# US 11,078,645 B2 · Slewing-type working machine

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- Number: US 11,078,645 B2
- Document ID: US11078645B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/358,170
- Filed: 2019-03-19
- Published: 2019-10-03
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-29
- Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Natsuki Yumoto; Koji Ueda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078645B2

## CPC

- E02F 9/123: {Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor (E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence)}
- E02F 9/2225: {using pressure-compensating valves}
- E02F 9/2235: {including an electronic controller}
- E02F 9/2246: {Control of prime movers, e.g. depending on the hydraulic load of work tools}
- E02F 9/2267: {Valves or distributors (position of valves arrangements on upper-structures E02F9/0875)}
- E02F 9/2296: {Systems with a variable displacement pump}
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)

## Abstract

An opening and closing motion control section controls an optional control valve so as to reduce opening degree of the optional control valve in a case where a first opening reduction condition is satisfied that a slewing operation detection section detects an operation amount equal to or more than a reference operation amount set in advance so that the reference operation amount is larger than a minimum operation amount of a slewing operation member for causing slewing motion of an upper slewing body and that an optional operation detection section detects operation received by an optional operation member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A slewing-type working machine comprising:
a base body;
an upper slewing body mounted on the base body so as to be slewable;
an attachment including an attachment main body attached to the upper slewing body and at least one optional device detachably attached to a front end portion of the attachment main body;
a variable displacement hydraulic pump which discharges hydraulic fluid;
a slewing motor which receives supply of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump to operate so as to slew the upper slewing body;
an optional device actuator which receives supply of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump to operate so as to operate the optional device;
a slewing operation member configured to be operated for slewing the upper slewing body;
a slewing operation detection section which detects a slewing operation that is an operation of the slewing operation member;
an optional device operation member configured to be operated to cause the optional device to operate;
an optional device operation detection section which detects an operation of the optional device operation member;
an optional device control valve interposed between the hydraulic pump and the optional device actuator and configured to open and close so as to change a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the optional device actuator, the optional device control valve being connected to the hydraulic pump and a tank; and
an opening and closing motion control section which controls opening and closing motion of the optional device control valve,
wherein the opening and closing motion control section controls the optional device control valve so as to reduce an opening degree of the optional device control valve only when an opening reduction condition set in advance for judging whether or not the opening degree of the optional device control valve is to be reduced is satisfied;
the opening reduction condition includes a first opening reduction condition that the slewing operation detection section detects an operation amount equal to or more than a reference operation amount set in advance so that the reference operation amount is larger than a minimum operation amount of the slewing operation member for causing slewing motion of the upper slewing body and that the optional device operation detection section detects the operation of the optional device operation member, and
the opening and closing motion control section controls the optional device control valve so as to reduce the opening degree of the optional device control valve when the first opening reduction condition is satisfied.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The slewing-type working machine according to claim 1, wherein
the at least one optional device includes a first optional device and a second optional device having a working pressure higher than that of the first optional device, the first optional device and the second optional device being configured to be exchangeably attached to the front end portion of the attachment main body,
the slewing-type working machine further comprises an optional device judgment section that judges which of the first optional device and the second optional device is attached to the front end portion of the attachment main body, and
the opening and closing motion control section controls the optional device control valve so as to reduce the opening degree of the optional device control valve only when the opening reduction condition is satisfied and the optional device judgment section judges that the first optional device is attached to the front end portion of the attachment main body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The slewing-type working machine according to claim 1, further comprising a slewing speed detection section which detects a slewing speed of the upper slewing body,
wherein the opening reduction condition further includes a second opening reduction condition that a time point when the optional device operation detection section detects the operation of the optional device operation member is earlier than a time point when the slewing operation detection section detects the slewing operation of the slewing operation member and that the slewing speed detected by the slewing speed detection section is equal to or less than a threshold value set in advance, and
the opening and closing motion control section controls the optional device control valve so as to reduce the opening degree of the optional device control valve in a case where the second opening reduction condition is satisfied even when the first opening reduction condition is not satisfied.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The slewing-type working machine according to claim 1, further comprising a motor load detection section which detects a load by the slewing motor,
wherein the opening reduction condition further includes a third opening reduction condition that a time point when the optional device operation detection section detects the operation of the optional device operation member is earlier than a time point when the slewing operation detection section detects the slewing operation of the slewing operation member and that the load by the slewing motor detected by the motor load detection section is equal to or less than a threshold value set in advance, and
the opening and closing motion control section controls the optional device control valve so as to reduce the opening degree of the optional device control valve in a case where the third opening reduction condition is satisfied even when the first opening reduction condition is not satisfied.