Patents Assigned to Volvo Construction Equipment AB
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Patent number: 11970999Abstract: The invention relates to an engine air filter unit for a vehicle (1) that is designed to supply filtered air to an internal combustion engine of the vehicle (1). The engine air filter unit (10) comprises a main filter (14), a mounting base (15) to secure the engine air filter unit (10) on at least one body panel (7, 71, 72) of the vehicle, a pre-separator fluidically connected to the main filter. The main filter (14) is arranged on a side of the mounting base (15) and the pre-separator (18) is arranged on the opposite side of the mounting base (15). The pre-separator housing is at least partly formed by the mounting base (15) and an air duct (19) extends through the mounting base (15) to fluidically connect the pre-separator to the filtration chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventor: Alexandre Gateau
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Patent number: 11959523Abstract: The invention relates to a brake assembly, including a brake housing; a wheel rotor rotatable around a rotational axis; a friction member coupled to the wheel rotor; a first braking member and a second braking member arranged to sandwich the friction member; and a wear indicator assembly for indicating wear of the at least one friction member at an indication position on an outside of the brake housing. The wear indicator assembly includes an indicator rod having a first end inside the brake housing and a second end visible from the outside of the brake housing. The second end of the indicator rod is at a second distance from the rotational axis, greater than the first distance of the first end.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Johan Abrahamsson, Arto Honkanen
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Publication number: 20240117591Abstract: Construction equipment includes a framework and at least one electric actuator for moving at least one element of the framework. The actuator includes a ball or roller screw system comprising a threaded rod and a nut forming a helical connection with the threaded rod, an electric motor for driving the rod in rotation around a longitudinal axis, thereby forcing the nut to move axially along the rod; a carriage which is axially connected with the nut, and axial guide means for guiding the movement of the carriage, wherein the guide means are fixed to the framework, at least one support element that connects, directly or indirectly, threaded rod to framework, wherein said support element is designed so that threaded rod can tilt, to some extent, relative to framework around any axis perpendicular to rod longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Volvo Construction Equipment ABInventors: Alexandre GATEAU, Ludovic MAXANT, Gauthier BRUNET, Henrik STRAND, Sylvain HOUEL
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Patent number: 11946222Abstract: The present invention relates to a working machine, including a pair of front wheels having a front rotational axis, a pair of rear wheels having a rear rotational axis, a frame structure including a front frame portion connected to the front rotational axis, a rear frame portion connected to the rear rotational axis, and a pivot joint pivotally connecting the front and rear frame portions to each other around a laterally extending pivot axis, an actuator arrangement connected to the frame structure, the actuator arrangement being arranged to control a mutual motion between the front frame portion and the rear frame portion; and a lift arm including an inner end portion pivotably connected to the front frame portion at a position between the front and rear wheels.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Joakim Unnebäck, Andrew Woodman
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Patent number: 11933015Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Norbert Rosenpek, Johan Ohlsson
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Patent number: 11919432Abstract: The invention concerns a trailer unit for use with a towing vehicle for transporting tracked constructional machines, such as excavators, said trailer unit including: a pair of wheeled carriages, respectively a left and a right wheeled carriages, adapted to be detachably connected to a pair of track frames, respectively a left and a right track frames, of a tracked constructional machine through first connecting means; a drawbar having a first end adapted to be detachably connected to a rear frame of the towing vehicle and a second end adapted to be detachably connected to a bottom frame of the tracked constructional machine through second connecting means.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment ABInventor: Frederic Broizat
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Patent number: 11913195Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic machine including an actuator, a first pump and a second pump configured to supply pressurized fluid to the actuator, a driving motor configured to drive the first and second pumps, a first operator input device through which an operator's desire to operate the actuator is input, and a controller. The controller determines displacements of the first and second pumps corresponding to the operator's desire and a speed of rotation of the driving motor and controls the first pump, the second pump, and the driving motor to operate according to the displacements of the first and second pumps and the speed of rotation of the driving motor finally determined in the determination of the displacements of the first and second pumps.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Sangki Bae, Donguk Choi, Gyeongmo Min, Byeongsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11892014Abstract: A hydraulic machine includes: a power source; an assist motor including comprising an inlet port and an outlet port and assisting a torque of the power source; a tank; a collection line which is connected to the inlet port and allows a fluid to flow to the inlet port; a first return line which is connected to the tank and allows the fluid to flow to the tank; a self-priming line which connects the first return line to the inlet port and allows the fluid to flow from the first return line to the inlet port; and an anti-cavitation line which connects the outlet port to the self-priming line and allows the fluid to flow from the outlet port to the self-priming line.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Taerang Jung, Sangmin Gwon, Sangki Bae
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Patent number: 11885104Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic system for a work machine. The system comprising: a main hydraulic machine connected to an output shaft of an engine of the work machine for providing power to working hydraulics of the work machine; a main pressure line connecting the main hydraulic machine to the working hydraulics; a support hydraulic machine connected to the output shaft; a hydraulic accumulator; a discharge valve connected between the accumulator and an input side of the support hydraulic machine; a charge valve connected between an output side of the support hydraulic machine and the hydraulic accumulator to selectively allow a flow from the support hydraulic machine to the hydraulic accumulator; a flow support valve connected between the output side of the support hydraulic machine and the main pressure line to selectively allow a flow from the support hydraulic machine to the main pressure line; and a hydraulic tank connected to the input side of the support hydraulic machine.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventor: Valentin Pause
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Patent number: 11885103Abstract: A power system for a working machine, including a prime mover drivingly connectable to a main shaft; a planetary gear set including a rotatable first member drivingly connected to the main shaft, a rotatable second member and a rotatable third member for propulsion of the working machine; a hydraulic system including at least one hydraulic actuator for performing a working function of the working machine; an electric energy storage system; a first hydraulic machine mechanically coupled to the main shaft and hydraulically coupled to the hydraulic system; a first electric machine mechanically coupled to the main shaft; a second electric machine mechanically coupled to the rotatable second member, wherein the electric energy storage system is electrically connected to the first and second electric machines, and wherein the power system further includes a second hydraulic machine mechanically coupled to the rotatable second member and hydraulically coupled to the hydraulic system.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Karl Uebel, Per Mattsson, Daniel Stålberg
