Axial Cam Patents (Class 417/222.1)
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Publication number: 20040175275Abstract: The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump shafts are coaxially aligned and non-rotatably connected in tandem; a common housing for accommodating the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump; and a first center section and a second center section that respectively support the first and second hydraulic pumps.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Ryota Ohashi, Hironori Sumomozawa
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Patent number: 6786704Abstract: A piston type compressor having a drive plate (swash plate), wherein sliding friction between the drive plate and shoes is reduced and the compressor is made smaller by slidably attaching the shoes engaged with spherical ends of pistons to a shoe holding plate formed with guide grooves in the radial direction and supporting the shoe holding plate by the drive plate through a thrust bearing. The drive plate is connected to an arm of the shaft side through a double slide link mechanism to enable it to be supported by only a front end of the front housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Sokin, Inc.Inventors: Hirokazu Kamiya, Shigeru Kamiya, Masafumi Inoue, Takashi Inoue, Mikio Matsuda
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Patent number: 6786202Abstract: A hydraulic pump is provided that includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A pumping element is operable to increase the pressure of fluid received through the fluid inlet and to generate a flow of pressurized fluid through the fluid outlet. A control device is operatively engaged with the pumping element to control the flow rate of the flow of pressurized fluid generated by the pumping element. A fluid passageway connects the control device with the fluid outlet. A valve is disposed in the fluid passageway between the fluid outlet and the control valve. The valve is moveable between a first position where the valve blocks a flow of fluid relative to the fluid passageway and a second position where a flow of fluid is allowed to flow through the fluid passageway.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Caterpillar IncInventor: Ashraf B. Abdelrahman
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Publication number: 20040170504Abstract: A supply passage is formed in a rotary shaft along the axis thereof. An expansion passage is formed in the rotary shaft in such a way as to be led to the supply passage. A pair of fluid passages are formed in the rotary shaft in such a way as to communicate with the expansion passage. The fluid passages extend in a direction orthogonal to the axis and the outlet ports of the fluid passages are open to the outer surface of the rotary shaft. The fluid passages extend from the expansion passage to a control pressure chamber, penetrating through the rotary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Tomohiro Murakami, Sokichi Hibino, Atsuyuki Morishita
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Publication number: 20040165993Abstract: A limiter device is provided in a variable displacement compressor capable of varying a discharge displacement per revolution and compressing a fluid in a cycle. The limiter device includes an operating characteristic acquiring means for acquiring a predetermined characteristic during a compression operation of the compressor, and a varying means for varying the discharge displacement of the compressor to a minimum side when the predetermined characteristic obtained by the operating characteristic acquiring means exceeds a predetermined value. Thus, the limiter device can prevent the compressor from being brought into trouble such as locking and can protect a driving belt and other auxiliary equipment on a side of an engine, while it is unnecessary to provide a pulley with a limiter function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuo Tabuchi, Manabu Saiki, Masahito Yamashita, Junichi Ohguchi
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Publication number: 20040161344Abstract: Variable displacement pump pumps oil to one or the other ports of an oil operated vehicle wheel motor to drive a lawn mower.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventor: Arthur Leon Evans
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Publication number: 20040151599Abstract: A continuously blockable arresting device includes a housing and a shaft having an end received in the housing and which may be externally acted upon causing rotation thereof. The housing has a fluid-filled working space and two subchambers which can be connected to the working space. The subchambers lie next to each other. First and second pistons are guided respectively in a displaceable manner in the subchambers and can be displaced therein by a swash plate. The shaft is connected to the swash plate for rotating the swash plate. Respective control devices of the subchambers include blocking valves for respectively connecting the subchambers to the working space and passage valves for respectively connecting the working space to the subchambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: Stabilus GmbHInventors: Rolf Mintgen, Wilhelm Schwab, Paul Muders
