Relatively Movable Elongated Part Within Stem Patents (Class 92/113)
  • Patent number: 11293463
    Abstract: A cowl door actuator is arranged between a head end and a rod end connected to a cowl door in an aircraft. The cowl door has a closed position and an open position, and the cowl door actuator includes a piston rod that is axially moveable between the head end and the rod end. The piston rod has an extended position in which the piston rod contacts the rod end to move the cowl door to the open position, and a retracted position in which the piston rod is axially spaced from the rod end. When the cowl door is in the closed position, the gap between the piston rod and the rod end enables an axial displacement of the piston rod toward the extended position during thermal expansion of fluid remaining in the actuator, such that the cowl door is maintained in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: David J. Bouman
  • Patent number: 9932855
    Abstract: A compression rod may include a plunger and a spring. A proximal end and a distal end of the compression rod may contact engagement features in a core cowl of a gas turbine engine. The compression rod may transmit loads between halves of the core cowl. The spring may cause the plunger to extend and contract in response to vibrations or other relative movement between halves of the core cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventor: Stuart J. Byrne
  • Patent number: 9555287
    Abstract: A power ice screw system including an ice screw and screw adapter configured to engage the ice screw, thus enabling use of a power drill to install the ice screw in an ice feature, is described. The ice screw includes a drive head configured to engage the screw adapter. The screw adapter includes clearing ports that enable the adapter to expel ice that enters the adapter from within the ice screw hollow core. The ice screw core extends through the drive head to permit ice to flow through the ice screw and into the adapter. A cutting member resides within the screw adapter, typically disposed between two clearing ports. The cutting member can be flanked by two flanges configured to direct ice that has been disrupted by the cutting member outwardly through the clearing ports. The power drill is typically a lightweight battery powered electric driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventor: Albert Fiorello
  • Patent number: 9303456
    Abstract: A power ice screw system including an ice screw and screw adapter configured to engage the ice screw, thus enabling use of a power drill to install the ice screw in an ice feature, is described. The ice screw includes a drive head configured to engage the screw adapter. The screw adapter includes clearing ports that enable the adapter to expel ice that enters the adapter from within the ice screw hollow core. The ice screw core extends through the drive head to permit ice to flow through the ice screw and into the adapter. A cutting member resides within the screw adapter, typically disposed between two clearing ports. The cutting member can be flanked by two flanges configured to direct ice that has been disrupted by the cutting member outwardly through the clearing ports. The power drill is typically a lightweight battery powered electric driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Albert Fiorello
  • Patent number: 9217288
    Abstract: A power ice screw system including an ice screw and screw adapter configured to engage the ice screw, thus enabling use of a power drill to install the ice screw in an ice feature, is described. The ice screw includes a drive head configured to engage the screw adapter. The screw adapter includes clearing ports that enable the adapter to expel ice that enters the adapter from within the ice screw hollow core. The ice screw core extends through the drive head to permit ice to flow through the ice screw and into the adapter. A cutting member resides within the screw adapter, typically disposed between two clearing ports. The cutting member can be flanked by two flanges configured to direct ice that has been disrupted by the cutting member outwardly through the clearing ports. The power drill is typically a lightweight battery powered electric drill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventors: Albert Fiorello, William Fiorello
  • Patent number: 8746661
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydro-pneumatic piston accumulator (1), particularly for vehicle suspension systems, consisting of an accumulator housing (2) and a separating piston (6), which is disposed free-floating inside the accumulator housing in a displaceable manner in the direction of the movement axis (4). The separating piston separates an accumulator area (8) for a hydraulic medium from a pressure area (10) that is filled or is to be filled with a compressible medium, and is guided with an interior guide opening (30) on an elongated guide element (32), which is axially fixed within the accumulator housing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hemscheidt Fahrwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Walter Runkel
  • Patent number: 8695479
    Abstract: The pneumatic cylinder includes a cylinder body, a non-pressure head, a hollow piston rod, a piston head, and a push rod. The cylinder body has a mounting flange and an inlet port. The non-pressure head has a mounting flange. The hollow piston rod has an open end and a closed end. The piston head is secured to the hollow piston rod and defines the closed end of the hollow piston rod. The push rod has a socket end inserted within the hollow piston rod and a coupler end. The non-pressure head has a hollow rod guide bearing and a hollow rod seal and the piston head has a piston guide bearing and a piston seal. The hollow rod guide bearing and the hollow rod seal each slidably engage the hollow piston rod. The piston guide bearing and the piston seal each slidably engage the cylinder body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
