Displacement Control Of Plural Cylinders Arranged In Parallel, Radial, Or Conical Relationship With Rotary Transmission Axis Patents (Class 92/12.1)
  • Patent number: 11821318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cam machine with a control mechanism which will find application in various fields of mechanical engineering, such as compressor machines, hydraulic pumps, internal combustion engines and other types of engines in various land, sea and air vehicles, or in stationary units. The created cam machine improves the contact between the cam profiles (15a, 15b) of the cam bushings (16a, 16b) and the followers (1a, 1b). The main improvement of the machine is in the design of the regulating mechanism, which increases the reliability and the service life of the cam machine. In addition, simple and reliable control mechanisms are integrated in the machine, which at the same time simplifies the process of adjusting the cam machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Boyan Kirilov Bahnev
  • Patent number: 11053929
    Abstract: Provided is a variable displacement pump which sucks and discharges a working fluid by moving a piston with a stroke in response to an inclination angle of a swash plate, the variable displacement pump including: a control piston which includes a columnar piston portion pressing the swash plate and adjusts the inclination angle of the swash plate between a maximal inclination angle in which a discharge capacity of the working fluid becomes maximal and a minimal inclination angle in which the discharge capacity of the working fluid becomes minimal; a piston accommodation portion which is formed in the housing and accommodates the piston portion; and a pressed portion which is disposed between the swash plate and the piston portion and is pressed toward the swash plate by the piston portion, in which when the inclination angle of the swash plate is an intermediate inclination angle in which the discharge capacity of the working fluid becomes an intermediate amount between the maximal amount and the minimal amou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tsutomu Matsuo, Naoya Yokomachi, Yuki Ueda, Takashi Uno
  • Patent number: 9033321
    Abstract: An active mount structure may include an actuator coupled to an actuator plate coupled to an orifice plate within a housing, wherein the actuator includes a plunger coupled to the actuator plate, a first rod rotatably coupled to a bottom of the plunger and rotated by a first motor unit, wherein the first rod includes a rotating shaft rotatably coupled to the plunger, one side of the rotating shaft extending to form an extending portion, and a rotation retention portion formed at the extending portion, a swash plate defining a center hole therein and having shaft protrusions, wherein the first rod may be disposed in the center hole and the rotation retention portion may be engaged to the swash plate, and a second rod engaged at the swash plate and raised or lowered by a second motor unit, wherein the shaft protrusions may be rotatably coupled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Lee, Jang-Ho Kim, Yong-Woong Cha
  • Publication number: 20140352525
    Abstract: Mounting structure for housing-free hydraulic axial piston machines of the bent axis or swash plate design, having a closing plate on which a cylinder block unit with displacing pistons arranged therein is supported, and having a drive or driven shaft. The mounting structure here is designed in the manner of a basket and has a receptacle for the drive or driven shaft and at least two struts which are in each case connected at one end to the receptacle and at the other end to the closing plate in such a manner that the closing plate, the cylinder block unit and the drive or driven shaft are held—analogously as in a housing—in a functionally ready position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Harry Rasch
  • Publication number: 20140150643
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cam engine used in different field of the mechanical engineering, as internal-combustion engines, compressors, pumps etc. The cam engine comprises cylinders (26) with pistons (25), cylindrical tubular 3D cam (20) having a cam groove on the inner cylindrical surface and at least two asynchronously moving followers (1a and 1b) with arms (37) having main and additional rollers (3, 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Boyan Bahnev
  • Patent number: 8689551
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive unit having a center section for a hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor mounted in a casing. The center section includes a cylindrical protuberance for locating the center section in the casing, and at least one fastener opening formed in the center section for receiving a fastener engaged to the casing. The drive unit may also include a pair of flat surfaces formed on the center section and adapted to mount with features in the casing, and a bypass shaft extending into the casing and at least partially disposed in the center section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Eric S. Phanco, Kenneth J. Rawski
  • Publication number: 20140076155
