Patents by Inventor Frank Herta

Frank Herta 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: 5135031
    Abstract: A rotary hydraulic machine which includes a housing having a shaft mounted for rotation within the housing about a shaft axis. A cylinder block is coupled to the shaft for co-rotation with the shaft within the housing and includes a plurality of cylinders disposed in a circumferential array parallel to and surrounding the shaft axis. A piston is disposed to reciprocate within each of the cylinders and is coupled to a yoke for determining displacement of the pistons within the cylinders. A valve plate is mounted on a valve block and includes kidney-shaped slots for registering with the cylinders as the cylinder block rotates, and thereby connecting the cylinders to pump input and output ports. A microprocessor-based controller is externally mounted on the pump valve block and includes internal memory having various remotely-selectable control programs prestored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Vickers, Incorporated
    Inventors: Roy T. Burgess, Rajamouli Gunda, Frank Herta, Robert C. Hodges, James A. Kessler, Richard S. Leemhuis, Michael R. McCarty, Robert W. Stephens
  • Patent number: 5073091
    Abstract: A rotary hydraulic machine which includes a housing having a shaft mounted for rotation within the housing about a shaft axis. A cylidner block is coupled to the shaft for co-rotation with the shaft within the housing and includes a plurality of cylinders disposed in a circumferential array parallel to and surrounding the shaft axis. A piston is disposed to reciprocate within each of the cylinders and is coupled to a yoke for determining displacement of the pistons within the cylinders. A valve plate is mounted on a valve block and includes kidney-shaped slots for registering with the cylinders as the cylinder block rotates, and thereby connecting the cylinders to pump input and output ports. A microprocessor-based controller is externally mounted on the pump valve block and includes internal memory having various remotely-selectable control programs prestored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Vickers, Incorporated
    Inventors: Roy T. Burgess, Rajamouli Gunda, Frank Herta, Robert C. Hodges, James A. Kessler, Richard S. Leemhuis, Michael R. McCarty, Robert W. Stephens