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Publication number: 20040136834Abstract: A method of adjusting a rotary machine includes the steps of press fitting an adjustable member to one of a housing and a rotary body where the adjustable member is arranged to a reference position at which movable amount or a rotary body is zero, and adjusting the movable amount of the rotary body in a direction of a rotary axis to the predetermined amount by varying a position of the adjustable member that is press-fitted to the one of the housing and the rotary body from the reference position by the predetermined amount in a direction in which the movement restricting part and the contacting part contacting with each other are separated from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Tomoji Tarutani, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Yoshinori Inoue, Kenji Mochizuki, Hisato Kawamura
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Publication number: 20040131473Abstract: A motor pump for high-pressure washers having a structure of the type that comprises a rotating plate that is inclined with respect to its axis and on which at least two pistons push, the pistons being arranged parallel to the axis in radially spaced positions. The rotating plate is associated for joint rotation with a motorized support, which is arranged opposite the pistons and on which the plate can oscillate freely in order to vary its inclination, with respect to the rotation axis, between preset values that determine the axial movement of the pistons, elastic elements for contrasting the variations in inclination induced by the pistons being functionally interposed between the plate and the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: LAVORWASH S.P.A.Inventors: Giancarlo Lanfredi, Stefano Grossi
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Publication number: 20040101417Abstract: The invention provides a volume control apparatus of a radial pump or motor which downsizes a hydraulic pump or motor, reduces a weight thereof and improves a freedom in arrangement, and a positioning apparatus. Accordingly, a servo piston (8) is operated following to a control valve (9), presses a cam ring (2) so as to position the cam ring at a position in correspondence to a volume control pressure, and regulates a volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Mitsuru Arai, Naoki Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20040096335Abstract: A housing for a hydraulic pump is provided. The pump has an input shaft connected to a swashplate, a plurality of pistons, a plurality of check valves, and a metering device having an actuator. The housing includes a first housing member having a fluid inlet, a shaft bore adapted to receive the input shaft, and a swashplate bore adapted to receive the swashplate. A second housing member has a plurality of cylinders adapted to slidably receive the plurality of pistons and a plurality of check valve bores that are in fluid communication with the cylinders and are adapted to receive the plurality of check valves. The second housing member also includes an actuator bore configured to receive at least a portion of the actuator, a collector cavity in fluid communication with each of the check valve bores, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the collector cavity. The second housing member is connected to the first housing member to maintain the swashplate in engagement with the plurality of pistons.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2002Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: Caterpillar, Inc.Inventor: Ashraf B. Abdelrahman
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Patent number: 6736605Abstract: The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump shafts are coaxially aligned and non-rotatably connected in tandem; a common housing for accommodating the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump; and a first center section and a second center section that respectively support the first and second hydraulic pumps.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryota Ohashi, Hironori Sumomozawa
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Patent number: 6729853Abstract: A first bleed passage and a second bleed passage each connect a crank chamber of a compressor with a suction chamber of the compressor. A first supply passage and a second supply passage each connect the crank chamber with a discharge chamber of the compressor. A first control valve adjusts the opening size of the first supply passage in response to the pressure in the suction chamber. A second control valve includes a ball valve and an electromagnetic actuator. The ball valve adjusts the opening size of the second supply passage and the opening size of the first bleed passage. The electromagnetic actuator moves the ball valve. The ball valve is moved to a first position and to a second position. At the first position, the ball valve closes the second supply passage and opens the first bleed passage. At the second position, the ball valve opens the second supply passage and closes the first bleed passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Satoshi Umemura, Tomoji Tarutani, Tatsuya Hirose, Yuji Hashimoto, Ryo Matsubara, Masaki Ota
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Publication number: 20040076527Abstract: In a variable displacement swash plate type refrigerant compressor (10), a stopper (28) is provided for setting an initial angle of the inclination angle of a swash plate (23) when a drive shaft (19) is not driven. When the drive shaft (19) is driven by a driving power source of the compressor (10) under a non-operation condition of a refrigerant circuit, the stopper (28) is moved to permit the inclination angle of the swash plate (23) to be reduced from the initial angle in response to increase of compression work of the compressor (10) so as to suppress the increase of the compression work to save the driving power for the compressor (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Anri Enomoto, Yoshihiro Ochiai
