Methods Of Operation Patents (Class 60/327)
  • Patent number: 10273660
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic system of construction machinery and a method of controlling the hydraulic system. The hydraulic system of construction machinery and the method of controlling the hydraulic system according to the present disclosure assign a weighted value for each operation, preliminarily distribute a (available torque that can be used) value that an engine can provide, through torque weighted values for each operation, and calculate surplus torque and deficient torque by comparing a preliminary distributable torque value to required torque. The surplus torque is provided for an operation in which torque is deemed to be deficient. Thus, the hydraulic system of construction machinery and the method of controlling the hydraulic system according to the present disclosure can sufficiently use available torque that can be used so that an operator can achieve a desired level of performance during the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Bum You, Woo Yong Jung
  • Patent number: 10247209
    Abstract: Hydraulic system, distributor and bidirectional valve to activate the hydraulic actuators (3; 3a, 3b) of an operating machine; the hydraulic system (1) having: a first high-pressure oil delivery (4); an oil drain (8); a slide valve with a spool, which is axially sliding and is suited to control a hydraulic actuator (3); a second low-pressure oil delivery (6); an activation valve (15); and a bidirectional valve (21) with a first passage opening (22) that can be hydraulically connected, by the slide valve (9) to the first delivery (4) and a second passage opening (23) hydraulically connected to the actuator (3); wherein, the bidirectional valve has an inlet opening (24) that can be connected, by the activation valve (15) to the second delivery (6) and an outlet opening (25) that can be connected, by the spool (12) to the drain (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: WALVOIL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Mesturini, Massimiliano Musiani
  • Patent number: 10174823
    Abstract: A lock-up device includes a damper portion and a dynamic damper device. The damper portion damps vibration inputted from a front cover. The damper portion includes a driven plate coupled to a turbine shell of a torque converter body on a radially outside side. The dynamic damper device absorbs vibration transmitted from the driven plate to the turbine shell. The dynamic damper device includes at least one damper plate portion. The damper plate portion is coupled to the turbine shell on a radially outside side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10173659
    Abstract: An electric brake system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gi-Yung Kim, Seong-Ho Choi, Dong-Yo Ryu, Yong-Kap Kim, Weon-Chan Ko, Hyun-Ho Kim, Eun-Seong Lim, In-Wook Jeon, Yeong-Sik Kim, Byong-Hoo Cheong
  • Patent number: 10156061
    Abstract: A control device includes a control unit configured to change a change rate of a moving speed of a working unit of a work machine according to the moving speed of the working unit in a timing of switching between intervention control toward the working unit and control of the working unit based on an operation command from an operation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Matsuyama, Masashi Ichihara
  • Patent number: 10077036
    Abstract: An electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device including a first pressure chamber provided at one side of a piston movably accommodated inside a cylinder block, and a second pressure chamber provided at other side of the piston, a first hydraulic flow path communicating with the first pressure chamber, second and third hydraulic flow paths branching from the first hydraulic flow path, a fourth hydraulic flow path communicating with the second pressure chamber, a fifth hydraulic flow path branching from the fourth hydraulic flow path and connected to the second hydraulic flow path, a sixth hydraulic flow path branching from the fourth hydraulic flow path and connected to the third hydraulic flow path, and first and second hydraulic circuit including flow paths branching from the second or third hydraulic flow path and connected to wheel cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gi-Yung Kim, Seong-Ho Choi, Dong-Yo Ryu, Yong-Kap Kim, Weon-Chan Ko, Hyun-Ho Kim, Eun-Seong Lim, In-Wook Jeon, Yeong-Sik Kim, Byong-Hoo Cheong
  • Patent number: 10066466
    Abstract: A pressure intensifier and method of increasing fluid pressure at a desired location in a well bore. A central mandrel having a bore therethrough is affixed in a string. Surrounding the mandrel is a cylindrical body having stacked pistons. At a predetermined fluid pressure through the bore, the pistons release and are moved downwards, to integrate pressure across the pistons and act on a chamber pre-filled with application fluid. The application fluid is forced through delivery conduits at a higher pressure than the predetermined fluid pressure and may be used to morph a tubular. In an embodiment, the predetermined fluid pressure is field adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHPACKERS, LIMITED
    Inventor: Cameron Hill Radtke
  • Patent number: 10041228
