Condition Responsive Control Of Drive Transmission Or Pump Displacement Patents (Class 417/212)
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Publication number: 20130312452Abstract: An apparatus (20) has a compressor (22), heat rejection heat exchanger (30), heat absorption heat exchanger (60), and expansion-compression device (40; 200). The expansion-compression device couples the heat absorption heat exchanger to the heat rejection heat exchanger and to the compressor. The expansion-compression device comprises first (80A), second (80B), third (80C), and fourth (80D) variable volume chambers and a pivoting member. The pivoting member (98) is mounted for reciprocal rotation in opposite first and second directions about an initial orientation and is coupled to the chambers so that: rotation from the initial orientation in the first direction expands the first and third chambers and compresses the second and fourth chambers; and rotation from the initial orientation in the first direction compresses the first and third chambers and expands the second and fourth chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: David W. Gerlach
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Patent number: 8589038Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for a working machine provides improved safety during forced regeneration. Upon input of a forced regeneration command signal from a forced regeneration switch, a controller detects non-operated states of all hydraulic actuators such as an arm cylinder arranged on a hydraulic excavator based on a lock detection signal from a gate lock detection switch, and also an attitude of a front working mechanism. The attitude is proper from the standpoint of safety. The detection is based on an arm angle signal from an arm angle sensor, a bucket angle signal from a bucket angle sensor and a boom pressure signal from a boom pressure sensor. Taking the detection of the non-operated states and proper attitude as conditions, the controller outputs control signals to a boosting proportional solenoid valve and flow-rate controlling, proportional solenoid valve to make a forced regenerator conduct forced regeneration.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kensuke Sato, Yasuo Okano, Kouji Ishikawa, Masanori Ezawa
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Patent number: 8585376Abstract: Disclosed is a water-injection type scroll air compressor whose pre-stopping operation time for drying can be reduced while enhancing compressor efficiency. The compressor body 1 includes a water supply line 24 for supplying water to a water feeder 23 connected to an air suction line 2. The water supply line 24 is provided with a control valve 27 that can control a flow rate of the water. A controller 28 conducts driving control of the control valve 27 in a 5×10?5 to 40×10?5 range of an injected-water volume ratio (more specifically, a volume ratio between an intake air flow rate and injected-water flow rate in the water feeder 23 of the suction line 2) and at the same time, in an injected-water volume ratio range of the compressor characterized so that an increase rate of overall adiabatic efficiency of the compressor per 1×10?5 increase rate of the injected-water volume ratio stays less than 2% of an original or initial value.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka Kameya, Kazuaki Shiinoki, Natsuki Kawabata, Hirokatsu Kohsokabe
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Publication number: 20130294934Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention relate to diagnosing a compressor. A method may include monitoring a pressure of compressed air within a reservoir, actuating a piston within a cylinder of the compressor, and detecting a leak condition of an exhaust valve of the cylinder through recognition of a change in the monitored pressure of the compressed air within the reservoir during a time period in which the piston is actuated. A system is also disclosed including an engine, a compressor operatively connected to the engine, and a controller that is operable to determine a condition of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: BRET DWAYNE WORDEN, RICHARD C. PEOPLES, DAVID E. PETERSON, JASON M. STRODE, NEIL W. BURKELL, MILAN KARUNARATNE
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Patent number: 8562307Abstract: An electrical signal input type displacement control device capable of reducing pipes on hydraulic equipment, and hydraulic equipment including the same. The pump equipment includes two the pump units. Electrical regulators are disposed for the pump units. In each of the electrical regulators, a solenoid proportional valve changes a supply status of driving oil. A pilot piston activates a servo switching valve in accordance with a supply status of the supplied driving oil, and controls a supply status of mechanism driving oil supplied to a servo mechanism. Servo mechanisms change the capacities of the pump units in accordance with the supply status. In the electrical regulators, a driving oil passage connects the input port to an inter-pump passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirobumi Shimazaki, Ryosuke Kusumoto