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Patent number: 6715997Abstract: A variable displacement hydraulic power unit has a housing and a rotating piston block with a rotatable axis and a servo piston bore having a reciprocal piston therein with the bore extending in a direction parallel to the rotatable axis of the rotating piston block. The housing and servo piston each have adjacent open ends. A single integral cover is attached to the housing to cover close and close the open ends of both the housing and the piston bore.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Frantz, Robert J. Klinkel
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Publication number: 20040062660Abstract: In a clutchless variable capacity swash plate compressor including a shaft 5 rotatably supported within a housing, a swash plate 10 tiltably mounted on the shaft 5, for rotation in unison therewith, and a discharge passage D via which refrigerant gas delivered from compression chambers 6a to a discharge chamber 12 is sent out of the compressor, a discharge check valve 130 having a valve-closing pressure lower than a valve-opening pressure is provided in the discharge passage D.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Yukio Kazahaya, Norikatsu Kiso
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Publication number: 20040055456Abstract: A variable displacement compressor has a housing, a piston, a drive shaft, a rotor, a cam plate and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism between the rotor and the cam plate guides the cam plate to incline and slide relative to the drive shaft. Thus, the displacement volume of the compressor is varied. The rotation of the drive shaft is converted to the reciprocation of the piston through the rotor, the hinge mechanism and the cam plate. The hinge mechanism includes first and second hinge elements that are respectively provided on the rotor and on the cam plate and engage each other. At least one of the first and second hinge elements has a degree of freedom for motion against the rotor and/or the cam plate to which it belongs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventors: Hajime Kurita, Hiroshi Uneyama, Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Hiroaki Kayukawa
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Publication number: 20040052649Abstract: A sliding component has a metal base member and a coating layer. The metal base member has a sliding surface. The layer is made of silane-modified resin. The silane-modified resin is made from resin that is soluble in solvent and is equal to or higher in heat-resistant than epoxy resin. The coating layer is formed on the sliding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Hitotoshi Murase, Toshihisa Shimo
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Publication number: 20040052648Abstract: A compressor capable of damping the suction pulsation or discharge pulsation thereof with a simple structure, wherein either of a suction chamber and a discharge chamber formed at the center of a rear head is allowed to communicate with a corresponding port through a tunnel-shaped communication path and a muffler space is formed between the tunnel-shaped communication path and a pipe connection part for connecting the port thereto, whereby, when the communication path allows the suction chamber to communicate with the pipe connection part of the suction port, the suction pulsation can be suppressed or prevented and, when the communication path allows the discharge chamber to communicate with the pipe connection part of the discharge port, the discharge pulsation can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Keiichi Matsuda, Yukio Kazahaya, Norikatsu Kiso, Shoichi Enokido
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Publication number: 20040052647Abstract: A compressor includes a compressor main body and a power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism includes a pulley and a hub. The pulley has a first inner cylinder and a second inner cylinder, which are apart from each other in the axial direction of the pulley. A one-way clutch is located on a power transmission path between the first inner cylinder and the hub. A bearing is located between the first inner cylinder and the hub. A bearing is located between the second inner cylinder and a housing of the compressor main body. A power transmission pin for discontinuing an excessive power transmission is located on a power transmission path between an engine of a vehicle and a drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Akinobu Kanai, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Masaki Ota, Taku Adaniya, Kazuhiko Mnami, Hirohiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 6705181Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus absorbs torque fluctuations (vibrations) while limiting the size of the outside dimensions of a pulley. Elastomeric dampers and pendulum type vibration-absorbing mechanisms are located between an outer tube and an inner tube of a pulley body.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso CorporationInventors: Yasuo Tabuchi, Junichi Ohguchi, Naoki Hakamada