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a lower traveling body; an upper slewing body; a front attachment; a plurality of hydraulic actuators including traveling motors; hydraulic pumps; a plurality of control valves for the hydraulic actuators; a plurality of operation units for the control valves; traveling operation detectors that detect operations for the operation units for the traveling motors of the operation units; a back-pressure compensation valve generating back pressure in a return pipe line connecting each of the control valves and a tank and having a setting pressure switchable between low and high pressure setting values; and a back-pressure control section performing a back-pressure lowering control of making the setting pressure of the back-pressure compensation valve be the low pressure setting value when traveling operation amounts in the traveling operation units are large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Ueda
  • Patent number: 10000911
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnostic system for a work system of construction machinery includes an input portion configured to receive state information of an engine, a hydraulic pump and a work apparatus, a controller configured to calculate and mutually compare horsepower information of the engine, the hydraulic pump and the work apparatus from the received state information, and if the horsepower information are different from each other by a preset range or more, determine whether or not abnormality occurs in any one of the engine, the hydraulic pump and the work apparatus, and an output portion configured to output the determination result of abnormality. Accordingly, an abnormal situation of the construction machinery may be precisely diagnosed and notified immediately so as to make a quick response, and further, a manufacturer of the construction machinery may collect the abnormality situation data to database to reflect in a product design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-bum You
  • Patent number: 9915329
    Abstract: The power transmission device transmits power from an engine to a transmission and includes an input-side rotary member, an output-side rotary member, a first elastic member, a float member and a damper device. The input-side rotary member receives the power inputted thereto from the engine. The output-side rotary member outputs the power to the transmission. The first elastic member couples the input-side rotary member and the output-side rotary member to enable relative rotation therebetween. The float member is rotatable relative to the input-side rotary member, the output-side rotary member and the first elastic member and is configured to slide against the first elastic member when rotated. The damper device is mounted to the float member and includes an inertia member that is rotatable relative to the float member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: EXEDY Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9908434
    Abstract: A rear wheel driving device includes first and second electric motors, a wet multi-plate type hydraulic brake provided on motive power transmission paths between the first and second electric motors and rear wheels Wr and causing the drive source side and the wheel side to become disconnected state or connected state by being released or fastened, and a control device that controls switching between the disconnected state and the connected state of the hydraulic brake and controls a vehicle speed. The rear wheel driving device further includes a viscosity acquisition unit that acquires a viscosity correlation amount of oil provided to cool plates of the wet multi-plate type hydraulic brake, and the control device fastens the hydraulic brake or maintains fastening thereof and controls the vehicle speed to lower than a first speed in a case where the viscosity correlation amount is a first prescribed value or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Konishi, Yusuke Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9850917
    Abstract: A fluid distribution system includes a boost supply providing a fluid flow, and a fluid metering system downstream of the boost supply. The fluid metering system supplies fluid to a downstream device. A main fluid pump supplies at least a portion of the fluid flow to the fluid metering system. A shut-off valve is positioned upstream of a main fluid pump inlet. An actuation system is positioned downstream of the boost supply. The actuation system supplies fluid to one or more hydraulically-operated devices. An actuation pump supplies at least a portion of the fluid flow to the fluid metering system and to the actuation system. A first valve is positioned between the actuation pump and the fluid metering system. The first valve and the shut-off valve are operable to switch between the main fluid pump and the actuation pump as a source of fluid supply to the fluid metering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Wade Mueller, Carthel C. Baker, Michael P. Garry
  • Patent number: 9840244
