Axial Cam Patents (Class 417/222.1)
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Patent number: 9453504Abstract: This invention provides a diaphragm pump that decreases the number of components or improves workability in assembling. A crank (4) to which the output shaft (2a) of a motor (2) is pivotally attached has, in its upper surface, a ring-shaped insertion groove (5) with respect to the output shaft (2a) as the center. A projecting driving shaft (9b) is formed integrally with a driver (7). When the lower end (9c) of the driving shaft (9b) is inserted into the insertion groove (5), the axis (9d) tilts. When the crank (4) rotates, an engaging portion provided in the insertion groove (5) engages with the lower end (9c). The driving shaft (9b) rotates while changing the tilt direction of the axis (9d) following the rotation of the crank (4). Hence, when a diaphragm portion (12a) attached to the drive element (7a) of the driver (7) moves upward/downward, a pump chamber (18) expands/contracts so that a pump action is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: OKENSEIKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Tadashi Fukami
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Patent number: 9429153Abstract: A hydraulic dual axial piston machine includes a first driving unit and a second driving unit arranged one behind the other in the direction of the axis of a drive shaft and oriented opposite each other. The first and second driving units each have a respective swashplate and single actuating piston. The first and second actuating pistons exert load on a pivot cradle in a functionally identical manner to increase or decrease a pivot angle of the respective swashplate. The first and second actuating pistons are spaced apart from a central plane of the swashplates which extends through the axis of the drive shaft such that dimensions of a housing in the direction of the pivot axes of the swashplates are minimally influenced.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Herbert Dreher
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Patent number: 9341180Abstract: A connection plate for a hydrostatic piston machine includes two connection openings on opposite lateral surfaces of the connection plate. The connection openings are arranged at an offset from a main axis of the connection plate on a common side. Two slotted recesses are formed from an inner face of the connection plate. The slotted recesses are each connected in the area of the first end section of the slotted recesses to one of the connection openings in order to connect the piston machine to a hydraulic circuit. A valve cartridge is inserted in an installation bore of the connection plate. The installation bore is formed opposite the plate axis in the connection plate with respect to the connection openings and extends approximately parallel to axes of the connection openings. The valve cartridge is hydraulically connected to one of the slots.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Christian Spielvogel
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Patent number: 9228577Abstract: In a compressor, a link mechanism, which allows change of the inclination angle of the swash plate, is arranged between the drive shaft and the swash plate. An actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The swash plate has a fulcrum, which is coupled to the link mechanism, and a point of application, which is coupled to the movable body. The drive shaft is located between the fulcrum and the point of application.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazunari Honda, Kei Nishii, Yusuke Yamazaki, Masaki Ota
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Patent number: 9140249Abstract: A swash plate type compressor includes a cylinder block having a crank chamber, a rotary shaft, a swash plate, pistons and fasteners extending through the crank chamber between any two adjacent pistons. The cylinder block further includes ribs projecting inward from inner surface of the crank chamber, extending in axial direction of the rotary shaft and being arranged so that the pistons and the fasteners are positioned alternately between any two adjacent ribs, a piston-side wall surface forming the inner surface and being positioned between any two adjacent ribs located on opposite side of the piston and a fastener-side wall surface forming the inner surface and being positioned between any two adjacent ribs located on opposite side of the fastener The piston-side wall surface is spaced farther away from the rotary shaft than the fastener-side wall surface in radial direction of the rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Genki Hayashi, Nobutoshi Bannno, Hitoshi Inukai, Naoki Goto
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Patent number: 9051927Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATIONInventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, Jason J. Raasch, Gary Gracyalny
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Publication number: 20150147191Abstract: A zero turn mower vehicle 10 includes left and right hydrostatic transmissions 11a, 11b driving wheels 15a, 15b. The transmissions 11a, 11b each include a swashplate type axial piston hydraulic pump 17 having a swashplate 22. A system 12 and method controls each pump 17. A controller 31 receives input signals and provides output signals to electric motors 33a, 33b to control each swashplate 22. Operator interface input devices 30a, 30b provide inputs to controller 31. Angle sensors 35a, 35b provide additional inputs to controller 31. Displacement amplifiers 36a, 36b amplify displacement of each swashplate 22, and torque amplifiers 34a, 34b amplify torque of electric motors 33a, 33b.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: David Mark Heathcoat, JR., Jason Lee Emmette, Roger Paul Gray, Somer Renee Malone, Kirk Ayres Lola, Kerry Todd Brock, Eli Cutshall