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Patent number: 6705841Abstract: A variable displacement piston compressor comprising a housing and a shaft supported within the housing for rotational movement about an axis. The shaft includes a stepped down portion defining a reduced diameter within the shaft. A pin extends generally outward from the shaft and includes a distal end. A sleeve is mounted about the shaft, is slidable along the shaft, and is rotatable with the shaft. The sleeve extends over a portion of the stepped down portion of the shaft and defines a radial gap between the sleeve and the stepped down portion. A swash-ring is supported on the sleeve and is rotatable with the shaft. The swash-ring is pivotably coupled to the distal end of the pin. The swash-ring defines an angle with the axis that is adjustable with respect to the axis. A biasing member engages the sleeve and biases the sleeve along the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Pawelski, Brian R. Kelm, Douglas Alexander Young
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Publication number: 20040042906Abstract: Smaller and lighter hydraulic pump/motors are provided with pistons having body portions substantially as long as the axial length of the respective cylinders in which they reciprocate. A plurality of respective lubricating channels, formed circumferentially and radially transecting the walls of each cylinder, is each positioned to be closed at all times by the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston during its entire stroke. Each lubricating channel is interconnected, one to another, to form a single, continuous lubricating passageway entirely within the cylinder block and not connected by either fluid “input” or fluid “output” passageways, being replenished solely by blow-by entering from the valve end of each cylinder. A plurality of sealing members, each located near the open end of each cylinder, substantially eliminates blow-by from this lubricating passageway, thereby significantly increasing volumetric efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Vernon E. Gleasman, Keith E. Gleasman, Matthew R. Wrona
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Publication number: 20040028534Abstract: In an air-conditioning compressor with a revolving wobble plate driven by a driving shaft, the variable piston stroke height is regulated by directing pressure medium to flow from the high-pressure outlet compartment to the piston-drive compartment and/or from the piston-drive compartment to the intake suction compartment of the compressor. The driving shaft has a tubular end portion extending into a recess of the cylinder head. The medium flow from the high-pressure area to the piston-drive compartment is routed along the outside of the end portion, while the flow from the piston-drive compartment to the intake area is routed through the hollow channel inside the end portion. A flow-resisting element is arranged between the outside of the end portion and the wall of the recess in the cylinder head, so that the flow resistance towards the cylinder head is significantly greater than in the direction towards the driving compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: LuK Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Jan Hinrichs
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Publication number: 20040018097Abstract: A variable displacement compressor includes a plate having a variable inclination angle, and a piston engaging the plate. The piston reciprocates within a bore of the compressor in accordance with a rotation of the plate, and the piston has a stroke length which is determined by the inclination angle of the plate. The compressor also includes a sensor positioned adjacent to the piston. The sensor generates an output signal when a predetermined portion of the piston is aligned with the sensor. The compressor also includes a processing unit operationally coupled to the sensor. The processing unit estimates the inclination angle of the plate based on the output signal from the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventor: Yoshiihiro Ochiai
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Patent number: 6682312Abstract: A tandem pump comprising first and second pumps connected in tandem by an interface. Each pump has a housing and an end cap containing hydraulic porting. The interface connects the end cap of one pump to the housing of the other pump.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventor: William H. Ward
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Publication number: 20040005224Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing, a refrigerant gas passage and a rotary valve. The housing defines a suction pressure region. The refrigerant gas passage interconnects the suction pressure region with at least a compression chamber. The rotary valve includes a suction guiding hole which forms a part of the refrigerant gas passage. The suction guiding hole connects each compression chamber by turns with the suction pressure region as the rotary valve is rotated. The suction guiding hole communicates with a plurality of the compression chambers at least at early and last stages in a suction process. The suction guiding hole has a predetermined area per unit length in a rotational direction of the rotary valve. The predetermined area gradually increases from a preceding side of the rotation of the rotary valve to a middle and gradually decreases from the middle to a following side of the rotary valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Masaki Ota, Kenji Mochizuki, Hisato Kawamura, Yoshinori Inoue, Junichi Takahata
