Abstract: An electric and hydraulic machine includes a housing defining a motor chamber and a pump chamber, a motor comprising a rotor and a stator positioned within the motor chamber, and a pump comprising a pumping element positioned within the pump chamber, the pumping element movable by the motor to displace fluid in the pump chamber. The pump chamber includes a low-pressure chamber and a high-pressure chamber, a unit inlet defined by the housing and in communication with the low-pressure chamber, and a unit outlet defined by the housing and in communication with the high-pressure chamber. The pump chamber is positioned radially inward of the motor chamber such that the pump is nested within the motor. A radial cooling channel extends in a radial direction from the low-pressure chamber to the motor chamber such that fluid in the pump chamber communicates with the rotor and the stator to cool the motor.

Abstract: An anti-counterfeit product of manufacture includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing is constructed of a first and second bodies forming an original joint at a parting line. Inner workings of the product are enclosed within the cavity. An encryption device includes an encryption-coded ceramics-based pin grid array embedded in the first body of the housing. An RFID circuit is connected with the ceramics-based pin grid array. The RFID circuit is configured to report out a confirmation signal based on the code set by the connected ceramics-based pin grid array upon an RFID reader interrogation trigger. The RFID circuit is programmed to prevent future reporting of the confirmation signal upon detachment of the ceramics-based pin grid array from the RFID circuit, such that the confirmation signal is configured to confirm both product authenticity and integrity of the original joint.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating bucket movement of a material handling machine includes a joystick biased to a neutral position, movable away from the neutral position in a first direction along an axis to a first position, and movable away from the neutral position in a second direction along the axis, opposite the first direction, to a second position. The apparatus further includes an operator input movable from a disengaged position to an engaged position in which a bucket of the material handling machine is configured to automatically move in an oscillatory motion. When the operator input is in the engaged position, an intensity of the oscillation is dependent upon a position of the joystick along the axis, decreasing along the axis from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: An anti-counterfeit product of manufacture includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing is constructed of a first and second bodies forming an original joint at a parting line. Inner workings of the product are enclosed within the cavity. An encryption device includes an encryption-coded ceramics-based pin grid array embedded in the first body of the housing. An RFID circuit is connected with the ceramics-based pin grid array. The RFID circuit is configured to report out a confirmation signal based on the code set by the connected ceramics-based pin grid array upon an RFID reader interrogation trigger. The RFID circuit is programmed to prevent future reporting of the confirmation signal upon detachment of the ceramics-based pin grid array from the RFID circuit, such that the confirmation signal is configured to confirm both product authenticity and integrity of the original joint.

Abstract: A construction machine including a variable displacement pump, and a boom cylinder including a rod operable to extend and retract to move a boom of the construction machine. A first chamber of the boom cylinder is configured to be supplied with fluid from the pump during rod extension while fluid is removed from a second chamber of the boom cylinder. The second chamber of the boom cylinder is configured to be supplied with fluid from the pump during rod retraction while fluid is removed from the first chamber of the boom cylinder. The construction machine has an active ride control mode in which a valve between the boom cylinder and the pump remains open, and the pump is configured to actively damp pressure fluctuations in the boom cylinder by variation of a displacement setting.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating bucket movement of a material handling machine includes a joystick biased to a neutral position, movable away from the neutral position in a first direction along an axis to a first position, and movable away from the neutral position in a second direction along the axis, opposite the first direction, to a second position. The apparatus further includes an operator input movable from a disengaged position to an engaged position in which a bucket of the material handling machine is configured to automatically move in an oscillatory motion. When the operator input is in the engaged position, an intensity of the oscillation is dependent upon a position of the joystick along the axis, decreasing along the axis from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: An integrated electromechanical and hydraulic system is disclosed which includes an electric machine, the electric machine includes a casing, a stator adapted to remain stationary within the casing, one or more electrically insulated windings coupled to the stator, a rotor separated from the stator and the one or more windings by a radial diamagnetic gap, electrical power couplings, and a first mechanical power couplings, and a hydraulic machine also disposed in the housing, the hydraulic machine having hydro-mechanical couplings as well as a second mechanical power couplings, wherein the second mechanical power couplings are coupled to the first mechanical power couplings.

Abstract: An electric and hydraulic machine includes a housing defining a motor chamber and a pump chamber, a motor comprising a rotor and a stator positioned within the motor chamber, and a pump comprising a pumping element positioned within the pump chamber, the pumping element movable by the motor to displace fluid in the pump chamber. The pump chamber includes a low-pressure chamber and a high-pressure chamber, a unit inlet defined by the housing and in communication with the low-pressure chamber, and a unit outlet defined by the housing and in communication with the high-pressure chamber. The pump chamber is positioned radially inward of the motor chamber such that the pump is nested within the motor. A radial cooling channel extends in a radial direction from the low-pressure chamber to the motor chamber such that fluid in the pump chamber communicates with the rotor and the stator to cool the motor.

Abstract: An integrated electromechanical and hydraulic system is disclosed which includes an electric machine, the electric machine includes a casing, a stator adapted to remain stationary within the casing, one or more electrically insulated windings coupled to the stator, a rotor separated from the stator and the one or more windings by a radial diamagnetic gap, electrical power couplings, and a first mechanical power couplings, and a hydraulic machine also disposed in the housing, the hydraulic machine having hydro-mechanical couplings as well as a second mechanical power couplings, wherein the second mechanical power couplings are coupled to the first mechanical power couplings.

Abstract: A boom lift system includes a primary conduit, a pump-motor arrangement having a motor operable to drive a pump to move a fluid through the primary conduit, first and second actuators in fluid communication with the primary conduit and actuatable in response to first and second user input to perform hydraulic function via the fluid, a valve arrangement configured to control flow of the fluid from the primary conduit to the first and second actuators, and a controller programmed to selectively actuate the valve arrangement in response to the first and second user inputs. When the controller receives both of the inputs, the valve arrangement is actuated by the controller to vary the flow rate of fluid to each of the first and second actuators. When the controller receives only one of the first input or the second input, the controller varies a flow rate output of the pump.