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake booster having a plunger rod for connecting a brake pedal lever to a brake master cylinder, a gear motor, which is coupled with the plunger rod, and a control device for driving the gear motor. A pedal force variable representing the pedal force and a plunger rod motion variable representing the motion of the plunger rod are supplied to the control device as input variables. The control device is configured to determine a setpoint return velocity for the plunger rod with the aid of the plunger rod motion variable and an actual return velocity for the plunger rod and the pedal force variable from the setpoint return velocity and to generate an activation signal for the gear motor. This makes it possible to improve the brake release behavior and to reduce high Bernoulli forces at the end stop for the starting position of the brake pedal lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Timo Dobberphul, Thomas Schneider, Joost Kessels, Barbara Neef
  • Patent number: 9810329
    Abstract: A valve group includes an inlet module and at least one service module connected to the inlet module, the inlet module having a housing, a pressure port, a pressure gallery, a tank port, a tank gallery, a spool movable in the housing to interrupt in a first position a connection between the pressure port and the pressure gallery and to connect in a second position the pressure port and the pressure gallery. A first pressure transducer is provided to detect a first pressure in the pressure gallery and a second pressure transducer is provided to detect a second pressure in the tank gallery, the pressure transducers being connected to a controller determining the position of the spool based on the pressures read from the pressure transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions ApS
    Inventor: Frede Callesen
  • Patent number: 9784352
    Abstract: A lock-up device for a torque converter is disposed between a front cover coupled to an engine-side member and a torque converter body and directly transmits a torque from the front cover to a turbine of the torque converter. The lock-up device includes a clutch portion to transmit the torque from the front cover to an output side. The lock-up device includes an intermediate member in a power transmission path between the clutch portion and the turbine. An input-side damper mechanism mounted between the clutch portion and the intermediate member attenuates variation in rotational speed. An output-side damper mechanism mounted between the intermediate member and the turbine generates a hysteresis torque larger than a hysteresis torque of the input-side damper mechanism and attenuates variation in rotational speed. The lock-up device also includes a dynamic damper device coupled to the intermediate member and that attenuates variation in rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Tomiyama
  • Patent number: 9751046
    Abstract: A salt water desalination equipment that can reduce a load on a salt water supply pump and a power consumption thereof is provided. A salt water desalination equipment includes a salt water supply unit that supplies salt water to a reverse osmosis membrane component, a forward osmosis membrane component to which concentrated salt water discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane component is supplied; and an assisting device to which a mixed water discharged from the forward osmosis membrane component is supplied and which is also connected to the salt water supply unit. The assisting device increases at least one of an electric power supplied to the salt water supply unit, a pressure given to the salt water supply unit, and rotation capacity to the salt water supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KYOWAKIDEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakai, Morihiro Irie, Akihiko Tanioka
  • Patent number: 9739273
    Abstract: An overspeed protection method for a machine having an engine drivably coupled to a pump is disclosed. The method includes determining a speed of a rotatable component connected to the engine based on an engine speed and determining a minimum power limit based on the speed of the rotatable component. The minimum power limit corresponds to a minimum power required to retard the engine in order to prevent an overspeed condition of the rotatable component. The method further includes determining a minimum flow limit based on a predetermined relationship between the minimum power limit and the minimum flow limit. The minimum flow limit corresponds to a required flow of the pump in order to provide the minimum power limit. The method further includes regulating the pump in order to achieve the minimum flow limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew S. Marquette, Jeffrey K. Berry, Jason Brinkman
  • Patent number: 9732835
    Abstract: An output rotary member is coupled to a turbine and rotatable relatively to a clutch portion. First elastic members elastically and rotation-directionally couple the clutch portion and the output rotary member. A dynamic damper device is coupled to any of members forming a power transmission path from the clutch portion to the output rotary member and includes a damper plate having a plurality of circumferentially extending first openings and to be rotated together with the output rotary member. The dynamic damper device also includes inertia members disposed on both axial sides of the damper plate and rotatable relatively to the damper plate, each of the inertia members having circumferentially extending second openings located to oppose the first openings. The dynamic damper device further includes second elastic members accommodated in the first openings and the second openings, the second elastic members elastically coupling the damper plate and the inertia members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kawahara, Hiroshi Uehara