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Publication number: 20150125317Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor according to the present invention includes a housing having a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a plurality of cylinder bores, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a link mechanism, a plurality of pistons reciprocally received in the respective cylinder bores, a conversion mechanism, an actuator that changes the inclination angle of the swash plate, and a control mechanism that controls the actuator. The link mechanism disposed between the drive shaft and the swash plate allows a change in inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to a plane extending perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft. The conversion mechanism converts the rotation of the swash plate into reciprocal movement of the pistons in the cylinder bores with a stroke length according to the inclination angle of the swash plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Hiroyuki NAKAIMA, Kengo SAKAKIBARA
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Patent number: 9010138Abstract: A variable displacement compressor adjusts the pressure in a control pressure chamber and controls the displacement in accordance with the adjusted pressure. Refrigerant is supplied via a supply passage, and released via a bleed passage. The compressor includes a first control valve for adjusting the cross-sectional area of the supply passage for refrigerant. The compressor further includes a second control valve that adjusts the cross-sectional area of the bleed passage in accordance with the opening/closing state of the first control valve. The second control valve adjusts the cross-sectional area of the bleed passage such that the cross-sectional area when the first control valve is in the closed state is larger than that when the first control valve is in the opened state. The back pressure chamber is located in a section of the bleed passage that is located between the second control valve and the control pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Osamu Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 8991300Abstract: The present invention provides a variable displacement swash plate type compressor that reduces wear of cylinder bores and the amount of blow-by gas. Each piston of the compressor has a piston main body, which has a distal portion located at an end corresponding to the compression chamber. A tapering portion and an arcuate portion are formed in the distal portion. The arcuate portion is continuous with an end of the tapering portion that is closer to the compression chamber. The tapering portion and the arcuate portion each have a diameter that increases toward the skirt. The tapering portion has a tapering angle that is in a range from 0.45 degrees to 1.5 degrees. The distance between the distal end of the piston main body and a starting point of the tapering portion on an end closer to the skirt is set in a range from 1.5 mm to 5.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Takahiro Moroi, Masakazu Obayashi, Naofumi Kimura, Yoshio Kimoto, Noritaka Nishimori, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Etsuko Hori
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Publication number: 20150078923Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hydrostatic axial piston machine having a housing, having a drive shaft, to which a flange disc is fastened in a rotationally fixed manner, and having a swash plate, to which a rotor disc, driven by the drive shaft or the flange disc, is rotatably mounted, and having a plurality of displacement units arranged distributed between the flange disc and the rotor disc and around the axis of the drive shaft, each displacement unit comprising a cylinder sleeve and a piston which extends into the cylinder sleeve and has a ball head and a spherical joint head which extends into the cylinder sleeve, wherein during operation, the piston plunges more or less far into the cylinder sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Joerg Dantlgraber, David Breuer, Joerg Weingart, Michael Gaumnitz, Marcus Simon, Andreas Illmann, Christoph Gesterkamp
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Publication number: 20150064028Abstract: A structure of a variable swash plate compressor includes: a rotatable shaft having a flow path through which a refrigerant flows; a rotor fixed and coupled to the shaft and has a rotor arm formed at one side of the rotor; a swash plate connected to the rotor arm by a hinge pin and mounted on the shaft so that an inclination angle is variable with respect to the shaft; a compressive coil spring installed on the shaft between the swash plate and the rotor; a lift slidably coupled to the shaft and connected to the swash plate; and a fixing device formed in the shaft and fixes the lift so as to maintain the inclination angle of the swash plate, thereby basically preventing an operational delay of the compressor, securing performance at the time of initially operating an air conditioning device, and improving marketability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Nam-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8956127Abstract: A control valve includes a body having a crankcase communicating port, a discharge chamber communicating port and a suction chamber communicating port, which are arranged in this order from one end side of the body, a solenoid, provided at the other end side of the body, for driving a main valve in accordance with the amount of current supplied, a power element, provided in an inner space surrounded by the body and the solenoid, capable of exerting the drive force to resist the solenoidal force created by a displacement of a pressure-sensing member of the power element, and a shaft by which the drive force of the power element is adjustable by adjusting the fixed position of one end side of the shaft, the shaft being fixed to one end of the body and the other end of the shaft being joined with the power element.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: TGK Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hisatoshi Hirota