    Inventor: Matthew D. Mitsch
  • Patent number: 8448432
    Abstract: Actuators suited for use with, for example, vehicular suspension systems. In some embodiments, the present actuators include a reversible hydraulic pump configured to produce variable hydraulic pressure; a hydraulic cylinder assembly having a cylinder bore, and a piston positioned within the cylinder bore that is axially movable relative to the cylinder bore; and a hydraulic circuit hydraulically coupling the reversible hydraulic pump to the hydraulic cylinder assembly. In these embodiments, actuated axial motion of the piston relative to the cylinder bore is accomplished without the use of check valves, pressure regulating valves, or actively controlled valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventor: Don Bresie
  • Publication number: 20120097023
    Abstract: A load cylinder for compensating unbalanced forces applied by a load. According to one implementation the load cylinder comprises a hollow ring-shaped body, a base fixed to a first end of the ring-shaped body, and a rod housed partially in the hollow space of the ring-shaped body, a chamber being delimited between side walls of the ring-shaped body, the rod and the base. The rod is housed partially in the chamber and may move in its interior. The rod comprises a housing on one end, and the load cylinder comprises a compensation member housed in the housing, the compensation member being acted on to cause the movement of the rod. The housing comprises a greater width than the width of the compensation member, with the result that the compensation member may move inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NITROGAS, S.A.U.
    Inventors: Antonio Valor Valor, Jon Hernando Gartaonandia
  • Patent number: 7926412
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, comprising: an assembly housing; a linear drive in the assembly housing; and a tubular holder), movably guided between a measuring position and a service position by means of the linear drive, for fluid-sealed reception of a sensor, with which a physical and/or chemical process variable is determinable. The linear drive includes a piston seated movably in a cylinder and loadable with a pressure-bearing medium on one or both ends and the tubular holder is fixed in the piston. The piston has on its working end active for the measuring position a breach in the direction of the interior of the tubular holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschraft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Kley Kristoff, Rainer Schlereth
  • Patent number: 7908961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device for linear actuators, in particular for fluid-actuated adjusting devices, with a piston rod mounted in an axially displaceable manner relative to a receiving device. The object of the invention is to provide a locking device for linear actuators, with which a secure locking is possible over the entire travel path of the linear actuators. This is attained in that the piston rod has a hollow space extending in the axial direction, in which form-fitting devices are arranged distributed in the axial direction, that form-fitting elements corresponding to the form-fitting devices are arranged in the piston rod in a radially displaceable manner, which elements are mounted in an axially stationary manner relative to the receiving device, and that an actuating device that displaces the form-fitting elements radially is assigned to the form-fitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Duetsches Zentrum Fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Milan Kamenz, Gunther Alvermann
  • Patent number: 7395749
    Abstract: A pneumatic cylinder having a cushioning valve assembly. A tubular body is capped by a pair of cylinder heads. A hollow cylinder rod having a piston assembly and cushioning valve assembly is seated within the tubular body for reciprocating action therein. The piston assembly is formed of a piston having a bore passing longitudinally therethrough and a cylindrical collar. The collar is mounted about the outside of one end of the hollow cylinder rod and the piston caps the end. The cushioning valve assembly comprises an elongated rod having a cushion piston at one end and a head at the other and is seated within the bore of the piston, such that the cushion piston is fitted within the interior of the hollow cylinder rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventor: Michael R Adams
  • Patent number: 7243593
    Abstract: Hydraulic cylinders that are ported at one end are disclose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Westendorf Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Neal W. Westendorf, Joseph W. Langenfeld
  • Patent number: 7234386
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuator for an active of semi-active vehicle suspension system has a cylinder with a piston therein. A piston rod is attached to the piston and extends out of the cylinder. First and second chambers are formed on opposites sides of the piston enabling the piston to be driven in a manner that counteracts vibrations in the vehicle, A third chamber is provided in the cylinder for connection to a load leveling apparatus. A novel structure reduces the overall length of the hydraulic actuator. A displacement sensor is incorporated into the hydraulic actuator to provide an electrical signal that indicated how far the piston rod extends from the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: HUSCO International, Inc.
