Abstract:
A servo loop for correcting the position of a piston operating against a load has a control unit comprising a three point regulator for operating two on-off valves and a pulse length modulator for operating a switch over valve, the on-off and switch over valves being connected to the piston cylinder, a pressure tank, and a collection tank, so as to move the piston in either of two directions. The three point regulator and the pulse length modulator are driven by the difference between the desired signal and the actual signal, the latter being obtained from an inductive displacement pickup coupled to the piston rod.
Abstract:
The system includes a hydraulic user device and a source of hydraulic fluid. A hydraulic arrangement connects the source of fluid to the user device and provides a path for the flow of fluid from the source to the user device, and includes a control member positioned in such path and mounted for movement between a plurality of positions in different ones of which the control member differently affects the flow of fluid from the source to the user device, including a neutral position in which the control member blocks the flow of fluid from the source to the user device. An electrohydraulic moving arrangement is operative when electrically energized for moving the control member by applying hydraulic force thereto. A restoring arrangement is operative for applying to the control member a restoring force tending to move the control member to said neutral position when the electrohydraulic moving arrangement is electrically unenergized. An electrical control arrangement controls the electrohydraulic moving arrangement and includes a source of electrical power having two terminals, connectors connecting the source of electrical power to the electrohydraulic moving arrangement for furnishing electrical energy to the latter, a remote control arrangement and an electrical control cable having a first cable end connected to the electrohydraulic moving unit and a second cable end connected to the remote control arrangement, the control cable comprising a first conductor having at the first cable end a first end connected to one terminal of the source of electrical power and having a second end at the second cable end, a second conductor extending along the length of the cable and having a first end at the first cable end and a second end at the second cable end. A fail-safe unit prevents electrical energization of the electrohydraulic moving arrangement when a short-circuit develops between the first and second conductors, to prevent the application by the electrohydraulic moving arrangement of hydraulic force to the control member and to thereby cause the control member to be returned to the neutral position by the restoring means.
Abstract:
Arrangement for controlling fuel injection. Transducers generate first and second signals indicative of first and second engine operating conditions. Fuel-quantity selector generates electrical quantity signal indicative of the quantity of fuel to be injected per combustion cycle as a predetermined function of said first and second signals. Timer generates electrical timing signal indicative of time of commencement of fuel injection with respect to the combustion cycle as a predetermined function of said first and second electrical signals. Fuel-injection means commences fuel injection at a time with respect to the combustion cycle indicated by said timing signal, and at such time injects an amount of fuel indicated by said quantity signal.