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Patent number: 8550796Abstract: An internal gear fluidic machine, in particular a pump for the lubrication circuit of a motor vehicle engine, comprises an operating part including an external gear (2) and an internal gear (4), which is housed within an axial cavity (25) of the external gear (2) and meshes with the latter. The external gear (2) is associated with a translating mechanism (8, 22), arranged to cause an axial sliding thereof relative to the internal gear (4) in order to vary the capacity and the fluid flow rate of the machine. The translating mechanism (8, 22) defines a first capacity, adjustment space (24) in communication with a high pressure chamber (48) of the machine, and a second capacity adjustment space (15) where pressure conditions exist that are dependent on the operating conditions of an element, different from the high pressure chamber (48), of a fluidic circuit in which the machine (1) is connected.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: VHIT S.p.A.Inventors: Armando Codeca, Matteo Cortesi, Franco Fermini
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Publication number: 20130243616Abstract: A liquid circulating device includes a pump chamber whose volume is changed by a volume changing unit; an inlet channel that is an inflow passage of the liquid to the pump chamber; a liquid resistance element; an outlet channel; a circulation channel of a length L through which the liquid circulates from the outlet channel to the inlet channel; and a pressure regulating mechanism that contains the liquid of a volume Vb during the non-operation of the volume changing unit and supplies the contained liquid as part of the circulating liquid during the operation of the volume changing unit. When the compliance of the circulation channel is defined as Cs, and the pressure of the liquid in the circulation channel at the position of a length x from the outlet channel during the operation of the volume changing unit is defined as P(x), the volume Vb satisfies a predetermined relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi SETO, Atsushi OSHIMA, Takahiro MATSUZAKI, Kazuaki UCHIDA, Atsuya HIRABAYASHI
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Patent number: 8523536Abstract: An axial piston pump has: a cylinder body that forms therein a cylinder chamber extending in an axial direction of a drive shaft and rotates integrally with a driven shaft; a piston that reciprocates in the axial direction of the drive shaft; and a cam device that rotates integrally with the drive shaft and has: a fixed cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with a cam follower coupled to the piston and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the fixed cam member in the axial direction being restricted; and a movable cam member that has a cam surface capable of coming into contact with the cam follower and is capable of rotating integrally with the drive shaft, with movement of the movable cam member in the axial direction being allowed, irregularity differences in the axial direction of the cam surface of the fixed cam member and the movable cam member being different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinya Kuwabara, Tadashi Fujiyoshi, Hiroyuki Shiori
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Patent number: 8517012Abstract: A multiple stage variable speed blower for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) ventilation of patients includes two impellers in the gas flow path that cooperatively pressurize gas to desired pressure and flow characteristics. Thus, the multiple stage blower can provide faster pressure response and desired flow characteristics over a narrower range of motor speeds, resulting in greater reliability and less acoustic noise.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Geoffrey Daniel Daly, Alexander Virr, Stephen Anthony Lea, Dion Charles Chewe Martin, Nicholas Jerome Reed, Larry Puckeridge, Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu
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Publication number: 20130216399Abstract: A system and method to amplify displacement includes a housing forming a cylindrical chamber having an elastomeric material disposed therein. The chamber being sealed with a first membrane and a second membrane. The first membrane being attached to a first end having and the second membrane being attached to a second end, the first end having a greater diameter than the second end. The method including producing an input displacement with a driver attached to the first membrane, which in turn results in an amplified output displacement at the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Troy C. Schank, Frank B. Stamps
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Publication number: 20130216402Abstract: A water pump includes a base, a cam, a joint, and a piston. The base includes a PTO-attachment portion, a cam-attachment portion, a first contact surface, and a second contact surface. The cam includes a central opening, a first cam contact surface, and a second cam contact surface, wherein the cam-attachment portion of the base extends into the central opening. The joint pivotally couples the cam to the cam-attachment portion of the base. In a first operating position of the cam, the first contact surface engages the first cam contact surface so that the cam is positioned at a first angle relative to the axis of PTO rotation. In a second operating position of the cam, the second contact surface engages the second cam contact surface so that the cam is positioned at a second angle, greater than the first angle, relative to the axis of PTO rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Jason J. Raasch, Richard J. Gilpatrick
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Patent number: 8511216Abstract: A hydraulic actuator unit includes a first electric motor assembly formed by mounting one of a pair of electric motors to one of a pair of electric motor covers, wherein the first electric motor assembly is detachably mounted to a pump case so as to rotate a first control shaft around its axis line, and a second electric motor assembly formed by mounting the other one of the pair of electric motors to the other one of the pair of electric motor covers, wherein the second electric motor assembly is detachably mounted to the pump case so as to rotate a second control shaft around its axis line.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kengo Sasahara, Toshifumi Yasuda, Minoru Kamada, Masaaki Inoue, Takashi Nishizawa, Fumitoshi Ishino, Masaya Itou, Shinichi Hirose, Jun Matsuura, Ryota Iwaibara
