Patents by Inventor Haruhiko Kawasaki

Haruhiko Kawasaki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10179987
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes first and second main pumps for supplying working oil, a boom cylinder extending by supply of the working oil to a piston-side chamber and raising a boom and contracting by discharge of the working oil from the piston-side chamber and lowering the boom, a regenerative spool valve controlled by a pressure of pilot pressure oil and adjusting a flow rate of the working oil discharged from the piston-side chamber, a regenerative motor for regeneration rotating by the working oil discharged from the piston-side chamber, a rotary electric machine connected to the regenerative motor, and a failsafe switching valve switching with a pressure of a regenerative passage between the regenerative control spool valve and the regenerative motor as a pilot pressure and lowering the pressure of the pilot pressure oil to the regenerative control spool valve so that a flow rate of the working oil discharged from the piston-side chamber is narrowed if the pressure of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 9995018
    Abstract: A control system of a hybrid construction machine includes a regeneration passage switching valve having a normal position where flow of working fluid is blocked, and a regeneration position allowing for the working fluid to flow from main passages to a regeneration motor when a working fluid pressure of the main passages reaches a set pressure during operation of the actuators, and an assist switching valve having a normal position proportionally dividing the working fluid of an assist passage into a regeneration passages, a first switching position supplying more working fluid of the assist passage to one of the main passages when that the one has a higher working fluid pressure, and a second switching position supplying more working fluid of the assist passage to the other one of the main passages when that the other one has a higher working fluid pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Egawa, Haruhiko Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20180119388
    Abstract: A control system for a construction machine includes a fluid pressure pump, a fluid pressure actuator having a load-side pressure chamber and an anti-load side pressure chamber, an operation valve switched to supply the working oil to the anti-load side pressure chamber and to discharge the working oil from the load-side pressure chamber when the pilot pressure is led to the pilot chamber on the basis of an operation by an operator, a regenerative flow rate control valve switched to lead a part of the working oil discharged from the load-side pressure chamber to the anti-load side pressure chamber when the pilot pressure is led to the pilot chamber, a pilot communication flow passage for allowing the pilot chamber and the pilot chamber to communicate, and a switching valve for switching the pilot communication flow passage between a communication state and a shut-off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro EGAWA, Haruhiko KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180105061
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid construction machine, includes: a fluid pressure pump; a regeneration motor rotationally driven by refluxed working fluid; a rotating electric machine rotationally driven by the regeneration motor; an energy storage part into which regenerated electric power is charged; and a temperature detecting part adapted to detect a temperature of the energy storage part, a control part charging with regenerated electric power when a temperature of the storage part becomes below a first set temperature, until achieving a voltage higher than a charge termination voltage of when the temperature of the storage part is equal to or more than the first set temperature by an amount of internal resistance according to the temperature of the storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro EGAWA, Haruhiko KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9920502
    Abstract: A control system for hybrid construction machine includes a regeneration motor configured to be rotated by working fluid introduced from a turning circuit, a pressure detector configured to detect a turning pressure during a turning operation of the turning motor or a braking pressure during a braking operation of the turning motor, a switching valve for turning regeneration configured to perform turning regeneration by introducing the working fluid from the turning circuit to the regeneration motor when being switched to an open position by a pressure of pilot fluid, an electromagnetic proportional pressure reducing valve configured to be switched to an open position and generate a pilot secondary pressure for switching the switching valve for turning regeneration to the open position when a pressure detected by the pressure detector reaches a first set pressure, and a pilot switching valve configured to allow the passage of the pilot fluid for switching the switching valve for turning regeneration to the op
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 9897119
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes a turning-regeneration-use switching valve that opens when a pressure detected by a pressure detector reaches a turning-regeneration starting pressure, so as to introduce the working fluid from a turning circuit to a regenerative motor, an operating-state detector that detects an operating state of a fluid pressure cylinder; and a cylinder-regeneration-use switching valve that opens based on a detection result of the operating-state detector, so as to introduce the working fluid from the fluid pressure cylinder to the regenerative motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 9835187
