Abstract: The invention relates to a control plate (20) for an axial piston engine (1). The inventive control plate (20) comprises a through hole (38) and a radial internal edge of said control plate (20) embodied in the form of a centering surface (29) which centers the control plate (20) to a centering body (7) arranged on the side of a bearing surface. Said centering surface (29) consists of several partial surfaces (29.1, 29.2, 29.3) formed on segments (43.1, 43.2, 43.3) of the internal edge (47) of the control plate (20) radially extending towards the internal space of said through hole (38). The segments (43.1, 43.2, 43.3) are divided by cuts (36.1, 36.2, 36.3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a hollow piston (1) for a piston engine, said hollow piston comprising a peripheral wall (3a), a central rod (11), a front wall (3b) on the front end thereof, and an articulated part 4a) on the rear end thereof. The inventive hollow piston (1) has an annular cavity (14) formed against the rod (11), between the peripheral wall (3a) and the articulated part (4a). A rear section of the cavity (14) forms a front section of the articulated part (4a). The aim of the invention is to stabilize the hollow piston while ensuring an efficient guidance of the piston. To this end, the rod (11) ends the region of the cavity (14), the articulated part (4a) is a cap-shaped articulation recess (4c), and the rear section of the cavity (14) forms at least part of the articulated surface (4g) of the articulation recess (4c).

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive (1) having an energy recovery function. The drive having an energy recovery function comprises a hydrostatic piston machine (9) and at least one storage element (13) which is connected to said hydrostatic piston machine. Said hydrostatic piston machine (9) and the at least one storage element (13) are connected together by means of a storage line. Said storage line is divided into a rust storage line section (11) and into a second storage line section (12) by a throttle value unit (15). Said throttle valve unit (15) comprises a control pressure valve unit (16) and a built-in valve (17). The control pressure valve unit (16) produces a control pressure which acts upon the built-in valve (17).

Abstract: An axial piston machine having a control plate and a cylinder drum rotating relative to the control plate. The control plate rubs or slides on a second sliding side of the cylinder drum via a first sliding side. One of the sliding sides has a carbon-containing layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a valve which is insertable into a receiving recess (21) of a valve carrier (22), the valve (1, 1?) comprising a first housing part (2, 2?) and a closing body (4). The closing body (4) cooperates with a sealing surface (9) to form a sealing seat, the valve (1, 1?) being fixable in the receiving recess (21) of the valve carrier (22) by means of the first housing part (2, 2?). A second housing part (3, 3?) is connectable by way of a first end (7) to the first housing part (2, 2?) and the sealing surface (9) cooperating with the closing body (4) is formed on the second housing part (3, 3?).

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrostatic drive comprising a hydraulic pump (1) and at least one hydraulic engine (3). Said hydraulic engine (3) is contacted to a closed circuit via a first working line (5) and a second working line (6). In order to limit the swept volume flowing in one of the two working lines (5) towards the hydraulic pump (1), a volume flow divider (60) is provided in the working line (5) and allows to remove a partial volume flow from the working line (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a total power regulation device for two pumps (2, 42), each of which is connected to a working conduit (5, 45). The delivery volume of the pumps (2, 42) can be set separately by a respective adjusting device (6, 46), whereby a control pressure that is active in each adjusting device (6, 46) can be set by a total power regulation valve (18, 58). The latter (18, 58) has a measuring surface (24, 64) of the total power regulation valve (18, 58) of one pump (2, 42) can be directly exposed to the working pressure of the other pump (42, 2).

Abstract: A piston (2) for a piston engine, in particular for an axial-piston engine (1) of the inclined-axis type, comprises a conical section (26), a neck region (19) and a ball end (9) which is formed onto said neck region (19), a clearance (15) which is constructed in the piston and a pin (14) which is constructed in said clearance (15). The wall (20) of the piston (2) has different thicknesses of material in different sections of its axial length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a transmission ratio (r) of a continuously adjustable transmission (3). An accelerator pedal position and an actual driving speed (VUactual) are acquired. By consideration of the actual driving speed (Vactual) and the accelerator pedal position (?Pedal), a transmission gradient is determined. A target transmission ratio is determined as the sum of an actual transmission ratio (ractual) and a transmission adjustment value (formula I), and the continuously adjustable transmission (3) is set to this ratio.

Abstract: The invention relates to an axial position machine (1) comprising cylinder bores (9) that are located in a cylinder drum (4), pistons (10) that can be axially displaced in said boxes (9) and helical compression springs (22) that are provided in the cylinder bores (9). Each piston (10) is pre-stressed against a swash plate (22), which is supported on the cylinder drum (4). The diameter of the helical compression spring (22) narrows (23) between the upper and lower ends.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piston engine comprising a rotatably mounted cylindrical drum (2) provided with a plurality of cylindrical boreholes distributed over the circumference thereof and containing displaceable pistons. Said cylindrical boreholes (3,4) comprise cylindrical openings (35.1, 35.2, . . . 35.9) on one side, which are temporarily connected to one of two control nodules (9, 10) according to the angle of rotation of the cylindrical drum (2), said control nodes being respectively connected to a working line (27, 28). A reversing region (30, 31) is respectively embodied between the control nodules (9, 10), a first end (32) of a pressure compensation line (33) ending in one of the reversing regions (30, 31).