  • Patent number: 9695575
    Abstract: A controller includes a neutral control determination unit, a forward-reverse clutch control unit, and a commanded torque setting unit. The neutral control determination unit executes quasi-neutral control when a quasi-neutral control determination condition is satisfied. The quasi-neutral control determination condition includes cases where the forward-reverse operation member is in the neutral position. The forward-reverse clutch control unit keeps the forward-travel clutch or the reverse-travel clutch engaged during the quasi-neutral control. During quasi-neutral control, the commanded torque setting unit determines a commanded torque sent to the motor so that a neutral state is set where the output torque from the power transmission device to the travel device is kept at a prescribed value regardless of the drive power output from the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Miyamoto, Yasunori Ohkura
  • Patent number: 9689409
    Abstract: A hydraulic device having: a housing; a bore of the housing having a first piston positioned therein for a first reciprocal motion within the bore along a bore axis; a mechanical element coupled to the first piston for either driving the first reciprocal motion or being driven by the first reciprocal motion; a second piston positioned in the bore for a second reciprocal motion within the bore along the bore axis; a hydraulic fluid chamber of the bore positioned between the first piston and the second piston, the hydraulic fluid chamber having a hydraulic fluid inlet and a hydraulic fluid outlet; a chamber of the bore positioned between the second piston and a wall of the housing, the chamber for having a resilient element therein; a separator partition dividing the hydraulic fluid chamber into a first hydraulic fluid chamber and a second hydraulic fluid chamber, the separator partition positioned in the bore between the hydraulic fluid inlet and the second piston, the separator partition having a first fluid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Tonand Brakes Inc.
    Inventor: Antonio Cannata
  • Patent number: 9597951
    Abstract: A cooling system for a heavy road vehicle provided with a hybrid propulsion system includes a mechanical propulsion system and a hydraulic propulsion system. The cooling system includes a pump and a first cooling circuit including a gearbox cooling circuit a hydraulic propulsion system cooling circuit and a first radiator for cooling of a coolant flowing in the first cooling circuit. The radiator is connected in series with and located upstream of the gearbox cooling circuit and the hydraulic propulsion system cooling circuit. The cooling system is designed such that the hydraulic propulsion cooling circuit and the gearbox cooling circuit are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Filip Alm, Aleksandar Kovac
  • Patent number: 9435104
    Abstract: A drive system for a mobile machine is disclosed. The drive system includes a power source configured to generate mechanical power, and a transmission driven by the power source, a traction device driven by the transmission. The drive system further includes a first input device configured to generate a signal to operate the machine, a second input device configured to receive an operator selection of one of a plurality of transmission modes, and a controller in communication with the first input device and the transmission. The controller is configured to adjust operation of the transmission to control a speed rate of change of the traction device in response to the signal from the first input device and based on the operator-selected one of the plurality of transmission modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Steven James Juricak, Joshua David Callaway, Joseph Edward Forcash, Gavin David Oliver Ripley, Ragavender Mailwar
  • Patent number: 9394670
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine comprising an energy recovery device for recovering hydraulic fluid energy from a hydraulic actuator and being capable of achieving excellent operability even when the power of the prime mover is changed. The construction machine comprises an engine 1, a hydraulic pump 2, a plurality of hydraulic actuators 31-34, a plurality of control valves 41-44, a plurality of operating devices 71-74, an energy recovery device 80, an operation mode selector switch 76, an engine revolution speed dial 77, a pressure sensor 75, and a controller 90 which controls the flow rate of hydraulic fluid recovered by the energy recovery device based on input signals from the operation mode selector switch, the engine revolution speed dial and the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Hijikata, Kouji Ishikawa, Takatoshi Ooki, Shinya Imura
  • Patent number: 9353769
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments directed towards a system for the control of hydraulic output by a hydraulic power source. In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a hydraulic supply system having a drive, a hydraulic pump coupled to the drive, a first hydraulic output configured to supply a first flow of a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump to a hydraulic lift, a second hydraulic output configured to supply a second flow of the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump to a first hydraulic tool, and a controller configured to adjust a speed of the drive in response to a feedback indicative of a first load by the hydraulic lift, a second load by the first hydraulic tool, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Peters, Ross Renner