    Abstract: A control system for a construction machine includes: a boom cylinder; a boom switching valve; a fluid pressure motor adapted to drive a motor generator by being rotated by means of a return fluid guided from a piston side chamber; a regeneration control valve adapted to adjust a first supply amount serving as a supply amount of a working fluid supplied from the piston side chamber to the boom switching valve, and a second supply amount serving as a supply amount of the working fluid supplied from the piston side chamber to the fluid pressure motor; and a controller adapted to control the regeneration control valve so that the second supply amount becomes smaller than the first supply amount in a case where a stroke amount of a spool becomes an upper limit value or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Egawa, Haruhiko Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20170314233
    Abstract: A control system of a hybrid construction machine includes fluid pressure pumps, a regeneration motor, a rotating electric motor coupled to the regeneration motor, a storage battery configured to store electric power generated by the rotating electric motor, an assist pump provided coaxially to the regeneration motor to be driven by the rotating electric motor, the assist pump being configured to supply a working fluid to a fluid pressure actuator, and load adjusting units configured to change a load of the assist pump in accordance with a state of the storage battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro EGAWA, Haruhiko KAWASAKI, Yasuhiro YONEHARA, Masayuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170314586
    Abstract: A control system of a hybrid construction machine includes fluid pressure pumps configured to supply a working fluid to a fluid pressure actuator, a regeneration unit having a regeneration motor for regeneration to be rotated by the working fluid discharged from a load side pressure chamber of the fluid pressure actuator, a rotating electric motor coupled to the regeneration motor, and a storage battery configured to store electric power generated by the rotating electric motor, and a variable throttle configured to bleed a portion of the working fluid obtained by excluding a flow rate of the working fluid guided to the regeneration motor from the working fluid discharged from the load side pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro EGAWA, Haruhiko KAWASAKI, Yasuhiro YONEHARA, Masayuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9664209
    Abstract: A control system for hybrid construction machine includes: an operation valve for operating a boom; a variable displacement type fluid pressure motor; a distribution mechanism adapted to adjust a flow to be distributed to the fluid pressure motor; a motor generator adapted to be rotated integrally with the fluid pressure motor; a variable displacement type assist pump adapted to be rotated integrally with the motor generator; a distribution mechanism control unit adapted to control the distribution mechanism; a tilt angle control unit adapted to control tilt angles of the fluid pressure motor and the assist pump; and a motor generator control unit adapted to maintain a rotation speed of the motor generator at a target rotation speed. The target rotation speed at the time of boom regeneration control is set to higher than the target rotation speed in a case where only an assist control is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Publication number: 20160312443
    Abstract: A control system of a hybrid construction machine includes a main pump for discharging working fluid and driving an actuator, a regeneration motor driven by the working fluid discharged from the actuator through a first regeneration passage, a rotational electric machine drivable by the regeneration motor, and a regeneration passage switching valve having a tank communication position that allows the first regeneration passage to communicate with a tank when a flow-in amount of the working fluid inside the first regeneration passage into the regeneration motor exceeds a defined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro EGAWA, Haruhiko KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160312442
    Abstract: A control system of a hybrid construction machine includes a regeneration passage switching valve having a normal position where flow of working fluid is blocked, and a regeneration position allowing for the working fluid to flow from main passages to a regeneration motor when a working fluid pressure of the main passages reaches a set pressure during operation of the actuators, and an assist switching valve having a normal position proportionally dividing the working fluid of an assist passage into a regeneration passages, a first switching position supplying more working fluid of the assist passage to one of the main passages when that the one has a higher working fluid pressure, and a second switching position supplying more working fluid of the assist passage to the other one of the main passages when that the other one has a higher working fluid pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro EGAWA, Haruhiko KAWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9476437
    Abstract: A boom driving device comprises a boom control valve causing a boom cylinder to elongate and contract. The boom control valve returns a hydraulic fluid discharged from an working chamber of the boom cylinder to a tank in a boom descending position A part of the discharged hydraulic fluid is branched in the upstream of the boom control valve and is supplied to a generator through a regenerative passage for power generation. The regenerative passage is provided with a regenerative control spool valve. The regenerative control spool valve is opened when a flow cross-sectional area of the hydraulic fluid flowing from the working chamber to the tank reaches a predetermined area while the boom control valve is in the descending position. According to this construction, it is possible to alleviate a shock that may be generated at the start of power generation by the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Egawa, Haruhiko Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Yonehara
