Patents Assigned to Rexroth GmbH
  • Patent number: 4850394
    Abstract: A two-way control valve includes a valve member with a longitudinal bore connecting its opposite ends with each other. A housing receives the movable valve member and has two attachment ports. A control piston is operatively coupled with the valve member. To provide a two-way valve permitting pressure medium to flow in both directions when the valve member is moved from its closed position, the control piston is tightly or fixedly connected with the valve member and is arranged as an annular collar on the periphery of the valve member. The longitudinal bore is free of constrictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Imhof, Wolfgang Lukasczyk
  • Patent number: 4845950
    Abstract: Improved control of a hyrostatic drive machine at very small speeds of rotation. The rotation speed control signal in the creep rotation speed region is modified in dependence upon the actual value of the rotation angle and possibly the efficiency characteristic diagram so as to produce a regulated constant torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Metzner
  • Patent number: 4838765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump, in particular to an axial piston pump of the swash plate type, wherein the suction pressure medium is fed into the swash plate chamber, so as to be arranged in layers of different pressure. The pressure medium is removed from a desired pressure layer and supplied to the pump chamber so as to obtain a desired pump flow characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH, Jahnstrasse
    Inventors: Peter Wusthof, Egon Eisenbacher, Manfred Lotter, Rainer Stolzer
  • Patent number: 4835966
    Abstract: A control switching arrangement for a hydraulic power lift control system comprises a power lift control valve which is controlled via control lines in a low pressure section. The main hydraulic section is controlled by the said control valve via a check valve which is hydraulically openable, at least for carrying out lowering movement by the power lift. The check valve is opened via the said control valve itself, which furnishes the switching line a pressure generally equal to the circulation pressure of the main hydraulic section. Further, means are provided whereby, in the switching state corresponding to lowering movement of the power lift, the circulation pressure of the main hydraulic section can be increased. With this control system the low pressure control section is simplified, and energy losses in the control system are kept as low as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kauss, Heinz Schulte
  • Patent number: 4832081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of two different sealing means in a directional spool valve. On the one hand side, a pressure guide element is provided at the spool so as to make sure that the pressure medium can only flow in radial direction against a seal located in the housing. The second sealing means may be of different design. It is possible that a spool seat surface provided on the spool and moveable against the force of a spring is used, said spool seat surface being adapted to cooperate with a stationary seat surface provided at the housing; alternatively a plurality of control bores is provided in the housing in the area of a port, said bores having a relatively small diameter d, and wherein a seal located the spool is used for opening and closing said bores so that no damage of the seal can occur. It is also possible to make use of the last mentioned sealing principle by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Amrhein, Walter Heid, Gunther Muschong
  • Patent number: 4825749
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to improve the position and feed or advance regulation of a hydraulic drive which is controlled by a proportional valve. In a first compensation circuit the flow characteristic of the proportional valve is linearized to obtain very small feed rates and a high control amplification. In a second compensation circuit the positioning error of the drive arising from the necessary overlapping of the proportional valve is compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Neumann
  • Patent number: 4826254
    Abstract: A hydraulic dual-circuit external power brake valve of tandem design has a primary control piston and a secondary control piston, both of which are located in a valve bore of the dual-circuit external power brake valve. The control pistons are provided with bores for connection of a primary brake circuit and a secondary brake circuit to a pressure reservoir and an equalizing tank, and are movable within the valve bore. The regulating force necessary for the motion is introduced into the dual-circuit external power brake valve by a regulating spring. A pressure-transmitting piston between the primary control piston and the regulating spring. The primary control piston on its two end faces, and the pressure-transmitting piston on its face toward the primary piston, are subjected to the pressure acting in the primary brake circuit. When the primary brake circuit is intact, the pressure-transmitting piston is actuated by the regulating spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Wittich, Harald Hofstotter
  • Patent number: 4819429
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system to actuate the piston of a cylinder unit comprises a first hydrostatic machine having variable displacement, a second hydrostatic machine mechanically coupled to said first machine and operating as a signal generator either in a pump mode or a motor mode, and a third hydrostatic machine of fixed displacement mechanically coupled to said first machine, which third machine is hydraulically connected to said cylinder unit. In response to zero speed or rotation of the drive system the piston of the cylinder unit may be stopped in any position, or, respectively, raised or lowered. The variable displacement machine may operate as a pump and as a generator in which latter case energy is recovered in lowering a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Kordak
  • Patent number: 4813234
    Abstract: A hydraulic transmission, in particular for an automotive drive system including a combustion engine comprises at least a pair of hydrostatic pumps and at least a pair of hydrostatic motors each pump and/or motor having the same size or different size with a constant or adjustable through-put. Automatically actuated clutches are provided to connect the pumps to the engine and to connect the motors to a load. A variety of transmission ranges is obtained by activating selected ones of the individual pumps and motors by actuating corresponding clutches. Therefore, the combustion engine may be operated under conditions in which fuel comsumption is as low as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Heinrich Nikolaus
