Abstract: A loader vehicle includes a front unit and a rear unit pivotally connected to each other by an articulated joint arrangement allowing mutual rotation of the front unit and the rear unit. The loader vehicle includes a loading unit assembly and a control valve arrangement arranged to hydraulically control the loading unit assembly, wherein the control valve arrangement is arranged at a rear portion of the front unit in the vicinity of the articulated joint arrangement.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine with valves and hoses whose routing operations are simplified. The construction machine includes an upper frame, a control valve assembly, remote control valves, an operation-pattern selector valve, remote control hoses, pilot hoses, and actuator hoses. The upper frame includes a bottom plate and a floor plate, allowing an operation seat to be provided on the upper frame. The control valve assembly and the operation-pattern selector valve are provided in an underfloor space between the bottom plate and the floor plate. A partition wall stands upright on the bottom plate at a rear side of the control valve assembly. The operation-pattern selector valve has a shaft and a handle connected thereto, disposed in such a horizontal posture that the shaft extends horizontally, at a front side of the control valve assembly as viewed from the operation seat.

Abstract: A hydraulic actuator includes a hollow tube that has a first opening at a first end of the hollow tube and that has a second opening at a second end of the hollow tube. The hollow tube contains hydraulic fluid. A moveable magnet moves within hollow tube as a result of a magnetic field within the hollow tube. A magnetic field source located outside the hollow tube creates the magnetic field within the hollow tube. When the moveable magnet moves to the first end of the hollow tube, a first piston pushes hydraulic fluid out of the first opening. When the moveable magnet moves to the second end of the hollow tube a second piston pushes hydraulic fluid out of the second opening.

Abstract: A fluid management system for transferring fluid, the system including a connector component comprising a first end and an opposite second end, a first syringe with a distal end that is removably attachable to the first end of the connector component, and a second syringe with a distal end that is removably attachable to the second end of the connector component.

Abstract: A gas strut assembly includes a housing defining an interior space. A rod is coupled to the housing, and is slideably moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. A flexible member is secured in position relative to the housing. A rigid member is coupled to and moveable with the rod. The flexible member includes at least one displaceable portion that moves radially away from the central axis in response to a first radial force component of an opening force when engaged by the rigid member moving from the refracted position into the extended position. The displaceable portion moves radially away from the central axis in response to a second radial force component of a closing force when engaged by the rigid member moving from the extended position into the retracted position. The second radial force component is greater than the first radial force component.

Abstract: A gas spring piston and compressive bladder assembly includes a gas spring piston (220) and a compressive bladder (222). The gas spring piston (220) includes an outer side wall. The compressible bladder (222) extends at least partially around the gas spring piston (220) and at least partially defines a bladder chamber (250). The compressible bladder (222) can be compressively engaged by an associated flexible (206) wall such that the compressible bladder (222) can generate a first pressure level within a quantity of gas within the bladder chamber (250). A gas spring assembly and a suspension system are also included.

Abstract: A hands-free fluid bleeding apparatus to use during a vehicle's servicing. It comprises a remotely controlled actuator having an elongated body, a first end provided with pedal engaging means, and a second end provided with anchoring means designed to anchor to a fixed location within the vehicle. It also comprises a hands-free, remote control means communicatingly connected to the remotely controlled actuator. The hands-free remote control means allows a single user to activate the actuator, and apply suitably-directed, remotely-controlled pulsed force upon the pedal of the vehicle, while simultaneously bleeding the vehicle's fluid lines connected to the pedal.

Abstract: A cover is provided for a cylinder arrangement having at least one cylinder. The cover is suitable for sealingly covering a cylinder opening of the cylinder. At least one sensor unit for capturing a measurement variable within the cylinder is integrated in the cover.