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Publication number: 20040005223Abstract: A compressor is disclosed having a gas extraction passage, internally formed in a drive shaft and continuously communicating with a crank chamber and a suction chamber, that has an inlet portion, to be exposed to the crank chamber, is formed in the drive shaft in a radial direction. As a result, mist-like oil accompanied by blow-by gas tending to flow into the gas extraction passage initially impinges upon and adheres to an inner peripheral surface of the inlet portion of the gas extraction passage due to rotational movement of the drive shaft. Namely, oil separation (gas-liquid separation) occurs at the inlet portion of the gas extraction passage. Then, oil separated from the blow-by gas at the inlet portion of the gas extraction passage is forcibly returned to the crank chamber due to a centrifugal force caused by rotational movement of the drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Kawachi, Masanori Ogawa, Hiroyuki Makishima, Hiroshi Kageyama, Susumu Higano
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Patent number: 6663354Abstract: A hydrostatic axial piston machine has a cylinder block with bores holding reciprocating pistons, a swashplate supporting the pistons, and control cams to supply the bores with hydraulic fluid. The swashplate is a pivoting cradle mounted on friction bearings in a cradle receptacle. Hydraulic fluid channels empty into the cradle receptacle and are in communication with supply channels in the cradle connected to the control cams. An actuator piston to adjust the cradle is located between two friction bearing segments of the cradle receptacle and has a toothed rack segment engaging a gearing segment on the back side of the cradle.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Linde AktiengesellschaftInventor: Franz Forster
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Patent number: 6659733Abstract: A variable displacement compressor includes a cylinder block and a valve plate connected to the cylinder block. The cylinder block has cylinder bores and a central supporting hole. A piston is housed in each cylinder bore to compress gas. A swash plate is connected to the pistons to convert rotation of the drive shaft into reciprocation of the pistons. A cylindrical body is housed in the supporting hole. A coil spring located in the supporting hole presses the cylindrical body toward the swash plate. The cylindrical body moves axially as the swash plate is inclined. When the swash plate is minimally inclined, the valve plate receives force from the swash plate through the cylindrical body. Therefore, axial forces from the swash plate are not exerted on the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Kenji Takenaka, Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Masahiro Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20030206811Abstract: In an axial, variable displacement, positive displacement pump having a swash plate mounted on a drive shaft for rotation therewith and a non-rotatable wobble plate surrounding the swash plate but isolated there from through bearings includes a slide mechanism disposed on the shaft that can be axially displaced along the shaft as the shaft is being driven to thereby vary the angle of inclination of the swash plate and wobble plate relative to the drive shaft. The pump further includes a unitary in-line valve assembly including suction and discharge poppet valves for each cylinder whereby the overall diameter of the cylinder block can be minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2002Publication date: November 6, 2003Applicant: Hypro CorporationInventors: Bruce A. Maki, Daniel A. Beilke, Robert Hosfield, David G. Vensland
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Patent number: 6640687Abstract: A non-feedback proportional system is provided to achieve desired operating characteristics which will allow the control of a hydrostatic transmission to closely approximate the control performance of a displacement feedback control system by establishing certain parameters relating to (1) the servo spring rate; (2) the valve plate index; (3) valve plate crossport/trap; (4) valve plate porting geometry; (5) swashplate offset; and (6) piston bore volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Frantz, Shannon D. Carver, Craig C. Klocke, Dennis M. Greene
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Patent number: 6632074Abstract: A multistage piston compressor includes a case and a suction chamber and a discharge chamber provided in the case. A rotary shaft is supported in the case. A valve plate provided in the case includes suction ports and discharge ports. A plurality of bores are provided at predetermined intervals about the axis of the shaft. Pistons are housed in the bores and compress refrigerant by reciprocating in accordance with the rotation of the shaft. An intermediate chamber connects a discharge port with a suction port. The refrigerant is compressed in stages by passing through a plurality of bores via the intermediate chamber. Compression chambers are defined between the pistons and the valve plate. A communication passage is provided for setting the pressures acting on the rear faces of the pistons to an intermediate pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Kazuo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakane, Susumu Tarao, Kenichi Morita