  • Patent number: 4813858
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump for a power steering apparatus is provided. Said pump comprises a housing, an outer gerotor element and a rotating inner gerotor element arranged within said outer gerotor element. A plurality of pressure chambers is defined and a pressure valve is assigned to each pressure chamber at the output side of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Egon Eisenbacher
  • Patent number: 4809746
    Abstract: A proportional throttle valve which varies the throttle cross-sectional area in dependence upon a control signal and thus governs the flow rate. The invention relates to a throttle valve in which the position of the valve member remains constant independent of pressure fluctuations upstream and downstream of the throttle cross-section. For this purpose the pressure acts on equisized opposing faces of the valve member. An annular face of equal magnitude lying opposite the control face is subjected to the pressure in a line leading from the pressure-limiting valve for setting the control pressure to the tank so that pressure fluctuations in this tank line cause corresponding variations of the control pressure and the position of the valve member remains constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Wolfges
  • Patent number: 4807519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston machine comprising a plurality of pistons and changeable piston displacement for varying the torque and speed. The pistons are connected via control bores and distributor passages in the distributor of the machine to a high pressure and low pressure connection. To reduce the displacement a switching valve is provided via which the inactive pistons are connected together via their distributor passages and also possibly subjected to an external very low servo pressure or tank pressure. This reduces the frictional losses, increases the efficiency and avoids flow losses of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Wusthof, Sinclair Cunningham
  • Patent number: 4794842
    Abstract: For connecting servohydraulic linear or rotation drives to a line with impressed pressure a valve means is provided which shuts off the pressure-carrying lines in leakage-free manner and connects the consumer line pressure-free to the tank. For a trial setting operation a fluid flow of reduced pressure and amount can be supplied to the consumers via an auxiliary means. The connection of the consumers is surge-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Eiden
  • Patent number: 4795017
    Abstract: A hydraulic load power train control for reversible shifting with a pressure control device for the controlled build-up of a shift clutch pressure, a foot clutch valve for arbitrary control of the shift clutches, and a manually operable shift valve for shifting of the reversible power train. The foot clutch valve is connected parallel to the pressure control device. The pressure control device is formed by a changeover valve indirectly reversible by the shift valve by which the pressure controlled in the supply pressure line can be fed to two shift pressure lines which are connected to a valve device. At the same time, the valve device is so controlled by the foot clutch valve that the effective shift clutch pressure can be controlled without influencing the position of the changeover valve as a function of the actuation of the foot clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Ludwig Muncke
  • Patent number: 4790511
    Abstract: A pilot-controlled proportional throttle valve is provided having pilot oil passage means provided in the spool of said throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Gehrig, Hans Wolfges
  • Patent number: 4785715
    Abstract: The sweeping roller of a sweeping machine is held on the ground in sweeping operation by two hydraulic cylinders in such a manner that the degree of wear is small. For this purpose in each cylinder a static and different holding pressure must be set. The higher pressure is set at a pressure-limiting valve and the lower pressure at the series circuit parallel thereto of a nozzle with an adjustable throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Deian Bosniac
  • Patent number: 4786218
    Abstract: A machine tool comprising an axially reciprocating tool is driven by a hydraulic jack or lifting cylinder which is controlled by a servovalve. The amplitude and velocity of the lifting cylinder is set at a control circuit to which the position and acceleration of the lifting cylinder are applied as input variables. The electrohydraulic control has a high damping and high gain. As a result the velocity change of the lifting cylinder when the tool enters the workpiece is negligibly small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Feuser
  • Patent number: 4780069
    Abstract: In general terms the invention provides for a direct actuated pressure regulated vane-type pump having a adjustment piston which is under the influence of the pump pressure. The adjustment piston is coupled to said cam ring by means of a flexible or articulate connection means, or else the adjustment piston itself is of a flexible or articulate design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg Dantlgraber, Josef Budel, Horst Fischer, Karl Staub, Albert Muller
  • Patent number: 4777797
    Abstract: A hydraulic system having an axial piston pump as a control pump which is regulated by a regulating device as a function of the demands with respect to volumetric flow and pressure of a load circuit supplied by it. On the suction side, the control pump is optionally provided with a partial amount of its maximum delivery volume by a feed pump, while the remaining part of the corresponding delivery quantity is drawn in directly from a storage container, bypassing the feed pump. Possibly impermissibly high vacuums on the suction side of the control pump are detected by a suction safety device which acts on the control pump via its regulating device so that the control pump delivers smaller quantities of hydraulic fluid unitl permissible operating conditions are reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Mucheyer
  • Patent number: 4761575
    Abstract: A control motor for a servo-valve. Adjacent to the control coil of the control motor a dampening coil is located and short-circuited, so as to provide for an improvement of the frequency characteristic of the control motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Reder, Hans-Georg Schubert