    Inventors: David James Schedgick, Michael J. Karolek
  • Patent number: 7197975
    Abstract: Piston-cylinder unit including a working cylinder; a piston attached to a piston rod and installed with freedom of axial displacement in the working cylinder; and fastening elements, at least one of which is screwed into a threaded bore in the piston rod, where the interior pressure in the working cylinder holds a valve in the bore of the piston rod against an end surface of the fastening element. A vent groove leading to the atmosphere is provided between the end surface and the valve to create a pressure gradient to the working space, the groove being provided between the inner surface of the piston rod and the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Boll, Klaus Peter Klein, Klaus Schmitz
  • Patent number: 6948417
    Abstract: A fluid cylinder with a swivel joint which is more improved with high utility is provided. To this end, in the fluid cylinder, a flow passage (R2b) leading to a chamber (1F) at the rod side of the cylinder is provided inside a rod (3), and a pin hole (3H) in a rod front end portion (3F) and a pin (P1) fitted in the pin hole (3H) are formed into a swivel joint so that the flow passage (R2b) is always guided to an outside even if the pin hole (3H) and the pin (P1) are relatively rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Zenoah Co.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Futami, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Kenji Kanemaru, Masatake Tamaru
  • Patent number: 6131502
    Abstract: A device for inhibiting glass from falling into an annular cavity formed between a plunger piston and an inner piston telescopically journalled within a longitudinal cavity within the plunger piston includes a rigid sleeve mountable to the plunger piston, adjacent walls of the longitudinal cavity, so as to substantially fill the annular cavity. The sleeve is mountable into snug sliding relation with the inner piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Kare Innovation Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Kjaer-Pedersen, Kenneth D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6041690
    Abstract: A pneumatic drive unit is provided for partially opening a vehicle body part such as a trunk lid. The pneumatic drive unit includes a working chamber which in use applies pressure to move a control member which engages a contact surface of the vehicle body part. A vent channel is provided which selectively connects the working chamber with the atmosphere as a function of the position of a movable closing element of the drive unit element and contact of the control member with the vehicle body part such that when the body part is closed after a partial opening, the drive unit is ready for another control operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG
    Inventors: Dieter Feichtiger, Martin Lindmayer, Kurt Schaible
  • Patent number: 5477771
    Abstract: A LDT dry well consisting of a stainless steel tube closed at one end and welded to an adapter piece on the opposite end is attached is threaded into the rear of the cylinder and the stainless steel well extends into the cylinder. Inside the tube, the LDT is mounted and threaded into the adapter on the rear of the well. The device therefore seals the LDT from the hydraulic fluid and permits the removal of the LDT from the cylinder without loss of any fluid. The cylinder can be maintained at pressure during and in operation during the replacement operation even though the feedback device is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Inventor: Philip B. Black
  • Patent number: 5325763
    Abstract: An internal check valve for use in a linear hydraulic motor in the form of a piston-cylinder unit including a cylinder body (38) reciprocally slidable on a piston component (40). The piston component (40) includes a tubular piston rod (52) and a piston head (60) defining first and second working chambers (136, 140) within the cylinder body (38). The tubular piston rod (52) includes a center tube (102) located within the piston rod (52). The center tube (102) provides a fluid passageway (134) through its center which communicates with a first working chamber (136). An annular second passageway (142) is formed by and radially between the piston rod (52) and the center tube (102). A spring biased check valve (116) is positioned within the piston rod (52, 54) and is operatively connected with one of the passageways (134, 126, 130). The check valve (116) has a valve member displaceable from a valve seat (120) by hydraulic pressure to overcome the spring bias (122, 124) and allow flow in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: Raymond K. Foster
  • Patent number: 5322004
