722results about "Construction vehicles" patented technology

An electric work vehicle includes a frame, a first motor to drive a first wheel, the first motor being supported by the frame and mounted on a first motor baseplate, and a second motor to drive a second wheel, the second motor being supported by the frame and mounted on a second motor baseplate. The first motor baseplate and the second motor baseplate are spaced apart from each other to define a space between the first motor baseplate and the second motor baseplate. A portion of a first motor power connection line and a portion of a second motor power connection line are located in the space between the first motor baseplate and the second motor baseplate. A first power receiving terminal of the first motor which is connected to the first motor power connection line is located at a rear portion of the first motor.

A shovel includes a lower-part traveling body; an upper-part swing body rotatably provided above the lower-part traveling body; an object detecting device provided in the upper-part swing body; a controller as a control device provided in the upper-part swing body; and at least one driven body configured to be operated by an actuator. The object detecting device is configured to detect another shovel in a detection space set around the shovel. The controller is configured to vary a movable range being a range accessible to the driven body, based on a state of an object detected by the object detecting device.

An electric work vehicle includes a frame, a battery housing to house a plurality of battery modules, the battery housing being supported by the frame, an AC compressor supported by the battery housing, a condenser mounted on a first front surface portion of the battery housing, a drier fluidly connected to the AC compressor and the condenser, and a first evaporator mounted forward of a second front surface portion of the battery housing in a front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle. The first evaporator is located rearward of the drier in the front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle.

The invention discloses a control method of a hybrid power system, the hybrid power system and a hybrid excavator. The control method of the hybrid power system comprises the steps that the required power of a hydraulic system, the required power of an electrically-driven rotation system and the current electric quantity of an energy storage module are obtained; the total demand power of the system is calculated according to the demand power of the hydraulic system and the demand power of the electric drive rotation system; determining the working mode of the hybrid power system according to the size relation between the total demand power and a first preset value and the size relation between the current electric quantity of the energy storage module and an electric quantity limit value; when the hybrid power system is in the heavy load mode, the generator motor is controlled to provide power for the hydraulic system; and when the hybrid power system is in the light load mode, the generator motor is controlled to convert part of kinetic energy generated by the engine into electric energy to charge the energy storage module. The system reliability can be enhanced, energy consumption and emission are reduced, and efficient utilization of energy is achieved.

A method in a vehicle for estimating vehicle motion state during a vehicle maneuver, comprising; obtaining a trigger signal indicating an onset of the vehicle maneuver, selecting a sub-set of wheels on the vehicle to be in a free-rolling condition, measuring one or more parameters related to revolution of the sub-set of wheels in free-rolling condition, and estimating the vehicle motion state based on the measured parameters.

An electric work vehicle includes a chassis, a battery housing to house a plurality of battery modules, a cooling structure mounted to a front portion of the battery housing, and an inverter. The battery housing is supported by the chassis. The cooling structure includes a fan mounted at a front portion of the cooling structure. The fan is rotated by an electric motor powered by the inverter.

The invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, in particular a soil compaction machine or soil milling machine, and a method for cooling a cooling room or a cooling compartment of a self-propelled construction machine.

The invention relates to a construction vehicle (1).A battery module (40; 240; 340) is provided to supply electricity to at least one electric motor (80, 87) of the construction vehicle (1).A fastening structure (70; 270) of the battery module (40; 240; 340) is designed to be removably fastened to a first longitudinal member (10-1), in a fastening position located beneath the cab (29) in the vertical direction (C-C) of the construction vehicle (1), and the battery module (40; 240; 340) in the fastening position is accessible from an outer side of the construction vehicle (1) so that said module can be brought into or out of the fastening position from the outer side of the construction vehicle (1).

