Patents Examined by Dustin T Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11975376
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides fluid bulging equipment for thin plate parts, which includes a main mechanism, a left mold opening mechanism and a right mold opening mechanism located on both sides of the main mechanism, a left mobile working platform, and a right mobile working platform. The main mechanism includes a main frame and a main oil cylinder located under the main frame. The main oil cylinder is connected to a master cylinder mold-locked booster cylinder through an oil circuit block. A hydraulic control system is arranged above the main mechanism. An ultra-high pressure generating device is arranged in the hydraulic control system. The ultra-high pressure generating device is connected to the master cylinder mold-locked booster cylinder through a pipeline. The hydraulic control system is also connected to the left mold opening mechanism and the right mold opening mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FRD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongming Pan, Heng Xiao, Weimin Shi
  • Patent number: 11971055
    Abstract: A fluid-actuated working cylinder having a cylinder housing enclosing a cylinder chamber and having a cylinder tube whose inner circumferential surface forms a piston running surface for a piston arranged in the cylinder chamber wherein the cylinder tube is a composite body having a tubular inner layer and a tubular support jacket surrounding the tubular inner layer with a radial support effect and wherein the tubular inner layer is made of a diffusion-tight glass material or ceramic material, while the support jacket has a cellulose-containing and/or lignin-containing material structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oliver D. Jung
  • Patent number: 11971099
    Abstract: A soil processing machine includes a hydraulic drive system including an electrohydraulic pressurized fluid source with at least one electric motor and at least one hydraulic drive pump, a hydraulic drive circuit fed with pressurized fluid by the at least one hydraulic drive pump, at least one hydraulic drive motor fed with pressurized fluid from the hydraulic drive circuit, and a discharge valve assembly for discharging fluid from the hydraulic drive circuit to a fluid reservoir. The hydraulic drive system is designed to operate the discharge valve assembly as a function of at least one of the following parameters: a temperature of the fluid in the hydraulic drive circuit, an ambient temperature, a viscosity of the fluid in the hydraulic drive circuit, a degree of contamination of the fluid in the hydraulic drive circuit, a period of time since the last start-up of the hydraulic drive system, a period of time since the last fluid was discharged from the hydraulic drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventors: Thomas Klein, Ronny Pieske
  • Patent number: 11953033
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cushioned end-stroke. The piston unit has a piston main part and a ring body. The exterior of the ring body receives a piston ring with a piston ring gap, and the ring opening of the ring body receives a guiding pin of the piston main part. A ring gap is formed between the ring body and the guiding pin, and the ring body has axial and radial play relative to the piston main part. The ring body has an axial ring surface on the piston main part side, and the piston main part has an axial counter ring surface on the ring body side opposite the axial ring surface. The piston unit is constructed so that during an inward movement into the cushioning zone, the piston ring passes axially over the pressure medium connection and the piston unit encloses a damping pressure medium volume. The piston unit is in a first operating state during an inward movement and a second operating state during an outward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Buemach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 11952987
    Abstract: A hydraulic piston machine is described comprising a piston (1) having a hollow (2) secured by a wall (3) and an insert (4) arranged in the hollow. Such a machine should have a high efficiency at low costs. To this end the insert (4) comprises a section (29) which extends out of the hollow (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Stig Kildegaard Andersen, Frank Holm Iversen, Sveinn Porarinsson
  • Patent number: 11933328
    Abstract: In a cylinder drive device, a throttle valve and a second check valve are provided between a switch valve and a first cylinder chamber of a fluid pressure cylinder. The cylinder drive device has a flow channel unit which is interposed between a manifold and the switch valve, which allows communication between the throttle valve and the second check valve and switch valve, and which communicates with a plurality of holes in the manifold to allow a fluid to flow to the switch valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Asahara, Kazutaka Someya
  • Patent number: 11927256
    Abstract: A torque converter includes a drive plate arranged to receive a torque. The torque converter further includes a front cover non-rotatably connected to the drive plate. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a piston and a clutch plate disposed between the piston and the front cover. The piston is axially slidable to engage the clutch plate. The torque converter further includes first and second seals each configured to seal the piston to the front cover. The first seal is arranged at an inner diameter of the piston, and the second seal is arranged radially outside of the first seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Victor Norwich
  • Patent number: 11913478
    Abstract: A piston unit of a working cylinder includes a piston and a piston rod. The piston has an axial bore hole formed therein. The piston rod is received in the axial bore hole. The piston rod and the piston are connected by a material-bond by a circumferential laser ring weld seam. The laser ring weld seam defines a pressure medium-tight sealing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Buemach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 11913477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a controller for a hydraulic apparatus. The controller is configured to determine (410) that a mode change criteria has been met for the hydraulic apparatus. In response to the determination, the controller is configured to control (420) a valve arrangement to change a first actuator chamber of a hydraulic actuator between being fluidly connected to a hydraulic machine and fluidly isolated from a second chamber of the hydraulic actuator, and being fluidly connected to both the second actuator chamber and the hydraulic machine. Further in response to the determination, the controller is configured to control (430) the hydraulic machine to change a flow rate of hydraulic fluid flowing through the hydraulic machine to regulate a movement of the hydraulic actuator during the control of the valve arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: John Hutcheson, Daniel Abrahams
  • Patent number: 11913530
