# US 11,111,652 B2 · Construction machine equipped with battery

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- Number: US 11,111,652 B2
- Document ID: US11111652B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/335,458
- Filed: 2017-09-27
- Published: 2019-07-18
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-14
- Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Nobuhiro Fukuo; Yoshiaki Fujimoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11111652B2

## CPC

- E02F 9/24: Safety devices {, e.g. for preventing overload (E02F9/226 takes precedence)}
- B60R 25/00: Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles (locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00)
- E02F 9/267: {Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles}
- 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)}
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Provided is a construction machine capable of restricting halt of a function controlled by a controller when a key switch is in a key-off state. The construction machine includes an interruption switch switched between a supply allowing state of allowing supply of power from a battery to the controller and a supply interruption state of interrupting the power supply; a sensor detecting presence/absence of interruption necessary motion necessary for manipulating the interruption switch; and an alarm control device that causes an alarm device to issue an alarm only when the following conditions are all satisfied. The key switch is in the key-off state; the interruption switch is in the supply allowing state; the controller is being operated; and the sensor has detected presence of the interruption necessary motion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A construction machine comprising:
a battery;
a controller that is operated by supply of power from the battery;
a key switch that is connected to the controller and switched between a key-off state of providing the controller with an instruction to halt an engine and a key-on state of providing the controller with no instruction to halt the engine;
an interruption switch that is switched between a supply allowing state of allowing supply of power from the battery to the controller and a supply interruption state of interrupt supply of power from the battery to the controller, the interruption switch being disposed outside a cab of the construction machine and allowing an operator to manually shut off supply of power;
a sensor that detects presence/absence of interruption necessary motion which is a motion necessary for manipulating the interruption switch;
an alarm device capable of issuing an alarm; and
an alarm control device that causes the alarm device to issue the alarm only when a condition that the key switch is in the key-off state, a condition that the interruption switch is in the supply allowing state, a condition that the controller is being operated, and a condition that the sensor has detected presence of the interruption necessary motion are all satisfied,
wherein the state of the key switch and the state of the interruption switch are independently changeable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein a space in which an object appears involved by the interruption necessary motion is set as a detection space, and the sensor detects presence/absence of the object in the detection space.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The construction machine according to claim 1, further comprising a switching member that is switchable between a manipulation prevention state of covering the interruption switch so as to prevent manipulation of the interruption switch and a manipulation allowing state of opening the interruption switch so as to allow the manipulation of the interruption switch, wherein the sensor detects whether the switching member is in the manipulation prevention state or in the manipulation allowing state.