Patents by Inventor CASEY BUSCHKOPF

CASEY BUSCHKOPF has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240159254
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a poppet control valve having an inlet workport, a function workport, a control chamber, and a poppet arranged between the inlet workport and the control chamber. The poppet is movable between an open position and a closed position. The hydraulic system further includes a pilot control valve. A pressure correlated to the function workport is supplied to a first side of the pilot control valve and a pilot source pressure is supplied to a second side of the pilot control valve. When a pressure in the function workport reaches a setpoint pressure, the pressure correlated to the function workport forces the pilot control valve to a position that increases a flow restriction between the control chamber and the function workport, so that the poppet moves in a direction toward the closed position and limits the pressure in the function workport to the setpoint pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Tom Peterson, Andrew Kundert, Casey Buschkopf, Eric Hamkins, Ben Holter, Corey K. Quinnell
  • Publication number: 20240159256
    Abstract: A return manifold includes a housing having a first workport, a second workport, a third workport, and a fourth workport, and defining a first chamber and a second chamber. The return manifold includes a back-pressure disk arranged between the first workport and the first chamber, a bypass disk arranged between the first chamber and the second chamber, a back-pressure spring biased between the back-pressure disk and the bypass disk, and a bypass spring biased against the bypass disk. The back-pressure disk and the bypass disk are hydro-mechanically coupled so that movement of the bypass disk alters a force on the back-pressure disk and movement of the back-pressure disk alters a force on the bypass disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Tom Peterson, Andrew Kundert, Casey Buschkopf
  • Patent number: 9752597
    Abstract: A hydraulic control valve assembly to be integrated into a pressure compensated load sensing system including a fluid source is provided. The hydraulic control valve assembly includes a first working unit to control a first hydraulic function of a machine. The first working unit includes a first directional and return flow control in the form of a first spool, a first function flow control to selectively communicate a working pressure of the first function to the fluid source, and a first downstream flow control. The hydraulic control valve assembly further includes a second working unit arranged downstream of the first working unit. The second working unit to control a second hydraulic function of the machine. The first downstream flow control to selectively restrict a flow a fluid from the fluid source to the second working unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HUSCO International, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Buschkopf, Darrell Hesse, Joseph L Pfaff, Jacob Ballweg, Eric P Hamkins
  • Publication number: 20170074293
    Abstract: A hydraulic control valve assembly to be integrated into a pressure compensated load sensing system including a fluid source is provided. The hydraulic control valve assembly includes a first working unit to control a first hydraulic function of a machine. The first working unit includes a first directional and return flow control in the form of a first spool, a first function flow control to selectively communicate a working pressure of the first function to the fluid source, and a first downstream flow control. The hydraulic control valve assembly further includes a second working unit arranged downstream of the first working unit. The second working unit to control a second hydraulic function of the machine. The first downstream flow control to selectively restrict a flow a fluid from the fluid source to the second working unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: CASEY BUSCHKOPF, DARRELL HESSE, JOSEPH L PFAFF, JACOB BALLWEG, ERIC P HAMKINS