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Patent number: 8512006Abstract: The present invention is a variable displacement pump system for delivering precisely controlled oil flow and pressure, including a variable displacement pump having an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a first chamber and a second chamber for controlling the displacement of the variable displacement pump. The present invention also includes a fluid control device for receiving fluid from the outlet passage, and selectively delivering fluid to the second chamber. Fluid is delivered from the inlet passage to the outlet passage from the variable displacement pump, and fluid is also delivered from the outlet passage to the first chamber and the fluid control device. When fluid pressure is greater in the first chamber relative to the second chamber, the displacement of the variable displacement pump will decrease, and when fluid pressure is greater in the second chamber relative to the first chamber, the displacement of the variable displacement pump will increase.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventor: Douglas G. Hunter
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Publication number: 20130209283Abstract: An exhaust gas temperature raising processing system, which increases a load acting on an engine to raise the exhaust gas temperature, includes an electric assist motor connected to the engine and an inverter for adjusting a torque of the electric assist motor. It also includes a main controller having a first determination unit for determining whether or not an actuator control valve is in a non-feed state and a second determination unit for determining whether or not clogging has occurred on a filter of an exhaust gas purification system. When the non-feed state is determined by the first determination unit and clogging is determined to have occurred on the filter by the second determination unit, the main controller drives the electric assist motor to generate electric power such that a load acting on the engine is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Iwasaki, Kouji Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Satake, Takatoshi Ooki, Shinji Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20130202454Abstract: A metering pump aggregate has a metering chamber (16), adjoined by a positive-displacement body (14) that can be moved by a positive-displacement drive (6), as well as a controller (26) for actuating the positive-displacement drive (6). The controller (26) is designed to actuate the positive-displacement drive (6) in such a way, at least for specific setpoint conveyed flows to be generated by the metering pump, that a stroke of the positive-displacement body (14) begins with a first, elevated stroke rate (n1), and is subsequently continued at a second, lower stroke rate (n2). A method for controlling such a metering pump aggregate is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Sergei Gerz, Valeri Kechler, Markuz Simon
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Patent number: 8496445Abstract: A pump system includes pump having a control feature which, responsive to a supply of pressurized working fluid, reduces the pressure of the working fluid pressurized by the pump. The control feature is connected to the output of the pump by a regulating valve. The control feature receives pressurized working fluid to decrease the output of the pump in response to the pressure of the supplied working fluid. A regulating valve selectively connects the pressurized working fluid to the control feature. The regulating valve has a control port to receive pressurized working fluid from the pump to urge the valve to a closed position against a biasing force. A controllable valve is operable to interrupt the supply of pressurized working fluid to control port to alter the output pressure of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Magna Powertrain Inc.Inventors: David R. Shulver, Matthew Williamson, Adrian Cioc
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Publication number: 20130189125Abstract: A compressed-air compressor, the compressor having a cylinder; a piston mounted to slide along the cylinder and define, inside the cylinder, a variable-volume compression chamber; and an actuator assembly connected to the piston to impart to the piston a reciprocating travel, along the cylinder, between a top dead centre position and a bottom dead centre position; the actuator assembly having a belt drive; and the cylinder having a vent hole formed, at most, at 60% of the travel of the piston, measured from the top dead centre position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: Fini Nuair S.p.A.Inventor: Roberto Balma
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Publication number: 20130183169Abstract: A propulsion and motion-transmission assembly (1), in particular for a rotary-wing aircraft, the assembly (1) comprising:—a first hydrostatic transmission (2) including a first fluid machine for converting mechanical energy into fluid energy (18) and a first fluid machine for converting fluid energy into mechanical energy (26);—a second hydrostatic transmission (8) including a second fluid machine for converting mechanical energy into fluid energy (62) and a second fluid machine for converting fluid energy into mechanical energy (70); and wherein each of said first and second hydrostatic transmissions (2, 8) comprises a high-pressure branch (24, 68) and a low-pressure branch (30, 74), which, in each of said first and second hydrostatic transmissions (2, 8), hydraulically connect the fluid machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: TECNOCAD PROGETTI S.P.A.Inventors: Fabrizio Buono, Stefano Cini