Abstract: An air pump has a body, a piston rod and a handle. The piston rod is movably inserted into the body and has a rod body, a convex ring and a first engaging part. The convex ring is laterally protruded from the rod body and has a retaining surface. The first engaging part is longitudinally mounted on the convex ring. The handle is mounted on the rod body and has a fixation trough, a retaining ring and a second engaging part. The retaining ring abuts against the retaining surface of the convex ring for preventing a relative rotation between the handle and the piston rod. The second engaging part is longitudinally mounted on the inner surface of the fixation trough and is engaged with the first engaging part of the piston rod. Therefore, the air pump increases the stability between the piston rod and the handle.

Abstract: The subject matter of this invention is a telescopic actuator with tubular cylinders which at the same time function as pistons, used to move/shift/translocate pieces of devices especially while emergency opening damaged movable elements/components. It has a bushing body (1) connected with a head (5) attached to its free end and the head has a control segment (10) and the systems feeding the actuator with pressure agent/factor, created in the form of at least one gas generator (9); and by the fact that the bushing/sleeve body (1), the first cylindrical piston (2) and another cylindrical piston (3) have at least one ring groove situated on the surface mating with another tubular element near the head faces of those tubular elements.

Abstract: The present invention teaches providing heating elements into the nose of an intermediate distance piece of a cryogenic reciprocating pump in order to warm the piston packing seals of the pump. The heating elements increase the temperature of the piston packing seals to limit deformation of the seals while the pump is in operation. In addition, a warm, dry vapor purge may be provided to the interior of the intermediate distance piece to reduce or eliminate rime from interfering with the piston packing seals.

Abstract: A disclosed displacer to be inserted into a cylinder to expand a compressed working fluid inside the cylinder by reciprocation of the displacer inside the cylinder includes a cylindrical member; and a regenerative material included inside the cylindrical member, wherein a groove is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, the outer peripheral surface facing the cylinder, and a sealing film is continuously formed on the outer peripheral surface and the groove over an area where the groove is formed in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In various embodiments, compressed-gas energy storage and recovery systems include a cylinder assembly for compression and/or expansion of gas, a reservoir for storage and/or supply of compressed gas, and a system for thermally conditioning gas within the reservoir.

Abstract: An inflatable pad includes: an inflatable pad body having a looped surrounding layer interconnecting top and bottom layers to cooperatively define an inflatable space; and a reinforcing belt unit disposed in the inflatable space in the inflatable pad body and connected between the top and bottom layers of the inflatable pad body. The reinforcing belt unit includes two coupling belts and a main reinforcing belt. Each coupling belt is attached fixedly and partially to a corresponding one of the top and bottom layers of the inflatable pad body, and has a central portion that is spaced apart from the corresponding one of the top and bottom layers of the inflatable pad body and that is connected to a corresponding one of opposite looped end portions of the main reinforcing belt.

Abstract: A deflector preventing contamination of an oil sump by water is provided, comprising a collar frictionally locking about a cylinder liner end of the mud pump, a manifold having a tube directing water against a piston and connecting rod contained within the cylinder liner, and a shield extending across an upper portion of the cylinder liner end. The deflector may be attached to cylinder liners with or without modification. A method is provided for deflecting water being forcibly expelled from a horizontal cylinder by a piston stroke, comprising steps of positioning a shield across an upper portion of the cylinder liner end, arranging a tube to spray water against the piston, forcibly spraying water against the piston, allowing the water expelled from the cylinder liner to flow into a water reservoir under the influence of gravity, and deflecting the water into the water reservoir as it is forcibly expelled.

Abstract: The invention describes a method for operating a controllable electromechanical brake booster and the corresponding brake booster which, via a coupling element between the brake booster and pedal rod, is capable of applying a force in opposition to the pedal activation force of a driver, and can therefore be operated as a pedal simulator. For this purpose, a pedal opposing force can be set by a characteristic curve as a function of a pedal position which is predefined by the driver, and can give the driver a pedal sensation even if there is no reaction of, for example, a conventional brake system. In a further operating mode, the brake booster can be operated in its original form.

