Hydraulic machine
AssigneeVolvo Construction Equipment AB
InventorsTaerang Jung, Sangmin Gwon, Sangki Bae
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Abstract
A hydraulic machine includes: a power source; an assist motor including comprising an inlet port and an outlet port and assisting a torque of the power source; a tank; a collection line which is connected to the inlet port and allows a fluid to flow to the inlet port; a first return line which is connected to the tank and allows the fluid to flow to the tank; a self-priming line which connects the first return line to the inlet port and allows the fluid to flow from the first return line to the inlet port; and an anti-cavitation line which connects the outlet port to the self-priming line and allows the fluid to flow from the outlet port to the self-priming line.
Claims12
A hydraulic machine comprising:
- a power source;
- an assist motor comprising an inlet port and an outlet port and configured to provide torque-assistance for the power source;
- a tank;
- a recovery line connected to the inlet port to allow fluid to flow to the inlet port;
- a first return line connected to the tank to allow fluid to flow to the tank;
- a self-priming line connecting the first return line and the inlet port and configured to allow fluid to flow from the first return line to the inlet port;
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- an anti-cavitation line connecting the outlet port and the self-priming line and configured to allow fluid to flow from the outlet port to the self-priming line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.