    Abstract: A telescoping fluid actuator assembly including a housing having a plurality of concentrically disposed fluid actuators disposed therein. Each fluid actuator includes a cylindrical housing enclosing a piston and piston rod. Fluid passage means is provided for alternately directing fluid pressure to the front and back piston faces of each piston to effect forward and rearward movement of the pistons and the associated piston rod. The innermost concentric fluid actuator has a piston rod extending from the housing for engaging a workpiece for movement thereof. All of the concentrically mounted fluid actuators, except the innermost fluid actuator, is provided with a hollow piston rod which forms the cylinder housing for adjacent concentric fluid actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Inventor: James O. Sims
  • Patent number: 5301598
    Abstract: A piston-cylinder unit for producing and transmitting compressive forces onto adjusting elements which are guided so as to be slidable on a straight line. The piston-cylinder unit includes a push rod mounted so as to be capable of oscillating transversely of the direction of the compressive forces in a unilaterally open skirt-type piston. The push rod is slidingly movable from a centered position into an oscillating position. The centered position is determined by sealing members placed so as to face each other and mounted at an outer periphery of the push rod and an inner rim of the skirt-type piston. The push rod is movable into the skirt-type piston toward a fixed stop arranged in the skirt-type piston. The push rod is movable against the force of a spring element arranged at the bottom of the skirt-type piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Karl H. Sonnabend
  • Patent number: 5205200
    Abstract: A linear actuator used in moving, for example, gate valves, sluice gates and the like, wherein an increased thrust is required during initial movement. The present invention includes, as part of the linear actuator, a novel booster piston movably disposed about a piston rod; further included on the booster piston is a thrust column disposed radially between the booster piston and the piston rod so as to define an annular fluid channel for enabling fluid to move upwardly so as to contribute a substantial additional thrust component to move the primary piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Inventor: John J. Wright
  • Patent number: 5038669
    Abstract: A double-cylinder construction which can be used not only in large-sized compression molding machines but also in small-sized or medium-sized compression molding machines. In the double-cylinder construction of the present invention, a ram slidably fitted within an outer cylinder is provided in the center thereof with a hollow part. A rod slidably fitted in said hollow part is fixed to the bottom of said outer cylinder without penetrating said bottom thereof, and said rod does not contain an oil passage within. The double-cylinder construction always contains a certain amount of oil within and this self-contained oil is moved back and forth within the double-cylinder construction when the ram is being moved up and down. Therefore, the amount of oil supplied to the double-cylinder construction from outside is very small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Fugaku Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 5038672
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a steeped axially displaceable piston in a stepped cylinder housing, and a rotary shaft is axial fixed relative to the housing and extends into the piston reduced diameter end portion. The piston reduced diameter portion and the housing having a cooperating set of first teeth while the piston and shaft have a cooperating set of second teeth whereby at least one set of the teeth serve to convert axial movement of the piston into rotary motion of the shaft. The shaft is supported in the housing adjacent where it exits from the housing by a first bearing while a second bearing is provide radial adjacent to the juncture of the housing enlarged and reduced diameter portions that supports the interior end portion of the shaft in the piston reduced diameter portion. A third radial bearing is provided between the enlarged diametric portion and the piston enlarged diametric portion in axial remote relationship to the first bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventor: Hans K. Beuschau
  • Patent number: 5036752
