US4779591A
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Device for engine speed setting in a working machine
Assignee: Akermans Verkstad AB
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Filing: 1985-11-06
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Granted: 1988-10-25
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Expires: 2005-11-06
Abstract
Abstract A device for setting the speed of, in particular, an excavator engine which is to operate at a speed adapted to the type of work to be done and is automatically shifted to resting speed when no work is done. In this manner, fuel consumption and the disturbing effect of unnecessarily high noise levels are reduced. The setting device includes simple electronic control units and actuates the fuel-controlling lever of the engine fuel injection unit. A d.c. servo motor is connected to said fuel-controlling level and is supplied with a reference value signal corresponding to the desired engine speed. By manual activation of a push-button on the control lever, the device provides the possibility of manually stepping the engine working speed upwards or downwards to at least three different levels. The device also includes a resting speed unit ("idling unit") having a preset high and preset low resting speed. If the manual control means of the machine are not activated for a given short period of time, the unit provides a high resting speed, and if no manual control means is activated for a further period of time, it provides a low resting speed. On activation of any manual control means, the engine resumes the actual working speed.
Inventors
- 👤 Lars O Tordenmalm
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 09:24
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/08; F02D41/083; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
223 words
A system for controlling the speed of an engine of working machine between at least one resting speed and at least two working speeds, the speed of said engine being adjusted by a speed regulator lever comprising: first means for setting said at least one resting speed of the engine, second means for setting said at least two working speeds of the engine; means for monitoring the actual speed of the engine; speed selection means for selecting a desired speed from said at least one resting speed and said at least two working speeds set by said first and second means for setting; driving means for varying the position of said speed regulator level of the engine; control means, responsive to said desired speed from said selection means and responsive to said actual speed from said means for monitoring, for providing electrical setting signals to said driving means to vary the position of said speed regulator level of said engine to maintain said actual speed at said desired speed; said speed selection means shifting said desired speed between said working speeds in response to activation of a speed selection switch; said speed selection means further monitoring a working operation of said working machine and shifting said desired speed to said at least one resting speed when said working operation is not being performed.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
223 words
A system for controlling the speed of an engine of working machine between at least one resting speed and at least two working speeds, the speed of said engine being adjusted by a speed regulator lever comprising: first means for setting said at least one resting speed of the engine, second means for setting said at least two working speeds of the engine; means for monitoring the actual speed of the engine; speed selection means for selecting a desired speed from said at least one resting speed and said at least two working speeds set by said first and second means for setting; driving means for varying the position of said speed regulator level of the engine; control means, responsive to said desired speed from said selection means and responsive to said actual speed from said means for monitoring, for providing electrical setting signals to said driving means to vary the position of said speed regulator level of said engine to maintain said actual speed at said desired speed; said speed selection means shifting said desired speed between said working speeds in response to activation of a speed selection switch; said speed selection means further monitoring a working operation of said working machine and shifting said desired speed to said at least one resting speed when said working operation is not being performed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said speed selection means selects a working speed as the desired speed when a working operation is selected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said engine is a diesel engine, wherein said working machine is a construction excavator and wherein the working operation is construction excavation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 1 wherein at least two resting speeds may be selected, said selection means being further responsive to a change of a machine parameter such as hydraulic pressure or actual engine speed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said speed selection switch is a push-button; said speed selection means shifting to a next higher one of said working speeds in response to momentary actuation of said push-button; said speed selection means shifting to a next lower one of said working speeds when said push-button is depressed for at least a predetermined time duration.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 5 wherein said push-button is mounted in a control lever of said working machine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said speed selection means is further responsive to said actual speed to prevent shifting between working speeds when the actual speed falls below a predetermined minimum speed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said driving means is an electromagnetic driving device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said driving means is a D.C. servo motor.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
140 words
A device for setting at least one resting and at least two working speeds of a diesel engine in an excavator or the like, and including a manually operable control device adapted to provide electric setting signals which are applied to a driving device connected to the speed regulator lever of said diesel engine, said control device comprising: means for setting the resting speed of the engine and shifting from the actual resting speed to a working speed when a working operation is being performed and for shifting, after a time delay, from the actual speed to a resting speed, when the machine makes no working movements, and means for setting the working speed of the engine and changing of the actual working speed stepwise to a higher or lower working speed by means of a manually operable switch means.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
140 words
A device for setting at least one resting and at least two working speeds of a diesel engine in an excavator or the like, and including a manually operable control device adapted to provide electric setting signals which are applied to a driving device connected to the speed regulator lever of said diesel engine, said control device comprising: means for setting the resting speed of the engine and shifting from the actual resting speed to a working speed when a working operation is being performed and for shifting, after a time delay, from the actual speed to a resting speed, when the machine makes no working movements, and means for setting the working speed of the engine and changing of the actual working speed stepwise to a higher or lower working speed by means of a manually operable switch means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
119 words
A device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said means for setting the resting speed includes at least two resting speed setting means, and a shifting device which, for shifting purposes, is operable by at least one of the manual control means of the working machine, a manually releasable signal, or a change in the hydraulic pressure or the speed of the engine, said shifting device having an output connected to said driving device and inputs connected to said resting speed setting means and to the means for setting the working speed of the diesel engine, in order to connect to said driving device either one of said speed setting means or said means for setting the working speed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
77 words
A device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said means for setting the working speed includes a control means having an output connected to one input of the shifting device, and at least two inputs connectible to said output, one of said inputs being connected to a manually settable means providing an output signal for a first working speed, said other input being connected to a means providing a prefixable output signal for a second working speed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said control means has a third input connectible to said output and connected to a signal converter connected to said manually settable means and providing an output signal for a third working speed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said control means is connected, for connection of a desired input to said output, to said manually operable switch means which is a push-button mounted in a control lever.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
55 words
A device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said control means is adapted to sense the actual speed of the engine to prevent shifting between the working speeds when the speed of the engine falls below a predetermined minimum speed and to automatically connect the input connected to said manually settable means to its output.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said driving device connected to the speed regulator lever is an electromagnetic driving device.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said driving device connected to said speed regulator is a d.c. servo motor.
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