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Publication number: 20150044067Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate type compressor includes a displacement control valve. The displacement control valve includes a drive force transmitting member, a valve member having a first valve body, a pressure sensing mechanism, which adjusts the valve opening degree of the first valve body, a communication passage, which connects a back pressure chamber and an accommodating chamber to each other, and a second valve body, which selectively opens and closes the communication passage. The first valve body opens when current supply to an electromagnetic solenoid is stopped and the pressure in a suction pressure zone is less than a threshold value. The second valve body closes when current is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid and opens when the current supply to the electromagnetic solenoid is stopped and the pressure in the suction pressure zone is greater than or equal to the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kei NISHII
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Publication number: 20150044068Abstract: A compressor according to the present invention has a housing including a first and second cylinder bores. The inner diameter of the first cylinder bore is smaller than that of the second cylinder bore. In suction process, refrigerant gas is directly drawn from an inlet port into a first suction chamber. The refrigerant gas is flowed from the first suction chamber into a first compression chamber. In contrast, refrigerant gas is drawn through the inlet port, a first suction passage, the first suction chamber, a first communication passage, a swash plate chamber and a second communication passage and into a second compression chamber. According to the above-described compressor, wherein the inner diameter of the first cylinder bore is smaller than the second cylinder bore, the difference of the amplitude of the intake pulsation between the first compression chamber and the second compression chamber can be suitably reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Tomoji TARUTANI, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kei NISHII
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Publication number: 20140363316Abstract: Remanufacturing a variable displacement swash plate-type hydraulic device includes receiving a body of a used hydraulic device defining first and second actuator guide bores, at least one of which is out of specifications for guiding a swash plate linear actuator. The method further includes removing material forming the first and second guide bores, and interference fitting first and second sleeves into the body in place of the removed material. Additional material is removed from the first and second sleeves to form new first and second actuator guide bores, each satisfying specifications for guiding a swash plate linear actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Donald Clark, Joseph W. Louks, Robert Lovenshimer, John Charpia
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Publication number: 20140353053Abstract: A mounting apparatus for positioning an actuator managing the pivotal position of rotatable pintel arms controlling the output of a pair of tandem-mounted hydraulic drive pumps providing motive power for an agricultural machine. The pumps are resiliently connected to the machine main frame, permitting relative movement to reduce vibration transmission to the main frame. A mounting bracket connected to the drive pumps provides a fixed connection for a first end of the actuator while the opposing second end is connected by an axially moveable linkage to the pintel arms. A common anchorage for the actuator and the pintel arms eliminates unintended pintel arm movement that occurs when anchoring the end of the actuator on the main frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: TODD B. PIERCE, PHILIP J. EHRHART
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Publication number: 20140334948Abstract: An axial piston machine of swash plate design includes cylinder bores with respective longitudinal axes that are arranged at an acute angle with the rotational axis and that approach the rotational axis radially in the direction of their control plate-side ends. For each cylinder bore, a point of action of a resulting hydrostatic relieving force, which acts on the cylinder barrel, of the hydrostatic sliding bearing is spaced apart radially with regard to the rotational axis of the cylinder barrel further than a point of intersection of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder bore with the cylinder barrel-side bearing face of the hydrostatic sliding bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manuel Sell, Frank Zehnder, David Breuer
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Patent number: 8882474Abstract: A variable displacement type compressor has a supply passage for supplying refrigerant gas to a pressure control chamber, a release passage for releasing the refrigerant gas from the pressure control chamber, a first control valve for controlling the amount of the refrigerant gas flowing through the supply passage, a check valve provided between the first control valve and the pressure control chamber and preventing the refrigerant gas from flowing from the pressure control chamber to the first control valve by closing the supply passage and a second control valve for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the release passage from minimum to maximum. The second control valve has a back pressure chamber communicating with the supply passage, a valve chamber forming a part of the release passage and communicating with a suction-pressure region, a valve hole forming a part of the release passage and communicating with the valve chamber and a spool having a valve portion located in the valve chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Masaki Ota, Hiroshi Kubo, Ryo Matsubara, Yasuhiro Tabe, Hideharu Yamashita, Yuki Morikage
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Publication number: 20140328698Abstract: A piston pump for a high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, including a plurality of pump chambers into each of which one piston which is movable back and forth plunges, and which are each in flow connection via a suction valve with a suction inlet and via a pressure valve with a pressure outlet, the pistons each being surrounded by a sealing ring which is supported in the radial direction by a ring wall and in the axial direction by a support ring. In order to develop the piston pump in such a way that it can be manufactured and assembled more cost-effectively, it is proposed that the piston pump includes a one-piece support shield which forms the support rings and surrounds the ring walls in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventor: Robert Nathan