  • Publication number: 20160237648
    Abstract: A control system for hybrid construction machine includes a regeneration motor configured to be rotated by working fluid introduced from a turning circuit, a pressure detector configured to detect a turning pressure during a turning operation of the turning motor or a braking pressure during a braking operation of the turning motor, a switching valve for turning regeneration configured to perform turning regeneration by introducing the working fluid from the turning circuit to the regeneration motor when being switched to an open position by a pressure of pilot fluid, an electromagnetic proportional pressure reducing valve configured to be switched to an open position and generate a pilot secondary pressure for switching the switching valve for turning regeneration to the open position when a pressure detected by the pressure detector reaches a first set pressure, and a pilot switching valve configured to allow the passage of the pilot fluid for switching the switching valve for turning regeneration to the op
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko KAWASAKI, Masahiro EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160215481
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes first and second main pumps for supplying working oil, a boom cylinder extending by supply of the working oil to a piston-side chamber and raising a boom and contracting by discharge of the working oil from the piston-side chamber and lowering the boom, a regenerative spool valve controlled by a pressure of pilot pressure oil and adjusting a flow rate of the working oil discharged from the piston-side chamber, a regenerative motor for regeneration rotating by the working oil discharged from the piston-side chamber, a rotary electric machine connected to the regenerative motor, and a failsafe switching valve switching with a pressure of a regenerative passage between the regenerative control spool valve and the regenerative motor as a pilot pressure and lowering the pressure of the pilot pressure oil to the regenerative control spool valve so that a flow rate of the working oil discharged from the piston-side chamber is narrowed if the pressure of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko KAWASAKI, Masahiro EGAWA
  • Patent number: 9359743
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes: a turning motor provided in a turning circuit; a pressure detector for detecting a turning pressure of the turning motor; a variable displacement type of fluid pressure motor for regeneration which is rotated by means of pressurized fluid guided from the turning motor; a motor generator adapted to be rotated integrally with the fluid pressure motor; and a controller adapted to predict a turning regeneration flow from the turning motor on the basis of the turning pressure detected by pressure detector to control a tilt angle of the fluid pressure motor on the basis of the predicted turning regeneration flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 9228323
    Abstract: A control system for construction machine includes a main pump; a circuit system which includes a plurality of operation valves; a boom cylinder which is connected to a specific valve; one passage which allows communication between the specific operation valve and a piston-side chamber; another passage which allows communication between the specific operation valve and a rod-side chamber; a hydraulic motor which rotates by the action of return oil from the piston-side chamber; a generator; and a valve mechanism which is provided in the one passage communicating with the piston-side chamber of the boom cylinder, introduces the return oil from the piston-side at the time of descent as a regeneration flow to the hydraulic motor and introduces the return oil as a recovery flow to the rod-side chamber if necessary by causing the return oil to flow into the other passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 9200430
    Abstract: A control system for hybrid construction machine includes an engine, a main pump to be driven by the engine, a rotary shaft linking an assist pump, a regenerative hydraulic motor and a motor generator, and a clutch for linking the engine and the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Publication number: 20150275938
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid construction machine includes a turning-regeneration-use switching valve that opens when a pressure detected by a pressure detector reaches a turning-regeneration starting pressure, so as to introduce the working fluid from a turning circuit to a regenerative motor, an operating-state detector that detects an operating state of a fluid pressure cylinder; and a cylinder-regeneration-use switching valve that opens based on a detection result of the operating-state detector, so as to introduce the working fluid from the fluid pressure cylinder to the regenerative motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 9127438
    Abstract: A control system for construction machine includes a pair of first and second main pumps which are variable-displacement pumps, first and second circuit systems connected to the first and second main pumps and including a plurality of control valves, main switching valves provided between the first and second circuit systems and the first and second main pumps, a hydraulic motor for power generation connected to the first and second main pumps via the main switching valves, a generator coupled to the hydraulic motor for power generation, and a battery for storing power generated by the generator. When at least the main switching valve connected to one circuit system is at a position to cause one main pump connected thereto to communicate with the hydraulic motor for power generation, the main switching valve connected to the other circuit system causes the other main pump to communicate with the other circuit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Kawasaki, Masahiro Egawa