Patents Examined by Richard Drake
  • Patent number: 10001146
    Abstract: A flow control device for a construction machine including a first hydraulic cylinder and a second hydraulic cylinder connected to a hydraulic pump, which is connected to an engine. A first control valve and a second control valve are also included. A regeneration flow path is configured to supplement and reuse hydraulic fluid that returns to a hydraulic tank during a retractable drive of the first hydraulic cylinder. A regeneration valve is installed in the regeneration flow path. A pressure compensation type flow control valve is installed in a meter-in flow path of a spool of the first control valve, and is configured to limit the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the first hydraulic cylinder during a combined operation of the first and second hydraulic cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Hea-Gyoon Joung, Sung-Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 9989119
    Abstract: A piston-cylinder unit having a cylinder, the interior of the cylinder being divided into two working chambers by a displaceable piston, a piston rod being arranged at the piston and guided outward in a sealed manner through one of the working chambers. A first connection end is arranged at the end of the cylinder opposite the piston rod and a second connection end is arranged at the free end of the piston rod. The cylinder is enclosed by a first housing which is fastened by its one end region to the first connection end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Oberender, Martin Millnski, Emanuele Roncaroli, Vladimir Friesen
  • Patent number: 9988887
    Abstract: A bellows position monitoring arrangement to determine the axial position of a bellows assembly within the outer housing of a seal section or equalizer. The position can be correlated to an amount of motor oil being retained within the bellows assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Aron M. Meyer, David Tanner, Arturo Luis Poretti, Ryan P. Semple, Kevin J. Gilmore
  • Patent number: 9976649
    Abstract: Method for deceleration of a hydrostatic transmission 3 driven by a drive motor 2 comprising a closed hydraulic fluid circuit, in which a hydraulic pump 4 coupled mechanically with the drive motor 2 and a hydraulic motor 5 are arranged. Two hydraulic lines 6, 7 connect the hydraulic pump 4 and the hydraulic motor 5 and constitute for the hydraulic motor 5 according to the drive direction of the hydrostatic transmission 3 a supply line 6 and a return line 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Reinhardt Thoms, Martin Wuestefeld
  • Patent number: 9969375
    Abstract: A brake booster device for a braking system of a vehicle includes: a booster body to which a brake-boosting force is exertable by an actuator device; a first piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a first contact with the booster body, the first piston rod component contacting the booster body at a first contact surface such that the first piston rod component is at least partially adjustable; and a second piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a second contact with the booster body, the second piston rod component contacting the booster body at a second contact surface such that the second piston rod component is adjustable together with the first piston rod component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Weiberle, Karl-Heinz Willmann, Andreas Birkheim, Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 9970524
    Abstract: A driving force distribution apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a hydraulic clutch, a spool, and a working-oil filling member. The spool is in an electromagnetic solenoid valve disposed in a hydraulic supply mechanism. The spool is slidably held in a sleeve and has one end biased by a plunger and the other end biased by a spring disposed in a damper chamber. A working oil is filled into the damper chamber through the working-oil filling member. The working-oil filling member is provided in the sleeve of the electromagnetic solenoid valve at an upper position in a direction of gravitational force above an oil surface of the working oil stored in the hydraulic supply mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Hiyoshi
  • Patent number: 9951797
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine including: a variable-displacement pump 2; an actuator 5 driven by a hydraulic fluid delivered from the pump 2; a flow control valve 4 of an open-center type that controls a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator 5; a bleed-off line 8a connecting the actuator flow control valve 4 to a tank 6; a bleed-off flow control valve 8 disposed in the bleed-off line 8a; an operating device 3 that specifies operation of the actuator 5; a bleed-off control device 14 that controls a degree of opening of the bleed-off flow control valve 8 in accordance with an amount of manipulation of the operating device 3; and a pump control device 15 that controls, in accordance with the degree of opening of the bleed-off flow control valve 8, a pump flow rate by correcting a reference pump flow rate that is based on the amount of manipulation of the operating device 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Imura, Kouji Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Satake, Tomoaki Kaneta
  • Patent number: 9938981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor circuit for a pneumatic control device of a motor vehicle, including: a compressor, and a pressure regulator, the pressure regulator being arranged between an input side of the compressor and the pneumatic control device, wherein the pressure regulator is designed to measure an upstream pressure of air from the pneumatic control device present on its side facing the pneumatic control device and to supply this air at an input pressure to the input side of the compressor, the pressure regulator being designed to control the input pressure on the basis of said measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventor: Dierk Hein
