Forklift hydraulic motor based industrial driver apparatus
AssigneeOne Pass Innovators, LLC
InventorsRyan DeWind, Gregory Allen DeWind
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Abstract
An industrial driver apparatus includes a forklift hydraulic motor, a drive shaft adapter, a hydraulic pump, and a frame. The forklift hydraulic motor includes a housing and a drive shaft. The drive shaft adapter is coupled to the drive shaft of the forklift hydraulic motor and adapts the drive shaft of the forklift hydraulic motor to a dimension of a threaded component being driven by the forklift hydraulic motor. The hydraulic pump pressurizes a hydraulic fluid used to drive the forklift hydraulic motor. The frame is coupled to a housing of the forklift hydraulic motor and prevents the forklift hydraulic motor from rotating while the drive shaft rotates the threaded component.
Claims11
A system for driving treaded components comprising:
- an elongated platform having a first end and a second end, with a first side and a second side opposing the first side and extending between the first end and the second end;
- a frame extending from the elongated platform, the frame having a first leg associated with the first side and a second leg associated with the second side, and a crossbeam member coupling the first leg to the second leg and extending across the elongated platform spaced apart from the elongated platform, the crossbeam member being cylindrical with a circular cross-sectional area and defining a longitudinal axis extending therethrough;
- a hydraulic motor support member having a central region, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the hydraulic motor support member pivotably coupled to the crossbeam member at the central region between the first end and the second end and structurally configured to both pivot side to side and also pivot in an up and down manner, so as to allow the hydraulic motor support member to pivot about two different axis relative to the crossbeam member, thereby allowing the first end and the second end of the hydraulic motor support member to swivel relative to the crossbeam member between the first side and the second side of the elongated platform, and to allow the hydraulic motor support member to pivot about the longitudinal axis defined by the crossbeam member, the crossbeam member acting as a fulcrum to allow the first end and the second end of the hydraulic motor support member to rotate closer and further away from the elongated platform, the central region having a protrusion portion directly interfacing with the crossbeam member, the protrusion portion having an single height, the height of the protrusion portion establishing a distance between the central region of the hydraulic motor support member and the crossbeam member, the hydraulic motor support member defining a longitudinal axis, wherein a length of the hydraulic motor support member proximate to the second end is offset so as to increase a distance between the elongated platform and the second end of the hydraulic motor support member;
- a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor, the hydraulic pump and the electric motor coupled to the hydraulic motor support member between the first end and the central region;
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- a hydraulic motor coupled to the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic motor having an upper end with a pivot region at the upper end, the pivot region coupled via a yoke-coupler to the second end of the hydraulic motor support member so as to pivotably suspend the hydraulic motor from the second end of the hydraulic motor support member, the hydraulic motor having a housing and a shaft extending therefrom, the shaft being interfaceable with a threaded member positioned on the elongated platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.