    Abstract: Hydraulic actuator comprises a piston-cylinder which has a fail-safe feature in the form of a lost motion coupling between the cylinder head and portions of the cylinder. The coupling comprises a constraining rod which is secured to the cylinder at the opposite end thereof from the cylinder head. The constraining rod extends into a bore in the piston rod and has a shoulder which is opposed to a shoulder on the piston. The amplitude of the lost motion is such that the coupling does not interfere with normal operation of the actuator but is effective in the event of failure of the cylinder or cylinder head. The lost motion coupling would prevent movement of any parts broken away by the fracture any significant distance from the remaining parts of the cylinder. An energy absorbing means is provided in the lost motion coupling. A second lost motion coupling is provided between the end of the cylinder and the external surface of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: George E. Hoover, Douglas J. Leiby
  • Patent number: 5014599
    Abstract: A piston and piston support rod assembly in which the piston is formed as a sheet metal stamping. A central sleeve is attached to the end wall of the stamped piston by a swaging operation performed on an annular section of the end wall. An undercut area of the sleeve defines a mandrel surface that effectively grips the end wall material deformed by the coining operation. A principal advantage of the new structure is a relatively low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Judith Kocsis, Joseph A. Stojkov, Michael E. Towler
  • Patent number: 4907495
    Abstract: A composite hydraulic cylinder apparatus which has a pneumatic cylinder mechanism, a braking oil hydraulic cylinder mechanism associated concentrically with the pneumatic cylinder mechanism, an oil passage for communicating between the front chamber and the rear chamber of the oil hydraulic cylinder mechanism, and a control valve provided in the oil passage for controlling the flow of the oil. Thus, the apparatus provides high positioning accuracy, a large holding force, economy and small size as a movable element control system, and can be applied as a buffer for the movable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Inventor: Sumio Sugahara
  • Patent number: 4602481
    Abstract: The actuator (12) comprises three main parts, an outer casing (20), a movable piston (28) and a fixed piston (36). A stepped outer portion (50, 52, 54) of the movable piston (28) cooperates with a stepped cavity (40, 42, 44) in the casing (20) to define a plurality of concentric, variable diameter fluid chambers (1, 2, 3) bounded at their ends by radial surfaces on the movable piston (20) and within the casing cavity. The movable piston (20) and the fixed piston (36) define a plurality of axially spaced apart variable diameter fluid chambers (1', 2', 3') which are bound on their ends by radial surfaces on the fixed piston (36) and radial surfaces within the cavity formed in the movable piston (20). One set of the chambers (1, 2, 3) is connected to supply pressure (P.sub.S) and the second set of chambers (1', 2', 3') is connected to return pressure (P.sub.R). Seal receiving grooves are formed in outer surface portions of the fixed and movable pistons (28, 36). Seal rings (S.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Curtiss W. Robinson
  • Patent number: 4522113
    Abstract: A device for accommodating bending a cable or the like by remote control is proposed. It has a cylinder with a piston rod, and two holders coupled to the cylinder and the piston rod at each end thereof. The holders through which a cable runs are bent by remote control by relative movement between the cylinder and the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsuno
  • Patent number: 4508016
    Abstract: A fluid-powered, rotary actuated support, including an elongated cylindrical body having ports for introducing pressurized fluid therein; a platform concentric with the cylindrical body and rotatable relative thereto; a radially extending bearing support joined to the cylindrical body and confronting the platform; bearings disposed between the bearing support and the platform for allowing relative rotational movement between the platform and the bearing support, with one of the platform or bearing support being subjected to bending loads disposed in a generally vertical plane from the weight of a crane or other device and its load; a longitudinally splined output shaft rotatably disposed within the body and having a drive end for providing rotational drive between the body and the platform, the splines being loosely fitted to the platform for substantially isolating the shaft from non-rotational movement of the platform, the shaft being bearingless and radially floating within the body for transferring rotati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Inventor: Paul P. Weyer
  • Patent number: 4440068
    Abstract: A single ended hydraulic actuator requiring hydraulic pressure to extend the piston for raising the cowl door of a jet engine and the like. A preload spring device carried in the piston-rod assembly produces an extend force when the actuator is retracted and the door is closed which preloads the actuator to help eliminate fretting of the bearings and piston rod which otherwise can occur due to flight vibrations when unloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Pneumo Corporation