The invention relates to a road construction machine having a controller 27 which is configured such that control command signals are generated for drives and actuators 8, 9, 16, 20A, 20B assigned to the wheels 4, 5, 6, 7 and / or the milling / mixing roller 18. Additionally provided are: a human-machine interface 26 that interacts with the controller 27 and a memory device 30that interacts with the controller as well as a state monitoring device 32 that interacts with the controller, which monitoring device detects an operating state or operating mode of the drives and actuators. The road construction machine is characterized in that a plurality of instruction data sets is stored in the memory device, said data sets each containing data for an instruction to be visualized using the human-machine interface. The controller provides a learning mode comprising a plurality of lessons for adjusting the position of the wheels and / or the height of the milling / mixing roller and is configured such that, depending on an operating state or operating mode of the drives and actuators detected by the state monitoring device, a selection of a specific data set is made from the instruction data sets stored in the memory device, and the instruction corresponding to the selected instruction data set is visualized using the human-machine interface. In addition, depending on the command entered with the human-machine interface after the visualization of the instruction, the controller generates for the drives and actuators the control command signals corresponding to the command entered, so that the wheels and / or milling / mixing roller move.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a housing to house one or more battery modules, the housing being supported by the chassis, an electric motor to receive electrical power from the one or more battery modules, a liquid cooling system including a radiator to cool a coolant when the coolant flows through the radiator, and one or more coolant pumps connected to the radiator to circulate the coolant, and an air cooling system to cool the one or more battery modules. The air cooling system includes a compressor, a condenser, and one or more evaporator coils, and the radiator and the condenser are located adjacent to each other.

A working machine includes a machine body; a prime mover mounted on the machine body; a peripheral device disposed in a periphery of the prime mover; and an attachment bracket to support the peripheral device. The attachment bracket includes a base member to support the peripheral device in a vicinity of a driven unit to be driven with power of the prime mover, and a pressing member coupled to the base member, to hold the peripheral device between the pressing member and the base member.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a roof supported by the chassis, and a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system includes a radiator to cool a coolant when the coolant flows through the radiator and one or more coolant pumps connected to the radiator to circulate the coolant, and the radiator is mounted on the roof.

Systems and techniques are described for implementing autonomous control of earth-moving vehicles, including to automatically determine and control movement around a site having potential obstacles. For example, the systems / techniques may determine and implement autonomous operations of excavator vehicle(s) (e.g., obtain / integrate data from sensors of multiple types, and use it to determine and control movement of the excavator vehicle around a site), including in some situations to implement coordinated actions of multiple excavator vehicles and / or of an excavator vehicle with one or more other types of earth-moving vehicles. The described techniques may further include determining current location and positioning of the excavator vehicle on the site, determining a target destination location and / or route of the excavator vehicle, identifying and classifying obstacles (if any) along a desired route or otherwise between current and destination locations, and implementing actions to address any such obstacles.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information input system for a work machine capable of performing various kinds of settings of a work machine by using an information terminal while preventing an erroneous operation of the work machine. Therefore, in an information input system for a work machine including: a controller that is mounted on the work machine; and an information terminal that inputs information to the controller via communication, an input of the information from the information terminal to the controller is disabled in a case where the information terminal is located at a predetermined position in an operation room of the work machine.

A computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive an engine restart request for restarting an engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is moving; receive, directly from the engine, a signal encoding a real-time rotational speed of the engine; and control an actuator to gradually engage a clutch of a transmission coupled to rotating wheels of the vehicle in such a way that a rate of change of the real-time rotational speed of the engine is kept below a predefined threshold rate of change.

A wheel assembly to be coupled to a hub of a vehicle may include an inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle and an outer rim surrounding the hub. The wheel assembly may also include gas springs with associated integral hydraulic dampers coupled between the inner and outer rims to provide a suspension for relative movement between the inner and outer rims. Each gas spring and associated integral hydraulic damper may include a first cylinder body and a second cylinder body slidable therein, and a first seal defining first and second gas chambers within the first cylinder body. Each gas spring and associated integral hydraulic damper may also include a shaft extending within the first cylinder body and into the second cylinder body defining a hydraulic fluid chamber, and an enlarged orifice body coupled to the shaft defining a hydraulic damper with the second cylinder body.