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Publication number: 20140328700Abstract: A swash plate type piston pump includes a plurality of pistons, a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders for housing the pistons, a swash plate for reciprocating the pistons to expand and contract volume chambers of the cylinders with the rotation of the cylinder block, a biasing mechanism for biasing the swash plate in a direction to increase a tilting angle, a first control pin for driving the swash plate in a direction to reduce the tilting angle according to a first load pressure, and a second control pin for driving the swash plate in a direction to reduce the tilting angle according to a second load pressure. The first and second control pins are connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuya Iwanaji
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Publication number: 20140328699Abstract: A piston pump for a high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, including a pump block having a plurality of pump chambers, into each of which one piston plunges, and including a pump head having a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, each pump chamber in flow connection via a suction valve with the suction inlet and via a pressure valve with the pressure outlet, and including a clamping bracket engaging around the pump head. The piston pump can have a single U-shaped clamping bracket oriented symmetrically in relation to the longitudinal pump axis, and the pump head and the pump block form between them downstream of the pressure valves a pressure chamber in which a central, piston-like insert part is arranged, the insert part being surrounded by a sealing element and having a passage, and a pressure line oriented coaxially with the longitudinal pump axis being arranged downstream of the passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventor: Robert Nathan
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Publication number: 20140294611Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a housing, drive shaft, first and second radial bearings, swash plate, and actuator. The actuator includes a movable body and fixed body. The movable body includes a main portion and circumferential wall. The main portion includes an insertion hole. The housing includes an accommodation wall. A first clearance exists between the circumferential wall and fixed body. A second clearance exists between the drive shaft and wall of the insertion hole. A third clearance exists between the circumferential wall and accommodation wall. A fourth clearance exists between the drive shaft and first radial bearing. A fifth clearance exists between the drive shaft and second radial bearing. The first and second clearances differ in size. The sum of the third clearance and the smaller one of the first and second clearances is larger than the fourth and fifth clearances.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Masaki OTA, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 8845303Abstract: A pump control system and a torque control valve are disclosed. In one embodiment, the torque control valve includes a sleeve, a spool disposed in the sleeve, and a piston rod disposed through the spool. The spool has a first recess area, a second recess area, and a third recess area. The first and third recess areas each have a port extending into a central bore of the spool. The piston rod includes a groove orifice feature having a spiral groove and is configured such that a fluid flowing from the port in the first recess area to the port in the third recess area must flow through at least a portion of the spiral groove. The fluid flowing through the spiral groove operates to bias the spool in a direction towards the second axial end of the spool.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventor: Shu Wang
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Patent number: 8794124Abstract: The present embodiments disclose an axial hydraulic pump including a residual pressure regenerating circuit (30) which is a pipe line communicating with a top dead center side communication port (31) and a bottom dead center side communication port (32). Further, the axial hydraulic pump includes cylinder ports (26-1 to 26-8) which are provided in the respective cylinder bores of the cylinder block (6) and are operated with the rotation of the cylinder block (6). Even further, the axial hydraulic pump includes communication holes (41-1 to 41-8) which communicate with the top dead center side communication port (31) and the bottom dead center side communication port (32).Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Iida, Tadashi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Sakai
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Patent number: 8790091Abstract: A pump is disclosed. The pump may have a housing, a body rotatably disposed within the housing and at least partially defining a plurality of barrels, a plurality of plungers associated with the plurality of barrels, and a swashplate tiltable by a swivel torque to vary a displacement of the plurality of plungers relative to the plurality of barrels. The pump may also have a port plate with an inlet port, a discharge port, and a protrusion. The port plate may be configured to engage an end of the rotatable body. The pump may further have at least one piston disposed within the housing and configured to selectively engage the protrusion of the port plate to rotate the port plate and adjust the swivel torque.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Caterpillar Inc., The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Viral S. Mehta, Noah D. Manring, Hongliu Du, Bryan E. Nelson
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Publication number: 20140169987Abstract: Swashplate angle sensing arrangement for a variable displacement pump a nonrotating swashplate and a rotating pump barrel includes a dielectric sensor in a swashplate angle sensing arrangement. The arrangement includes a sensing probe coupled to the casing, a sensor target coupled to the swashplate, and a controller configured to direct an alternating current through the sensing probe to establish an impedance between the probe and the target, and to determine voltage across the probe. The controller is further adapted to determine the angle of the swashplate relative to the casing based on the determined voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventor: Hongliu Du