    Abstract: An embodiment may have two rotary discs including a second disc (a cap) and a first disc; and a rotary ‘cam’ (having ports) placed in the central hole of the first disc. A cap is half the diameter of the first disc. Both face each other and maintain contour complementarity (wall height of the second disc+radial depth of the first disc is constant at contact); either, when both discs rotate on their axes, placed the second disc's radius apart, or when the second disc rotates and revolves on the face of stationary first disc. The cap seals the cavity underneath during the two motions, and without jeopardizing the sealing, permits entry and exit of the radial ridges and furrows of the first disc into it. The ridges sweep the floor (under surface) of the cap and divide the cavity into variable volume compartments that suck and expel fluid simultaneously through the ‘cam’. The machine is designed to work as rotary pump, compressor, turbine or internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Arvind Kumar Sharma, Arvind Kumar Singh
  • Publication number: 20140060317
    Abstract: An axial piston unit (1) having bent-axis construction with several guided piston elements (3) longitudinally movable in one rotatable cylinder device (2) and with an area (4) operatively connected with the piston elements (3) and guided with torque. The torque-guided area (4) is constructed to be rotatable around a swivel axis (10), and a displacement of the axial piston unit (1) varies depending on the rotary movement of the torque-guided area (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ZF Friedichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rebholz, Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 8635941
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic control system for pump control is disclosed. The hydraulic actuator is configured to control the inclination of a swashplate. The position of the hydraulic actuator is controlled by controlling the flow of pressurized fluid into and out of two pressure chambers, one on either side of the actuator. A fluid passageway is provided that selectively connects the passageway to tank. The passageway has an orifice for each pressure chamber, and the actuator is configured to selectively block all or a portion of one or more of the orifices, depending on the position of the actuator. The components of the control system are configured such that the actuator will return to a neutral or near-neutral position upon loss of electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Hongliu Du
  • Patent number: 8511081
    Abstract: For both adjustable flow restrictors D1, D2 having variable cross-sections a common adjustment element 21 is provided mechanically coupling the restrictors in a hydraulic damping assembly D for regulating parameters of a regulating system S, in particular of a variable displacement pump P, the restrictors D1, D2 being provided in discharge paths 12, 13 such that the restrictor cross-sections can be varied within an adjustment stroke h. The common adjustment element 21 allows to simultaneously and oppositely vary the flow restriction cross-sections A of both flow restrictors having a variable cross-section. The restrictor cross-sections A of both flow restrictors D1, D2 having a variable cross-section of a hydraulic damping assembly S in a regulating system S of a variable displacement pump P can be varied simultaneously and oppositely according to an imminent specification of the system set by the manufacturer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: HAWE Hydraulik SE
    Inventor: Georg Jemuller
  • Patent number: 8235681
    Abstract: A first swash plate (30) and a second swash plate (40) are disposed on either side of a cylinder block (4), and a plurality of cylinders (6) are disposed in the cylinder block (4). A first piston (8) and a second piston (9) are inserted opposite to each other in each cylinder (6) such that the first piston (8) slides on the first swash plate (30) and the second piston (9) slides on the second swash plate (40). By providing a servo mechanism (33) that tilts the first swash plate (30) and a tilt linking mechanism (40, 70) that tilts the second swash plate (40) in conjunction with the tilting of the first swash plate (30), tilt angles of the two swash plates (30, 40) can be controlled by the single servo mechanism (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120180650
    Abstract: The invention relates to an axial piston machine of a kind that has a plurality of pistons each reciprocating in a respective cylinder in a direction substantially parallel or at an angle less than 30 degrees to a crankshaft axis. The crankshaft axis presents a crank that is at an angle to the crankshaft axis and to which a reciprocator is mounted. The reciprocator effects the controlled movement of the pistons in their cylinders via a connection mechanism that connects each said piston with said reciprocator. The machine includes at least one pair of rotational constraint mechanisms to constrain the movement between the reciprocator and the pistons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Noel Stephen Duke