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Patent number: 11879538Abstract: A planetary gearset including a gear arrangement including a centrally arranged sun gear rotationally fixable to a drive shaft, a set of planet gears distributed circumferentially around the sun gear, a ring gear member extending circumferentially around the planet gears, a ring gear, planet gear shafts arranged centrally in a corresponding planet gear, planet gear bearings arranged between a corresponding planet gear shaft and planet gear, wherein each planet gear shaft includes a planet gear shaft channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a planet carrier connected to the set of planet gears via the planet gear shafts, wherein each planet gear shaft extends in an axial direction from the planet gear through the planet carrier and includes a protruding portion that protrudes out from the planet carrier and includes the inlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Henrik Strand, Johan Sahlberg
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Patent number: 11874659Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an information system for a working machine, specifically adapted for projecting an image onto an area externally of the working machine based on construction data relating to a surrounding of the working machine. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method and computer program for such a working machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventor: Johan Jarlengrip
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Patent number: 11858339Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel filler neck for providing fuel to a fuel tank. The fuel filler neck comprises a base tube with an access opening and at least one outlet opening and a flow path from the access opening through an interior of the base tube to the least one outlet opening. Further, the fuel filler neck comprises a transition tube with an access port and an extension tube with at least one outlet port. The transition tube is releasably connected to the extension tube, and a flow passage is provided from the access port through an interior of the transition tube and through an interior of the extension tube to the at least one outlet port. A least a portion of the transition tube is arranged removably and in coverage of the at least one outlet opening within the interior of the base tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventor: Krzysztof Jakub Jaskiewicz
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Patent number: 11859531Abstract: An auxiliary generator drive for a belt driven generator being powered by an internal engine, the auxiliary generator drive including a hydraulic motor, wherein the hydraulic motor is arranged and adapted to drive the generator and to be driven via a hydraulic pump powered by the internal engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Heinz Tiedemann, Anton Mahler, Roland Wiktor
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Patent number: 11859368Abstract: An electric powertrain for a working machine, including: a first electric machine, a second electric machine, a propulsion axle for propulsion of the working machine, a transmission assembly comprising: a first input shaft drivingly connected to the first electric machine, a second input shaft drivingly connected to the second electric machine, a first output shaft drivingly connected to the propulsion axle, the first and the second input shafts being selectively drivingly connectable to the first output shaft, at least one second output shaft for power take-off, to which the second input shaft is drivingly connected, a set of gears including at least two selectable gear ratios for transfer of torque, wherein at least the first input shaft is drivingly connectable to the first output shaft via the set of gears.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Daniel Stålberg, Per Mattsson
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Patent number: 11851851Abstract: A working machine includes an attachment device, and an attachment device carrying equipment enabling detachment and attachment of the attachment device. The working machine further includes a system for monitoring attachment status of the attachment device, the system including: a sensor configuration arranged and configured to indicate the attachment status of the attachment device, and a control unit configured to monitor the sensor configuration to establish the attachment status of the attachment device, and configured to store location data of the attachment device based on the attachment status of the attachment device. An indication that the attachment device is de-attached from the attachment device carrying equipment determines that the location data of the attachment device is stored.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment ABInventors: Javaid Arshad, John Haupt, Jenny Elfsberg
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Patent number: 11851843Abstract: A hydraulic machine includes a tank; a working device including a boom; a boom cylinder which operates the boom and has a large chamber and a small chamber; a floating hydraulic circuit connected to the large chamber, the small chamber, and the tank so as to enable the large chamber, the small chamber, and the tank to communicate with each other; and an operator input device for receiving, from a driver, a request for turning on or turning off the floating hydraulic circuit. In the case of a boom down operation for lowering the boom, it is determined whether the working device floats in the air, and when it is determined that the working device floats in the air, the floating hydraulic circuit can be turned off, even if the request for turning on the floating hydraulic circuit is input to the operator input device.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment ABInventors: Taerang Jung, Sangmin Gwon, Sangki Bae
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Patent number: 11846086Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine, the system comprising: an electric machine connected to a first hydraulic machine and to a second hydraulic machine via a common axle, an output side of the second hydraulic machine being connected to an input side of the first hydraulic machine, wherein the first hydraulic machine is a variable displacement hydraulic machine with unidirectional flow; at least one hydraulic consumer hydraulically coupled to an output side of the first hydraulic machine via a supply line and configured to be powered by the first hydraulic machine; a first return line hydraulically coupling the hydraulic consumer to the input side of the first hydraulic machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Bo Vigholm, Johan Hallman
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Patent number: 11845446Abstract: A method is provided for predicting a risk for rollover of a working machine for load transportation. The method includes: obtaining ground topographic data of a geographical area located close to the working machine from a ground topographic detection system; extracting a ground gradient from the ground topographic data; obtaining weight information of the load being currently transported by means of an on-board load weighting system or by receiving load information originating from the device that loaded the load being currently transported; determining a current maximal allowed ground gradient for the working machine based on the weight information; and predicting a risk for working machine rollover if the working machine approaches a geographical area including a ground gradient exceeding or being close to the current maximal allowed ground gradient for the working machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Calle Skillsäter, Patrik Wahlström
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Patent number: D1014572Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Roland Schling, Viktor Holmqvist, Gustavo Guerra