  • Patent number: 9341037
    Abstract: Back pressure control devices used to control fluid pressure in a wellbore require various utilities for operation, such as an air supply. With the use of an air supply, the continued operation of one or more back pressure control devices may be achieved when supply of utilities for operation of the back pressure control devices are intentionally or unintentionally interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventor: Roger Suter
  • Patent number: 9328744
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a machine is disclosed. The hydraulic control system may have a tank, a pump, and a fluid actuator. The hydraulic control system may further have an accumulator configured to selectively receive pressurized fluid discharged from the fluid actuator and selectively supply pressurized fluid to the fluid actuator. The hydraulic control system may also have a pressure sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a pressure of the accumulator, a charge valve, a discharge valve, and a controller in communication with the control valve, the charge valve, and the discharge valve. The controller may be configured to detect stall of the fluid actuator, to make a comparison of the pressure of the accumulator with a threshold pressure, and to selectively move the charge valve to charge the accumulator or move the discharge valve to discharge the accumulator during the stall based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rustu Cesur, Lawrence J. Tognetti, Pengfei Ma, Jiao Zhang, Tonglin Shang
  • Patent number: 9272889
    Abstract: A joystick controller is disclosed for controlling speed of a boom lift platform, the controller having motors or the like that provide tactile feedback that is intuitively interpreted and adjusted by the user of the joystick speed control, the joystick being neutrally-biased to effect a null velocity when the joystick is positioned in a neutral position, but the tactile feedback forcing the joystick away from neutral to a degree that represents the platform's actual speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Enovation Controls, LLC
    Inventor: Kennon Guglielmo
  • Patent number: 9127800
    Abstract: A duct for fluid under pressure for an air-conditioning circuit having a conduit including a male end fitting of nominal inside diameter D0 and a female end fitting connected to it in a fluid-tight manner in or in the immediate vicinity of an enlarged axial portion of inside diameter D2 of the male or the female end fitting, the female end fitting having a nominal inside diameter D0?, and a tubular noise-reducing device that is mounted inside the male end fitting and defines between an axially internal end and an axially external end of this device at least one fluid flow channel. The enlarged portion of the male or female end fitting has a length L2 such that L2?0.6D, where D designates their common value if D0 and D0? are equal or whichever is the lower of the values D0 and D0? if they are not equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alexandre Auclair, Pierre Menou
  • Patent number: 9127436
    Abstract: An engine output control system is for a work vehicle composed of an engine, a travel device and a power transmission unit, the power transmission unit including a torque converter and transmitting an output of the engine to the travel device via the torque converter. The engine output control system includes a speed ratio computation portion and an engine output reduction control portion. The speed ratio computation portion is configured and arranged to compute a speed ratio of the torque converter. The engine output reduction control portion is configured and arranged to reduce an output torque of the engine without changing a target speed of the engine when the computed speed ratio is equal to or less than a speed ratio threshold set in advance. The speed ratio threshold is a speed ratio at which a torque ratio of the torque converter is greater than a torque ratio corresponding to a maximum efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Shigeru Yamamoto, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 9096115
    Abstract: An energy transfer system includes a power transfer mechanism, a first system, and a second system. The first system includes a first pump-motor operatively connecting the first system to the power transfer mechanism and a regenerative system operatively connected to the first pump-motor. The second system is operatively connected to the power transfer mechanism. Power is transferred between systems by the power transfer mechanism. A method of energy transfer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Yun-Ren Ho, Aristoteles RosaNeto
  • Patent number: 9088187
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electro-magnetic metallurgy high powered electric energy density push-repel two stage magnetic stack cylinder drive motor and a hydro-kinetic high pressure hydraulic and nitrogen gas piston drive pump propulsion motor arrangement. A linear electric generator can be coupled to the arrangement to generate electric energy or the output shaft may be provided for propulsion uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventor: Juan Andujar