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Patent number: 8480378Abstract: In a method and device for controlling a hydraulic drive system, in particular in a crane or construction machine, a closed hydraulic circuit has a hydraulic pump and motor in which depending upon a desired value (ndes) of an output parameter of the hydraulic circuit, an actuating signal (I) is generated for adjusting the hydraulic pump and/or motor. The actuating signal (I) is limited and/or reduced by a superordinate control module (6) depending on matching of a specified power value (P+; P?) with a current power value (PPu; PM) of the hydraulic pump and/or motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbHInventor: Norbert Krimbacher
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Publication number: 20130156612Abstract: The oil injection device according to the invention includes an oil pump designed to be rotationally coupled to the electric motor of a compressor and including inlet and outlet ports, an oil injection duct connected to the first outlet port and designed to supply a compression stage of the compressor with oil, and an oil return duct connected to the first outlet port and designed to return the oil into an oil sump of the compressor. The pressure losses in the oil injection duct are primarily singular pressure losses proportional to the square of the oil flow rate passing through the oil injection duct. The pressure losses in the oil return duct are primarily pressure losses due to friction proportional to the oil flow rate passing through the oil return duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: DANFOSS COMMERCIAL COMPRESSORSInventor: DANFOSS COMMERCIAL COMPRESSORS
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Publication number: 20130136624Abstract: A control apparatus of a working vehicle including a hydraulic pump driven by an engine and two hydraulic motors connected in parallel to the hydraulic pump, a clutch being released or engaged so that a power is transmitted to one of the hydraulic motors via the clutch, includes: a load detection unit determining a load of the working vehicle from a throttle output amount and an engine speed of the engine; and a control unit reducing a pump injection amount of the hydraulic pump under an upper limit injection amount of the hydraulic pump predetermined based on the load at a time of release shift control of the clutch and increasing a pump injection amount of the hydraulic pump under a lower limit injection amount of the hydraulic pump predetermined based on the load at a time of engagement shift control of the clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Kitao, Atsushi Shirao
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Publication number: 20130121847Abstract: A method and arrangement are for heat exchanging in and work exchanging with a working fluid in a heat engine, or a heat pump if the method and its sub-processes are substantially reversed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Viking Heat Engines ASInventor: Harald Risla Nes
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Patent number: 8430646Abstract: A controllable variable volume clearance pocket for reciprocating compressor cylinders is disclosed. The invention includes a device for varying the clearance volume of a variable volume clearance pocket in a controlled manner. The device can be used repeatedly to change the compressor cylinder clearance volume as required to control compressor capacity and power required from the compressor driver. The device is typically mounted on the outer or head end of a reciprocating compressor cylinder, but can also be scaled and configured for use either in conjunction with a variable clearance volume unloader operating over a reciprocating compressor valve pocket or a special port in a reciprocating compressor body.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: ACI Services, Inc.Inventors: W. Norm Shade, Richard Doup
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Patent number: 8430645Abstract: A pump having a housing with an actuator member positioned inside for controlling the flow generated by the pump. A first decrease port is connected to the housing and has a surface area in operable contact with the actuator member. A second decrease port is connected to the housing and has a surface area that is operable contact with the actuator member. A valve is connected to the second decrease port for controlling the flow of fluid to the second decrease port. A suction passage is connected to the housing and drawings fluid to the housing using the actuator member. A discharge passage is connected to the housing so that fluid providing an exit for fluid that has been pressurized by the actuator member.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: SLW Automotive Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Jannausch, Douglas G. Hunter
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Publication number: 20130089439Abstract: A delivery device having a connecting rod, and a method for controlling a delivery device having a connecting rod and at least one balance weight, includes a part that is permanently connected to a shaft, on which part a pivot bearing is situated, by which the first end region of the connecting rod is accommodated by the part, in particular such that the connecting rod is able to be driven in eccentric manner, balance weights being situated on the part so as to be displaceable by a first drive, a first computer being provided on the part, which controls the displacement of the balance weights.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventors: Günter Becker, Dirk Degen