  • Publication number: 20120060684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid working machine comprising a controller and a working chamber, an electronically controllable low pressure valve associated therewith and a fast high pressure valve associated therewith, characterised in that the working chamber has associated therewith a slow high pressure valve for controlling the connection of the working chamber to a secondary high pressure manifold. A fluid working machine according to the invention may be operated to rotate its shaft to a certain position, for example to allow easy maintenance of a wind turbine generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: ARTEMIS INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Samuel Lavender, Michael Richard Fielding, Niall James Caldwell, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Stephen Michael Laird
  • Publication number: 20110182753
    Abstract: Provided are a capacity control valve, a variable capacity compressor, and a capacity control system, which control a discharge capacity stably even when a cooling load is small, and reduce the risk of damaging a compressor even in a state when the quantity of a refrigerant is insufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Yukihiko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7954681
    Abstract: A new and improved nailing bridge system which comprises a single nailing gun which is mounted for movement along a stud frame locus or a seam locus, defined by means of abutting sheets of wall sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, wherein the single nailing gun can be moved to any one of effectively an infinite number of positions so as to permit nails to be driven into the covering, sheathing, paneling, or the like, in order to fixedly secure the sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, to underlying stud frame members of a wall structure or wall panel member. Stitcher guns are also mounted upon a separate support beam so as to fixedly secure the sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, to the upper and lower plate, header, or footer members of the wall structure or wall panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Aubrey Smith, Stephen Fleming, Robert Tucker, Douglas Dodd
  • Publication number: 20110061524
    Abstract: A hydraulic module with two inclined-axis drive systems. The hydraulic module comprises a yoke (1) which, by virtue of a pin (5) that is in active connection with a piston (6), is pivoted about a horizontal pivot axis (4) so as to adjust the stroke volume of the two inclined-axis drive systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Martin Haffner, Udo Brehmer
  • Patent number: 7900454
    Abstract: In an engine having a crankshaft driven by reciprocating pistons in an arrangement of cylinders, a spider bearing is fixed to a crankshaft journal that is offset from the central axis of the crankshaft. Each piston is drivingly linked to the spider bearing by a connecting rod. Circular links at the opposite ends of each connecting rod are fitted with an inner bearing ring to provide low friction movement of the ends of each connecting rod relative to the piston and the spider bearing. Hubs equally spaced about the central axis of the spider bearing enable connection of the rod links to the spider bearing. In a preferred embodiment, the spider bearing is formed of a bearing material that surrounds the outer surface of the connecting rod links which, combined with the inner bearing rings, provides a double-backed bearing for carrying the piston load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Schoell
  • Patent number: 7464549
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an input drive system, which provides a plurality of phases of oscillating fluid flow, and an output drive system connected directly to the input drive system that is powered by the plurality of phases of oscillating fluid flow. The input drive system comprises a plurality of pistons that are caused to move in a reciprocating fashion by a power source. The power source may be a rotating power source, such as that provided by an electric motor, a diesel or petrol engine, or a turbine system. The input drive system comprises a cam ring attached to a rotating power source; a plurality of cam rollers in contact with the cam ring; and a plurality of pistons attached to the cam rings. The output drive system comprises one or more pistons that are caused to move in a reciprocating fashion by the oscillating fluid flow provided by the input drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Borealis Technical Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Sidney Edelson, Wayne Boyer Collier
  • Publication number: 20080223206
    Abstract: In a pressure booster having a cylinder mechanism, a floating mechanism is disposed between pistons and a piston rod, the floating mechanism being capable of absorbing offset (off centered) loads that are imposed on the pistons from the piston rod. The floating mechanism is constituted from swing bolts connected to both ends of the piston rod, support plates mounted onto end surfaces of the pistons and which swingably support the swing bolts therein, and fixing plates disposed between the ends of the piston rod and the support plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadashi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20080164431
