Patents Assigned to Volvo Construction Equipment Components AB
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Patent number: 7530433Abstract: An annular member (20?) intended for a braking device (16?) in the form of a multiple disk brake. The annular member includes a first portion which forms a part of a brake housing of the braking device and a second portion which forms a pressure surface for the disks in the braking device. The invention also relates to an arrangement for driving a wheel of a vehicle including the annular member.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2004Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventors: Timothy Kingston, Mats â„«kerblom
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Patent number: 7506730Abstract: Braking arrangement, and vehicles upon which the braking arrangement can be incorporated. The braking arrangement including a set of at least two wet brakes (1), the brakes being adapted to produce different maximum braking force values. Each of the brakes includes a housing (4) with two housing parts (13, 14) which can be separated from one another. A disk set is enclosed in each housing and a brake piston (17) for actuating the disk set is provided for the purpose of producing a braking effect on a rotating member connected to the disk set. The disk set of a first (1) of the brakes includes a first number of disks (7, 10) which are active for braking, and the disk set of a second of the brakes, which brake is intended for a smaller maximum braking force in relation to the first brake, includes, in relation to the first number, a smaller number of disks which are active for braking of the same size as the disks in the first brake.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventors: Jonny Strandberg, Bengt Vilen, Dong Woo Kim
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Patent number: 7179193Abstract: Method and arrangement for driving a wheel of a vehicle in which the arrangement includes a planetary gear transmission (6) which in turn has a sun gear (7) connected to a driving axle (4), a planet carrier (11) on which at least one planet gear (8) is arranged and the planet gear is also arranged in engagement with the sun gear (7), and a ring gear (9) arranged around, and also in engagement with the planet gear. The driving arrangement also includes a braking device (16) and a wheel hub (12), which hub is connected to the planet carrier (11). The braking device is adapted to brake the planet carrier relative to a static part (18) arranged outside the planet gear carrier in the radial direction. The ring gear (9) and the outer, static part (18) are constructed in one piece in the form of an annular member (20).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventors: Timothy Kingston, Mats â„«kerblom
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Patent number: 7069800Abstract: Method and apparatus for positioning a coupling means in a gearbox in a first gear position, a second gear position and an intermediate neutral position. The apparatus includes a housing (5) that forms a working cylinder (6), a main piston (7) arranged in the working cylinder (6) in order to interact operationally therewith, and a piston rod (8) connected rigidly to the main piston and extending from a first side thereof out of the housing (5). The piston rod (8) is connected to the coupling means or mechanism (4) outside the housing. The main piston (7) is arranged displaceably between three different positions in the working cylinder that correspond to the first and second gear positions, and the neutral position. An auxiliary piston (11) is also arranged displaceably inside the housing. The auxiliary piston (11) is adapted to operationally interact with the working cylinder and is arranged on a second, opposite side of the main piston relative to the first side.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventors: Emil Knecht, H{dot over (a)}kan Johansson, Johan Mohlin, Karin Eriksson
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Patent number: 6899074Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing a temperature regulating system (1) in a vehicle. The system includes an hydraulic arrangement (6) that is adapted to provide components intended for rotation belonging to a gearbox (5) of the vehicle and at least one of the axles (2, 3) of the vehicle with hydraulic oil from the same container (7). The system also has an arrangement (22) for regulating the temperature of the oil in the hydraulic arrangement (6) via a heat exchanger unit (21). The temperature regulating arrangement (22) is also adapted to cool the engine (4) of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventor: Sven-Ake Carlsson
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Publication number: 20040166989Abstract: Method and apparatus for reversing the driving direction of a vehicle in motion, in which a movement of a gear selector to a position that indicates the new intended driving direction is detected (12). After the gear selector has assumed the new driving direction position, the vehicle's driving brakes are applied (14) depending upon the depression of the vehicle's gas pedal. The driving brakes (10) are applied proportionally to a change in position of the gas pedal. A speed of the engine (1) of the vehicle is increased with increased depression of the gas pedal. A gearbox (2) of the vehicle is disconnected (13) from the vehicle's engine (1) when the gear selector is detected to have been moved to the reverse driving direction position. A change (15) in the gearbox is effected from the current gear position to a position that indicates the selected gear for driving in the reverse direction after disconnection (13) of the vehicle's gearbox (2) from the vehicle's engine (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS ABInventor: Sven-Ake Carlsson
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Publication number: 20030164278Abstract: Method and apparatus for positioning a coupling means in a gearbox in a first gear position, a second gear position and an intermediate neutral position. The apparatus includes a housing (5) that forms a working cylinder (6), a main piston (7) arranged in the working cylinder (6) in order to interact operationally therewith, and a piston rod (8) connected rigidly to the main piston and extending from a first side thereof out of the housing (5). The piston rod (8) is connected to the coupling means or mechanism (4) outside the housing. The main piston (7) is arranged displaceably between three different positions in the working cylinder that correspond to the first and second gear positions, and the neutral position. An auxiliary piston (11) is also arranged displaceably inside the housing. The auxiliary piston (11) is adapted to operationally interact with the working cylinder and is arranged on a second, opposite side of the main piston relative to the first side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS ABInventors: Emil Knecht, Hakan Johansson, Johan Mohlin, Karin Eriksson
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Publication number: 20030079947Abstract: Braking arrangement, and vehicles upon which the braking arrangement can be incorporated. The braking arrangement including a set of at least two wet brakes (1), the brakes being adapted to produce different maximum braking force values. Each of the brakes includes a housing (4) with two housing parts (13, 14) which can be separated from one another. A disk set is enclosed in each housing and a means (17) for actuating the disk set is provided for the purpose of producing a braking effect on a rotating member connected to the disk set. The disk set of a first (1) of the brakes includes a first number of disks (7, 10) which are active for braking, and the disk set of a second of the brakes, which brake is intended for a smaller maximum braking force in relation to the first brake, includes, in relation to the first number, a smaller number of disks which are active for braking of the same size as the disks in the first brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2003Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventors: Jonny STRANDBERG , Bengt VILEN , Dong Woo KIM
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Patent number: 6090006Abstract: A planetary transmission for a vehicle, comprising a planet carrier, on which at least one planet wheel is mounted, a hub arranged for a vehicle wheel and connected to the planet carrier, and a static housing which is connected to the vehicle and in which the hub is mounted. A friction brake is arranged at an outer periphery of the planet carrier and is intended to brake the rotation of the planet carrier in relation to the static housing. The hub and the planet carrier are interconnected by a splined connection. According to an embodiment, an outer gear ring is arranged so as to interact with the at least one planet wheel, which outer gear ring is connected to the static housing by a second splined connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Components ABInventor: Tim Kingston