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Publication number: 20130058801Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid compressor (10) for an air-conditioning circuit of a motor vehicle having a heat engine, said hybrid compressor being suitable for being driven, on the one hand, by said heat engine and, on the other hand, by an electric motor (20) during phases in which the drive from the heat engine is interrupted. According to the invention, said hybrid compressor (10) consists of a compression chamber (101) with variable displacement, said displacement being variable in a (variation range having an upper displacement interval in which the compression chamber (101) is driven by the heat engine, and a lower displacement interval in which the compression chamber (101) is driven by the electric motor (20). The invention can be used for motor vehicles having a heat engine and provided with an automatic stopping and restarting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Thierry Cheng, Patrick Sega, Laurent Labaste-Mauhe, Michel Forissier
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Patent number: 8366405Abstract: A screw compressor includes a casing, a screw rotor disposed in a cylinder portion of the casing to define a compression chamber, and a capacity control slide valve. Fluid sucked into the compression chamber is compressed by rotation of the screw rotor. The slide valve is slidable along a rotation axis of the screw rotor and is opposed to an outer circumferential surface of the screw rotor. The slide valve includes a dynamic pressure generator formed on an opposed surface of the slide valve that is opposed to the screw rotor to generate a dynamic pressure using fluid in contact with the opposed surface of the slide valve. The slide valve is configured so that the dynamic pressure generated by the dynamic pressure generator avoids contact between the slide valve and the screw rotor.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Harunori Miyamura, Mohammod Anwar Hossain, Masanori Masuda
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Publication number: 20120282115Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for controlling the torque load of multiple variable displacement hydraulic pumps are described herein. A pump displacement limit for each variable displacement hydraulic pump is determined using a nonlinear control law to limit the total pump torque load of the variable displacement hydraulic pumps on the engine. The value of the actual pump displacement of each variable displacement hydraulic pump is controlled based upon the respective determined pump displacement limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Hongliu Du, Patrick W. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20120275933Abstract: A hydraulic apparatus is provided with a return to neutral mechanism for returning a trunnion control bracket arm to a neutral position. The return to neutral mechanism comprises a pair of springs, one spring connecting a fixed bracket to a first rotatable bracket and the other spring connecting the fixed bracket to a second rotatable bracket. The mechanism uses springs with different spring constants and the springs are attached to the brackets in a single plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: JASON SCOT RICHARDSON, Jason Lee Emmette, Richard C. Hynes, Brook Cutshaw, Somer R. Malone, Michael T. Crosby
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Patent number: 8262373Abstract: A compressor comprising a shell, a compression mechanism disposed within the shell, a drive shaft for operating the compression mechanism, and a motor for driving the drive shaft. A terminal is secured to the shell for delivering electric current to at least one of the compression mechanism and the motor. A terminal block is engaged with the terminal, and a wire carries the electric current from the terminal and the terminal block. A wire retainer located relative to the compression mechanism supports the wire in a predetermined orientation within the shell.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Charles E. Reynolds, Todd E. Tesch
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Patent number: 8257056Abstract: A service pack, in certain embodiments, includes an engine, a variable displacement pump coupled to the engine, and a controller configured to control displacement of the variable displacement pump in response to a load condition associated with the engine. A method of managing power of an engine-driven system, in certain embodiments, includes sensing a load associated with an engine coupled to a variable displacement pump. The method also includes adjusting pump displacement of the variable displacement pump in response to the sensed load and one or more limits associated with the engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Illinois Took Works Inc.Inventor: Mark E. Peters
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Patent number: 8235163Abstract: A hydraulic steering assistance system for vehicles, including a power steering pump and a variable-ratio gear, particularly a booster drive for the power-steering pump wherein the power steering pump hydraulically powers both the hydraulic steering assistance system and the variable-ratio gear.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: LuK Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Dirk Webert, Doan Van Nguyen
