Air control circuit equipped with safety feature

    公开(公告)号:US12129878B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18252911

    申请日:2021-10-21

    申请人: SMC CORPORATION

    发明人: Akira Enzaki

    IPC分类号: F15B20/00 F15B11/06 G05D16/20

    摘要: An air control circuit including a safety function is simply formed from an air circuit. An air control circuit includes a main air line that controls an air device by concurrently turning on or off two external-pilot-operated electromagnetic valves, a pilot air line that supplies pilot air to the electromagnetic valves, and a pilot control line that switches the pilot air line between a supply state and an exhaust state. When one of the two electromagnetic valves suffers a breakdown to fail to be switched to an off position, air in the air device is exhausted through the other electromagnetic valve that has been switched to the off position to recover the air device, and the pilot air line is switched to the exhaust state by the pilot control line to prevent the two electromagnetic valves from restarting.

    RELIEF SET-PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240279912A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18420974

    申请日:2024-01-24

    申请人: Caterpillar SARL

    IPC分类号: E02F9/26 E02F9/22 F15B20/00

    摘要: Problem: In a hydraulic system in which a manual line relief valve that adjusts the relief setting pressure is arranged in the line relief oil path formed by branching from the actuator line from the control valve to the hydraulic actuator, the relief setting pressure adjustment operation of the line relief valve can be performed independently with good accuracy. Solution: A controller 20 for controlling a perform of a relief setting pressure adjustment operation of a line relief valve 25 is provided with a pump flow control means that controls the pump flow rate during the relief setting pressure adjustment operation, an instruction command output means 54 that instructs a perform of the relief setting pressure adjustment operation by a manual operation, and a notification command output means 55 that notifies that the pump pressure detected by a pressure sensor 31 during the relief setting pressure adjustment operation is within a predetermined range of the target relief setting pressure.

    FLUID PRESSURE CYLINDER
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240218889A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18292429

    申请日:2022-04-25

    申请人: KYB Corporation

    IPC分类号: F15B20/00 F16J1/12

    CPC分类号: F15B20/00 F16J1/12

    摘要: A hydraulic cylinder includes: a cylinder tube; a piston rod; a piston member; a rod inner passage provided within the piston rod, a rod inner passage being configured such that a first opening portion opens at an outer circumferential surface of the piston rod in the cylinder tube, and such that a second opening portion opens outside the cylinder tube; and a sensor part provided outside the cylinder tube, the sensor part being configured to detect that the working fluid is guided to the rod inner passage, the piston member is connected to the piston rod in a state in which one-side end surface is in contact with an annular step portion so as to block the first opening portion of the rod inner passage, the annular step portion being provided on the outer circumferential surface of the piston rod, and the sensor part is configured to detect that the working fluid is guided to the rod inner passage from a rod side chamber and a counter rod side chamber through a gap between the step portion and the piston member.

    Actuator systems with shared redundancy

    公开(公告)号:US12024306B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17581525

    申请日:2022-01-21

    IPC分类号: B64D31/02 F15B20/00 G05D16/20

    摘要: An actuator system can include a first actuator, a second actuator, a first actuator control device configured to control the first actuator, a second actuator control device configured to control the second actuator, a shared redundant actuator control device, and at least one transfer device operatively connected to the first, second, and shared redundant actuator control devices. The at least one transfer device can be configured to be operated to select between a first control mode where the first actuator control device is operatively connected to the first actuator to control the first actuator and the second actuator control device is operatively connected to the second actuator to control the second actuator, a second control mode where the shared redundant actuator control device is operatively connected to the first actuator to control the first actuator and the second actuator control device is operatively connected to the second actuator to control the second actuator, and a third control mode where the first actuator control device is operatively connected to the first actuator to control the first actuator and the shared redundant actuator control device is operatively connected to the second actuator to control the second actuator.

    BACK-UP PROTECTION FOR UNCONTROLLED FLUID PRESSURE INCREASE IN PROPELLER CONTROL UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20240124125A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18045958

    申请日:2022-10-12

    摘要: A propeller blade angle control circuit for a turboprop engine includes a propeller control unit controlling a supply of oil to modify an angle of propeller blades, a pump located upstream of the propeller control unit and providing the supply of oil from an engine oil return system to the propeller control unit, and a flow regulator between the pump and the propeller control unit, the flow regulator modulating a supply of oil to the propeller control unit. A bypass, downstream of the pump in the propeller blade angle control circuit, has an inlet fluidly coupled to the pump. The bypass is operable between a closed position and an open position in which a portion of the oil supplied to the propeller control unit is diverted away from the propeller blade angle control circuit. The open position is engaged when an oil pressure reaches a predetermined threshold.

    AIR CONTROL CIRCUIT EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY FEATURE

    公开(公告)号:US20230417262A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18252911

    申请日:2021-10-21

    申请人: SMC CORPORATION

    发明人: Akira ENZAKI

    IPC分类号: F15B20/00 G05D16/20 F15B11/06

    摘要: An air control circuit including a safety function is simply formed from an air circuit. An air control circuit includes a main air line that controls an air device by concurrently turning on or off two external-pilot-operated electromagnetic valves, a pilot air line that supplies pilot air to the electromagnetic valves, and a pilot control line that switches the pilot air line between a supply state and an exhaust state. When one of the two electromagnetic valves suffers a breakdown to fail to be switched to an off position, air in the air device is exhausted through the other electromagnetic valve that has been switched to the off position to recover the air device, and the pilot air line is switched to the exhaust state by the pilot control line to prevent the two electromagnetic valves from restarting.