A vehicle (10) includes a first battery housing (600) to house a plurality of first battery modules (61), a second battery housing (70) to house a plurality of second battery modules (71), and an air cooling system to cool the plurality of first battery modules and the plurality of second battery modules. The air cooling system includes a compressor (362), a condenser (531), a first evaporator coil (3551L) that includes a first side at which warm air is received and a second side at which cool air exits after having passed through the first evaporator coil, and a second evaporator coil (3551R) that includes a first side at which warm air is received and a second side at which cool air exits after having passed through the second evaporator coil.

A device includes a platform and a staircase moveable between a retracted state and an extended state. The staircase has steps including a retractable step and a support segment. A linkage system includes an actuator that moves the staircase from the retracted and extended state, a sensor detecting the staircase state and a vehicle condition, and an extension bracket coupling the staircase and platform. A controller determines the staircase state, determines an articulation angle, compares the articulation angle to an articulation angle threshold, in response to the articulation angle exceeding the threshold, causes the staircase to move to the retracted state, detects a vehicle operation event, in response to detecting the operation event, causes the staircase to move to the retracted state, detects a vehicle shut-down event, and in response to detecting the shut-down event causes the staircase to move to the extended state.

An assembly for an earth moving machine, comprising: a first member and a second member coupled with the first member, the first member being a wear element for digging implements, the second member being digging implements or a second wear element for digging implements, the first member comprising: a first cavity adapted to receive at least one sensor, and a channel adapted to receive at least one electric wire; and at least one electric wire, one or more electric wires thereof being introduced in both the channel and the first cavity, and being attached to the second member. Also, an earth moving machine comprising the assembly, and a method for wiring.

A drive for a mobile material processing plant includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. The internal combustion engine can be selectively coupled to or uncoupled from a mechanical drive train at its drive end by an internal-combustion-engine clutch and the electric motor can be selectively coupled to or uncoupled from the mechanical drive train by an electric-motor clutch. The drive train has an output end having at least one output, wherein at least one machine unit, in particular an electric generator, is driven by the output(s). The at least one machine unit may be coupled to or uncoupled from the output by a shiftable machine-unit clutch, and the electric-motor clutch or the internal-combustion-engine clutch may be operatively connected to the machine-unit clutch via a coupling, in particular a mechanical or hydraulic coupling.

A vehicle cooling system includes a heat exchanger, upper and lower coolant hoses extending between the heat exchanger and a vehicle power system for carrying liquid coolant to and from the vehicle power system, and an expansion tank fluidly coupled to the lower coolant hose. The vehicle cooling system further includes an active coolant monitoring system that includes a coolant leak sensor that detects leakage of the liquid coolant from the vehicle cooling system and a coolant contamination sensor that detects contamination of the of liquid coolant. The vehicle cooling system further includes an electronically controllable coolant flow shutoff valve in series with the lower coolant hose adjacent a lower coolant outlet of the heat exchanger. The electronically controllable coolant flow shutoff valve is closed when the coolant pump is off and open when the coolant pump is on.

This display device includes a display unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first screen having a selection item display area. The receiving unit receives a command for selecting a selection item displayed in the selection item display area. The control unit displays, on the basis of alarm information which indicates that an error has occurred, an alarm mark image in the selection item display area. When the alarm mark image is displayed in the selection item display area, the control unit assigns, to the receiving unit, a function of receiving an alarm mark selection command which is the command for selecting the alarm mark image. When the receiving unit receives the alarm mark selection command, the control unit displays, on the display unit, a second screen for indicating the content of the error.

The construction history calculation system includes a controller that calculates construction history data based on the detection results of a posture detection device that detects the posture of a work machine. The controller acquires target surface data and, based on the acquired target surface data, sets multiple configuration surfaces, including the target configuration surface and adjacent configuration surfaces that constitute the target surface data, as surface areas. It sets multiple record points to achieve a predetermined point density for the surface areas, calculates the trajectory of the work machine's working device based on the detection results of the posture detection device, and calculates the position information of the working device's trajectory, associating the position information of the monitor points of the working device that constitute the trajectory with each of the multiple record points, as construction history data.

