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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7698891 | Travel motion control apparatus for hydraulically driven vehicle, hydraulically driven vehicle and wheel hydraulic excavator The present invention includes: a hydraulic pump 10 that is driven by a driving motor; a travel motion motor 12 that is driven with pressure oil supplied from the hydraulic pump 10; a travel motion control valve 11 that controls a flow ra... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7416045 | Dual hydraulic machine transmission The modular transmission uses only a pair of small and light hydraulic machines of remarkably improved volumetric efficiency with pistons having body portions substantially as long as the axial length of the respective cylinders in which they reciprocate. The two hy... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398648 | Travel control device for hydraulically driven vehicle and hydraulically driven vehicle The present invention includes a hydraulic pump 10 driven by a prime mover 1, a traveling motor 12 driven with pressure oil delivered from the hydraulic pump 10, a control valve 11 for traveling that controls a flow rate of the pre... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7349814 | Measurement method and arrangement The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for measuring a liquid flow in connection with a pump system. The invention is preferably implemented in a pump system where the pump (240) is driven by an alternating-current motor (230), whose rota... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7269946 | HST drive circuit The present invention makes it possible, in an HST drive circuit wherein an HST pump and an HST motor have been separately stored in a pump case and a motor case, to efficiently cool the HST drive circuit. A cooling line for, while discharging a relief oil from a ch... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7247124 | Transmission control based on knock level An automated method for controlling a vehicle having an engine and a transmission includes sensing knock activity in the engine. A transmission ratio applicable to the transmission is selected based on the sensed knock activity. This method allows a vehicle to be op... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243755 | Drive mechanism for a mobile vehicle A drive mechanism for a mobile vehicle has one first hydraulic motor (9) and one second hydraulic motor (10) which are in permanent operative connection via a summarizing transmission (12, 14) and drive one output shaft (17). In order to ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240489 | Drive system of a working vehicle A drive system of a working vehicle including a main engine drivingly connected to a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump is connected to first and second hydraulic motors. When an undesirable operating condition is detected, a control device shifts an actuator associ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7192374 | System and method for controlling a continuously variable transmission A method of controlling a continuously variable transmission includes sensing an output speed of a motor, determining an upper speed limit based on the output speed of the motor and a positive torque limit associated with the motor, determining a limited motor speed... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7163077 | Frame structure of a vehicle A frame structure of a vehicle includes a flywheel housing, an intermediate housing and a transmission case that are connected to each other along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle to constitute a vehicle frame with an inner space for accommodating a running-power ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146263 | Predictive load management system A predictive load management system is provided. A power source is operable to generate a power output and has a desired operating range. A transmission has a drive member operably engaged with the power source and a driven member. A control system is operable to re... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143579 | Velocity control of agricultural machinery The apparatus is an automatic velocity control system for an agricultural machine. Three feedback circuits are used to increase reliability and repeatability of the apparatus despite variations in load and ground conditions and non-linear responses of control compon... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7082758 | Hydraulic machine, system for monitoring health of hydraulic machine, and method thereof In a hydraulic machine, hydraulic pump failure is detected and the pump lifespan is estimated before the pump failure occurs. The discharge pressure 122, oil temperature 126, and drain filter differential pressure 120 are measured, a correlative... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7022044 | Drive train for powering a mobile vehicle To reduce the structural volume of a drive engine (1) in a drive train of a mobile vehicle, in particular a working machine such as a wheel loader, a continuously adjustable transmission gear is arranged between the drive engine (1) and a hydraulic pum... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6904993 | Hydrostatic drive and method for operating such a hydrostatic drive A hydrostatic drive (1) with a hydraulic pump (3) and a plurality of hydraulic motors (6-9) that are hydraulically linked with the hydraulic pump (3). One speed sensor (20; 21; 22; 23) each allocated to a respective hydraulic motor... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6848254 | Method and apparatus for controlling a hydraulic motor A method and apparatus for controlling the motor output speed of a variable displacement hydraulic motor are disclosed. The method may include determining a value indicative of a motor output speed, determining a value indicative of a desired motor output speed, det... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6807809 | Motion stop control for vehicle A vehicle, such as a loader, has an operator-controlled hydrostatic drive that includes hydrostatic motors to drive wheels. The speed of the motors is proportional to an operator input provided to a controller that regulates the flow of hydraulic fluid from a pressu... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6688102 | Traveling control device The present invention discloses a traveling control device, including a crawler type right and left traveling body; a right and a left hydraulic motor for operating the right and left traveling body said right and left hydraulic motors each having a pump ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684635 | System and method for controlling motor torque A method is provided for controlling a torque output of an hydrostatic motor in fluid communication with a variable displacement pump. At least one of the motor and pump has variable displacement capabilities. The method includes monitoring at least one m... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6651428 | Hydraulic drive device Differential pressures across flow control valves 6a, 6b and 6c are controlled by pressure compensating valves 7a, 7b and 7c to be held at the same value, i.e., a differential pressure ƊPLS, and the differential pressure ƊPLS is maintained at a target d... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6581710 | Operator selected maximum speed and recalibrated pedal range for a vehicle A control system sets a set maximum speed of a utility vehicle, below the capable maximum speed of the vehicle, and recalibrates speed output signals corresponding to the set maximum speed. The system includes a microcontroller and a user-operated vehicle... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578358 | Motion stop control for vehicle A self-propelled vehicle, such as a loader, has a hydrostatic drive that includes hydrostatic motors to drive ground engaging wheels under control of the operator. The rotational speed of the motors is proportional to an operator control input provided to... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6519937 | Control method for continuously variable transmission A hydrostatic continuously variable transmission includes a fixed capacity hydraulic pump and a variable capacity hydraulic motor, connected by a hydraulic closed circuit. A control system and method for the variable transmission provides a good decelerat... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6481314 | Vehicle travelling control apparatus The present invention provides a vehicle traveling control apparatus for a vehicle with an HST and a mechanical transmission, which are connected in tandem to each other and interposed in a traveling power transmission path between a driving power source ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6385970 | Underspeed control system for a hydromechanical drive system and method of operating same An apparatus for controlling load on an engine is disclosed. The apparatus includes a continuously variable transmission driven by the engine. The apparatus further includes an engine speed sensor being adapted to sense the output speed of the engine and ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6343470 | Control method for hydrostatic type continuously variable transmission An overtop position is to be established in a hydrostatic type continuously variable transmission, and an increase of the maximum speed and the maintenance of power performance are to be made compatible with each other. In a hydrostatic type continuously ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6276134 | Apparatus for controlling a plurality of hydraulic motors and a clutch An apparatus, for controlling a plurality of hydraulic motors and a clutch for driving a drive shaft, can prevent a speed change shock and a load slip of a hydraulic motor as well as making a structure simple. The apparatus includes: a first volume variab... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269635 | Control and hydraulic system for a liftcrane A control system for a liftcrane that utilizes a closed loop hydraulic system that utilizes feed back and feed forward control architecture to provide responsiveness normally associated with systems that do not require feedback.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6131391 | Control system for controlling the speed of a hydraulic motor A control system for a hydraulic circuit having a tank, a pump, a supply conduit connected to the pump, a reversible hydraulic motor, an input conduit connected to the motor and an output conduit connected to the motor is disclosed which comprises a first... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6085520 | Slide driving device for presses A slide driving device employs a variable-displacement pump/motor for driving a rotating element of the slide driving device. The displacement volume of the variable-displacement pump/motor, whose output drives the slide, is varied in response to deviatio... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6080074 | Process for precise adjustment of a hydrostatic and mechanical torque division gearing A hydrostatic/mechanical multiple path power transmission comprises an adjustable hydrostat unit (4), a summing planetary gearbox (10) with two input shafts (6, 8) and at least two output shafts, and a step gearbox (11) connected to the output shafts. In ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5996343 | Overspeed control system for a hydro-mechanical drive system In one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for controlling the negative load of an engine is disclosed. The engine is drivingly connected to a hydro-mechanical drive system that includes a variable displacement pump and motor. An engine speed se... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5974797 | Hydraulic actuator package A hydraulic actuator package of the present invention comprises a variable displacement hydraulic motor for driving an inertia object with acceleration or deceleration, a speed sensor for detecting a speed of an output shaft of the hydraulic motor, a cont... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5933795 | Speed sensing device A speed sensor for sensing the speed and direction of a hydrostatic motor or pump measures the speed, monitors an operator input, processes this information and generates a high power output to drive a solenoid valve or electrical displacement control. Th... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5784883 | Method of controlling speed change of hydraulic drive device for vehicle and speed change device The present invention relates to a method of controlling a speed change of a hydraulic driving apparatus for a vehicle and to a speed changing device which provide excellent traveling efficiency and controllability. To this end, the method of controlling ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5671137 | Response control system for hydrostatic-mechanical transmissions A response control system for a hydrostatic-mechanical transmission. In this system, it is determined in digging/moving operation whether an actual speed ratio which is the ratio of the revolution speed of the output shaft to the revolution speed of the p... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5660041 | Process for adjusting the characteristics of infinitely variable transmissions of a vehicle A process for adjusting the characteristics of infinitely variable transmissions of a vehicle with two drive mechanisms including detecting the output speeds of the transmissions and comparing them by means of an operating variable to determine the gear r... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5638678 | Hydraulic drive system A hydraulic drive system includes a first driven hydrostatic machine adjustable in volume and operating as a pump supplying fluid to a supply line for maintaining an impressed pressure therein, a second hydrostatic machine which is adjustable in volume an... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5628187 | Method to calibrate a hydrostatic transmission with electronic controls A method for putting into operation a vehicle with an electronically controlled automotive hydrostatic transmission, wherein an output current of an electronic control by means of at least one proportional pressure-reducing valve is used for generating a ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5592817 | Forklift controller The forklift controller changes the speed of the actuator, corresponding to the operational angle of the lift lever, and then changes the vehicle speed, corresponding to the amount of depression of an accelerator. This allows the controller to control the... | 01/14/1997 |
