Invention Application
- Patent Title: Hydraulic System Recovering Swing Kinetic and Boom Potential Energy
- Patent Title (中): 液压系统恢复摆动动力和动能潜力
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Application No.: US14668678Application Date: 2015-03-25
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Publication No.: US20160281330A1Publication Date: 2016-09-29
- Inventor: Tonglin Shang , Jiao Zhang , Pengfei Ma , Dayao Chen
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Main IPC: E02F9/22
- IPC: E02F9/22 ; E02F9/20 ; E02F3/42 ; E02F3/32

Abstract:
Swing kinetic and boom potential energy may be recovered in a machine having a movable work tool, a swing motor for rotating the work tool, a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the work tool, a pump selectively connected to the swing motor and the hydraulic cylinder, and a power source outputting power to drive the pump. The machine may further include a first accumulator, a swing charge valve having a charge set pressure, and a boom charge valve. The swing charge valve selectively fluidly connect the swing motor to the first accumulator, and open to fluidly connect the swing motor to the first accumulator when a swing motor fluid pressure is greater than a charge set pressure of the swing charge valve. The boom charge valve may selectively fluidly connect a head-end chamber of the hydraulic cylinder to the first accumulator when the work tool is lowered.
Public/Granted literature
- US09556591B2 Hydraulic system recovering swing kinetic and boom potential energy Public/Granted day:2017-01-31
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