  • Publication number: 20150143803
    Abstract: The present invention is directed, in part, to an apparatus and methods related to an expandable storage tank for compressed gas, the storage tank prepared from a puncture resistant, flexible fabric material in which the storage tank is expandable to a desired volume when inflated and when deflated. During periods of non-use the storage tank is retracted in a compact and folded manner to save space compared to when the tank is inflated. The storage tank is utilized by employing its use in conjunction with a traditional air compressor and can be configured with or without a rigid outer shell that expands in relation to the amount of compressed air transferred into the expandable storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Cruz
  • Publication number: 20150135695
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of at least one hydraulic component of a work vehicle may generally include storing, with a computing device, a first electro-hydraulic setting and a second electro-hydraulic setting for the hydraulic component. The first electro-hydraulic setting may be associated with at least one of a pre-defined speed setting or a pre-defined sensitivity setting. The second electro-hydraulic setting may be associated with at least one of an operator-defined speed setting or an operator-defined sensitivity setting. In addition, the method includes receiving an input associated with an operator's selection of the first electro-hydraulic setting or the second hydraulic setting, and controlling the operation of the hydraulic component in accordance with the first electro-hydraulic setting or the second electro-hydraulic setting based on the operator's selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Thekanath, Subramanian Arunachalam, Timothy Newlin, Scott Eisfeldt, Joel Garcia
  • Publication number: 20150135693
    Abstract: The present invention includes an information generator to set a lever manipulation amount total sum decrease flag during a period when a lever manipulation amount total sum is decreasing, a first processor to process an engine actual output, an engine actual output latching function block to output the maximum value of the engine actual output until the present during a period in which a lever manipulation amount total sum decrease flag is not set, and output the present engine actual output during a period in which the flag is set, a second processor to output an engine target output based on the engine output, and a controller to control the engine speed under limitation of the engine target output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Murakami, Tadashi Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150135694
    Abstract: A gearbox hydraulic circuit includes a hydraulic pump connected to a fluid reservoir to generate a flow of pressurised fluid. A pressure circuit connected to the hydraulic pump conveys the flow of pressurised fluid. A pressure control valve disposed in the pressure circuit between the first line and the second line of the pressure circuit maintains the pressure of the pressurised fluid in the first line. A shunt connected to the pressure circuit is operable to route the flow of pressurised fluid from the first line to the second line to reduce the pressure in the first line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Turner Powertrain Systems Limited
    Inventor: John Wootton
  • Publication number: 20150135696
    Abstract: An axial-flow turbine assembly that includes one or more features for enhancing the efficiency of the turbine's operation. In one embodiment, the turbine assembly includes a turbine rotor having blades that adjust their pitch angle in direct response to working fluid pressure on the blades themselves or other part(s) of the rotor. In other embodiments, the turbine assembly is deployable in an application, such as an oscillating water column system, in which the flow of working fluid varies over time, for example, as pressure driving the flow changes. In a first of these embodiments, the turbine assembly includes a valve that allows the pressure to build so that the flow is optimized for the turbine's operating parameters. In a second of these embodiments, one or more variable-admission nozzle and shutter assemblies are provided to control the flow through the turbine to optimize the flow relative to the turbine's operating parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Frederick E. Becker, Francis A. DiBella, Kevin D. Fairman, Alexander Gofer
  • Publication number: 20150128579
    Abstract: A method is provided for storing energy including the steps of: during a time period when electrical energy is available at low prices, pumping water from a lower reservoir to a reservoir at a higher elevation wherein the difference between the elevation of the higher reservoir and the lower reservoir is at least 100 meters; during a time period when electrical energy is available at a higher price, utilizing a Pelton turbine to generate mechanical energy using the difference between the potential energy of the water at the higher reservoir and the lower reservoir and thereby transferring water from the higher reservoir to the lower reservoir; converting the mechanical energy to electrical energy; and when the mechanical power is not being generated, maintaining the Pelton turbine in a spinning stand-by mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Andrew Stephen LAW
