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Remote Wireless Hydraulic Frame
20230235533 · 2023-07-27 ·

A remote wireless hydraulic frame preferably includes a frame member, a frame transceiver, a frame bridge controller and an electro-hydraulic conversion valve. The frame bridge controller receives signals from a cab bridge controller through a cab transceiver and the frame transceiver. The frame member preferably includes a frame support, an engine, a hydraulic pump, at least one electrical component and a plurality of hydraulicly operated components. The electro-hydraulic conversion valve preferably includes a valve block and a plurality of proportioning valves. The plurality of proportioning valves receive a hydraulic electrical signal from a hydraulic control device located in a remote wireless hydraulic cab through the cab bridge controller. Hydraulic fluid is sent from the valve block to a plurality of hydraulic operated components on the frame support. Control electrical signals are also received from the cab bridge controller to operate at least one electrical component on the frame support.

Hydraulic system for working machine and control method of the hydraulic system
11713557 · 2023-08-01 · ·

A hydraulic system includes: a boom cylinder to move a boom; a working tool cylinder to move a working tool attached to the boom; a boom control valve to control the boom cylinder; a working tool control valve to control the working tool cylinder; a horizontal control valve having: an activating position to allow a horizontalizing operation of the working tool; and a stopping position to stop the horizontalizing operation; and a controller device having: a first information obtaining portion to obtain permission and non-permission to the horizontalizing operation; a second information obtaining portion to obtain at least one of upward operation and upward movement of the boom; and a horizontal controller to set the horizontal control valve to the stopping position when the first information obtaining portion obtains the non-permission and the second information obtaining portion obtains one of the upward operation and the upward movement.

WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE CONTROL METHOD
20230022248 · 2023-01-26 · ·

A control system for a work machine includes a plurality of hydraulic pumps that discharge hydraulic oil, a hydraulic cylinder that moves a working equipment element, a plurality of flow rate control valves that are respectively connected to the hydraulic pumps and adjust a flow rate of the hydraulic oil supplied to the hydraulic cylinder, a plurality of supply flow paths respectively connected to the of flow rate control valves, a meter-in flow path that connects a collective part of the supply flow paths and an inlet of the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic cylinder, a plurality of discharge flow paths respectively connected to the flow rate control valves, a meter-out flow path that connects a collective part of the discharge flow paths and an outlet of the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic cylinder, and a throttle disposed in the meter-out flow path.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS
20230026848 · 2023-01-26 ·

A hydraulic apparatus comprises first and second manifolds each of which is connected to a plurality of actuators via corresponding actuator valves connected in parallel and operated responsive to inputs to regulate the flow of fluid to the actuators. A plurality of working chambers are connectable to either the first or second manifold and have a net flow which is controlled responsive to a negative feedback signal. The negative feedback signal is determined in response to a calculated pressure or flow rate in virtual fluid flow paths extending from the first and second manifolds.

DYNAMICALLY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN A FIRST LIFTING MODE AND A SECOND LIFTING MODE
20230021987 · 2023-01-26 · ·

A controller may receive a first input indicating that a machine is performing a lifting operation. The controller may determine that the machine is operating in a first lifting mode associated with a first lifting capacity during the lifting operation. In the first lifting mode, a pressure of a hydraulic pump of the machine is between a first value and a second value that exceeds the first value. The controller may receive sensor data indicating a current value for the pressure, during the lifting operation. The controller may determine that the current value is approaching the second value. The controller may receive a second input indicating that the machine is continuing to perform the lifting operation. The controller may cause, based on the second input, the machine to transition from operating in the first lifting mode to operating in a second lifting mode associated with a second lifting capacity.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF EXCAVATORS AND OTHER POWER MACHINES

A power machine can include operator input devices and a control system configured to command movement of actuators based on operator inputs received from the operator input devices. Movement of one or more of the actuators can be commanded based on input at one or more of the operator input devices and a response curve selected from a plurality of different response curves. Movement of one or more of the actuators can be based on a selected control mode for the power machine that corresponds to a selected control-function mapping of the operator input devices to the one or more actuators. A lift arm can be variously controlled to execute automatic or other operations. An excavator can be operated in a sustained-speed travel mode. Actuation of a bucket or other implement can be implemented based on signals from a material sensor.

WORKING MACHINE
20230228062 · 2023-07-20 · ·

A working machine includes a controller that performs shift shock reduction control when shift-down switching from a second state to a first state, in which a motor speed can be increased up to a first maximum speed lower than a second maximum speed available in the second state, is performed. The controller includes a first processor configured to, based on a drop amount that is a difference between target and actual numbers of revolutions of a prime mover, compute a first reduction amount for reducing an amount of hydraulic fluid supply from a traveling pump to a traveling motor, a second processor configured to compute a second reduction amount based on a degree of straight traveling of a machine body, and a reduction controller configured to, based on the first or second reduction amount, whichever is larger in absolute value, perform the shift shock reduction control.

Control mapping for hydraulic machines

A machine control system can store model weights determined via machine learning using a training dataset correlating preset hydraulic valve displacements to measured movement parameters of a machine component. The machine control system can receive an input command for the component and machine state data from machine sensors. A control mapping model can use the model weights to map a combination of the input command and the machine state data into a predicted displacement of the hydraulic valve that causes movement of the component in response to the input command.

WORKING MACHINE
20230021137 · 2023-01-19 · ·

A working machine includes: a plurality of hydraulic actuators including a high-load hydraulic actuator and a low-load hydraulic actuator whose hydraulic pressure for actuation thereof is lower than that of the high-load hydraulic actuator; a plurality of direction switching valves each of which switches a direction of a hydraulic fluid for a corresponding one of the hydraulic actuators, the plurality of direction switching valves including a low-load direction switching valve that switches a direction of hydraulic fluid for the low-load hydraulic actuator; and a dummy-load forming unit that forms a dummy load in the low-load direction switching valve to suppress a variation in an actuation speed of the low-load hydraulic actuator between a time when the high-load hydraulic actuator and the low-load hydraulic actuator are operated in combination and a time when the low-load hydraulic actuator is operated singly.

INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS
20230009234 · 2023-01-12 ·

An information communications system for a construction machine includes a hardware processor. The hardware process is configured to receive construction information from a contractor-side device and receive weather information from a weather server. The hardware processor is configured to generate advisory information based on the received construction information and the received weather information.