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Publication number: 20120163996Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for a hydraulic working machine sets a delivery pressure at a preset value upon raising a temperature of exhaust gas to a temperature needed for combustion of particulate matter by increasing a load to be applied to an engine. In a non-operation state, a variable restrictor is controlled by a controller and a delivery pressure control valve to increase a delivery pressure of a variable displacement hydraulic pump, so that the load is increased to raise the temperature of exhaust gas to the temperature needed for the particulate matter combustion. At this time, the controller controls the delivery pressure control valve such that a delivery pressure to be detected by a delivery pressure sensor will conform with a preset reference delivery pressure. The reference delivery pressure is set to a minimum pressure that can provide the exhaust gas with combustion heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kouji Ishikawa, Yasushi Arai, Hidenobu Tsukada, Shohei Kamiya
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Patent number: 8202061Abstract: A pump system includes pump having a control feature which, responsive to a supply of pressurized working fluid, reduces the pressure of the working fluid pressurized by the pump. The control feature is connected to the output of the pump by a regulating valve. The control feature receives pressurized working fluid to decrease the output of the pump in response to the pressure of the supplied working fluid. A regulating valve selectively connects the pressurized working fluid to the control feature. The regulating valve has a control port to receive pressurized working fluid from the pump to urge the valve to a closed position against a biasing force. A controllable valve is operable to interrupt the supply of pressurized working fluid to control port to alter the output pressure of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Magna Powertrain Inc.Inventors: David R. Shulver, Matthew Williamson, Adrian C. Cioc
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Patent number: 8162618Abstract: A current load rate of an engine 10 is computed and a maximum absorption torque of at least one hydraulic pump 1, 2 is controlled so that the load rate is held at a target value. Engine stalling can be prevented by decreasing the maximum absorption torque of the hydraulic pump under a high-load condition. When an engine output lowers due to environmental changes, the use of poor fuel or other reasons, the maximum absorption torque of the hydraulic pump can be decreased without a lowering of the engine revolution speed. Further, the present invention is adaptable for any kinds of factors causing a lowering of the engine output, such as those factors that cannot be predicted in advance or are difficult to detect by sensors. In addition, because of no necessity of sensors, such as environment sensors, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Nakamura, Yoichi Kowatari, Kouji Ishikawa, Yasushi Arai
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Publication number: 20120082570Abstract: A dual drive pump system for rear wheel or front wheel drive automatic transmission in a motor vehicle includes a dual drive pump disposed off-axis of the transmission input shaft axis and driven by a gear train driven by a hub. The dual drive pump is also driven by a gear train driven by an auxiliary motor. Torque multiplication through the gear train allows the dual drive pump to have a smaller displacement while still providing the hydraulic pressure needs of the transmission. The dual drive pump may be driven by either an engine or the auxiliary motor depending on the operating conditions of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: John C. Schultz
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Publication number: 20120034107Abstract: A rotary vacuum pump comprises, between the rotor (2) and a driving motor, a control unit (1; 101) for operatively connecting the pump and the motor only in the periods in which the pump operation is required or desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: VHT S.P.A.Inventors: Antonio Crotti, Franco Fermini
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Patent number: 8087900Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a first power unit which is couplable with a first primary load. The first primary load includes a threshing system load. A second power unit has a threshold power output and is couplable with a second primary load. The second primary load includes a propulsion load. A first motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the first power unit. A second motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the second power unit. The second motor/generator and the first motor/generator are electrically coupled together. At least one electrical processing circuit is coupled with each of the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator. The at least one electrical processing circuit is configured for selectively transferring electrical power from the first motor/generator to the second motor/generator, when the second power unit is at or above the threshold power output.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Ryan P. Mackin, Daniel J. Burke, Bruce A. Coers, Alan D. Sheidler, Glenn E. Pope