  • Publication number: 20150128581
    Abstract: An example includes a hydraulically controllable coupling to couple a rotating input and to an output to rotate, or to decouple the input and the output, with coupling and decoupling modes selected by switching a hydraulic device such as a vane pump between a pumping mode and a mode in which it does not pump. In an example, the system cooperates with a transmission to increase the number of possible gear ratios in some examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Norman Ian Mathers
  • Publication number: 20150128580
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake mechanism for use in hydraulic systems to provide braking of a hydraulic motor is disclosed. The brake mechanism provides proper braking under a range of operating conditions, including (1) the start of flow from the pump to the brake and motor and braking is not desired; (2) operating conditions in which constant flow is provided from the pump to the brake and motor and braking is not desired; (3) operating conditions in which abrupt decreases of flow from the pump to the brake and the motor occur, for example where flow is reduced due to being drawn by another work element or hydraulic load, but under which a reduced supply flow is still present and braking is not desired; and (4) operating conditions in which the hydraulic flow from the pump to the brake mechanism and the motor is shut off completely and braking is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Robert R. Lacher
  • Publication number: 20150121859
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for supplying a fuel to an engine of a ship. The apparatus for supplying a fuel to an engine of a ship includes: a high pressure pump pressurizing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and supplying the pressurized LNG to the engine; a hydraulic motor driving the high pressure pump; and a lubricating pump supplying lubricating oil to the high pressure pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Nak Hyun KIM, Dong Chan KIM, Cheong Gi PARK, Je Heon JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150113976
    Abstract: An actuator device for producing a linear movement, has a hydraulic actuator which includes a first piston element for actuating the actuator and a second piston element for producing the linear movement. The piston elements are assigned respective fluidically coupled working chambers, the volumes of which can be changed by movement of the respective piston element. A piezoelectric actuator is provided for exerting a force on the first piston element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Georg Bachmaier, Gerit Ebelsberger, Reinhard Freitag, Andreas Gödecke, Wolfgang Zöls
  • Publication number: 20150113969
    Abstract: A hybrid system, consisting of an internal combustion engine (1) with added-on and/or integrated hydraulic pumps (2) to supply consumers (5) and/or the drive unit (12), at least one engine control unit (3) for electronic engine regulation and/or fuel-injection regulation, at least one hydraulic control unit (4) to control at least one hydraulic consumer (5), at least one pressure sustaining valve (6), at least one reversing valve (7) and at least one hydraulic pressure accumulator (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Ralf Kochhan, Taghi Akbarian
  • Publication number: 20150107232
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for controlling the position of a movable jaw of a jaw crusher includes a hydraulic cylinder having a piston with a piston rod for positioning the movable jaw. The hydraulic cylinder has a bore side space for containing a hydraulic fluid taking up crushing forces exerted by the movable jaw on the piston rod, and an annular side space containing a hydraulic fluid pressing the piston against hydraulic fluid of the bore side space. The hydraulic system further includes an annular side space accumulator having a fluid compartment, which is in fluid contact with the annular side space, and a gas compartment containing a pressurized gas applying a pressure on the hydraulic fluid in the annular side space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Kristian Burhoff, Patrik Sjoberg, Andreas Wood
  • Publication number: 20150107233
    Abstract: In some implementations, bending or other shape changes of a device are actuated by inflating or deflating a bladder in the device. Then, once the desired new shape is achieved by this actuation, another bladder in the device is layer-jammed, to make the device rigid in the new shape. In some cases, sheets in the layer-jamming bladder are coated with abrasive particles. In some cases, layer jamming bladders are interwoven to form a woven device. The rigidity of the woven device can be anisotropically controlled. Layer jamming some, but not all, of the bladders in the woven device causes the woven device to have a rigidity that varies by direction. In some cases, a layer-jamming bladder includes a solid layer with a crease in it. As a result, the bladder can easily bend at the crease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jifei Ou, Lining Yao, Daniel Tauber, Hiroshi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20150101322