  • Patent number: 9926951
    Abstract: Energy regeneration system does not affect operation of a hydraulic actuator except when a relief valve is operating, by connecting an actuator hydraulic line to a regeneration hydraulic motor with a small pressure loss during regeneration, and ensures holding pressure when the energy cannot be regenerated. A first valve device disposed between actuator hydraulic lines and a regeneration hydraulic motor, has a throttle passage capable of increasing pressure in the higher pressure side actuator hydraulic line to a set pressure of the relief valves. A second valve device disposed in parallel with the first valve device between the actuator hydraulic lines and the regeneration hydraulic motor, is switched from a close to an open position by pressure between the first valve device and the regeneration hydraulic motor when pressure between the first valve device and the regeneration hydraulic motor increases to approach the set pressure of the swing relief valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ooki, Seiji Hijikata
  • Patent number: 9926177
    Abstract: A hydraulic jack includes an oil cylinder, an oil tank, and an oil storage barrel. The oil storage barrel includes a front portion and a back portion which are opposite to each other; an oil outlet of the oil cylinder is connected with an oil inlet at the front portion of the oil storage barrel by means of an oil inlet pipe; and an oil inlet of the oil tank is connected with an oil outlet at the front portion of the oil storage barrel by means of an oil outlet pipe, the oil inlet pipe and the oil outlet pipe are provided with switching valves for alternatively turning on the oil inlet pipe and the oil outlet pipe. A partition plate that is capable of moving along a barrel wall and an elastic telescoping member are provided inside the oil storage barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xueyong Wang, Yan Chen, Xiangjun Tian
  • Patent number: 9903221
    Abstract: A trip control system for use with, for example, turbines, includes a porting manifold that supports and provides fluid to two or more trip manifolds, each of which includes a bleed circuit having two or more bleed valves connected in parallel between a trip header line and a return or dump line to bleed the hydraulic fluid pressure from the trip header line to thereby cause a trip. The trip control system includes redundant trip manifolds operating in parallel, wherein each trip manifold is able to independently engage a trip of the turbine and each of the trip manifolds includes redundant sets of valves and other trip components that enable the trip manifold to operate to engage a trip of the turbine in the presence of a failure of one of the sets of components on a trip manifold, or while various components of the trip manifold are being tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Michael Jacobs, Thomas Sweeney, Daniel Philip Berkepile, Adam Gregory Redling, Michael Henry Winwood
  • Patent number: 9890801
    Abstract: In addition to a main pump 102 having two delivery ports 102a and 102b and performing the load sensing control, two subsidiary pumps 202 and 302 for the load sensing control for respectively performing assist driving on a boom cylinder 3a and an arm cylinder 3b are provided. When driving the boom cylinder 3a or the arm cylinder 3b, a selector valve 141 or 241 is switched and flows of hydraulic fluid are merged together and supplied to the boom cylinder 3a or the arm cylinder 3b. When driving actuators other than the boom cylinder 3a or the arm cylinder 3b, only the hydraulic fluid from the main pump is supplied to the actuators. In short, the hydraulic drive system is configured so that two specific actuators having great demanded flow rates and tending to have a great load pressure difference between each other when driving at the same time can be driven with hydraulic fluid delivered from separate delivery ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwamu Takahashi, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Yoshifumi Takebayashi, Kazushige Mori, Natsuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9868428
    Abstract: A brake booster includes an input element actuatable by a driver, an actuator for generating a support force, an output element that receives at least one of an input or support force and that applies an actuating force to a piston of a brake master cylinder, a force transmission unit having elastic properties and transmitting the input and/or support forces to the output element, and a preload unit acting on the force transmission unit to apply a force couple to the force transmission unit when the brake booster is in idle mode. A method for operating the brake booster includes generating a support force prior to a braking intent to be anticipated or immediately after detection of a braking intent, in a time span before or immediately after detection of an actuation of the input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Mahnkopf
  • Patent number: 9863450
    Abstract: A hydro-mechanical device for providing tactile feel curve shaping, including: a housing; a fluid displacing element; and, a preloaded flow regulating assembly operatively connected to the housing. The housing has a working fluid chamber formed therein, the working fluid chamber containing working fluid. The fluid displacing element is positioned within the working fluid chamber. The fluid displacing element divides the working fluid chamber into at least two cavities upon which fluid is transferred upon movement of the fluid displacing element. The flow of the working fluid is controlled through the preloaded flow regulating assembly in accordance with a custom force profile combining a controlled velocity dependent force component and a controlled resisting force component which opposes an applied force at a controlled maximum threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Koschel, Ryan D. Fleming, Andrew M. Wright, Paul D. March, Ryan P. Dermawan
