Patents Examined by Kenneth Bomberg
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Patent number: 12291849Abstract: A hydraulic system in a work machine includes a travel operation device provided in a pilot oil path between a hydraulic pump a travel pump and including an operation member and configured to generate a pilot pressure supplied via the pilot oil path and an additional pilot pressure in accordance with an operation amount of the operation member. The travel pump is to control a flow direction of hydraulic oil supplied to a travel motor based on the pilot pressure and the additional pilot pressure. A pressure selection valve is provided in a first coupling oil path to select a selected pressure from the pilot pressure and the additional pilot pressure to apply the selected pressure to the pilot hydraulic oil in the second coupling oil path. A pressure adjustment valve is provided in a second coupling oil path to control the selected pressure to be an adjusted pilot pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventor: Yuji Fukuda
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Patent number: 12292060Abstract: A fluid circuit includes first switching valve that switches between flow passages and first flow passages according to a change in a fluid pressure to be applied, a second switching valve that is switched to a flow passage which applies the fluid pressure to the first switching valve, when a piston has reached an initial position or an end position, and second flow passages. A biasing force of a biasing member when the piston reaches the end position is smaller than a pressing force acting on the piston due to the fluid pressure caused by a fluid supply device, and a biasing force of the biasing member when the piston reaches the initial position is larger than a sum of a flow passage resistance force acting on the first flow passages and a flow passage resistance force acting on the second flow passages.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimada, Koji Sato, Yuta Okamoto, Tomoki Seki, Tatsuhiro Arikawa
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Patent number: 12281633Abstract: A rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a first rotor blade segment having a first shell portion, a second rotor blade segment having a second shell portion and a joint connecting the first rotor blade segment with the second rotor blade segment between the first shell portion and the second shell portion, whereby the rotor blade further includes a fairing, the fairing covering the joint and being attached to the first shell portion and the second shell portion by means of an adhesive. Further provided is a wind turbine having this rotor blade.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology S.L.Inventors: Jorge Alvarez Redondo, Iñakì Hermosilla Azanza, Nicolas Rojo Saiz
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Patent number: 12281661Abstract: A hydraulic machine. A high pressure line allows working fluid to flow into a hydraulic motor. A low pressure line allows working fluid to flow out of the hydraulic motor. High pressure line valves open and close the high pressure line. Low pressure line valves open and close the low pressure line. An operator input device inputs a command to control movement of the hydraulic motor. A control unit controls the high pressure line valves and the low pressure line valves to be opened and closed by receiving the command from the operator input device. The control unit controls the high pressure line valves to have a normalized flow factor KvHP, and controls the low pressure line valves to have a normalized flow factor KvLP, where KvLP<KvHP when a normalized flow factor Kvcmd corresponding to the command is 0<Kvcmd<1.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Younghun Kim, Sangkyu Joo
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Patent number: 12276086Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes a hydraulic actuator configured to be operated by operation fluid, a control valve connected to the hydraulic actuator, and a communication fluid line for fluid communication between the hydraulic actuator and the control valve. The control valve includes a first supply path to guide the operation fluid toward the hydraulic actuator; a regeneration path to guide the operation fluid having been returned to the control valve from the hydraulic actuator, to the first supply path; and a branched path that branches from the regeneration path and supplies operation fluid to outside of the control valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventor: Yuji Fukuda
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Patent number: 12276087Abstract: There is provided a work machine which can improve accuracy of control of an actuator when a pressure difference between a hydraulic pump and the actuator is large and the demanded flow rate of the actuator is small. An auxiliary flow rate controller is configured such that an opening area of a main valve changes between a maximum opening area and zero according to the opening area of a pilot variable restrictor when the opening area of the pilot variable restrictor is equal to or more than a predetermined opening area and that the opening area of the main valve is zero irrespective of the opening area of the pilot variable restrictor when the opening area of the pilot variable restrictor is less than the predetermined opening area.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kento Kumagai, Shinya Imura, Genroku Sugiyama, Katsuaki Kodaka, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Takaaki Chiba
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Patent number: 12270416Abstract: The invention relates to a pump arrangement (1) with at least one temperature-controllable housing part, wherein at least one temperature-controllable housing part (3) comprises a first wall (27) that is in contact with the temperature-controllable medium and a second wall (28) that is at a distance from the first wall (27). The first wall (27) and the second wall (28) form a temperature control chamber (29).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: KSB SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Lukas Buthmann, Juergen Groeschel