    Abstract: A hydraulic blowout preventer operator comprises a first piston rod coupled to a closure member. The operator further comprises a first operator housing coupled to a bonnet and a head. The first piston rod extends through the bonnet into the first operator housing where is couples to a first piston disposed within the first operator housing. The operator further comprises a second piston rod coupled to the closure member. The second piston rod has a longitudinal axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first piston rod. The second piston rod extends through the bonnet into a second operator housing and is coupled to a second piston that is disposed within the second operator housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Melvyn F. Whitby, John T. Mangan
  • Patent number: 7334513
    Abstract: The invention relates to an axial piston machine having a swash plate (12) and a control piston (18) which contacts the swash plate (12) by way of a slide block (31) which is partially received by the swash plate (12) or the control piston (18). The slide block (31) can be inclined at least in a direction relative to the swash plate (12) or the control piston (18) and can be inserted through an opening into a cutout (80) constructed in the swash plate (12) or the control piston (18), the slide block (31) being fixed in the cutout (80) by fixing regions (83) constructed in the cutout (80). Provided in the swash plate (12) or the control piston (18), there is a resilient element (86, 91) which acts on the slide block (31) with a force directed towards the regions (83) fixing the slide block (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Brueninghaus Hydromatik GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Belser
  • Patent number: 6779986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radial piston pump, comprising an inlet chamber with an inlet connection, an eccentric which may be driven in a rotating manner, arranged within the inlet chamber, for driving at least one piston of the radial piston pump, a cylinder bore for guiding the piston and an inlet controller, which opens and closes a connection between the inlet chamber and the cylinder bore, depending on the piston position. The radial piston pump is characterized by at least one balancing element (24, 25) for the eccentric (17), which rotates synchronously with the eccentric (17) in the inlet chamber (20), the balancing element (24, 25) being so arranged in the inlet chamber (20) and/or so formed in its contour that a hydraulic resistance is formed between the inlet connection (8′) and inlet controller (31), or the flow of medium reaching the inlet controller (31) is unaffected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: LUK Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Breuer, Bernd Denfeld, Axel Fassbender, Antonia Schlosshan
  • Publication number: 20040134342
    Abstract: In a reciprocating-piston machine, in particular a refrigerant compressor for a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, comprising a machine shaft rotatably supported in a housing with a plurality of pistons arranged circularly around the machine shaft and an annular pivoting disc extending around, and being driven by, the machine shaft, wherein the annular pivoting disc engages the pistons via a joint arrangement disposed on a driver extending from the shaft for transmitting shaft drive forces to the pistons, the annular pivoting disc being supported by a sliding body mounted on a shaft and being pivotable about a hinge axis oriented transversely to the machine shaft, the joint arrangement of the driver is located outside a main center-plane, which extends perpendicularly to the hinge axis and through the axis of rotation of the machine shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Roland Casar, Peter Kuhn
  • Patent number: 6619186
    Abstract: A hydraulically actuated servo piston and hydraulic advance piston are integrated into the cam follower of a unit pump or injector to provide variable advance for an injection event produced by the pump or injector. The servo piston is nested in the advance piston with fluid passageways in the advance piston selectively opened or closed by movement of the servo piston. The full pressure of a hydraulic pump is available to the advance piston for powering the advance function, while stepwise reduced levels of hydraulic pressure from the same hydraulic pump are applied to control movement of the servo piston. A damping orifice restricts flow of hydraulic fluid to and from the servo piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Stanadyne Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Duquette, Kenneth Klopfer
  • Patent number: 6178869
    Abstract: The axial piston machine may be used as a hydraulic pump or hydraulic motor. A rotor of the piston machine includes an outer part having a spherical inner surface and an inner part having a corresponding spherical outer surface. The inner part has a plurality of elongate grooves defined therein to seat pistons therein. A plurality of piston members protrude into the pistons. A sleeve member is disposed inside the inner part. The sleeve member has a plurality of openings defined therein that are connected to chambers in an alternating fashion. The sleeve member may be turned sideways to adjust the position of the inner part relative to the outer part to set the operational volume of the piston machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Lars Gunnar Westman