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Patent number: 6629823Abstract: Compressor are taught that may include a suction port to draw refrigerant and a discharge port to discharge compressed refrigerant. A driving shaft is disposed within a compressor driving chamber. A swash plate is inclinably and slidably coupled to the driving shaft. The swash plate rotates together with the driving shaft at an inclination angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the driving shaft. A cylinder bore is disposed adjacent to the compressor driving chamber. A piston is disposed within the cylinder bore and an end portion of the piston is connected to a peripheral edge of the swash plate by a shoe. Preferably, the piston reciprocates within the cylinder bore to compress the refrigerant in response to rotation of the inclined swash plate. A rotor is connected to the driving shaft. A hinge mechanism connects the swash plate with the rotor and transmits torque from the driving shaft to the swash plate regardless of the inclination angle of the swash plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki SeisakushoInventors: Masaki Ota, Tomoji Tarutani, Tomohiro Wakita, Kenta Nishimura, Yoshinori Inoue, Masafumi Ito
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Patent number: 6623247Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a variable displacement hydraulic pump having a swashplate pivotally attached to the pump. The method and apparatus includes determining a desired swashplate angle as a function of a power limit of the pump, determining an actual swashplate angle, determining a value of discharge pressure of the pump, moving a servo valve spool to a desired position as a function of the desired swashplate angle, the actual swashplate angle and the discharge pressure, and responsively moving the swashplate to the desired swashplate angle position.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Caterpillar IncInventor: Hongliu Du
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Publication number: 20030165389Abstract: A variable displacement piston compressor comprising a housing and a shaft supported within the housing for rotational movement about an axis. The shaft includes a stepped down portion defining a reduced diameter within the shaft. A pin extends generally outward from the shaft and includes a distal end. A sleeve is mounted about the shaft, is slidable along the shaft, and is rotatable with the shaft. The sleeve extends over a portion of the stepped down portion of the shaft and defines a radial gap between the sleeve and the stepped down portion. A swash-ring is supported on the sleeve and is rotatable with the shaft. The swash-ring is pivotably coupled to the distal end of the pin. The swash-ring defines an angle with the axis that is adjustable with respect to the axis. A biasing member engages the sleeve and biases the sleeve along the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Pawelski, Brian R. Kelm, Douglas Alexander Young
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Publication number: 20030138336Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder block, a chamber housing, a drive shaft, a piston, and a cam mechanism. The cylinder block has a plurality of cylinder bores and a muffler chamber. The muffle chamber is formed within the cylinder block in a space between the cylinder bores. The chamber housing is secured to one end of the cylinder block and has at least a pair of a suction chamber and a discharge chamber located near each of the cylinder bores. The discharge chamber communicates with the muffler chamber. The drive shaft is rotatably supported in the cylinder block. The piston is disposed in each of the cylinder bores for compressing gas to generate compressed gas. The cam mechanism converts rotation of the drive shaft to reciprocating movement of the piston. In the present invention, pressure pulsations are suppressed without increasing the compressor in size even when the high-pressure refrigerant such as carbon dioxide is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2001Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nakane, Naoya Yokomachi, Kazuo Murakami, Tatsuya Koide, Yumin Hishinuma
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Patent number: 6595886Abstract: A hydrostatic axial piston machine with a swashplate construction formed with an axially short construction. The cylinder block has a plurality of bores received in movable pistons. The pistons are each supported by respective slippers through a slipper joint on a swashplate. The center points of the slipper joints are located in a plane, the intersection point of the plane with the axis of rotation of the cylinder block is in an end surface of the cylinder block that contains the piston exit openings or in an area of the cylinder block that is adjacent to the end surface. The cylinder block is rotationally mounted in the vicinity of the intersection point of the plane with the axis of rotation. The center points of all the slipper joints are preferably located inside the axial extension of the bores in the cylinder block so that transverse piston forces are absorbed direction in the cylinder block. The slipper joints may be connected by a connecting rod with the corresponding slipper.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Linde AktiengesellschaftInventor: Franz Forster