Abstract: A restraint system (14) for a seat belt (22) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The restraint system (14) comprises one or more pneumatic ports (42, 44) for actuating the restraint system (14) from a first position to a second position. The restraint system (14) also comprises one or more pyrotechnic ports (52, 54) for actuating the restraint system (14) from either the first position or the second position to a third position.

Abstract: A piston-cylinder unit for pivoting a flap with respect to a motor vehicle body includes a cylinder having an open end with a seal, a closed end, and an interior space between the ends; a piston unit axially movable in the cylinder, the piston unit dividing the interior space into a first working space and a second working space; a piston rod connected to the piston unit and extending through the first working space and the seal; and flow connections connecting the first working space to the second working space. A switch element arranged outside the cylinder is switched in response to movement of the piston with respect to the cylinder.

Abstract: A hydraulic rotating motor for the driving mechanism of electricity consumers. The rotating motor preferably has revolving working pressure chambers, which are acted upon by hydraulic fluid for producing a rotational movement, which is transferred to a driven shaft. Electricity is supplied to a consumer, through a lead which is passed from the outside into a stationary head, through an interior of the rotating motor to the consumer. In a vehicle with the motor, leads supplying electricity are passed protected within a radial arm to a head of the rotating motor and, from there, through the interior of the rotating motor to the consumer of electricity.

Abstract: A device (1) for actuating at least one piston (2) moving axially in the bore (3) of a body(4), the piston (2) being driven by the longitudinal or curved movement (F2) of a control arm (5). Also disclosed is a method for detecting a failure in a device (1) having an intermediary element (6), located between the piston (2) and the control arm (5), this intermediary element (6) being also used as an alarm means should the intermediary element (6) be missing between the piston (2) and the arm (5). The invention is particularly applicable in the field of diagnosis.

Abstract: A modulator adjustment device (10) including a generally cylindrical body (36, 37) having cavities formed at opposite ends thereof and a dial wheel (32) extending radially outwardly and circumscribing the body, a rotatable coupling (48) disposed in the cavity at one end of the body for sealingly engaging the vacuum fitting (20) of a modulator or the like, and a tube fitting (38) rotatably disposed within the cavity (35) at the other end of the body and having a distal end to which a vacuum tube (12) may be coupled. Suitable means are provided along the axis of the body for drivably engaging the adjustment screw (22) of the modulator. In one embodiment, such means includes an appropriately configured opening (20) for receiving and mating with the drive screw (22), and in a second embodiment the means includes a spring loaded screwdriver device (84) for drivably engaging a slot or socket in the end of the adjustment screw.

Abstract: A tire pump and tool box combination including a tire pump, and a tool box having a cylindrical connector at one end coupled to the piston rod of the tire pump and a corrugated surface portion adapted for holding by hand to reciprocate the piston rod of the tire pump.

Abstract: A fluid pressure actuator assembly (44) adapted for use with a valve member (42) is disclosed, the actuator being of the type comprising a housing assembly (50), and an axially moveable diaphragm assembly (56). A linkage member (48) is operably associated with said diaphragm assembly and extends axially through a linkage opening (70), and is connected to a valve member (42). A preload member (74) includes a generally annular preload portion (76) between a stop surface (55) and the diaphragm assembly (56), and in engagement with both. The preload portion (76) maintains the diaphragm assembly (56) in a position corresponding to a first position of said valve member (42), in opposition to the force of a biasing means (68).

Abstract: This invention concerns a kind of air liquid pump particularly used for cushion shoes, combined with a pressure scale and a ball pen. It is portable and can indicate the pressure of the inflated air or liquid and can be also used as a pen.

Abstract: A spring brake actuator including an advantgeously formed housing having a longitudinally extending cavity therein for retaining a bolt useful in releasing spring induced brake application, and apparaus for selectively communicating fluid from one side of a spring piston of the actuator to the other side of that piston through the cavity.