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Publication number: 20140147298Abstract: An adjusting device for an axial piston machine includes an actuating piston that delimits an actuating space configured to be connected to a control oil source or a control oil drain via a control valve. A control piston of the control valve is loaded firstly by a control spring and secondly by a spring arrangement that is also in active engagement with the actuating piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Carola Diebold, Andreas Apperger
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Patent number: 8734124Abstract: A swash plate type compressor includes a swash plate rotating around a rotating shaft, pistons that advance and retreat with the rotation of the swash plate and formed with a hemispherical concave sliding surface, and shoes formed with a flat end surface part in sliding contact with the swash plate and a spherical surface part in sliding contact with the sliding surface of the piston. A cylindrical part is formed between the spherical surface part and the end surface part of the shoe, and the shoe is formed with a flange part that surrounds the boundary portion between the cylindrical part and the end surface part and is in sliding contact with the swash plate. Further, the flange part is located on the inside of an imaginary spherical surface including the sliding surface of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaharu Hatta, Masanori Akizuki, Satoshi Nomura, Hiroshi Kanemitsu
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Publication number: 20140140863Abstract: An outer circumferential surface of a trunnion shaft includes a sliding contact region that has a circular arc shape as viewed along a slanting axis line and is substantially brought into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the bearing portion in a rotatably sliding manner, and at least one suction groove that forms a pocket portion between the suction groove and the inner surface of the bearing portion. The pocket portion is opened to an inner space of housing on at least one side in an axis line direction of the trunnion shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshifumi YASUDA, Yasuhisa Mochizuki, Hideaki Syokita, Hidemi Harada, Masaki Watanabe, Koji Sakata
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Patent number: 8727742Abstract: A compressor is provided. The compressor includes a housing, a valve plate, a cylinder block, piston units, a cam element, a driving shaft and a motor. The valve plate is fixed to one end of the housing. The cylinder block is rotatable relative to the valve plate and has cylinder bores disposed in a circumferential direction. A portion of the cylinder block is received in the valve plate. The piston units are disposed the cylinder bores. The cam element is fixed to the housing and is in contact with one end of the piston unit. The cam element has an inclined cam surface. One end of the driving shaft is coupled to the cylinder block. The motor is fixed to an opposite end of the housing, while a rotating shaft is coupled to an opposite end of the driving shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yong Kwun Lee, Soo Jun Lee, Hyeon Min Lee
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Publication number: 20140127044Abstract: In a compressor according to the present invention, an actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber in a manner rotatable integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism includes a bleed passage, a supply passage, and a control valve. The control mechanism is capable of changing the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body opposes the lug arm with a swash plate arranged between the movable body and the lug arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
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Publication number: 20140127043Abstract: A compressor includes an actuator. The actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism is provided that changes the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. The movable body is arranged such that, when the pressure in the control pressure chamber is raised, the movable body pulls the swash plate to increase the inclination angle of the swash plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
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Publication number: 20140127041Abstract: A compressor includes an actuator. The actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. With reference to the swash plate, the actuator is located in a region in which a first cylinder bore is located. The actuator includes a rotation body fixed to the drive shaft, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A link mechanism is located between the drive shaft and the swash plate. As the inclination angle of the swash plate is changed, the link mechanism moves the top dead center position of a first head by a greater amount than the top dead center position of a second head.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
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Publication number: 20140127045Abstract: In a compressor according to the present invention, an actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber in a manner rotatable integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism includes a bleed passage, a supply passage, and a control valve. The control mechanism is capable of changing the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. When the pressure in the control pressure chamber exceeds the pressure in the swash plate chamber, the inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to the rotation axis of the drive shaft increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