    Inventor: James N. Tootle
  • Patent number: 4296679
    Abstract: In a cylinder with a two-stage movement, a first piston moves in a housing, and in the first piston a second piston moves, which has a piston rod sliding in an end of the housing. On its side facing away from the piston rod, the second piston is provided with a guide member which is guided in the first piston. The first piston can be held in a position in which the piston rod is extended far out of the housing. With the aid of the second piston, the piston rod can perform a certain axial movement relative to the first piston, at the same time as guiding is effected with the aid of the guide member and the first piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventor: Karl-Erik H. Mattsson
  • Patent number: 4273063
    Abstract: The ship stabilizer comprises at least two retractable fins mounted on both sides of the hull of the ship, housings being formed within the hull below the floating line of the ship for engaging therein the fins in the retracted condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Societe Nouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre
    Inventor: Jean Berne
  • Patent number: 4258611
    Abstract: A control motor of the type used to control carburetor choke valves wherein the motor has an output member acted on by a pair of springs, one of which is effective to urge the choke valve towards its closed position when the engine is not operating and the other of which resiliently resists opening movement of the choke valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: Schmelzer Corporation
    Inventor: Charles A. Detweiler
  • Patent number: 4236442
    Abstract: The present servomotor has a working piston in a piston cylinder. The worg piston is connected to a spindle having a relatively high pitch. The spindle is attached at one end thereof to a control disk system comprising three control disks. The two outer control disks are rigidly connected to the spindle, and the central control disk is connected to a digital stepping motor. The central disk is arranged between the two outer control disks so that the central disk may rotate substantially free of play, whereby the rated position of a stepping drive motor corresponds precisely to the actual position of a linear output member, such as a piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Ludwig Botzler
  • Patent number: 4227445
    Abstract: A fluid pressure motor having a movable diaphragm assembly and an output assembly housing a plurality of output members at least some of which can move relative to the diaphragm assembly and can be connected to separate devices for control by a single differential control pressure in the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Schmelzer Corporation
    Inventors: Charles A. Detweiler, Dennis A. Rainwater
  • Patent number: 4218960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ram comprising a piston rod in two parts mounted for relative rotation.A first part extends out of the cylinder, beyond each of the heads, while the second part extends out of the cylinder only beyond one head, namely the upper one, and comprises two axial shoulders directed in opposite directions, located at the two ends of this second part and each cooperating with a shoulder, fast with the first part, corresponding to the maintenance of a fixed relative axial position between the two parts, and two radial bearing surfaces located at the two ends of the second part and cooperating with two radial bearing surfaces fast with the first part, corresponding to the centering of the two parts. The present invention is particularly applied to a rotatable clam-shell bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme: Poclain
    Inventor: Bernard M. Bourges
  • Patent number: 4119017
    Abstract: A fluid power cylinder comprising a cylinder barrel, a guide rod received within the cylinder barrel and a piston slidably received within the cylinder barrel over the guide rod for rectilinear movement, means for slidably keying the piston to the guide rod whereby the piston is locked against rotation with respect to the guide rod about the longitudinal axis thereof, a guide rod holder rotatably received in the end cap for rotation coaxially with the piston and the guide rod, a pin connecting the guide rod and guide rod holder so that the guide rod is locked against rotation with respect to the holder about its longitudinal axis yet is permitted a limited degree of tilting about the end received in the guide rod holder, and a cam lock associated with the end cap for releasably clamping the guide rod holder against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: PHD, Inc.
