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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128378 | Dual mode compensation for variable displacement pump fluid metering system A system and method is provided for controlling a variable displacement piston pump that supplies fluid to one or more loads. If fluid is being supplied through a metering valve to a load, then the variable displacement piston pump is controlled to operate in accord... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7371055 | Tandem pump unit The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367783 | Rotating fluid machine A rotary valve for switching supply passages, and discharge passages of high-temperature and high-pressure steam for a rotor rotatably supported at a casing is constructed by making a fixed side valve plate and a movable side valve plate abut to each other on a slid... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364409 | Piston assembly for rotary hydraulic machines A piston assembly for a hydraulic machine is formed with a part spherical cavity in the piston to receive a spherical bearing of a slipper assembly. The spherical bearing is secured in the cavity by swaging the walls of the piston and subsequently working the wall t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364408 | Crank case shut off valve The invention provides a compressor with a shut off valve disposed between the crank case and the suction cavity. The valve is moveable between an open and closed position in response to the pressure in the discharge cavity of the compressor. The valve is an on/off ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361000 | Tandem pump unit The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350399 | Leakage detecting device for evaporating fuel processing apparatus A leakage detecting device is connected to an evaporating fuel processing apparatus to detect leakage of evaporating fuel in a ventilation apparatus that includes an electric pump, a fuel tank, and a filter. The electric pump includes a pump portion and a motor port... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334513 | Axial piston machine having a fixable slide block on the swash plate 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 contro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320576 | Clutchless variable displacement refrigerant compressor with mechanism for reducing displacement work at increased driven speed during non-operation of refrigerating system including the compressor In a variable displacement swash plate type refrigerant compressor (10), a stopper (28) is provided for setting an initial angle of the inclination angle of a swash plate (23) when a drive shaft (19) is not driven. When the drive shaft ( | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318709 | Pump valve assembly A valve assembly is disclosed generally comprising first and second valve plates mounted between the housing for a pump mechanism and a cover, the first plate having flexing flaps corresponding to apertures in the second plate, and the second plate having flexing fl... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311625 | Rotating apparatus with a torque limiter function A screw engagement portion between a pulley and a shaft is provided with a thread in a direction to increase the tightening torque when the pulley is driven. A breakable part broken by the axial tension produced when the tightening torque acting on the screw engagem... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302883 | Hybrid nutating pump A nutating pump has a cross-type universal joint connecting a nutating member to a pump housing, ball joints connecting the nutating member to piston rods, and the piston rods fixed to piston heads so that the piston heads wobble in pump cylinders. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299740 | Reciprocating axial displacement device A reciprocating axial displacement mechanism is disclosed generally comprising a housing, a rotating device, a displacement device having first and second undulating surfaces disposed in the housing, and a cam connected to the rotating device and disposed between th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299738 | Axial piston machine having a device for the electrically proportional adjustment of the volumetric displacement An axial piston machine having a swashplate or an oblique axis which can be adjusted by means of servopistons and has a valve segment and an adjustment unit for the electrically proportional adjustment of the volumetric displacement. The adjustment unit comprises pr... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273356 | Control valve device for variable capacity type swash plate compressor There is disclosed a control valve device for a variable capacity type swash plate compressor for use in an air conditioning system. The device comprises an introducing passage for connecting a discharge chamber to a crank chamber in the compressor, and a control va... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255544 | Housing including shock valves for use in a gerotor motor A housing for a motor having fluid passages integrated within. The passages include a first passage for receiving a fluid from outside the motor, a second passage for directing the fluid away from the motor, and at least one other passage from conveying the fluid to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232293 | Manual hydraulic pump A manual hydraulic pump includes a cylinder block 10 and an end block 8. The rear end of the cylinder block 10 and the end block 8 defines an end space 21 between them. The cylinder block 10 has cylinders 13 and oil p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207784 | Hybrid compressor and control device When a hybrid compressor starts being driven by an electric motor, the electric current of a capacity control valve is applied at an initial control electric current SS that is greater than a control electric current S, which is from the state of a refrigerating cir... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185577 | Tandem pump unit The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174827 | Mounting clip for thrust bearing A compressor assembly comprising a housing having a shaft bore therein, a main shaft positioned for rotation within the shaft bore, at least one roller thrust bearing and a thurst surface bearing clip. The thrust surface bearing clip comprises a first position confi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172394 | Saddle bearing liner for axial piston pump A saddle bearing liner (30) for a variable displacement axial piston pump (10) includes two axially-spaced apart bearing surfaces (62, 64) with an offset central section (54) integrally joining them. A hollow projection (80) extend... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172391 | Propeller actuation system An auxiliary tank is filled by a pitch control system, which enables the size of the auxiliary tank to be reduced. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172393 | Multi-cylinder compressors and methods for designing such compressors A multi-cylinder compressor includes a valve plate having a plurality of cylinder suction ports formed therethrough, and a plurality of cylinder bores centered on an arc having a radius (R). The cylinder bores are substantially equally spaced from each other, and ha... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162948 | Variable stroke assembly balancing An assembly includes a piston and a transition arm coupled to the piston. The position of the transition arm is adjustable to vary a stroke of the piston. A balance member is adjustable relative to the transition arm to counterbalance the transition arm in varying p... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153105 | Compressor with swash plate housing inlet port A compressor is disclosed generally comprising a cylinder block at least partially enclosing a compression chamber, a swash plate housing mounted adjacent the cylinder block, the swash plate housing at least partially enclosing a swash plate chamber, an inlet port i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144227 | Reciprocating-piston machine with a driver 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... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128304 | Control valve for variable capacity compressors A control valve for a compressor with a discharge port, a chamber port, a side chamber port, an intake port, a feed hole between the discharge port and the chamber port, an extraction hole between the side chamber port and the intake port; a feed valve controls the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121188 | Axial piston machine having a device for the electrically proportional adjustment of its volumetric displacement An axial piston machine having a swash plate or oblique axis which can be adjusted by means of servopistons and has a valve segment and an adjustment unit for the electrically proportional adjustment of the volumetric displacement, the adjustment unit comprising pro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114432 | Torque limiting device for hydraulic piston pump A torque control for a hydrostatic piston pump that provides for a servo piston rod that is connected to the swashplate of the pump and connected to a servo piston within a first cavity that receives compensation pressure that urges the servo piston toward the swash... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7086225 | Control valve supply for rotary hydraulic machine 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 chang... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7048515 | Hydraulic drive system and method using a fuel injection control unit A fuel injection control unit, including an electronic governor and a controller for an engine performs control in a governor region based on an isochronous characteristic. A working machine controller receives a delivery pressure signal P and controls a regulator s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044442 | Valve block for a control device, particularly for a hydrostatic machine The invention relates to a valve block (1) for a control device comprising a valve (9) whose valve piston (14) is subjected to the action of a control pressure when in its open position and to the action of a return spring (15) when in it... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033149 | Medium pump adapted for ease of disassembly and assembly A medium pump for a motor includes a pump case with a pump cylinder and a pump piston positioned displacaebly in the pump cylinder in the direction of a pump axle. The pump piston rotates about the pump axle by running off an oblique control surface and realizes axi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029241 | Circumferential piston compressor/pump/engine (CPC/CPP/CPE); circumferential piston machines A rotary piston machine includes a first spheroidal element including pistons and/or cylinders and a second spheroidal element including pistons and/or cylinders, wherein the first element can move relative to the second element. The machine can be used as part of a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024875 | Air conditioning apparatus using variable displacement compressor In an air conditioner provided with a refrigerant circulation circuit having a variable displacement compressor (11), there is provided a flow rate sensor (21) for detecting a collision force of a refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant circulation circ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021193 | Variable displacement compressor hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for a variable displacement swash plate type compressor including an arm extending from a rotor and a pair of arms extending from a swash plate hub, wherein a pair of shoes are interposed between the arm of the rotor and each of the arms of the swa... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018178 | Variable displacement pump and control therefore for supplying lubricant to an engine A control system for a variable displacement pump. The control system is operably associated with an engine control unit for passively or actively controlling the output of the pump in response to signals from the engine control unit. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020553 | Signal processing system for construction machine A machine body controller 70A includes a modification control unit 70Ab for computing a torque modification value based on detected signals from environment sensors 75 to 83, and modifies a maximum absorption torque of a hydraulic pump co... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014429 | High-efficiency, large angle, variable displacement hydraulic pump/motor A variable displacement hydraulic/pump motor has a yoke with a pair of shafts aligned to define a yoke pivot axis and connected to a valve plate therebetween having intake and discharge apertures. A rotatable cylinder barrel has piston cylinders open at one end to r... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004729 | Compressor with pot-shaped housing and housing sealing cover A compressor, in particular for air conditioning systems in motor vehicles, having a housing, a housing sealing cover, a drive shaft with bearings and a drive device for pistons that are displaced back and forth. The drive device transfers the rotational displacemen... | 02/28/2006 |