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Publication number: 20140127042Abstract: In a compressor, a link mechanism, which allows change of the inclination angle of the swash plate, is arranged between the drive shaft and the swash plate. An actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber, while being rotational integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. The swash plate has a fulcrum, which is coupled to the link mechanism, and a point of application, which is coupled to the movable body. The drive shaft is located between the fulcrum and the point of application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Kazunari HONDA, Kei NISHII, Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaki OTA
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Patent number: 8714938Abstract: The variable displacement compressor has a suction-pressure region, a discharge-pressure region and a crank chamber. The compressor includes a supply passage, a bleed passage and a control valve that adjusts cross-sectional area of the bleed passage. The control valve includes a valve chamber, a valve portion and a valve seat member. The valve portion is disposed in the valve chamber for dividing the valve chamber into a bleed chamber, a backpressure chamber and a communication passage. The bleed chamber forms a part of the bleed passage. The backpressure chamber communicates with the supply passage. The communication passage is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the valve portion and an inner circumferential surface of the valve chamber for providing fluid communication between the bleed chamber and the backpressure chamber. The valve seat member is disposed in the bleed chamber and provided separately from a compressor housing forming the valve chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Motoaki Okuda, Masaki Ota, Masakazu Murase, Shun Sumikawa, Hiromi Ueda
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Publication number: 20140072457Abstract: A fuel metering system for supplying fuel to load includes a variable displacement piston pump having an adjustable hanger that is movable to a plurality of positions. The variable displacement piston pump is configured to receive a drive torque and, upon receipt of the drive torque, to supply fuel to the plurality of loads at a flow rate dependent on the position of the adjustable hanger. A hanger actuator is coupled to receive hanger position commands and is operable, in response thereto, to move the adjustable hanger to the commanded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventor: Dwayne Michael Benson
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Patent number: 8647075Abstract: A fluid device includes a variable swashplate adapted for movement between a first position and a second position. A control piston is adapted to selectively move the variable swashplate between the first and second positions. A control valve is in fluid communication with the control piston. The control valve includes a sleeve defining a spool bore, at least one fluid inlet passage in fluid communication with a fluid source and at least one control passage in fluid communication with the control piston. The control fluid passage includes an opening at the spool bore. A spool is disposed in the spool bore of the sleeve. The spool includes a metering surface that selectively communicates fluid between the fluid inlet passage and the control fluid passage. The metering surface has a first end and a second end. The metering surface having a tapered surface disposed between the first and second ends.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventor: Navneet Gulati
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Publication number: 20140003970Abstract: A hydraulic pump able to function in one or the other rotating direction is of the type including a rotating barrel bearing pistons applied against a valve plate provided with two symmetrical opposed drillings. The valve plate provided with two symmetrical and opposed drillings, one connected to one of the output openings of the pump, the other one connected to the other output opening, is jointly linked to a double piston having two sections of equal surfaces, one of these surfaces being connected with one of the two output openings, the other one being connected with the other output opening so that valve plate is always applied against barrel bearing pistons by the discharge pressure in any rotating direction of the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Louis-Claude POREL
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Publication number: 20130343915Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radial fluid device comprises a cylinder block, a first plurality of pistons, a second plurality of pistons, a first cam, a second cam, and a cam rotation device. Each of the first plurality of pistons are slidably received within a different one of a first plurality of radially extending cylinders. Each of the second plurality of pistons are slidably received within a different one of a second plurality of radially extending cylinders. The first cam is disposed about the first plurality of radially extending cylinders. The second cam is disposed about the second plurality of radially extending cylinders. The cam rotation device is coupled to the first cam and the second cam. The cam rotation device is operable to rotate the first cam in a first direction and the second cam in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Carlos A. Fenny, James E. Sobel
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Publication number: 20130343920Abstract: Provided is a variable displacement swash plate type compressor including: a lug plate fixed to a driving shaft; and a swash plate combined to the lug plate and whose tilt angle is varied according to rotatory motion, wherein the lug plate includes a protruding portion protruding towards the swash plate, and a rotatory power projection transmitting power for rotating the swash plate is formed at a leading end of the protruding portion through the swash plate. Accordingly, a varying operation between a maximum tilt angle and a minimum tilt angle of the swash plate and a rotatory power transmitting operation for rotating the swash plate are performed at different locations, thereby simultaneously improving the varying operation and the rotatory power transmitting operation of the swash plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicants: DOOWON TECHNICAL COLLEGE, DOOWON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Geonho LEE, Tae Jin Lee, Seung Won Lee, Ki Chun Lee, Hyun Jae Kim