    Inventors: Kay T. Nusbaumer, Peter W. Boyer
  • Patent number: 4116112
    Abstract: Fluidic amplifier, particularly a hydraulic linear amplifier for converting a low-energy rotary movement of a control member into a linear setting movement of the piston rod of an operating piston, wherein: the control member is connected with a threaded spindle whose free end extends into an axial bore in the piston rod of the operating piston and mates with a spindle nut provided in the axial bore; the pressure fluid for charging the operating piston to produce the setting movement of the piston rod is controllable by means of an axial deflection of the control piston of a control valve, which deflection is effected by the control member and the threading of the threaded spindle into the spindle nut, and this setting movement causes the control piston to be repositioned to its starting position. A protective device is provided within the amplifier for the automatic separation of the mechanical connection between the operating piston and the control piston during a malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft
    Inventor: Karel Hampejs
  • Patent number: 4075929
    Abstract: A telescopic fluid ram or thruster utilizing pressurized gas and having an inner and outer piston that slides within a cylindrical bore including a central probe which is tapered and extends into the bore of the inner piston where it will cause the inner piston to move under high pressure while the gas escaping from around the tapered area produces a holding force to hold the outer piston in place until the inner piston is fully extended, at which time the outer piston will extend under a reduced pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Paul F. Peterson
  • Patent number: 4050359
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a combined power trim and shock absorbing piston-cylinder unit of an outboard motor includes a reversible pump means having a trim-up port connected by a pressure responsive pilot valve piston cylinder units and a trim-down port through a reverse lock solenoid valve and a down-pilot spool valve providing full drain flow for trim-up and power flow for trim-down. An "up-reverse" pilot valve with a pressure operator is in parallel with the reverse lock valve and provides a restricted by-pass for limited trim-up in reverse. The trim-up hydraulic input or powered side of the cylinder units define a trapped hydraulic system creating "memory" in the system so after impact the motor returns to the original trim position. The return side permits relatively free-flow to permit "trail-out" under low impact. At high speed impact, the flow is restricted and cylinder pressure increases. At a selected point, a shock valve within the piston-cylinder opens and absorbs the shock forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: William B. Mayer
  • Patent number: 4036111
    Abstract: A manual disconnecting device is provided for disengaging the brake push rod in a spring brake actuator having a movable piston holding the spring compressed by fluid pressure during normal operation. The device once manually disconnected is automatically reconnected upon a normal spring compression stroke of the piston. The disconnecting device provides a clutching device between the piston and the push rod engaging a nut threaded on the push rod with non-self-locking threads. In one embodiment the nut is journalled in the piston. In another embodiment there are clutch surfaces on both the piston and nut which are disengaged by a rotary motion from a special tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Svenska Aktiebolaget Bromsregulator
    Inventors: Nils Goran Dahlkvist, Lars Bengt Axelsson, Nils Borje Lennart Sander
  • Patent number: 4019426
    Abstract: A hand brake for manually actuating brake cylinders, particularly for an air braking system on railway vehicles, has a piston tube extending from the piston of a brake cylinder and an actuating rod connected to the brake linkage positioned within the piston tube. A device for adjusting the actuating rod with respect to the piston tube device comprises a thrust ring acting upon a portion of the piston tube. A brake ring is positioned around the piston tube and is rotatable by a manually actuated drive. Wedge gear displacing means are provided to displace axially the brake ring upon rotation of the brake ring. An intermediate element is connected to the piston tube and is displaced by the brake ring during axial displacement of the brake ring. The piston tube has a cam portion acting upon the thrust ring so as to displace the actuating rod axially upon axial displacement of the piston tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Wosegien, Georg Stauble
  • Patent number: 4005641
