# US 11,898,328 B2 · Work vehicle and control method for work vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,328 B2 - Document ID: US11898328B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/617,081 - Filed: 2020-06-12 - Published: 2022-07-28 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-19 - Assignees: Komatsu Ltd. - Applicants: Komatsu Ltd. - Inventors: Shogo Miyazaki; Akira Takeno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898328B2 ## CPC - E02F 9/2253: {Controlling the travelling speed of vehicles, e.g. adjusting travelling speed according to implement loads, control of hydrostatic transmission} - E02F 9/2235: {including an electronic controller} - E02F 9/2292: {Systems with two or more pumps} - F16H 47/04: the mechanical gearing being of the type with members having orbital motion - F16H 61/421: Motor capacity control by electro-hydraulic control means, e.g. using solenoid valves - F16H 61/431: Pump capacity control by electro-hydraulic control means, e.g. using solenoid valves - B60Y 2200/415: Wheel loaders - F16H 59/40: Output shaft speed - F16H 59/42: Input shaft speed - F16H 59/44: dependent on machine speed {, e.g. the vehicle speed} (F16H59/46 takes precedence) - F16H 59/70: dependent on the ratio established - F16H 61/0437: {by using electrical signals (F16H61/0403 and F16H61/061 take precedence)} - F16H 2037/0873: {with switching means, e.g. to change ranges} - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) - F16H: GEARING - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract A control method for a work vehicle, includes: calculating a speed ratio indicating a ratio between a rotation speed of an input shaft connected to an engine and a rotation speed of an output shaft connected to a traveling device; and outputting a capacity command for changing at least one of a capacity of a first hydraulic pump motor and a capacity of a second hydraulic pump motor based on correlation data indicating a relationship between the speed ratio and the capacities of the first and second hydraulic pump motors, wherein the correlation data is set so that both the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor are changed with a change in the speed ratio in a predetermined speed ratio range between a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio higher than the first speed ratio. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A work vehicle comprising: an input shaft that is connected to an engine; an output shaft that is connected to a traveling device; a power transmission device that includes a hydraulic transmission mechanism including a first hydraulic pump motor and a second hydraulic pump motor and transmitting power input to the input shaft to the output shaft via a clutch mechanism, the first hydraulic pump motor functioning as one of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and the second hydraulic pump motor functioning as the other of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor; and a control device, wherein the control device includes: a clutch control unit that outputs a clutch command for engaging a specified clutch among a plurality of clutches of the clutch mechanism based on a speed ratio indicating a ratio between a rotation speed of the input shaft and a rotation speed of the output shaft; a storage unit that stores correlation data indicating a relationship between the speed ratio and a capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and a capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor; and a power control unit that outputs a capacity command for changing at least one of the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor based on the speed ratio and the correlation data, and the correlation data is set so that both the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor are changed with a change in the speed ratio in a predetermined speed ratio range between a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio higher than the first speed ratio. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the correlation data is set so that, in the predetermined speed ratio range, when one of the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor increases with the change in the speed ratio, the other of the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor decreases. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined speed ratio range includes a switching speed ratio at which the specified clutch to be engaged is switched. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The work vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the correlation data is set so that the capacity increases or decreases as the speed ratio increases from the switching speed ratio, and the capacity increases or decreases as the speed ratio decreases from the switching speed ratio. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The work vehicle according to claim 3, wherein in the correlation data, the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor at the switching speed ratio is equal to or less than a maximum capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor, and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor at the switching speed ratio is equal to or less than a maximum capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the correlation data is set so that a capacity of a hydraulic pump motor functioning as the hydraulic motor reaches a maximum capacity when a vehicle body is accelerated in a low speed ratio range lower than the first speed ratio. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the correlation data is set so that a capacity of a hydraulic pump motor functioning as the hydraulic pump reaches a maximum capacity when a vehicle body is accelerated in a high speed ratio range higher than the second speed ratio. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the power transmission device includes a mechanical transmission mechanism including a planetary gear mechanism and transmitting power input to the input shaft to the output shaft via the clutch mechanism. ### Claim 9 A control method for a work vehicle, comprising: calculating a speed ratio indicating a ratio between a rotation speed of an input shaft connected to an engine and a rotation speed of an output shaft connected to a traveling device; outputting a clutch command for engaging a specified clutch among a plurality of clutches of a clutch mechanism, transmitting power input to the input shaft to the output shaft, based on the speed ratio; and outputting a capacity command for changing at least one of a capacity of a first hydraulic pump motor and a capacity of a second hydraulic pump motor based on correlation data indicating a relationship between the speed ratio and the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor, wherein the correlation data is set so that both the capacity of the first hydraulic pump motor and the capacity of the second hydraulic pump motor are changed with a change in the speed ratio in a predetermined speed ratio range between a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio higher than the first speed ratio.