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Patent number: 12258981Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated hydraulic power device and a fire truck. The integrated hydraulic power device includes: an integrated valve including a valve body having an internal flow passage structure, a first mounting end and a second mounting end; a motor fixedly arranged at the first mounting end; a hydraulic oil tank fixedly arranged at the second mounting end; and a hydraulic pump located within the hydraulic oil tank and in drive connection with the motor, wherein the hydraulic pump has an oil suction port for drawing oil from the hydraulic oil tank, and the internal flow passage structure is communicated with the hydraulic oil tank and the hydraulic pump.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: JIANGSU XCMG CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD.Inventors: Fuxiang Bo, Bing He, Shuaitong Wang, Liangwei Lu
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Patent number: 12221916Abstract: A hydraulic operating device for a cooling fan of a utility vehicle includes a hydraulic motor and a fan assembly, which can be driven by the hydraulic motor for generating a cooling air stream. A hydraulic supply is adjustable in terms of its delivery volume in accordance with pressure feedback for providing pressurized hydraulic liquid. A control valve for setting, in a manner dependent on a control signal that represents a cooling demand, a volume flow that passes through the hydraulic motor, with a sensor line that is branched off in a supply line between the control valve and the hydraulic motor leading to a pressure control inlet of the hydraulic supply.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Manuel Billich, Michael Meid
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Patent number: 12215484Abstract: An oil pressure motor unit according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: an oil pressure motor having an output shaft and a brake; a two-speed switching valve for switching a speed of the output shaft; and a brake release actuator for releasing braking of the brake. The oil pressure motor is connected to a first channel and a second channel each conveying a hydraulic fluid for driving. One of the hydraulic fluids conveyed by the first channel and the second channel conveyed under a lower pressure is supplied separately to the brake release actuator and the two-speed switching valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventor: Hiromi Nagayama
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Patent number: 12215779Abstract: Methods and systems for a transmission are provided herein. In one example, a hydraulic system is provided that includes a boost pump, a relief valve in fluidic communication with the boost pump and a reservoir, and a plurality of control valves in fluidic communication with the boost pump, positioned downstream of the relief valve, and in fluidic communication with a plurality of hydraulic devices. The hydraulic system further includes a controller designed to actively adjust a position of the relief valve based on an aggregate hydraulic pressure demand of the plurality of hydraulic devices to alter a boost pressure of a hydraulic fluid supplied to the plurality of control valves.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: DANA ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: Mario Gelmini, Lorenzo Dalla Palma
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Patent number: 12209601Abstract: A refuse collection vehicle has various hydraulic actuators including at least one cylinder with an internal seal. A sensor is responsive to movement of the piston and sends a signal to a controller to indicate piston movement information during an associated vehicle body component movement. The controller is configured to determine a motion characteristic of the piston during a predetermined body component movement, compare the determined motion characteristic to a stored reference motion characteristic, and in response to determining that a difference between the determined motion characteristic and the reference motion characteristic is greater than a predetermined value, trigger an indication that the refuse collection vehicle is in need of service.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventors: John Forrest Smith, Alejandro de Leon, Garrett Eckerl, Albert Xiaoxia Jiang, Thomas Leon Wilding
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Patent number: 12209600Abstract: An assembly for a fluid-filled piston-cylinder unit comprises a main body having an assembly longitudinal axis (24), a valve unit integrated in the main body and having an overflow channel, which valve unit seals the overflow channel when the assembly is moved along the assembly longitudinal axis in a first direction and releases the overflow channel, in dependence on the fluid pressure, when the assembly is moved along the assembly longitudinal axis in a second direction. Furthermore, the assembly comprises an outer seal element that is arranged on the main body so as to be moved along the assembly longitudinal axis, for abutting in a sealing manner against an inner surface of the housing, and at least one undercut element formed on the main body for engaging in an interlocking manner behind a mating element of the piston-cylinder unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SUSPA GMBHInventors: Ludwig Fellner, Manfred Hofmann, Roland Löscher, Florian Stephan, Wolfgang Nagl, Victor Limpert
