Patents by Inventor Eckhard Skirde

Eckhard Skirde has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200263793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a port plate 10, 11 that is used as a valve plate or a bearing plate. The port plate 10, 11 comprises a fluid blocking surface section 15 and a fluid passage surface section 13, 14 that is arranged within said at least one fluid blocking surface section 15. Structural reinforcement elements 12, 19 are arranged within the fluid passage orifice of the fluid passage surface section 13, 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Eckhard SKIRDE
  • Patent number: 10524026
    Abstract: A hydrostatic system includes a hydraulic system and at least one sensor configured to monitor a parameter of the hydraulic system, the at least one sensor including a wireless transmitter configured to generate wireless transmissions based on the parameter. The hydrostatic system further includes an electronic control box including a wireless receiver that is configured to receive the wireless transmissions generated by the at least one sensor. The electronic control box is configured to control the hydraulic system based at least in part on the received wireless transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions G.m.b.H. & Co. OHG
    Inventor: Eckhard Skirde
  • Publication number: 20180084315
    Abstract: A hydrostatic system includes a hydraulic system and at least one sensor configured to monitor a parameter of the hydraulic system, the at least one sensor including a wireless transmitter configured to generate wireless transmissions based on the parameter. The hydrostatic system further includes an electronic control box including a wireless receiver that is configured to receive the wireless transmissions generated by the at least one sensor. The electronic control box is configured to control the hydraulic system based at least in part on the received wireless transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Eckhard Skirde
  • Patent number: 8646266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile machine having a traction drive and working hydraulics. The drive unit has a radial piston pump which is driven by a drive set and supplies working hydraulics. The radial piston pump is arranged on the axis of the output drive shaft of the drive set, between the drive set and a gearbox which is connected thereto via the output drive shaft. The drive set, the radial piston pump and the gearbox in this case form a compact drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Rea, Olaf Koltoff, Frank Ramm, Eckhard Skirde
  • Patent number: 8312715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile machine having a traction drive and working hydraulics. The drive unit has a radial piston pump which is driven by a drive set and supplies working hydraulics. The radial piston pump is arranged on the axis of the output drive shaft of the drive set, between the drive set and a gearbox which is connected thereto via the output drive shaft. The drive set, the radial piston pump and the gearbox in this case form a compact drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Rea, Olaf Koltoff, Frank Ramm, Eckhard Skirde
  • Publication number: 20120279208
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile machine having a traction drive and working hydraulics. The drive unit has a radial piston pump which is driven by a drive set and supplies working hydraulics. The radial piston pump is arranged on the axis of the output drive shaft of the drive set, between the drive set and a gearbox which is connected thereto via the output drive shaft. The drive set, the radial piston pump and the gearbox in this case form a compact drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SAUER-DANFOSS INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Rea, Olaf Koltoff, Frank Ramm, Eckhard Skirde
  • Publication number: 20090308065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile machine having a traction drive and working hydraulics. The drive unit has a radial piston pump which is driven by a drive set and supplies working hydraulics. The radial piston pump is arranged on the axis of the output drive shaft of the drive set, between the drive set and a gearbox which is connected thereto via the output drive shaft. The drive set, the radial piston pump and the gearbox in this case form a compact drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Rea, Olaf Koltoff, Frank Ramm, Eckhard Skirde
  • Patent number: 6604446
    Abstract: An inclined-axis variable displacement unit has an output shaft (1), mounted in a housing (4) of the unit, and a cylinder block (10), these being connected via a synchronizing articulation (13), and via working pistons (11) which can be displaced axially in the cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being mounted axially in a pivoting body (5) which can be pivoted in relation to the axis of the output shaft (1) and has two symmetrical cylinder segments (51, 52) which are mounted for hydrostatic sliding action in mutually opposite concave cylindrical hollows (41, 42) in the inner surface of the housing (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Skirde, Vladimir Galba
  • Patent number: 6520066
    Abstract: An inclined-axis variable displacement unit comprises an output shaft (1), mounted in a housing (4), and a cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being connected to the output shaft (1) via a synchronizing articulation (18), and via working pistons (11) which can be displaced in the cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being mounted in a pivoting body (5) which can be pivoted in relation to the axis of the output shaft (1) by an adjusting means, it being the case that the adjusting means is arranged on that side of the pivoting body (5) on which the output shaft is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Skirde, Vladimir Galba
