Abstract:
An automatic vehicle brake control system is disclosed which actuates a vehicle brake system in response to a transmission shift by a vehicle operator, as between a forward and reverse vehicle direction. The control system automatically provides for engaging the vehicle brakes upon the initiation of the transmission shift by the operator. The vehicle brakes are not released until a safe shifting speed is reached by the vehicle to allow the actual vehicle transmission shift to be accomplished safely. Structurally, the control system has an anti-plug valve connected to a manually operated transmission control valve and to a brake system control valve. The switching of the transmission control valve actuates the anti-plug valve which provides an adjustable time delay between actuation of the actual vehicle transmission shift corresponding to the shift indicated by the transmission control valve. During this time delay, the anti-plug valve causes the vehicle brakes to be actuated to slow down or stop the vehicle thereby preventing inertial shock to the vehicle transmission.
Abstract:
A hydraulic switching mechanism is formed of two cooperating valves, the first being a rotary type which directs fluid under pressure to a second valve of the sliding spool type which has springs at both ends to hold the spool in the neutral position. The rotary-type is formed of a body having a pair of diverging passages connecting through a chamber with an inlet port; a rotary valve member, having a passage therethrough connecting with the inlet port, is located in the chamber and is actuated by a reversible shaft to select the movement of fluid through the valve member into one or other of the diverging passages, these in turn being connected to a respective end of the spool valve thereby moving the spool out of neutral against a respective spring. The spool has a pair of ports which are connected to individual clutches, the actuation of which depends on the selected direction of flow in the switching mechanism.
Abstract:
A directional control valve having double-acting differential poppets located in a valve body controlled by one or more pilot valves. The pilot valves control pilot fluid to and through a multiplicity of pilot fluid control passages. A porting pattern for the control passages is predetermined and coordinated to the pilot valve selected so that multiplicity of functions of the control valve may be acquired.