摘要:
A fully mobil and totally contained well servicing and drilling rig is disclosed having equipment on the rig for automatically handling well elements (pipe, tubing and rods) going into and coming out of a well. The rig provides well element storage racks, cranes for moving well elements onto and off the tracks, transfer means for moving well elements from horizontal to vertical position, well element conveying means for moving elements to and from the transfer means, an automatic manipulator for moving elements into alignment with the well being serviced, automatic hoisting means, means for connecting and disconnecting elements from the element string within the well, driving means for all of the equipment, and control means for sequencing and operating all of the means so that the entire well servicing or drilling can be accomplished without human handling of well elements in the vicinity of the well head and rig.
摘要:
A bottom hole well pump comprising a pump housing supported by a control cable for raising and lowering the housing within tubing in a well, a linear motor within the housing causing reciprocation of a plunger extending into a pumping chamber formed by the housing with inlet and outlet check valves for controlling flow of oil or other liquid into the pumping chamber and from the pumping chamber into the tubing above the pump housing. In one embodiment, Belleville-type springs are employed for storing energy as the plunger approaches its opposite limits of travel in order to initiate movement of the plunger in the opposite direction. In this embodiment, a single pumping chamber is formed above the linear motor with a single-valve block arranged above the pumping chamber and including inlet check valve means for controlling liquid flow into the pumping chamber and outlet check valve means for controlling liquid flow from the pumping chamber into the tubing interior above the pump housing. In another embodiment, pumping chambers are formed above and below the linear motor with a tubular plunger extending into both pumping chambers, in order to achieve pumping during both directions of travel of the plunger.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric torque transducer is provided, comprising the steps of (a) forming a prepared area on a surface of a torsion member adapted to be strained by an applied torque; (b) providing a piezoelectric element having an axis of maximum strain sensitivity and disposing first and second electrodes on opposite faces of the element, respectively, and attaching an electrical lead to each electrode; (c) connecting electrical leads to the electrodes; and (d) disposing the element on the prepared area and orienting the axis of maximum strain sensitivity on the member and securing the element to the prepared area with a material selected from a group consisting of (i) adhesive material and (ii) potting material. The step of disposing the piezoelectric element includes configuring the piezoelectric element in a plate-shaped configuration and disposing a resilient annular member on each opposite face of the plate-shaped element and overlaying each of the annular members with a protective cover.
摘要:
A switching filter is disclosed for discriminating false control signals from actual control signals. The switching filter is particularly useful on a high impedance input, such as that of a motor controller. The filter is designed to compensate for capacitive, inductive, and/or resistive coupling between extended control lines that are run in parallel with other power lines. A low impedance is switched into the otherwise high impedance control line input for a brief instant to dissipate and phase shift false control signals to prevent the controller from interpreting the false signals as actual control signals. The filter includes a first resistor connectable to sense a presence of a possible false control signal, and a second resistor, having much lower resistance than the first resistor, connected in a path between the control line input and circuit common. A switch is provided in series with the second resistor to open and close the path between the control line input and circuit common in response to the possible false control signal. A timer is activated by a presence of a possible false control signal on the first resistor and activates the switch to provide a low shunting resistance across the control line to common for the brief period. The low shunting resistance not only dissipates the amplitude of any false signals, but also phase shifts the signals such that the controller cannot recognize multiple, successive false signals as a true control signal.
摘要:
A control circuit is provided for transferring power and communication signals through a wireless coupling device in a vehicle steering column. The device can include a rotary transformer having a primary and secondary magnetic structure respectively associated with the wheel side and column side of the steering column. A squib power circuit transforms a high energy power signal suitable for firing an air bag from the column side to the wheel side. A low energy power circuit generates a signal from the column side to the wheel side suitable for operating isolated wheel side electronics, such as cruise control and the like. A tone encoder and decoder circuit communicates low level control signals suitable for signaling wheel side commands from the wheel side to the column side. The low energy power circuit and the tone encoder circuit operate simultaneously and continuously without signal debilitating interaction. An alternative embodiment avoids the low energy power circuit and the encoder and decoder circuit and includes a pulse circuit to impress a test signal on the wheel side to generate a ring signal representative of air bag firing operability and whether a horn switch is depressed.
摘要:
A system for enabling a vehicle operator to control the speed or rate of raising and lowering of a powered lift window. The actuator or switch includes a pressure responsive variable impedance device comprising a variable resistance in one embodiment and a variable capacitance in another embodiment. Increasing force directly on the variable impedance device by the user's finger or an actuator decreases the impedance which is sensed by a voltage divider which outputs a voltage which increases with increasing force. This latter voltage is compared with the output of a triangle wave oscillator and the output of the comparator is a pulse width modulated signal with pulse-width proportional to applied force. The pulses are applied to a power device (Mosfet) which modulates the duty cycle (%) of the current to the window lift mechanism drive motor to give variable motor speed.
摘要:
A control circuit is provided for transferring power and communication signals through a wireless coupling device in a vehicle steering column. The device can comprise a rotary transformer having a primary and secondary magnetic structure respectfully associated with the wheel side and column side of the steering column. A squib power circuit transforms a high energy power signal suitable for firing an air bag from the column side to the wheel side. A low energy power circuit generates a signal from the column side to the wheel side suitable for operating isolated wheel side electronics, such as cruise control and the like. A tone encoder and decoder circuit communicates low level control signals suitable for signalling wheel side commands from the wheel side to the column side. The low energy power circuit and the tone encoder circuit operate simultaneously and continuously without signal debilitating interaction.
摘要:
A bypass clutch for use in an hydrodynamic torque converter (10) includes a viscous coupling (30) driveably engaged with the torque converter input shell (12) and turbine (18), and a friction clutch (24) driveably engaged with said input shell (12) and turbine (18) in parallel to the viscous coupling (30).
摘要:
A controller for a battery-driven DC motor controls the average motor current by switching a series-connected FET on and off with a pulse-width-modulated gate signal. Motor speed is changed by changing the duty cycle of the signal, which is generated by an oscillator. An undervoltage protection circuit senses the battery voltage and compares it with a reference system that has hysteresis. An overload protection circuit senses the motor current, integrates the sensed signal, and compares the result with a Zener reference diode that is connected in an amplifier circuit for positive feedback. The oscillator's pulse-width-modulated output, the undervoltage protection circuit's output, and the overload protection circuit's output are input to a "NOR" logic gate, whose output drives the gate of the FET.
摘要:
Self propelled sprinkling irrigation apparatus according to the present invention includes an elongated pipe line for transporting water which pipe line includes a plurality of interconnected pipe spans each having sprinkler mechanisms carried thereby for distribution of the water. A pair of tension elements is provided for each pipe span, the tension elements being connected adjacent the extremities of each pipe span. A plurality of pair of load supporting elements are spaced along each of the pipe spans, the load supporting elements being interposed between the pipe and the tension elements and additionally are disposed in substantially normal relation to the respective pipe span and tension element. A transverse brace is interposed between each of the pairs of load supporting elements and maintains the load supporting elements in stabilized diverging relation. A single stabilizer brace element is provided for each of the pairs of load supporting elements and extends between the pipe span and one of the tension elements and is disposed in angular relation with the pipe span, the load supporting elements and the tension element. The stabilizer elements cooperating with successive pairs of the load carrying elements are connected to opposite ones of the tension elements thereby disposing the stabilizer elements in alternating directly connected relation with one of the load carrying elements of each pair of load carrying elements. The other load carrying element of each pair is indirectly but positively supported in space by support forces transmitted through the tension element to which the same is connected.