Abstract: The invention relates to a regulator device (1) for a hydraulic pump which pumps into at least one working pipe (13), and to a valve unit for said pump. The pumping volume of the hydraulic pump (1) is regulated with the aid of a regulator device (15, 19) exposed to a regulating pressure which is regulated by an adjusting valve (26) in conformity to a first and a second pressure. The first pressure passes through a first pressure pipe (38) and acts on a first measuring surface, the second pressure passes through a second pressure pipe (39) and acts on a second pressure surface opposite to the first surface of the adjusting valve (26), the first pressure being higher than the second pressure. Said invention is characterized in that a pressure chamber (45) is arranged between the first and second measuring surfaces, thereby forming a discharge channel towards the second pressure pipe (39).

Abstract: The invention relates to a control valve unit (9) for a variation device of a hydrostatic piston engine. The control valve unit (9) comprises a valve housing (34), in which a valve element is disposed in a longitudinally displaceable manner. The valve element is adjustable from a neutral position in the direction of a first end position and an oppositely directed second end position. With increasing adjustment of the valve element a first or a second output port (35a, 35b) is increasingly connected to an input port (12). The respective other output port (35b, 35a) is at the same time increasingly connected to a relief line (13). The valve element comprises a first valve piston (32a) and a second valve piston (32b), which act upon one another via an elastic element (27).

Abstract: An axial piston machine comprises a housing (1), which receives an eccentric disk (3) as well as a rotatably mounted cylinder drum (6) with cylinders (26, 28) and pistons (29), which are reciprocable in the cylinders (26, 28) and of which the ends projecting from the cylinders (26, 28) are supported via sliding surface (31) of a sliding disk (32) against the eccentric disk (3), and having a holding-down device (36), by means of which the sliding surface (31) is held in abutment with the sliding disk (32). A pressure prevailing in a pressure chamber (40) under the sliding blocks (31) by means of a connection throttle (43) partially compensates a pressure that is exerted by the holding-down device (36) on the sliding blocks (32).

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive system (1) having a first driving shaft (2) and having a second driving shaft (3). The second driving shaft (3) is connected to a cylinder barrel of a hydrostatic piston machine (4) in a torsionally rigid manner. The displacement volume of the hydrostatic piston machine (4) can be shifted by means of a shifting means (5), and the first driving shaft (2) can be mechanically coupled to the second driving shaft (3) through a clutch (6). The shifting means (5) and the clutch (6) can be actuated hydraulically and, for the purpose of actuation, are connected to a common control-pressure connection (11) or a common working-line connection (134).

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrostatic piston engine comprising a cylinder barrel (43) inside of which a first group of cylinder bores (53.1) and a second group of cylinder bores (53.2) are made. The cylinder bores of the first group (53.1) can be connected to a first hydraulic circuit, and the cylinder bores of the second group (53.2) can be connected to a second hydraulic circuit. The cylinder bores of the first group (53.1), and the cylinder bores of the second group (53.2) are realized in the cylinder barrel (43) on a shared partial circuit (76).

Abstract: Piston engine with a housing in which a shaft (19) is rotatably mounted in two pivot bearings of which at least one pivot bearing has an inner ring (26a) which is seated without radial clearance of motion on a supporting region (28) of a bearing section (19c) of said shaft (19). In order to prolong the working life of the at least one pivot bearing, the axial length of the supporting region (28) corresponds to a central region (a) of the bearing section (19c), a radial clearance of motion being disposed, at the two outer regions (b, c), between said outer regions (b, c) and the inner ring (26a).

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrostatic piston machine. The hydrostatic piston machine comprises a housing in which a cylinder drum is rotatably arranged. A first group of cylinder bores and a second group of cylinder bores are arranged in the cylinder drum. Arranged longitudinally displaceably in the cylinder bores are respective pistons, which are supported on a swash plate which may be inclined about at least one swivelling axis. The first group of cylinder bores is temporarily connected to a first hydraulic circuit via first control slots (50, 51) of a control plate, when the cylinder drum is rotated. Accordingly, the cylinder bores of the second group are temporarily connected to a second hydraulic circuit via second control slots (57, 58) of the control plate (32?), when the cylinder drum is rotated. The relative position of the first and/or second control slots (50, 51; 57, 58) may be altered relative to the at least one swivelling axis of the swash plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrostatic drive comprising a first and a second hydraulic pump (11, 12) and a dual-acting hydraulic cylinder (2). The dual-acting hydraulic cylinder (2) comprises a first working chamber (7) and a second working chamber (8). The first working chamber (7) is defined by a first piston surface (4) of a working piston (3) and the second working chamber (8) is defined by a second piston surface (5) of the working piston (3). The first working chamber (7) is connected to a first connection (13) of the first hydraulic pump (11) and a first connection (14) of the second hydraulic pump (12). The second working chamber (8) is connected to a second connection (16) of the second hydraulic pump (12). A second connection (15) of the first hydraulic pump (11) is connected to a hydraulic fluid reservoir.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a drive (1) having a drive machine (2) and a hydrostatic gearing (3) with an adjustable hydraulic pump (4) and an adjustable hydraulic motor (5). The adjustable hydraulic pump and the adjustable hydraulic motor are connected to one another in a hydrostatic circuit. An operating point of the drive machine (2) is initially determined in a characteristic map of the drive machine (2). A transmission ratio (ihydr) of the hydrostatic gearing (3) is additionally defined during the determination of the operating point. An optimum feed volume for the hydraulic pump (4) and an optimum suction volume for the hydraulic motor (5) is determined from said transmission ratio (ihydr).