LONG-PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINES
    31.
    发明授权
    LONG-PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINES 有权
    长活塞液压机

    公开(公告)号:EP1721075B8

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-25

    申请号:EP04795074.6

    申请日:2004-10-12

    申请人: Torvec, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F04B1/29

    摘要: Smaller and lighter hydraulic pump/motors provide remarkably improved volumetric efficiency with pistons having body portions substantially as long as the axial length of the respective cylinders in which they reciprocate. A plurality of respective lubricating channels, formed circumferentially and radially transecting the walls of each cylinder, are each positioned to be almost completely closed at all times by the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston during its entire stroke. Each lubricating channel is interconnected, one to another, to form a single, continuous lubricating passageway entirely within the cylinder block and not connected by either fluid 'input' or fluid 'output' passageways, being replenished solely by a minimal flow of fluid entering from the valve end of each cylinder and passing between each respective cylindrical wall of each cylinder and the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston. Several embodiments are disclosed in combination with various spring-biased hold-down assemblies.

    LONG-PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINES
    32.
    发明授权
    LONG-PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINES 有权
    长活塞液压机

    公开(公告)号:EP1721075B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-24

    申请号:EP04795074.6

    申请日:2004-10-12

    申请人: Torvec, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F04B1/29

    摘要: Smaller and lighter hydraulic pump/motors provide remarkably improved volumetric efficiency with pistons having body portions substantially as long as the axial length of the respective cylinders in which they reciprocate. A plurality of respective lubricating channels, formed circumferentially and radially transecting the walls of each cylinder, are each positioned to be almost completely closed at all times by the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston during its entire stroke. Each lubricating channel is interconnected, one to another, to form a single, continuous lubricating passageway entirely within the cylinder block and not connected by either fluid 'input' or fluid 'output' passageways, being replenished solely by a minimal flow of fluid entering from the valve end of each cylinder and passing between each respective cylindrical wall of each cylinder and the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston. Several embodiments are disclosed in combination with various spring-biased hold-down assemblies.

    DUAL HYDRAULIC MACHINE TRANSMISSION
    34.
    发明公开
    DUAL HYDRAULIC MACHINE TRANSMISSION 审中-公开
    具有双电源机发送

    公开(公告)号:EP1891356A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-27

    申请号:EP06773228.9

    申请日:2006-06-15

    申请人: Torvec, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F16H61/42

    摘要: 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 hydraulic machines operate in a closed loop, one being used as a pump driven by the vehicle's engine, and the other used as a motor. Each machine has a fully articulatable swash plate. By computer control, the angles of the swash plates of the two machines are infinitely varied to provide an appropriate optimum ratio of engine/wheel speed for all conditions from start-up, city driving, hill climbing varied according to load and steepness, and over-drive for highway. This complete vehicle operation is attained while the vehicle's engine continues to operate at relatively constant speeds and relatively low RPM.

    LONG-PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINES
    36.
    发明公开
    LONG-PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINES 有权
    LANGKOLBENHYDRAULIKMASCHINEN

    公开(公告)号:EP1721075A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-15

    申请号:EP04795074.6

    申请日:2004-10-12

    申请人: Torvec, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F04B1/29

    摘要: Smaller and lighter hydraulic pump/motors provide remarkably improved volumetric efficiency with pistons having body portions substantially as long as the axial length of the respective cylinders in which they reciprocate. A plurality of respective lubricating channels, formed circumferentially and radially transecting the walls of each cylinder, are each positioned to be almost completely closed at all times by the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston during its entire stroke. Each lubricating channel is interconnected, one to another, to form a single, continuous lubricating passageway entirely within the cylinder block and not connected by either fluid 'input' or fluid 'output' passageways, being replenished solely by a minimal flow of fluid entering from the valve end of each cylinder and passing between each respective cylindrical wall of each cylinder and the axial cylindrical body of each respective piston. Several embodiments are disclosed in combination with various spring-biased hold-down assemblies.

    VARIABLE-ANGLE GEAR SYSTEM
    37.
    发明公开
    VARIABLE-ANGLE GEAR SYSTEM 失效
    可调节角度GEAR

    公开(公告)号:EP0760064A4

    公开(公告)日:1997-06-04

    申请号:EP95921372

    申请日:1995-05-23

    申请人: TORVEC INC

    摘要: The disclosed gear system provides distinctive forms of gearing (150a, 156a) for directly transmitting substantially constant velocity between two shafts (154', 160'), while allowing the angle between the shafts (154', 160') to vary, by even more than 80 degrees, in any plane during operation. Several forms of gear teeth appropriate for the system are specifically detailed and applied in the design of the constant-velocity joints.