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Publication number: 20030131725Abstract: A variable displacement compressor has a drive shaft, a rotor supported by the drive shaft, a drive plate supported by the drive shaft and a hinge mechanism located between the rotor and the drive plate. The hinge mechanism includes a cam, which is located on the rotor, and a guide portion, which is located on the drive plate. The cam has a cam surface, which has a predetermined profile. One of the cam surface and the guide portion slides against the other in accordance with inclination of the drive plate. The guide portion traces a path corresponding to the profile of the cam surface with respect to the cam. The path includes a first path corresponding to a small displacement region of the compressor and a second path corresponding to a large displacement region of the compressor. The profile of the cam surface is determined such that the first path and the second path bulge in a direction opposite to each other to compensate for fluctuation of a top dead center position of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Hajime Kurita, Hiroshi Uneyama, Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Hiroaki Kayukawa, Takahiro Moroi, Tatsuya Koide, Kenji Mochizuki
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Patent number: 6572342Abstract: An easy method for manufacturing a swash plate and a variable capacity swash plate compressor adopting the swash plate are provided. The method for manufacturing a swash plate or a hub having a boss including a through hole includes: holding a swash plate or a hub at a maximum inclination angle with respect to an horizontal axis; calculating a diameter DH of the through hole using the relation DS<DH<(DS/cos &agr;)+1.0 mm, where DS is the diameter in millimeters of a drive shaft to be mounted passing through the through hole, and &agr; is the maximum inclination angle of the swash plate; and forming the through hole to have the diameter calculated in through a single process on the swash plate or the hub in a maximum inclination angle position, resulting in the boss of the swash plate or the hub, the single process being carried out in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Halla Climate Control CorporationInventors: Hew-nam Ahn, Tae-young Park
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Publication number: 20030095873Abstract: A refrigeration suction mechanism used in a piston type compressor. The compressor comprises a rotary shaft, a plurality of pistons, a compression chamber and a rotary valve. The pistons are arranged in a circumference of the rotary shaft to reciprocate in conjunction with a rotating motion of the rotary shaft through a cam member. An end surface of one of said pistons reciprocates in the compression chamber. The rotary valve includes an introducing passage which allows refrigerant to flow into the compression mechanism through an end opened on an outer surface of the rotary valve. The refrigeration suction mechanism comprises a suction passage and a reactive force transmitting mechanism. The suction passage communicates with the cylinder bore and intermittently communicates with the end of the introducing passage in conjunction with a rotating motion of the rotary valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Tomoji Tarutani, Masaki Ota, Noriyuki Shintoku, Hisato Kawamura, Hirohiko Tanaka, Akio Saiki, Jun Kondo
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Publication number: 20030095874Abstract: A swash plate for a swash plate-type, variable displacement compressor, such that the compressor is driven by a drive shaft having a shaft axis. The swash plate includes a boss that is penetrated slidably by the drive shaft. The boss is connected slidably to a rotor that is fixed to the drive shaft, whereby a variable, oblique angle is formed between a surface of the swash plate and the shaft axis. The boss is connected securely within the swash plate and comprises a nitrided surface layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventor: Shinji Tagami
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Publication number: 20030095876Abstract: A shaft and a rotary valve, which are formed integrally, are made of an iron-based metal while a cylinder block is made of an aluminum-based metal. A sleeve forms a slide surface between the cylinder block and the rotary valve when the shaft and the rotary valve rotate together. The sleeve has a coefficient of thermal expansion closer to those of the shaft and the rotary valve than that of the cylinder block. This structure prevents an increase in the clearance between the housing and the rotary valve due to the increased temperature at the time the shaft rotates at a high speed, and prevents gas leakage and a reduction in sealability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Tomoji Tarutani, Noriyuki Shintoku, Kenji Mochizuki, Yoshinori Inoue
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Publication number: 20030084783Abstract: A piston for a compressor has a head portion, a neck portion, a receiving wall for receiving reactive force and a first guide wall. The receiving wall extends from a drive shaft side of the head portion towards the neck portion; is disposed on a preceding side in a rotating direction of a cam plate; and has an outer circumferential surface that slides over the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder bore. The first guide wall extends from the drive shaft side of the head portion towards the neck portion; is disposed on a following side in the rotating direction of the cam plate; and has an outer circumferential surface that slides relative to the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder bore. A recess is formed in the outer circumferential surface of the first guide wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Fuminobu Enokijima, Masaki Inoue, Junichi Takahata
