Patents by Inventor Dirk Schlichting

Dirk Schlichting 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).

  • Patent number: 9732773
    Abstract: A drive system for hydraulically driven working mechanisms of a working machine includes an axial piston pump, the pump capacity and flow direction of which is varied by changing the pivot angle of the axial piston pump. The drive system includes a hydraulic motor connected via a line to the axial piston pump and drivably connected to the working mechanisms, a control unit operated to set the pump capacity of the axial piston pump to zero and a control valve arrangement that is actuated by the control unit to actuate a limiting device such that the pivot angle of the axial piston pump can be mechanically set to zero degrees (0°).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Dueckinghaus, Heinrich Schneider, Dirk Schlichting
  • Publication number: 20150082780
    Abstract: A drive system for hydraulically driven working mechanisms of a working machine includes an axial piston pump, the pump capacity and flow direction of which is varied by changing the pivot angle of the axial piston pump. The drive system includes a hydraulic motor connected via a line to the axial piston pump and drivably connected to the working mechanisms, a control unit operated to set the pump capacity of the axial piston pump to zero and a control valve arrangement that is actuated by the control unit to actuate a limiting device such that the pivot angle of the axial piston pump can be mechanically set to zero degrees (0°).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Heinrich Dueckinghaus, Heinrich Schneider, Dirk Schlichting
  • Patent number: 7726107
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for an agricultural working machine composed of a carrier vehicle and at least one adapting device has one or more hydraulically driven consumer included in each of the carrier vehicle and the at least one adapting device, and a common hydraulic pressure line, wherein the consumers are connected to the common hydraulic pressure line, and a constant hydraulic pressure is applied to the common hydraulic pressure line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Ernstemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Dueckinghaus, Norbert Strieker, Dirk Schlichting, Guenter Eis
  • Publication number: 20070130898
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for an agricultural working machine composed of a carrier vehicle and at least one adapting device has one or more hydraulically driven consumer included in each of the carrier vehicle and the at least one adapting device, and a common hydraulic pressure line, wherein the consumers are connected to the common hydraulic pressure line, and a constant hydraulic pressure is applied to the common hydraulic pressure line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Heinrich Dueckinghaus, Norbert Strieker, Dirk Schlichting, Guenter Eis
  • Patent number: 6405633
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a work machine having a telescopic arm coupled to the front thereof. This arm is used for seating various sorts of frontal attachments and is raised and lowered by means of a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit. Now in order to ensure that an installed frontal attachment always rests on the ground with a pre-selected force, use is made of a pilot controlled seat valve and an adjustable pressure regulating valve which ensure that a constant pressure is maintained in the cylinder chamber formed below the base of the piston in the piston-cylinder unit when a constant supply of oil is fed to this part of the cylinder chamber. In consequence, this means that the installed frontal attachment always rests on the ground with one and the same force independently of whether the ground is flat or uneven. The frontal attachment thus precisely copies the contour of the ground at all times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Caterpillar S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Heinrich Dueckinghaus, Dirk Schlichting