Patents Examined by F. David Lopez
  • Patent number: 5320025
    Abstract: A moving speed regulator for a hydraulically driven work implement capable of automatically controlling the lifting speed of a boom, and regulating the maximum lifting speed thereof in particular during earth and sand scooping operation, and also having for its object to enable the lifting speed of the boom when the boom is lifted to a position near its highest position. This regulator comprises a pilot circuit (10) having a pilot pump (P); a hydraulic circuit for driving a work implement, which includes a work implement operating valve (g) adapted to be actuated by a pilot fluid pressure from a hydraulic pilot valve (i.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu MEC Corp.
    Inventor: Masanori Ikari
  • Patent number: 5315826
    Abstract: A plurality of directional control valves (5, 6) respectively disposed between a hydraulic pump (50) and a plurality of actuators (3, 4) each comprises a pump port (9), a pressure chamber (10), a feeder passage (11), actuator ports (12a, 12b), a reservoir port (13), first meter-in variable restrictors (15a, 15b) disposed between the pump port and the pressure chamber, and a pressure compensating valve (16) disposed between the pressure chamber and the feeder passage and having a pair of opposite ends, one of which is subjected to a pressure in the pressure chamber and the other of which is subjected to a maximum load pressure among the plurality of actuators. The hydraulic pump (1) includes a pump flow control device (2) for controlling a delivery rate of the hydraulic pump so that a delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump is held higher by a predetermined value than the maximum pressure obtained, as a load sensing pressure, from load pressures of the plurality of actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Toichi Hirata, Genroku Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5299051
    Abstract: A housing structure for an optical scanning system unit of an imaging device. Various optical elements which relate to a scanning operation effected by a light beam are disposed thereon with a predetermined positional relationship. The housing structure includes a dynamic deflector disposition area in which the dynamic deflector is disposed, and an optical element disposition area which is formed stepwise with respect to the dynamic deflector disposition area though a vertical wall and in which the optical elements are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakazu Hirano
  • Patent number: 5243465
    Abstract: A broadband area-division beamsplitter that includes a pair of abutting triangular prisms providing two surfaces that are in optical contact in certain areas and are out of optical contact in other areas. One prism surface is substantially planar while adjoining surface of the other prism has alternating protrusions and depressions. The protrusions contact the substantially planar surface to form an optically continuous medium for light transmission. The depressions do not contact the planar surface forming gaps. The two surfaces are oriented on a diagonal so that light incident through one of the other prism faces is incident on the adjoining surfaces at an angle larger than the critical angle, providing total internal reflection at the out-of-contact gap regions. The protrusions and depressions on the one prism surface may be in the form of a corrugation or a checkerboard or some other patterns. The reticulation size of the pattern may be less than about 10 .mu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Tencor Instruments
    Inventor: Michael E. Fein
  • Patent number: 5237908
    Abstract: A hydraulic system including a pump having a discharge line and a number of hydraulic energy consumers connected to the pump discharge line. A controller for the load-independent distribution of a pressure medium from the pump to the consumers includes a multiway valve located in the discharge line between the pump and each consumer to actuate the consumers. A pressure compensator for determining the flow of pressure medium to each multiway valve is located in the discharge line upstream of each multiway valve. Each pressure compensator is actuated as a function of a first pressure difference resulting from the pressure upstream of a multiway valve and the pressure downstream of the multiway valve and of a second pressure difference resulting from the discharge pressure from the pump and the highest load pressure of the consumers. At least one pressure difference of at least one pressure compensator is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Walter Kropp