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively moving, for instance alternately or simultaneously rotating and displacing in axial direction, a machine element mounted to be rotatable and axially displaceable, comprising a motor, a hollow cylinder and a piston displaceable in said hollow cylinder. The piston is provided with a connection element for rigidly connecting it with the machine element. The piston also has a lengthwise extending opening which is sealed towards the outside at the side of the connection element and at the other end there extends into said lengthwise extending opening a drive shaft connected with said motor. This drive shaft at the side of the connection element has an end which together with the inner surface of the piston forms a first sealing section forming a sealed sliding seat, said drive shaft at the region of its end connected with the motor possessing a second sealing section which together with the hollow cylinder or an element rigidly connected therewith forms a tightly closing sliding seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: Patent & Inventions Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Nussbaumer
  • Patent number: 3994205
    Abstract: An actuator for a spring brake used for parking and emergency has a spring operating on the brake push rod which will apply braking unless fluid pressure in the braking system applied to a piston overcomes spring pressure. To disable the spring brake the rod is retracted by a mechanism coupling the piston to the rod so that the brake is automatically restored into service when the piston is operated by the fluid pressure. The mechanism has a one-way clutch engaging a threaded push rod by means of a nut in non-self-locking engagement on the push rod threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: Svenska Aktiebolaget Bromsregulator
    Inventors: Egon Kurt Ekdahl, Michel Roger, Nils Borje Lennart Sander
  • Patent number: 3989223
    Abstract: An hydraulically operated failsafe valve actuator for use on non-rising valve stems, particularly in a subsea environment. A rotatable shaft is connected to the non-rising valve stem. In one embodiment the valve is actuated to open by a fluid pressure operated motor acting against the bias of a spring. Means connects means linearly movable along the shaft and converts the linear movement of the linear movable means to rotary movement of the shaft. Spring means moves the linearly movable means in one direction to cause the shaft to rotate in one direction. Fluid pressure means, including a fluid pressure operated motor, rotates the shaft in an opposite direction to cause the linearly movable means to move in an opposite direction along the shaft. In another embodiment the valve is actuated to open by a fluid pressure operated piston acting against the bias of the spring. The piston is mounted on the rotatable shaft and moves linearly along the shaft to cause the shaft to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1973
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: Exxon Production Research Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Burkhardt, Thomas W. Childers, Roger J. Koerner
  • Patent number: 3986438
    Abstract: A double-acting hydraulic cylinder includes a hollow cylinder body with a closed end and an end with a first rod opening. A first hollow piston and rod assembly, having a second rod opening at the piston end, projects through the first rod opening and slides in the cylinder body. A second hollow piston and rod assembly, secured at the rod end to the hollow cylinder body, projects through the second rod opening and slides in the first hollow piston and rod assembly. The first and second hollow piston and rod assemblies cooperate to form a first variable volume chamber. A rod secured to the rod end of the first hollow piston and rod assembly slidably projects into the second hollow piston and rod assembly and cooperates therewith to form a second variable volume chamber. The first variable volume chamber is connected to a first port in the cylinder body and is expandable and contractable in response respectively to retraction and extension of the first hollow piston and rod assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Richard Arthur Wittren
  • Patent number: RE28967
    Abstract: A work locating apparatus having a tension member actuated by an actuating member, particularly an actuating piston, via a starting stroke and a working stroke in which a pneumatic cylinder constitutes a control means and a mechanical step-up mechanism is operable between the control means and the tension member with the actuating member abutting directly the tension member by the starting stroke and the step-up mechanism by the working stroke of the tension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Weiss KG
    Inventor: Dieter Weiss
  • Patent number: RE29000
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuator for producing translational movement over a long distance having two jack cylinders with pistons mounted for reciprocal movement and connected to a worm wheel through a worm gear. When a piston is driving, the worm gear acts as a rack to turn the worm wheel and when a piston is being returned to its starting position the worm gear rotates. Means are provided to alternately switch from one cylinder to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1976
    Assignee: R. J. Ifield & Sons Pty. Limited
    Inventors: Richard J. Ifield, William R. Ifield