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Patent number: 6547531Abstract: A conventional variable-displacement, axial piston-type hydraulic fluid pump having a pump housing is provided with co-operating pump rotational speed, thrust plate position, and working pressure operating-condition sensor assemblies that are partially contained within the pump housing, that are partially contained within a separate position sensor housing which is removably secured to the pump housing, and that are sealed against high-pressure fluid leakage using only static resilient fluid pressure seals.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Inventors: Terry L. Cumbo, Robert C. Hodges, Anthony L. Reilly
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Publication number: 20030063980Abstract: Engineered surface treatments are applied to different types of hydraulic motors and pumps to improve the life of the contacting surfaces in said motors and pumps. The engineered surface treatments are selected from texture modifications and tribiological coatings and selectively applied to one or both of the contacting surfaces to reduce friction and improve fatigue life under poor lubrication operating conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: The Timken CompanyInventor: Gary L. Doll
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Patent number: 6540488Abstract: A slant plate-type variable displacement compressor includes a housing enclosing a crank chamber, a suction chamber, and a discharge chamber. The housing includes a cylinder block, and cylinder bores are formed therein. Pistons are slidably disposed within the cylinder bores. A valve member is disposed in a first passage, which communicates between a discharge side of the cylinder bore and the crank chamber. The valve member is controlled by a suction pressure of the cylinder bore. A second passage communicates between the crank chamber and a suction side of the cylinder bore through an orifice for allowing pressure to release. A cross-sectional area of the orifice is variably controlled, such that when compressor operation begins, the cross-sectional area of the orifice is greater than that during a capacity control operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Sanden CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Takai, Makoto Tamura
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Publication number: 20030031569Abstract: A piston type compressor includes a housing forming a cylinder bore. A drive shaft is supported by the housing. A cam plate is coupled to the drive shaft and is rotated by the rotation of the drive shaft A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore and is coupled to the cam plate. The rotation of the cam plate is converted into the reciprocating movement of the piston. In accordance with the reciprocating movement of the piston, gas is introduced into the cylinder bore, is compressed and is discharged from the cylinder bore. Compression reactive force is generated in compressing the gas by the piston, is transmitted to the housing through a compression reactive force transmission path and is received by the housing. A vibration damping member is made of a predetermined vibration damping alloy and is placed at least one location along the compression reactive force transmission path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventors: Shiro Hayashi, Hideki Mizutani, Atsuyuki Morishita, Hiroaki Kayukawa
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Patent number: 6517322Abstract: A hydrostatic variable displacement pump of swash plate construction has a cylinder block 2, in a housing 1, with displacement pistons 3 guided therein, a swash plate 4 and at least a first bearing 5 and a second bearing 6, which supports the angle adjustable swash plate 4. The housing 1 has a first opening, through which the swash plate can be introduced. The first bearing 5 has a removable outer race 13 which is designed such that, following installation of the second bearing 6 of the swash plate 4 in the bearing seat 8, it fixes said swash plate in the bearing seat 7 of the first bearing 5. The servomechanism 9, 10 is integrated in a cover 10 which closes off the housing 1 on the side of the first bearing 5.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Sauer-Danfoss, Inc.Inventors: Carsten Fiebing, Reinhardt Thoms
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Patent number: 6517321Abstract: A variable displacement compressor has a crank chamber defined in a housing. A drive shaft is arranged in the housing. A piston is accommodated in the cylinder bore. A swash plate is connected to the piston to convert a rotation of the drive shaft. A retainer surface is arranged in the housing and extends substantially perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft. A restricting mechanism is arranged between the swash plate and the retainer surface. The restricting mechanism receives the swash plate and restricts movement of the swash plate when the inclination of the swash plate decreases.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki SeisakushoInventors: Kenji Takenaka, Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Masahiro Kawaguchi