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Patent number: 8584441Abstract: A fuel metering system for supplying fuel to load includes a variable displacement piston pump having an adjustable hanger that is movable to a plurality of positions. The variable displacement piston pump is configured to receive a drive torque and, upon receipt of the drive torque, to supply fuel to the plurality of loads at a flow rate dependent on the position of the adjustable hanger. A hanger actuator is coupled to receive hanger position commands and is operable, in response thereto, to move the adjustable hanger to the commanded position.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Dwayne Michael Benson
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Patent number: 8549985Abstract: A compressor reciprocates pistons via a wabble plate wabbled while being prevented from rotating. A wabble plate rotation preventing mechanism is constructed as a mechanism comprising an inner ring axially movable relative to a main shaft, an outer ring connected to the wobble plate, a plurality of balls placed between guide grooves of the inner and outer rings and performing power transmission, and a sleeve axially movably engaged with the inner ring, provided so as to be axially movable together with the inner ring, and functioning as a central member for wabbling of the wabble plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Sanden CorporationInventor: Shinji Tagami
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Publication number: 20130259713Abstract: A swash plate type compressor includes a cylinder block having a crank chamber, a rotary shaft, a swash plate, pistons and fasteners extending through the crank chamber between any two adjacent pistons. The cylinder block further includes ribs projecting inward from inner surface of the crank chamber, extending in axial direction of the rotary shaft and being arranged so that the pistons and the fasteners are positioned alternately between any two adjacent ribs, a piston-side wall surface forming the inner surface and being positioned between any two adjacent ribs located on opposite side of the piston and a fastener-side wall surface forming the inner surface and being positioned between any two adjacent ribs located on opposite side of the fastener The piston-side wall surface is spaced further away from the rotary shaft than the fastener-side wall surface in radial direction of the rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Genki HAYASHI, Nobutoshi BANNNO, Hitoshi INUKAI, Naoki GOTO
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Publication number: 20130243617Abstract: A swash plate type compressor 1 arranged with a swash plate 3 which rotates around a shaft 2, a piston 4 which moves back and forth with the rotation of the swash plate 3 and formed with a spherical indent part 4a, and a shoe 5 formed with a flat part 5a which slides against the swash plate 3 and a spherical surface part 5b which slides in the spherical indent part 4a formed on the piston 4, wherein a coating layer 3b comprised s formed on the surface of the swash plate 3 and spiral or concentric shaped grooves 3c are formed with the center of the swash plate 3 at the center on the surface of the coating layer 3b, a diameter of the flat part 3 is set at 10.5 mm or less, and the pitch of the concentric protrusion 3d is set so that the sum of the length of the concentric protrusions 3d which contact the flat part 5a is 300 mm or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventors: Satoshi Nomura, Masanori Akizuki, Hiroshi Kanemitsu
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Publication number: 20130239796Abstract: An adjustable hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes an actuating apparatus with a cylinder/piston unit and an actuating spring. The actuating apparatus is configured to adjust a pivot cradle of the axial piston machine. The actuating spring engages around at least one axial section of the cylinder/piston unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Martin Zug
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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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Publication number: 20130216403Abstract: A hydraulic pump comprises (1) an outward ring (24), including demountable blocks (30) comprising piston cylinders (32), and an inward ring (21), comprising a ring cam (23), coupled through a drive shaft (8) to the blades of a turbine (4). To enable maintenance, the outward ring is decoupled from a torque limiting device (16, 17) and rotated relative to the inward ring. Demountable blocks are then removed from the outward ring using a crane (61) including a line (62) extending from above the centre of mass of the demountable block and including a resilient portion (66) so that although the crane supplies the majority of the force required to remove the demountable block, an operator provides some force, enabling the process to be controlled. The method is suitable for maintaining large hydraulic pumps in wind turbine nacelles (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Stephen Salter, Uwe Stein, Henry Dodson, Robert Fox, Alasdair Robertson, Tom McGrath
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Patent number: RE44636Abstract: A pulsed modulated capacity modulation system for refrigeration, air conditioning or other types of compressors is disclosed in which suitable valving is provided which operates to cyclically block flow of suction gas to a compressor. A control system is provided which is adapted to control both the frequency of cycling as well as the relative duration of the on and off time periods of each cycle in accordance with sensed system operating conditions so as to maximize the efficiency of the system. Preferably the cycle time will be substantially less than the time constant of the load and will enable substantially continuously variable capacity modulation from substantially zero capacity to the full capacity of the compressor. Additional controls may be incorporated to modify one or more of the motor operating parameters to improve the efficiency of the motor during periods of reduced load.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jean-Luc Caillat