    Abstract: A system architecture for use on mobile hydraulic equipment. The system architecture includes a power system that includes an electrical generator, power supply electronics in electrical communication with the electrical generator, an electrical storage medium in electrical communication with the electrical generator and in parallel with the power supply electronics, and an electrical power bus for distributing power from the power system to a first component control system. The first component control system includes first drive electronics and at least a first electro hydrostatic actuator. The system architecture also includes a main controller. The power system is in data communication and electrical communication with the main controller, and the first component control system is in data communication with the main controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Brian Riskas
  • Publication number: 20150096289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressed air energy storage system comprising a pressure accumulator (2) for gas to be stored under pressure, and a heat accumulator (27) for storing the compression heat that has accumulated during charging of the pressure accumulator (2), wherein the heat accumulator (27) is arranged ready for use in an overpressure zone (31). Said arrangement enables a structurally simple heat accumulator to be provided, since said heat accumulator is not loaded by the pressure of the gas passing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Airlight Energy IP SA
    Inventors: Andrea Pedretti-Rodi, Giw Zanganeh
  • Publication number: 20150096288
    Abstract: A thermal management system is provided. The thermal management system includes a first hydraulic system for circulating a first hydraulic fluid at a first temperature, a second hydraulic system for circulating a second hydraulic fluid at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, and a heat exchanger coupling the first hydraulic system to the second hydraulic system, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the first hydraulic fluid and the second hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jianmin Liao
  • Patent number: 8997471
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a machine is disclosed. The hydraulic system may include a fluid tank, a first manifold, a valve body, a second manifold, and a plurality of conduits. The first manifold may be operatively attached to the fluid tank and have at least two inlets and at least one outlet in fluid communication with the fluid tank. The number of the at least one outlet may be less than the number of the at least two inlets. The second manifold may be operatively attached to the valve body and have at least one inlet in fluid communication with the valve body and at least two outlets. The number of the at least one inlet may be less than the number of the at least two outlets. The plurality of conduits may fluidly connect the at least two inlets of the first manifold and the at least two outlets of the second manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Brinkman, Shaun Currier, Eric Jakubiak
  • Publication number: 20150082782
    Abstract: An independent flow rate controlling hydraulic system for pressure control of an excavator, in which a hydraulic system of the excavator can be variably controlled via independent flow rate control. The hydraulic system includes a plurality of actuators which actuate a working apparatus, a pressure control-type hydraulic pump which feeds working fluid to the actuator, first and second electronic proportional control valves which are disposed at a piston-side inlet flow path and a load-side inlet flow path connected from the hydraulic pump to the actuators, third and fourth electronic proportional control valves which are disposed at a piston-side outlet flow path and a load-side outlet flow path connected from the actuators to a hydraulic tank, and a control unit which variably controls areas of the flow paths by controlling the first, second, third and fourth electronic proportional control valves depending on an amount by which a control stick is manipulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lim-Gook CHOI, Dong-Bin SHIN, Tae-Sung PARK, Jong-Chan LEE
  • Publication number: 20150082779
    Abstract: A control unit of the work vehicle is configured to set an upper limit of a throttle opening degree based on third throttle upper limit information when a work vehicle is performing excavation work and when work implement is not in use, to set the upper limit based on the second throttle upper limit information when the work vehicle is performing excavation work and when the work implement is in use, and to set the upper limit based on the first throttle upper limit information when an angle of a boom is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, even when the the work vehicle is performing excavation work. The second throttle upper limit information specifies a lower upper limit than the first throttle upper limit information, and the third throttle upper limit information specifies a lower upper limit than the second throttle upper limit information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Atsushi SHIRAO