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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd., Koka, JP;

Inventors:

Kiwamu Takahashi, Moriyama, JP;

Taihei Maehara, Koka, JP;

Takeshi Ishii, Hino-cho, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/2221 (2013.01); E02F 9/2217 (2013.01); E02F 9/2267 (2013.01); E02F 9/2271 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hydraulic drive system for a work machine including a hydraulic energy recovery device that is configured to perform load sensing control and accumulates hydraulic fluid that returns from a hydraulic cylinder in operation of lowering a front work implement into an accumulator includes, in order to prevent, when operation other than operation of lowering the front work implement is to be performed, hydraulic energy accumulated in the accumulator from being consumed uselessly, a regeneration selector valve in a hydraulic line for regenerating the hydraulic fluid accumulated in the accumulator into a hydraulic fluid supply line of a main pump. The regeneration selector valve is controlled such that, only when saturation occurs with the main pump, flow from the accumulator to the hydraulic fluid supply line is permitted.


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