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Patent number: 12203389Abstract: A process for manufacturing a blade made of composite material for a turbomachine. The blade includes an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side which extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the airfoil. The blade further includes a metal sheath that extends along the leading edge of the airfoil. The process includes the steps of: placing a preform, produced by three-dimensionally weaving fibers, in a mold, the sheath being positioned on an edge of the preform intended to form the leading edge of the airfoil; and injecting polymerizable resin into the mold to impregnate the preform so as to form the airfoil after solidifying. At least one double-sided adhesive film may be inserted between the sheath and the edge of the preform prior to injection of the resin.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SAFRANInventors: Adrien Touze, Nicolas Pierre Lanfant, Romain Picon, Loïc Sorgnard
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Patent number: 12195272Abstract: A torque converter includes an impeller having an impeller shell and an impeller hub attached to a radially extending end of the impeller shell. The torque converter further includes a cap slidably engageable with the impeller hub. The cap includes a base and an inner ring portion. The inner ring portion is configured to be received by the impeller hub and includes an end spaced from the base. The end is configured to extend radially outside of an inner surface of the impeller hub in an installed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co. KGInventors: Scott Angel, Melissa Blischak, Nigel Gurney
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Patent number: 12194967Abstract: Disclosed is a master cylinder. The master cylinder includes a hydraulic block provided with a main bore formed therein in an axial direction, a first piston having one side inserted into the main bore to be displaceable and the other side exposed to an outside of the hydraulic block and connected to a brake pedal, a second piston inserted into the main bore more inside than the first piston to be displaceable, an elastic member provided between the first piston and the second piston and configured to provide a pedal feel, and a mounting block provided with a sub bore formed therein in the axial direction and the sub bore where the first piston is inserted thereinto and passes therethrough to be displaceable and having one side coupled to the other side of the hydraulic block, wherein the hydraulic block includes at least one hydraulic flow path formed through the other side, and the mounting block includes a connection flow path allowing the sub bore to communicate with the hydraulic flow path.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Yeonseong Kim, Byungki Kim, Minuk Sung
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Patent number: 12196229Abstract: An unloading valve includes a valve body, a valve trim, a return spring, a damping hole, and an unloading groove. A combined valve includes the unloading valve and a throttling valve. The throttling valve includes a buffer stopper and a buffer chamber. A piston rod assembly of the combined valve type buffer cylinder is provided in a cylinder body. The cylinder body includes a cylinder head flange, a cylinder bottom, and a cylinder barrel. The piston rod assembly includes a guide sleeve, a piston, and a piston rod. The combined valve is provided on the cylinder. The system is located in an unloading state in a buffering process to reduce the energy loss and heat buildup of the system, prevent the pressure impact of buffering on the system, make the system more reliable, and lower the difficulty of the original buffer valve in performance matching, installation and debugging.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: QINGDAO ACME INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dewei Zhu, Xiaoyu Rong
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Patent number: 12188495Abstract: A pressure-medium cylinder does not have a component that dynamically seals the piston rod and can be well-cleaned safely from outside. The pressure-medium cylinder includes a cylinder housing, a piston, a piston rod, and a static end-position seal. The piston is axially movably disposed in the cylinder housing. The piston rod is connected to the piston and penetrates the cylinder housing toward an end face through an outlet opening. The piston rod has a stop surface extending radially from the piston rod in a piston rod portion disposed outside of the cylinder housing. The stop surface contacts the cylinder housing in an end position during retracting of the piston rod and thus sealingly covers and/or extends around a gap region or gap regions between the piston rod and an edge of the outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Aventics GmbHInventor: Martin Pilcher
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Patent number: 12188494Abstract: A motion control unit capable of receiving electrical power from an electrical power source and hydraulic power from a hydraulic power source. The motion control is configured to produce a blended power output derived from the electrical and hydraulic power which can be used to power a hydraulic actuator. The motion control unit can also split hydraulic power recovered from hydraulic actuator to the electrical power source and the hydraulic power source.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: DANFOSS A/SInventors: Meng Wang, Jalpa Shah, Damrongrit Piyabongkarn
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Patent number: 12188496Abstract: A hydraulic system for a machine includes a hydraulic circuit, a heater, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The hydraulic circuit is configured to be coupled to an actuator of the machine. The hydraulic circuit includes a reservoir configured to store hydraulic fluid and a pump configured to drive the hydraulic fluid from the reservoir through the hydraulic circuit. The heater is configured to facilitate selectively heating the hydraulic fluid. The temperature sensor is configured to acquire temperature data indicative of a temperature of the hydraulic fluid. The controller is configured to activate the pump to drive the hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic circuit with the heater deactivated to facilitate cooling the hydraulic fluid in response to the temperature of the hydraulic fluid exceeding or approaching a maximum temperature threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Cody D. Clifton, Derek Wente