| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 092130000 | WITH SEPARATE BIASING MEANS FOR WORKING MEMBER | 18 |
| 20080245225 | Piston for automatic transmission - To prevent effects of small amplitude oscillations caused by pressure fluctuation, eccentric attachment of a cancel plate and biased load application of a return spring, and to achieve a long service life of the inner peripheral seal portion, a BPS ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090293715 | HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM - A hydraulic cylinder for a brake system includes a cylindrical body and a piston. The cylindrical body has a receiving space longitudinally defined therein for movably and sealingly receiving the piston. The receiving space is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber diametrically smaller than the first chamber. The piston has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion sealingly and movably abut against the first chamber and the second chamber respectively. In a speed reduction stage the first portion interacts with the first chamber, and in an emergency brake stage the first portion and the second portion interact with the first chamber and the second chamber respectively for providing a greater braking force than in the speed reduction stage. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100282072 | HYDRAULIC MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR HYDRAULIC MOTOR, WITH A RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT - Hydraulic machine includes: a casing; a piston slidable therein and separating two chambers; hydraulic switching elements for supplying liquid to and for evacuating the chambers, including at least one connecting rod acting on a distribution member which can adopt two stable positions; and initiating elements having a pusher which, at the end of the piston stroke, can cause a sudden change in the position of the switching elements, under the action of an elastic member to reverse the stroke. Each end of the elastic member is secured to an articulation member respectively accommodated in a housing provided on the connecting rod and on another moving part, each housing being open in a direction substantially opposed to the direction of the force exerted by the elastic member, such that each articulation member can be removed from its open housing against the action of the force, thereby simplifying assembly and disassembly. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120222547 | COMPACT FORCE MULTIPLYING PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR - A compact force multiplying actuator | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130019746 | HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A STATE OF CHARGE OF A HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR - A hydraulic accumulator includes: a pressure vessel; a hose which is situated within the pressure vessel, for receiving a first medium; a gap, which is formed between the pressure vessel and the hose, for receiving a second medium; and at least one connection for supplying and discharging the first or the second medium under pressure into or out of the hose or the gap, the supply of the first medium resulting in the compression of the second medium. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20150143991 | MASTER CYLINDER WITH RECESSED PISTON-ROD INTERFACE - A hydraulic brake assembly comprising a fluid conduit containing hydraulic fluid, a cylinder having a port fluidly connected to the conduit, and a piston positioned in the cylinder. The piston includes a recess having a depth at least 30% of a length of the piston. The assembly further includes a rod having an inner end positioned in the recess and an outer end outside the recess. In one embodiment, the piston moves relative to the cylinder along an axis, and the piston further includes a primary piston seal and a secondary piston seal separated by a seal spacing. The rod can axially overlap the secondary piston seal. For example, the inner end of the rod can be positioned axially between the primary piston seal and the secondary piston seal, and is preferably axially closer to the primary seal than to the secondary seal. | 05-28-2015 |
| 092131000 | Biasing means maintains working member intermediate stroke end limits | 1 |
| 20130061743 | STRUCTURE OF ACTIVE MOUNT - An active mount structure may include an actuator coupled to an actuator plate coupled to an orifice plate within a housing, wherein the actuator includes a plunger coupled to the actuator plate, a first rod rotatably coupled to a bottom of the plunger and rotated by a first motor unit, wherein the first rod includes a rotating shaft rotatably coupled to the plunger, one side of the rotating shaft extending to form an extending portion, and a rotation retention portion formed at the extending portion, a swash plate defining a center hole therein and having shaft protrusions, wherein the first rod may be disposed in the center hole and the rotation retention portion may be engaged to the swash plate, and a second rod engaged at the swash plate and raised or lowered by a second motor unit, wherein the shaft protrusions may be rotatably coupled to the housing. | 03-14-2013 |
| 092132000 | Tension spring | 6 |
| 20080307955 | Piston Pump With Compact Retention Device for a Restoring Spring - A piston pump having a retaining device for retaining a spring element for restoring a closing element of a valve; the retaining device includes a receiving region for receiving and bracing the spring element and an integrally formed sealing region, in order to seal off a pressure chamber from a low-pressure region of the piston pump. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090025548 | Spring-return, pneumatic actuator - A spring-return, pneumatic actuator includes a casing having therein a cylinder chamber, a housing chamber and a spring chamber and equipped therein with a piston reciprocating by means of air supplied and discharged from an air supply and exhaust vent on a primary side of the piston, a piston rod joined to the piston, a conversion mechanism for converting a reciprocating motion of the piston into a rotary motion, a spring undergoing a snap action by means of the reciprocating motion of the piston and a communication space chamber formed via a communication part to have a predetermined volume from a secondary side to the spring chamber. The cylinder chamber has the piston and the piston rod built-in, the housing chamber has the conversion mechanism built-in and the spring chamber has the spring built-in. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20120160091 | SPRINGS AND SPRING ASSEMBLIES - Various arrangements are disclosed based on springs formed from a plurality of individual resilient arms, including a spring having a substantially planar form in an unloaded state and rotational symmetry of at least order two about a symmetry axis perpendicular to the plane of the spring, said spring comprising: an inner hub and an outer hub, said inner hub being radially inward with respect to said outer hub; a plurality of resilient connecting arms each connected at an inner end to said inner hub and at an outer end to said outer hub, said plurality of resilient connecting arms being configured to provide a restoring force parallel to said symmetry axis when said inner and outer hubs are displaced relative to each other along said symmetry axis; wherein said inner hub, said outer hub and each of said plurality of resilient connecting arms are formed as physically separate elements and are connected to each other during assembly to form said spring. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130319219 | Hydraulically-Operated Actuator for Drawworks - A hydraulically-operated actuator for a braking mechanism on a cable drawworks is provided. The actuator can have an enclosed tubular main body capable of being connected to an external hydraulic system. The main body can further contain a spring-opposed hydraulic piston connected to an actuator rod. The actuator rod can extend out of the main body and can connect to a braking system for the drawworks. In operation, the springs can push on the hydraulic piston and hold the actuator rod in a fully extended position to engage the braking system. When pressure from the external hydraulic system is applied to the hydraulic piston, the hydraulic piston can compress the springs and retract the actuator rod into the main body, which can disengage the braking system. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140260953 | SPRING RETURN ACTUATOR - Aspects of embodiments of the invention relate to a spring-return actuator comprising a first piston movable between a first and a second position by pressurized fluid to move a load; a safety system comprising a second piston movable by the pressurized fluid to arm the safety system and which returns the first piston from the second position to the first position when de-energizing the 3/2 pilot valve or when the pressure of the pressurized fluid drops below a safety pressure threshold; and a differential fluid channel for providing the pressurized fluid and configured so that the first piston while working to move the load remains substantially disengaged from the safety system being armed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140298983 | LOCKING APPARATUS FOR A HYDROMECHANICAL SPRING ENERGY STORE DRIVE FOR A GAS-INSULATED SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLY - A locking apparatus for a hydromechanical spring energy store drive for actuating a medium-voltage or high-voltage circuit breaker is disclosed, the spring energy store drive includes a working piston, which is guided in an axial cutout in a pressure housing or working cylinder, and a spring energy store arrangement. The locking apparatus includes a first pressure region and a second pressure region, which are under elevated pressure when the circuit breaker is closed, and a third pressure region, which is unpressurized. The latching bolt can be arranged perpendicular to the working piston, via a latching apparatus, which can be arranged on a side of the latching bolt, which is to point towards the working piston and via the spring energy store arrangement, which is to be pushed away from the working piston. | 10-09-2014 |
| 092133000 | Adjustable | 1 |
| 20140326129 | Methods and Apparatus for Adjusting Actuator Output Torques - Methods and apparatus for changing actuator output torques are disclosed. An example method includes decoupling a first end cap from a body of an actuator. A first spring assembly is positioned within a first outer chamber defined by the first end cap and the body. A first end of the first spring assembly is positioned adjacent a surface of a first piston. A second end of the first spring assembly is positioned adjacent the first end cap when the first end cap is coupled to the body. The method includes positioning a first spacer within the first outer chamber and coupling the first end cap to the body. The first spacer changes a distance between the first and second ends of the first spring assembly when the first end cap is coupled to the body to change an output torque of the actuator. | 11-06-2014 |
| 092134000 | Fluid spring | 3 |
| 20120097024 | DOUBLE-ACTING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WITH INTEGRATED GAS SPRING ACTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method for constructing a gas-filled double-acting hydraulic cylinder ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20150053076 | PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR AND PERCUSSION DEVICE - A pressure accumulator for connection to a hydraulic fluid-driven percussion device. The percussion device includes at least one impact piston arranged to carry out a reciprocating motion caused by the pressure from the hydraulic fluid. The pressure accumulator is arranged in communication with a hydraulic fluid space of the impact piston. The pressure accumulator includes a space that extends at least partly around the impact piston when the pressure accumulator is mounted on the percussion device. A partition divides the space into two separate pressure chambers so that the pressure chambers are located an axial direction of the impact piston in relation to each other when the pressure accumulator is mounted on the percussion device. A first of the two separate pressure chambers is intended to be filled with a compressible medium. A second pressure chamber is in fluid communication with the hydraulic fluid space of the impact piston. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150322971 | SEPARATING DEVICE FOR FLUID MEDIA - The invention relates to a separating device for fluid media, which media can be received in a working housing ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 092135000 | Biasing means engages working fluid contacting portion of working member | 1 |
| 20080236385 | Piston Pump With Reduced Clearance Volume - The invention relates to a piston pump which is used to guide a fluid and which comprises a cylinder, a piston which is displacably arranged in the cylinder, a return element for the piston and a drive in order to displace the piston in the cylinder. The cylinder comprises a first area having a first internal diameter and a second area having a second internal diameter. The first internal diameter is greater than the second internal diameter. | 10-02-2008 |
