Control valve supply for rotary hydraulic machine
AssigneeHaldex Hydraulics Corporation
InventorGeorge Kadlicko
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Abstract
A variable capacity hydraulic machine has a rotating group located within a casing and a control housing secured to the casing to extend across and seal an opening in the casing. The control housing accommodates a control circuit and a pair of sensors to sense change in parameters associated with the rotating group. One of the sensors is positioned adjacent the barrel on the rotating group to sense rotational speed and the other senses displacement of the swashplate. The control housing accommodates a control valve and accumulator to supply fluid to the control valve.
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A rotary hydraulic machine having a housing, a rotating group located within said housing and including a plurality of variable capacity chambers defined between pistons slideable within respective cylinders, said pistons being displaceable relative to said cylinders upon rotation of said barrel to vary the volume of said chambers and thereby induce a flow of fluid through said chambers from an inlet port to an outlet port as said rotating group rotates, an adjustment assembly including an actuator operating upon said rotating group to adjust the stroke of said pistons in said cylinder and thereby adjust the capacity of said machine, a fluid supply for said actuator and a control valve interposed between said fluid supply and said actuator to control flow to said actuator, said fluid supply including a pressurized fluid source derived from one of said ports, a hydraulic accumulator to store pressurized fluid from said source and apply stored fluid to said control valve and a check valve between said accumulator and said source to inhibit flow from said accumulator to said source upon reduction of pressure at said source below that of said accumulator whilst maintaining the application of stored fluid to said control valve.
A rotary hydraulic machine having a housing, a rotating group located within said housing and including a plurality of variable capacity chambers defined between pistons slideable within respective cylinders, said pistons being displaceable relative to said cylinders upon rotation of said barrel to vary the volume of said chambers and thereby induce a flow of fluid through said chambers from an inlet port to an outlet port as said rotating group rotates, an adjustment assembly including a pair of actuators operable upon said rotating group to adjust the stroke of said pistons in said cylinder and thereby adjust the capacity of said machine, a fluid supply for said actuators, and a control valve interposed between said fluid supply and said actuator to control flow to said actuators, said fluid supply including a pressurized fluid source, a hydraulic accumulator to store pressurized fluid from said source and apply stored fluid to said control valve and a check valve to inhibit flow from said accumulator to said source upon reduction of pressure at said source below that of said accumulator whilst maintaining the application of stored fluid to said control valve, each of said actuators being single acting and having a spring to bias respective ones to said actuators to a maximum capacity with one of said springs having a greater bias than the other to move said adjustment assembly to a position of maximum capacity in the absence of pressurized fluid at said control valve.
A rotary hydraulic machine having a housing, a rotating group located within said housing and including a plurality of variable capacity chambers defined between pistons slideable within respective cylinders, said pistons being displaceable relative to said cylinders upon rotating of said barrel to vary the volume of said chambers and thereby induce a flow of fluid through said chambers from an inlet port to an outlet port as said rotating group rotates, an adjustment assembly including an actuator operable upon said rotating group to adjust the stroke of pistons in said cylinder and thereby adjust the capacity of said machine, a fluid supply for said actuator and a control valve interposed between said fluid supply and said actuator to control flow to said actuator, said fluid supply including a pressurized fluid source, a hydraulic accumulator to store pressurized fluid from said source and a check valve between said accumulator and said source to inhibit flow from said accumulator to said source upon reduction of pressure at said source below that of said accumulator, said valve and said accumulator each being located in respective bores in said housing and interconnected by an internal gallery.
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