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Patent number: 8029247Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining substantially a baseline pressure in a chamber of a pumping apparatus are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention may serve to control a motor to compensate or account for a pressure drift which may occur in a chamber of the pumping apparatus. More specifically, a dispense motor may be controlled to substantially maintain a baseline pressure in the dispense chamber before a dispense based on a pressure sensed in the dispense chamber. In one embodiment, before a dispense is initiated a control loop may be utilized such that it is repeatedly determined if the pressure in the dispense chamber is above a desired pressure and, if so, the movement of the pumping means regulated to maintain substantially the desired pressure in the dispense chamber until a dispense of fluid is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Entegris, Inc.Inventors: James Cedrone, George Gonnella
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Patent number: 7999502Abstract: The present invention provides a pumping system (60) comprising: a pumping mechanism (64); a motor (51) for driving the pumping mechanism; a drive control (50) for controlling the motor; and means (52) for monitoring at least one state within the system; wherein, to improve the performance of the system, the drive control causes the system to operate for transient periods in an overload condition which can result in said monitored state exceeding a predetermined operational limit, and when operating in said overload condition said drive control controls the power to the motor dependent on the level of said monitored state thereby avoiding said state from exceeding said operational limit.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Edwards LimitedInventors: Laurent Marc Philippe, Anthony John Wilder
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Patent number: 7985054Abstract: In a multicylindrical rotary compressor constituted to be usable by urging an only first vane with respect to a first roller by means of a spring member to switch a first operation mode in which first and second rotary compression elements perform compression works and a second operation mode in which substantially the only first rotary compression element performs the compression work, an object is to reduce generation of collision noises due to collision of the second vane with the second roller at a time when the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode, and a pressure in a back-pressure chamber of the second vane is discharged on a low-pressure chamber side in a second cylinder in a case where the first operation mode is switched to the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotsugu Ogasawara, Takahiro Nishikawa, Masayuki Hara, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akira Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7974757Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a first power unit which is couplable with a first primary load. The first primary load includes a threshing system load. A first motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the first power unit. A first clutch is mechanically coupled between the first power unit and the first primary load. A second power unit is couplable with a second primary load. The second primary load includes a propulsion load. A second motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the second power unit and electrically coupled with the first motor/generator. A second clutch is mechanically coupled between the second power unit and the second motor/generator.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Ryan P. Mackin, Alan D. Sheidler
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Publication number: 20110081255Abstract: A method for improving the energy efficiency of a pump system. The method includes measuring an instantaneous power consumption of the pump system, measuring an instantaneous fluid flow rate of the pump system, and determining an instantaneous specific energy consumption (SEC) of the pump system based on the instantaneous power consumption and the instantaneous fluid flow rate. The method then adjusts the speed of a pump in response to the determined SEC. The above steps may be performed a number of times to seek a reduced value of the instantaneous SEC of the pump system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Perry C. Steger, David Mark Pierce
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Publication number: 20110058960Abstract: A method of detecting the occurrence of impact or collision between a cylinder (2) and piston (1) driven by a linear motor of a gas compressor includes the steps of i) obtainment of a reference signal (Sr) associated to an electrical output of the linear motor before the piston attains the upper dead center; ii) obtainment of a detection signal (Sd) associated to said electrical output of the linear motor after the piston attains the upper dead center; iii) comparison between the reference signal (Sr) and the detection signal (Sd); and iv) record of occurrence of impact when the result of comparison of step iii indicates that the detection signal (Sd) presents a variation deriving from impact between the cylinder (2) and the piston (1), considering a pre-established tolerance. Also disclosed is an electronic detector device capable of executing the methodology described above. A gas compressor (100) and a control system including the above-mentioned detector are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Nerian Fernando Ferreira, Marcelo Knies, Paulo Sergio Dainez