    Abstract: A torque converter includes a front cover arranged to receive a torque and an impeller having an impeller shell connected to the front cover. The torque converter further includes a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell. The torque converter further includes a lock-up clutch including a clutch plate that is non-rotatably connected to the turbine shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Victor Norwich, Timothy Chamberlain, Larry Chad Boigegrain, Corey Hillegass
  • Patent number: 11898583
    Abstract: In a cushion mechanism of a gas cylinder, when the pressure of a gas in a first pressure chamber is less than or equal to a prescribed pressure, a valve body cuts off communication between the upstream side and downstream side of a discharge flow passage by mean of the biasing force of a spring member. In addition, when the pressure of the gas exceeds the prescribed pressure, the valve body is displaced to the downstream side of the discharge flow passage against the biasing force, thereby enabling communication between the upstream side and the downstream side of the discharge flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Nagura, Naoki Shinjo, Kazutaka Someya, Akihiro Kazama, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11898580
    Abstract: The confined plunging liquid jet reactor with energy recovery includes a downcomer having an upper end, an open lower end, and a gas inlet for receiving gas, the downcomer extending into a liquid reservoir in a tank. A nozzle is mounted on the upper end of the downcomer for receiving a pressurized liquid to generate a liquid jet. The liquid jet impinges on liquid contained within the downcomer, creating turbulence and bubbles to entrain gas introduced through the gas inlet into the liquid reservoir as the jet travels downward in the downcomer. A riser is disposed around the downcomer and defines an annular air lift column. Unentrained gas and liquid exiting the downcomer rises in the air lift column with significant energy, the upper end of the riser being connected to a turbine coupled to a generator to recover energy from the air lift column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KUWAIT UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Bader Shafaqa Al-Anzi
  • Patent number: 11885104
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventor: Valentin Pause
  • Patent number: 11885319
    Abstract: A swash plate compressor including rotor arms protruding from a rotor toward a swash plate and having rotor arm holes; swash plate arms protruding from the swash plate toward the rotor and having swash plate arm holes; and a link arm hingedly coupled to the rotor arms and the swash plate arms by link pins, in which the swash plate arms include a first swash plate arm positioned at a side in rotation direction of the shaft based on the link arm; and a second swash plate arm positioned at a side in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the shaft based on the link arm, and in which the first swash plate arm has higher wear resistance than the second swash plate arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Seyoung Song
  • Patent number: 11873894
    Abstract: A working machine includes a first traveling fluid passage connected to a first pressure-receiving portion, a second traveling fluid passage connected to a second pressure-receiving portion, a third traveling fluid passage connected to a third pressure-receiving portion, a fourth traveling fluid passage fluidly connected to a fourth pressure-receiving portion, and a connection fluid passage connecting at least two of the first, second, third and fourth pressure-receiving portions to each other. When a traveling operation member is operated, operation fluid flows to the first pressure receiving portion through the first traveling fluid passage, to the second pressure receiving portion through the second traveling fluid passage, to the third pressure receiving portion through the third traveling fluid passage, and to the fourth pressure receiving portion through the fourth traveling fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Fumitaka Fujisawa, Daiki Abe, Kohei Kurachi, Yudai Koga, Yuya Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11866912
    Abstract: A power machine can include a hydraulic drive system that includes an infinitely variable hydraulic drive motor. A run-time displacement of the hydraulic motor can be adjusted based on commanded travel speed or based on a output torque. In some case, the run-time displacement can be selected from one of a plurality of displacement ranges, such as a high range and a low range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Doosan Bobcat North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Young, Marty Carpenter, Scott Becker, Douglas Kallas, Matthew Kaldor, Eric Zabel, Boston Zachmann
  • Patent number: 11866014
    Abstract: A braking apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a braking apparatus for a vehicle, including a master cylinder configured to supply hydraulic pressure to a wheel brake by a depression of a brake pedal, a first flow path and a second flow path configured to supply the hydraulic pressure by interconnecting the master cylinder and the wheel brake, a pump unit configured to discharge the hydraulic pressure to the first flow path and the second flow path by a drive of a motor, and a pulsation dampener having one end including a damper cap and an opposite end including a support ring and configured to interconnect the first flow path and the second flow path and to mitigate a difference in hydraulic pressure between the first flow path and the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ki Ahn
  • Patent number: 11858634
    Abstract: An aircraft store ejector systems and subsystems thereof. Embodiments can include a two-reservoir re-pressurization system wherein a remote reservoir is used to maintain desired pressure in a local ejector reservoir. The system can include a release valve having a vent valve and valve piston. The release valve can control release of pressurized gas to a pitch control valve. The pitch control valve can be configured to distribute the pressurized gas between two or more ejector piston assemblies. One or more of the ejector piston assemblies can include multiple concentric piston stages and piston chambers, the piston chambers configured to contain a volume of gas. The ejector piston assemblies can be configured to compress the volume of gas within the piston chambers as the piston stages are extended out from the aircraft. Such compression can provide a return force to the piston stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Marvin Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Allen Tobias, Sohrab John Talebian, Robert Ronald Evans
  • Patent number: 11846306
    Abstract: An air cylinder in which a flow rate controller is built in, has a head cover and a rod cover. A pilot air adjustment unit guides exhaust air to a switch valve of the flow rate controller as pilot air, and the switch valve is switched by an increase in the pressure of the pilot air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Takakuwa, Akihiro Kazama, Hiroyuki Asahara, Kengo Monden
  • Patent number: 11841034
    Abstract: A piston rod unit and a method for producing a piston rod unit, or a shaft, in light-weight construction, with a rod which is hollowly-drilled by means of a deep bore into the rod shank, and the resulting rod opening is closed subsequently by means of a forging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-COMPONENTS KIRCHDORF GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Guhl, Bernhard Müller