  • Patent number: 6505541
    Abstract: An inclined-axis variable displacement unit has an output shaft (1), mounted in a housing (4), and a cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being connected to the output shaft (1) via a synchronizing articulation (13), and via working pistons (11) which can be displaced in the cylinder block (10), and the cylinder block (10) being mounted in a pivoting body (5) which can be pivoted in relation to the axis of the output shaft, it being the case that the pivoting body (5) is in the form of an open vessel, and the cylinder block (10) is arranged in the opening of the pivoting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Skirde, Vladimir Galba
  • Publication number: 20020152887
    Abstract: An inclined-axis variable displacement unit has an output shaft (1), mounted in a housing (4), and a cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being connected to the output shaft (1) via a synchronizing articulation (13), and via working pistons (11) which can be displaced in the cylinder block (10), and the cylinder block (10) being mounted in a pivoting body (5) which can be pivoted in relation to the axis of the output shaft, it being the case that the pivoting body (5) is in the form of an open vessel, and the cylinder block (10) is arranged in the opening of the pivoting body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Eckhard Skirde, Vladimir Galba
  • Publication number: 20020066364
    Abstract: An inclined-axis variable displacement unit comprises an output shaft (1), mounted in a housing (4), and a cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being connected to the output shaft (1) via a synchronizing articulation (18), and via working pistons (11) which can be displaced in the cylinder block (10), the cylinder block (10) being mounted in a pivoting body (5) which can be pivoted in relation to the axis of the output shaft (1) by an adjusting means, it being the case that the adjusting means is arranged on that side of the pivoting body (5) on which the output shaft is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Eckhard Skirde, Vladimir Galba
  • Patent number: 6129169
    Abstract: A mobile work vehicle with at least one driven axle assembly is connected to and driven by just one integrated hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor is a low-speed radial-piston motor which has a hollow shaft of which the axis of rotation is concentric with respect to the longitudinal axis of the axle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Sauer Inc.
    Inventor: Eckhard Skirde
  • Patent number: 5941689
    Abstract: A control system for a variable pump and a process to control the variable pump with a circuit connected to a hydraulic motor by working lines, controlled by an electronic controller, having check valves in the circuit to allow oil flow from a charge pump going into the circuit and further consisting of high pressure relief valves to allow oil flow out of the working lines to limit maximum pressure. A temperature sensor is placed between the high pressure relief valves and the connected check valves. A signal is processed in an electronic control to control the displacement of a variable pump, depending on temperature measure of the fluid flowing across the high pressure relief valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Sauer Inc.
    Inventor: Eckhard Skirde
  • Patent number: 5881629
    Abstract: A control device for variable hydraulic machines, and specifically for variable axial piston machines equipped with a servo system that is connected to a swash plate so that the discharge/displacement volume is infinitely variable. The hydraulic machine is equipped with a sensor that detects the piston displacement and is connected with an electronical control unit that controls the swash angle position of the swash plate and is pressure controlling the servo system by an electrohydraulic converter. A method for the infinite controlling of the volume flow of hydraulic machines, by which the servo system is connected to the swash plate of the hydraulic machine, and by which a conduction of a signal from a sensor to the control unit, a pressure controlling of the servo system by an electrohydraulic converter as well as the controlling of the swash angle position of the swash plate by the electronical control unit is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Sauer Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Gollner, Eckhard Skirde
  • Patent number: 5501578
    Abstract: A hydrostatic pump of the axial piston type having a significantly reduced overall length due to a special three point bearing arrangement for the main shaft (1) of the pump and the charge pump shaft (12). The improvement comprises a bearing assembly which consists of just three bearings (6, 14, 23) at separate locations for simultaneously supporting the coupled main shaft (1) and charge pump shaft (12). A first bearing 6 is located at the end of the main shaft (1) which is opposite that coupled to the charge pump shaft (12), a second bearing (14) is located at the end of the charge pump shaft (12) which is opposite to that coupled to the main shaft (1), and a third bearing (23) is located at the junction of the coupled shafts (1,12) to provide for their common support. The third bearing (23) can be a needle bearing or of the plain bushing type. The shafts (1,12) can be coupled by mating splines (17,22) and engage each other in a clearance fit (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Sauer Inc.
    Inventor: Eckhard Skirde