device, calculates a degree of deviation of a rotational speed detected by a rotational speed sensor from the target rotational speed, sets a target driving pressure of the swing motor according to a moment of inertia about a swing axis of a swing structure and a work device and controls a pressure adjusting device in such a manner as to reduce a difference between a driving pressure detected by a pressure sensor and the target driving pressure, when the degree of deviation is larger than a predetermined value, and controls the pressure adjusting device in such a manner as to reduce a difference between the rotational speed detected by the rotational speed sensor and the target rotational speed, when the degree of deviation is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Amano, Kento Kumagai, Shinji Nishikawa, Akihiro Narazaki
  • Patent number: D1001162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiichi Satou, Masamichi Tanaka, Yuuto Abe, Katsuyuki Kirita, Nami Takeda