Patents Examined by Abiy Teka
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Patent number: 11820528Abstract: An aircraft hydraulic control system includes a pump system, a fluid circuit, and a controller. The pump system includes a hydraulic pump and a ram air turbine assembly. The fluid circuit delivers hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pump and receives the hydraulic fluid output from the hydraulic pump. The controller is in signal communication with the hydraulic pump. The controller determines a rotational frequency of a ram air turbine included in the ram air turbine assembly, and controls the hydraulic pump so as to control the flow of hydraulic fluid in the fluid circuit. The flow of hydraulic fluid in the fluid circuit controls a fluid pressure of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Paul Reinhard, Gregory E. Horihan, David S. Behling
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Patent number: 11821163Abstract: A shovel includes an attachment attached to an upper turning body and a processor configured to calculate a weight of a load carried in the attachment in accordance with a mode selected from a plurality of modes with respect to timing of detection.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Sano
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Patent number: 11814960Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary engine comprising a stator, a first rotor rotatably mounted on the stator about a rotational axis of the first rotor, and a second rotor rotatably mounted on the stator about a rotational axis of the second rotor parallel to the rotational axis of the first rotor such that the second rotor is eccentrically mounted to and surrounding the first rotor, wherein the first rotor comprises a first cylinder with a piston chamber limited by a translationally displaceable first piston with a first rod fixed to an outer side of the second rotor on an end of the first rod outwardly projecting from the first cylinder towards the outer side of the second rotor and fixed to the first piston on the other end of the first rod, wherein the first rotor further comprises at least one second cylinder, each of the at least one second cylinder comprising a piston chamber limited by a translationally displaceable second piston with a second rod coupled to an outer side of the second rotor onType: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Mykola Voloshchuk
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Patent number: 11801815Abstract: The present invention provides a brake hydraulic pressure controller capable of suppressing retention of air bubbles on a release side of a pump. The brake hydraulic pressure controller includes: a housing; a motor attached to the housing; and plural pump elements, each of which is attached to a recess formed on a side surface of the housing and driven by a motor. Each of the pump elements includes: a suction valve suctioning a brake fluid into a pump chamber; a release valve releasing the brake fluid from the pump chamber; and a channel forming member arranged on a release side of the release valve. The channel forming member includes: a spring chamber accommodating a spring for urging a valve body of the release valve in a closing direction; and a passage communicating between the spring chamber and an outer surface of the channel forming member.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Kouichi Ozawa
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Patent number: 11795663Abstract: A work vehicle includes a power source, a travel device, a power transmission device, and a control device. The power transmission device includes a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission having a relief valve capable of setting a relief pressure, and is configured to transmit power of the power source to the travel device. The control device includes a relief pressure setting unit configured to set the relief pressure of the relief valve in accordance with a target output value of the travel device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Yamada, Hiroaki Ikeda
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Patent number: 11793113Abstract: A transaxle with a brake of the present invention includes the braking device comprising a plurality of brake discs, fixing plates, and a brake operating member, wherein the brake discs have an inner gear tooth portion that can be fitted to an outer gear tooth portion of an output gear of the motor shaft so as not to rotate relative to the outer gear tooth portion and is slidably fixed in the axial direction of the motor shaft, wherein the fixing plates are fixed to the transaxle casing so as not to rotate relative to each other and are slidably fixed in the axial direction of the motor shaft, and wherein the brake operating member provides a predetermined gap between the fixing plates and the brake discs when the brake discs are not pressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mai Terada, Koji Kiyooka
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Patent number: 11794353Abstract: An example robot includes a hydraulic actuator cylinder controlling motion of a member of the robot. The hydraulic actuator cylinder comprises a piston, a first chamber, and a second chamber. A valve system controls hydraulic fluid flow between a hydraulic supply line of pressurized hydraulic fluid, the first and second chambers, and a return line. A controller may provide a first signal to the valve system so as to begin moving the piston based on a trajectory comprising moving in a forward direction, stopping, and moving in a reverse direction. The controller may provide a second signal to the valve system so as to cause the piston to override the trajectory as it moves in the forward direction and stop at a given position, and then provide a third signal to the valve system so as to resume moving the piston in the reverse direction based on the trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Alex Khripin, Stephen Berard, Alfred Rizzi