An electric hydraulic excavator (1) is provided with a heater core (34) for heating, an electrical heater (35) for heating a second heat exchange liquid to be supplied to the heater core (34), and a second reserve tank (39) into which the second heat exchange liquid flows and from which the second heat exchange liquid flows out. On top of this, a partition wall (12) is provided to partition between a first cooling fan (28) and the electrical heater (35), and a first reserve tank (29) is located on the same side as the first cooling fan (28) on a basis of the partition wall (12) as a boundary, and a first heat exchange liquid for cooling an electric motor (15) and the like flows into and flows out from the first reserve tank (29) with a change in temperature. On the other hand, the second reserve tank (39) is located at the opposite side to the first cooling fan (28) on a basis of the partition wall (12) as a boundary.

The present disclosure relates to a start control system for a construction machine, and a control method thereof, the system comprising: a work device and a travel device of the construction machine, the work device and travel device being mechanically connected to an engine; a start switch controller which receives a signal input to a start switch and converts the start of the engine to an on / off state; and a vehicle control unit which receives information from the work device and the travel device, determines whether the construction machine is working or traveling, and transmits a signal to the start switch controller, wherein, when the vehicle control unit which has determined that the construction machine is working or traveling transmits the signal, the start switch controller determines that the signal input to the start switch is a noise signal and maintains a start state of the construction machine.

A soil processing machine, in particular a soil compactor, comprises a machine frame and a casing (26, 28) carried on the machine frame and / or at least partially providing it and bounding a unit receptacle space (24), wherein the casing (26, 28) has a cooling air inlet area (30) and a cooling air outlet area (32) for cooling air flowing through the unit receptacle space (24), wherein a plurality of units around which cooling air can flow through the unit receptacle space (24) from the cooling air inlet area (30) to the cooling air outlet area (32) are arranged in the unit receptacle space (24), wherein at least two of the units arranged in the unit receptacle space (24) have maximum permissible operating temperatures different from one another and at least one unit having higher maximum permissible operating temperature is arranged upstream in a cooling air flow direction from the cooling air inlet area (30) to the cooling air outlet area (32) with respect to at least one unit having lower maximum permissible operating temperature.

A work machine includes an operation box that is disposed in front of a driver's seat and supports a pair of left and right operation levers protruding upward from an upper surface so as to be swingable in a front-rear direction. The operation box has a display device that is disposed on the upper surface and notifies a state of the work machine. On the upper surface, the display device is disposed on an outer side of each swing area of the pair of left and right operation levers and is disposed on one side in a left-right direction with respect to a middle area interposed between the left and right swing areas.

The present disclosure relates to a transmission arrangement including an input shaft, and an output shaft, a first gear stage including a first gear wheel and a second gear wheel drivingly connected to each other, a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first ring gear and a first planet carrier, wherein the first planet carrier is rotationally connected to the output shaft, and a crawler unit being drivingly connectable between the first planetary gear set and the output shaft by a first clutch, wherein the first clutch is configured to rotationally connect one of the plurality of gear members of the crawler unit to one of the first ring gear, the first planet carrier or a stationary member of the transmission arrangement, to cause the first ring gear to rotate in an opposite direction compared to a rotational direction of the first planet carrier.

A control unit for a heavy duty vehicle. The vehicle includes an electric machine connected to first and second driven wheels via an differential. The control unit includes a first wheel slip control module associated with the first driven wheel, and a second wheel slip control module associated with the second driven wheel, where each wheel slip control module is arranged to determine an obtainable torque by the respective wheel based on a current wheel state, wherein the control unit is arranged to determine a required torque to satisfy a requested acceleration profile by the vehicle, and to request a torque from the electrical machine corresponding to the smallest torque out of the obtainable torques for each driven wheel and the required torque.