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Publication number: 20100310386Abstract: For both adjustable flow restrictors D1, D2 having variable cross-sections a common adjustment element 21 is provided mechanically coupling the restrictors in a hydraulic damping assembly D for regulating parameters of a regulating system S, in particular of a variable displacement pump P, the restrictors D1, D2 being provided in discharge paths 12, 13 such that the restrictor cross-sections can be varied within an adjustment stroke h. The common adjustment element 21 allows to simultaneously and oppositely vary the flow restriction cross-sections A of both flow restrictors having a variable cross-section. The restrictor cross-sections A of both flow restrictors D1, D2 having a variable cross-section of a hydraulic damping assembly S in a regulating system S of a variable displacement pump P can be varied simultaneously and oppositely according to an imminent specification of the system set by the manufacturer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: HAWE HYDRAULIK SEInventor: Georg Jemuller
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Publication number: 20100303642Abstract: A controller includes: a storage unit that stores a map in which an operation amount and an upper limit value of suction horsepower of a hydraulic pump are associated with each other, for each operation content identified by a cylinder that is an operation object out of the cylinders, and by a direction of operation performed on this cylinder; an operation horsepower determination unit that determines the upper limit value of suction horsepower for each cylinder by using the map stored in the storage unit when an actuation command relating to at least one cylinder is input by an operation lever; a high-level selection unit that selects the maximum upper limit value of suction horsepower out of the upper limit values of suction horsepower determined by the operation horsepower determination unit; and a regulator that regulates a displacement of the hydraulic pump so as to obtain horsepower equal to or lower than the suction horsepower selected by the high-level selection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel Ltd), KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTDInventors: Takao Nanjo, Saburo Senoo, Mitsunori Hirozawa
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Patent number: 7841838Abstract: A rotary closed type compressor is configured such that an inside of a case becomes high pressure, and the rotary closed type compressor comprises a first cylinder and a second cylinder having cylinder chambers in which eccentric rollers are housed, respectively, vanes which divide the cylinder chamber into two sections, respectively, and vane chambers in which back-face side end portions of the vanes are housed, respectively. The vane on the first cylinder side is pressed and biased by a spring member provided in the vane chamber, and the vane on the second cylinder side is pressed and biased according to pressure difference between case internal pressure introduced to the vane chamber and suction pressure or discharge pressure introduced to the cylinder chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Toshiba Carrier CorporationInventors: Isao Kawabe, Kazuo Mochizuki, Shoichiro Kitaichi, Koji Hirano, Izumi Onoda, Kazu Takashima
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Publication number: 20100275678Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a pump unit, where the pump unit includes a primary piston pump having a primary piston and a secondary piston pump having a secondary piston. The primary piston pump is fluidically connected with the secondary piston pump. The primary piston pump includes an inlet valve and an outlet valve, and the pump unit operates periodically according to a pump cycle. The method includes determining a fluid pressure of fluid dispensed by the pump unit, and performing a closed loop control of a position of the primary piston in dependence on the fluid pressure of the fluid dispensed by the pump unit during a first time interval of the pump cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Philip Herzog, Konstantin Choikhet, Klaus Witt, Herbert Anderer
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Publication number: 20100209260Abstract: A device for adjusting the swept volume of a first piston machine (1), of transverse axis design, and a second piston machine (2), of transverse axis design. The device including a common component (4), via which the swept volumes can be adjusted, and a valve (12) which, when a maximum pressure level in the working lines (3) is exceeded, can be rerouted in such a way that the common component (4) reroutes the swept volume in a direction toward the lower power input.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventor: Jurgen Legner
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Patent number: 7762788Abstract: A fluid conveyance system includes: a fluid conveyance device including a micro pump module which compresses a flexible tube communicating with a fluid containing receptacle and discharges a fluid, a memory device furnished on the micro pump module which stores individual identification data of the micro pump module, and a power source; a discharge data processing device which stores basic data for driving the fluid conveyance device; and a communication device having a communication unit which interconnects the fluid conveyance device and the discharge data processing device, wherein the discharge data processing device inputs discharge data, for discharging a desired discharge amount of a fluid, calculated from the identification data and the basic data read via the communication device, into the memory device via the communication device, and the fluid conveyance device is driven based on the discharge data.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hajime Miyazaki, Kazuo Kawasumi