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Patent number: 11788256Abstract: An example hydraulic system includes a hydraulic actuator; a pump driven by an electric motor and having an inlet port and an outlet port; a boost flow line configured to provide boost fluid flow or receive excess fluid flow; a reservoir fluid line fluidly coupled to a reservoir; and a valve assembly configured to operate in a plurality of states to allow the pump to operate in a closed-circuit configuration in which fluid discharged from the hydraulic actuator is provided to the inlet port of the pump or an open-circuit configuration in which fluid discharged from the hydraulic actuator is provided to the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Dale Vanderlaan, Blake Carl, Hao Zhang
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Patent number: 11788505Abstract: A device, system, and process for turning hydraulic pressure into rotational force and for turning rotational motion into hydraulic pressure. An example of the device/system for performing the process comprises actuators, rotationally positioned between two thrust plates that are fixed in a housing at an angle to a rotational axis and in parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Gartech, LLCInventors: Gary Pendleton, Gary Warren Stratulate
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Patent number: 11781287Abstract: Problem to be solved: To provide a hydraulic circuit for the construction machine which enables to use the relief valve of low capacity in the work tool circuit. Solution: The hydraulic circuit 2 for a construction machine has: a hydraulic pump 4 of variable capacity, a work tool 6 operated by hydraulic oil delivered by the hydraulic pump 4, a work tool operating device 10 to output a signal for operating the work tool 6, a control valve 14 allowing the hydraulic pump 4 to supply the hydraulic oil to the work tool 6 based on the signal output from the work tool operating device 10, a tool's relief valve 44 to release the hydraulic oil flowing between the control valve 14 and the work tool 6, a pressure sensor 46 to detect a pressure of hydraulic oil flowing into the work tool 6, and a controller 48 to reduce a delivery rate from the hydraulic pump 4 when the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 46 exceeds a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar SARLInventors: Isao Konishi, Genta Mine, Yuya Kanenawa, Shinya Ohmura, Sei Shimahara, Kazuya Miyamori
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Patent number: 11781571Abstract: A control unit for pneumatic actuation of a cylinder, in particular an active creel of a textile-processing machine or a cabling machine, having a compressed air inlet for connecting a compressed air supply, a working air outlet for operating the cylinder, which acts at least on one side, a valve unit arranged between the compressed air inlet and the working air outlet, and an operating element for opening the valve unit to trigger a lifting movement of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Saurer Technologies Gmbh & Co. KGInventors: Alain Crouzet, Mark Dellen, Michael Deitlaff
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Patent number: 11781289Abstract: An example hydraulic system includes a hydraulic cylinder actuator comprising a cylinder and a piston, wherein the piston comprises a piston head and a rod extending from the piston head, wherein the piston head divides an internal space of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber, and wherein the hydraulic cylinder actuator is unbalanced; a first pump driven by a first electric motor to provide fluid flow to the first chamber or the second chamber of the hydraulic cylinder actuator to drive the piston; a boost flow line; a hydraulic motor actuator; and a second pump driven by a second electric motor, wherein the second pump is fluidly coupled to the boost flow line to provide boost fluid flow to the hydraulic cylinder actuator.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Hao Zhang, Blake Carl, Dale Vanderlaan, Germano Franzoni
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Patent number: 11774040Abstract: A piston assembly is for a fluid delivery device, preferably a lubricant injector, the injector having a measuring chamber defined by an inner cylindrical surface and an axial end face, a flow port through the end face, and a central axis extending through the chamber. The piston assembly includes a piston body disposeable within the chamber so as to be linearly displaceable along the central axis. The piston body includes a cylindrical head, the head having first and second axial ends and an outer circumferential surface, and a rod extending axially from the second axial end of the piston head. A seal is coupled with the first axial end of the piston head and has an annular lip sealingly engageable with the chamber inner cylindrical surface and an axial end engageable with the chamber end face.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIO, AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Tadd McBride, Chris Holland, Brandon Green
