Hydraulic Cylinder Drive System
OwnerPaul S. Andersoninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
OwnerPaul S. Andersoninventor
Estimating the term…
A hydraulic drive system that utilizes two or more hydraulic cylinders for applying torque to the drive shaft of a machine instead of a typical hydraulic motor. Each hydraulic cylinder is attached at one end to the frame of the machine by a clevis mount that pivots and the other end is rotationally connected to a shaft that is fixed to a crank arm that is fixed to the drive shaft. Each cylinder can either push or pull on the crank arm shaft so as to produce a torque on the drive shaft in the form of a moment about the centerline of the drive shaft. As the drive shaft rotates, each cylinder alternately pushes and pulls on the crank arm shaft, depending on the rotational position of the crank arm with respect to the cylinders. The direction of force applied by each hydraulic cylinder is determined by an electro/hydraulic direction control valve, which is driven by a programmable logic controller, which uses a signal from a sensor to detect the rotational position of the drive shaft.
A hydraulic cylinder drive system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.