  • Patent number: 9856975
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for actuating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission which comprises two piston chambers and a piston element that delimits the piston chambers. The piston element can be acted upon in one piston chamber by a pressure to open the shifting element and, in the other piston chamber, by another pressure to close the shifting element. Pressure can be delivered by a valve to two piston chamber and the valve can be actuated by an actuator by a pilot pressure. The valve and the electro-hydraulic actuator are designed and functionally connected to one another such that, in the event of a pressure drop, a total hydraulic force, acting to close the shifting element, is applied to the piston element and, if the current supply to the actuator fails, a total hydraulic force acting, in the opening direction of the shifting element, acts upon the piston element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thilo Schmidt, Manuel Straub
  • Patent number: 9850921
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydrostatic drive with a closed hydraulic fluid circuit comprising a hydraulic motor and a variable displacement pump. A feed pump feeds hydraulic fluid under pressure. A control device regulates pressure to a double-sided servo control unit comprising a control piston in a double-sided control cylinder so that the control piston can open a feed line for hydraulic fluid to one side while opening a discharge line on the other. The control device comprises an actuator at the cylinder by means of which force can be exerted onto the piston. A preload element exerts force onto the piston. The pressure generated by the variable displacement pump returns via a return line such that force is exerted in the direction of the piston, if inactive, the piston is maintained by the preload element and the pressure of the variable displacement pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SAUER-DANFOSS GmbH & CO. OHG
    Inventor: Reinhardt Thoms
  • Patent number: 9845086
    Abstract: A brake booster includes an input element actuatable by a driver, an actuator for generating a support force, an output element to which an input or support force may be applied and via which an actuating force may be applied to a piston of a brake master cylinder, and a force transmission unit having elastic properties, situated between the input element and the actuator, and the output element, and transmitting the input and/or support forces to the output element. An air gap, which in idle mode is smaller or larger than a desired air gap, is provided between the input element and the force transmission unit. A method for operating the brake booster includes generating a support force prior to a braking intent to be anticipated or immediately after detection of a braking intent, in a time span before or immediately after detection of an actuation of the input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Mahnkopf
  • Patent number: 9821784
    Abstract: In a system including a reservoir tank RSV integral with a master cylinder M/C, an inlet fluid passage 16 for connecting an inlet portion 22 of a pump P to the reservoir tank RSV, a pressure reducing fluid passage 32 that connects the inlet fluid passage 16 to wheel cylinders W/C and a normally closed pressure reducing vale 30 that is connected to the pressure reducing fluid passage 32 and opened when it is intended to depressurize a brake fluid to in the wheel cylinders thereby to return the brake fluid to the reservoir tank through the inlet fluid passage 16, there is employed a normally closed reservoir shutting valve 31 that is connected to the pressure reducing valve 30 in series with respect to the wheel cylinders W/C and the reservoir tank RSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya Oosawa
  • Patent number: 9822805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic cylinder, for example for use in a hydraulic tool, comprising at least one piston/cylinder combination composed of a cylinder body and a piston accommodated in said cylinder body and provided with a piston rod that projects from said cylinder body, wherein the cylinder body and the piston body define a first cylinder chamber while the cylinder body, the piston body and the piston rod define a second cylinder chamber, and wherein during operation the piston performs alternating forward and return operational cycles under the influence of a fluidum under pressure that is conducted to the first and the second cylinder chamber through a first and a second line, respectively, and a control valve which regulates the supply of a fluid under pressure through the first or the second line to the piston/cylinder combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Demolition and Recycling Equipment B.V.
    Inventor: Gertrudis Maria Gerardus De Gier
  • Patent number: 9810246
    Abstract: A hydraulic driving system includes a hydraulic cylinder with a cylinder tube and a cylinder rod, a main pump, a hydraulic-fluid path, a charge pump, a stroke position detecting unit, and a pump control unit. The hydraulic-fluid path forms a closed circuit between a main pump and the hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder rod expands or contracts depending on how hydraulic fluid is supplied and exhausted to and from first and second chambers. The charge pump replenishes hydraulic-fluid in the hydraulic-fluid path. The pump control unit performs flow-rate reduction control in which the pump control unit reduces a suction flow rate so that a suction flow rate of the main pump is equal to or less than a maximum discharge flow rate of the charge pump when the stroke position becomes closer to a stroke end of the cylinder rod than a prescribed reference position during the flow rate reduction control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Teruo Akiyama, Noboru Iida, Kenji Oshima, Koji Saito