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Patent number: 11773841Abstract: A liquid dispenser comprising a liquid pump. The liquid pump comprises a first liquid inlet configured to allow the introduction of a first liquid into a mixing chamber; a second liquid inlet configured to allow the introduction of a second liquid into the mixing chamber; an outlet valve configured to regulate the release of a mixed liquid from the mixing chamber, the mixed liquid being a blend of the first liquid and the second liquid; and a reciprocating member configured to effect a reciprocating movement along a longitudinal axis, the reciprocating member being configured to regulate the aperture of the outlet valve. The liquid dispenser comprises a piezoelectric detector arranged in such a way that when the liquid pump generates a shockwave, the shockwave is detected by the piezoelectric detector, the piezoelectric detector generating a voltage peak which is a function of the shockwave.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: HYDRO SYSTEMS EUROPE LTD.Inventor: Christopher James Dyer
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Patent number: 11767658Abstract: A working machine is provided, which includes a prime mover, a first traveling pump driven by power of the prime mover to supply operation fluid through a connector fluid tube, a traveling motor including first and second ports connected to the connector fluid tube, the traveling motor configured to be switched in a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a first pressure detector to detect first traveling-pump pressure near the first port, a second pressure detector to detect second traveling-pump pressure near the second port, and a controller configured, with the traveling motor switched in the second speed, to automatically shift down the traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, when a differential pressure between the first traveling-pump pressure and the second traveling-pump is equal to or more than a deceleration threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Ryota Hamamoto, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Yoshimitsu Tanaka
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Patent number: 11767835Abstract: A nut of a helical gear of a piston pump of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system. The nut has a plastic body that is covered by a metal sleeve. The plastic body has a through hole having a nut thread.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Weh, Martin Winkler, Martin Hagspiel, Matthias Mayr, Stefan Kaserer
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Patent number: 11761466Abstract: Systems and methods for control of multi-function hydraulic commands of a multi-function electrohydraulic system are provided. In one aspect, a system for hydraulic control includes a first function in fluid communication with a first electrohydraulic control valve and a second function in fluid communication with a second electrohydraulic control valve. The system includes a controller in communication with the first electrohydraulic control valve and the second electrohydraulic control valve. The controller can be configured to receive an input target command, determine an achievable function rate based on the input target command, where the achievable function rate maintains a proportional relationship between the input target command and the achievable function rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: HUSCO International, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Opperwall, Ben Holter, Austin Sowinski, Mike Fossell
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Patent number: 11753802Abstract: A time period for which an ineffective operation is performed during an excavation work is reduced. A work machine includes a vehicular body, a running wheel rotatably attached to the vehicular body, a work implement operable with respect to the vehicular body, an operation apparatus for operating the running wheel and the work implement, and a controller that controls an operation by the work machine. The controller determines that an ineffective operation in which the work implement does not work is being performed during the excavation work based on an operation command value output from the operation apparatus and notifies an operator of occurrence of the ineffective operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Masaki Daimon, Hiroyuki Aratame
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Patent number: 11746497Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling body, a turning body turnably mounted on the traveling body, an attachment attached to the turning body and including a boom, an arm, and a bucket, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to relatively slow down an operation of the attachment in such a direction as to terminate a state in which the traveling body is lifted, after the shovel enters the state in which the traveling body is lifted.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuji Shiratani, Hajime Aragaki, Masaaki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11746502Abstract: An excavator includes a plurality of hydraulic actuators, and a setting unit that performs a setting related to operation speeds of the plurality of hydraulic actuators during a combined operation of the hydraulic actuators, so that when the operation speed of one of the actuators increases, the operation speed of another one of the actuators decreases. The setting unit is capable of performing the setting for a plurality of kinds of combined operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Yamamoto