摘要:
A braking system, including a damper and a brake controller. The damper includes: a sealed gearbox including an inner chamber, at least one pair of engaged gears mated with the inner chamber of the gearbox, and a brake fluid storage box. The at least one pair of engaged gears include a driving gear. A first flowing channel and a second flowing channel are provided on both sides of the gearbox of the at least one pair of engaged gears, respectively. The first flowing channel and the second flowing channel include a first extracting outlet and a second extracting outlet, respectively, which are both disposed on the gearbox. The brake fluid storage box includes a first joint adapting to communicate with the first extracting outlet and a second joint adapting to communicate with the second extracting outlet. The brake controller includes at least one braking switch valve.
摘要:
A transmission with a countershaft brake includes a countershaft, a positive displacement pump including a pump housing having a chamber with an inlet and an outlet, the pump being driven by the countershaft, and a flow restrictor disposed at or downstream of the chamber outlet, the flow restrictor being adjustable to increase and decrease an amount of flow restriction from, the outlet of the chamber. Torque needed to drive the pump increases with an increasing flow restriction by the flow restrictor. A method for braking a countershaft in a transmission is also provided.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides a method for increasing a volume of hydraulic fluid in a reservoir of a transmission. The method includes providing a retarder mounted to the transmission, an accumulator including an internal cavity, a piston disposed in the internal cavity of the accumulator, a solenoid, a valve, and a controller. The method also includes enabling the solenoid from an off state to an on state, transferring fluid pressure from the valve to the piston, and moving the piston from a first position to a second position in the internal cavity. The method further includes discharging an amount of hydraulic fluid from the internal cavity of the accumulator to the reservoir and increasing the volume of hydraulic fluid in the reservoir.
摘要:
A circulating fluid regulated braking device for air and land vehicles, which comprises an oil or similar fluid boost pump mounted on a steady support plate adjacent to each vehicle wheel. The pump is linked to a toothed wheel that engages another toothed wheel being an integral part of the hub of the vehicle wheel; said toothed wheels being housed in a hermetically sealed enclosure. The pumps mounted on front wheels are connected by means of pipes, to a primary two-way valve which, in turn, is connected by means of pipes to a primary oil or similar fluid storage tank, thus constituting a completely independent front wheel brake hydraulic circuit. The pumps mounted on rear wheels are connected by means of pipes, to a secondary two-way valve which, in turn, is connected by means of pipes to a secondary oil or similar fluid storage tank, thus constituting a completely independent rear wheel brake hydraulic circuit. The moveable inner body of the foregoing primary and secondary two-way valves is linked to the brake pedal lever of the vehicle. In one variant of the preferred embodiment the pump is mounted directly on the hub of each vehicle wheel. Said pump has a plurality of pistons housed in each cylindrical cavity forming part of a housing and which are arranged preferably in a radial arrangement. Each cylindrical cavity having an oil inlet and outlet orifice. Said inlet orifices are communicated with the pump inlet while the outlet orifices are communicated with the pump outlet. The outer face of said pistons is in contact with each helicoidal spring while the inner face of said pistons is in contact with the outer ring of a bearing, preferably a roller bearing. Said bearing being mounted on an eccentric cylindrical body forming part of the hub of the vehicle wheel.
摘要:
Rotation of transmission shafts as typically provided by the clutch brake is instead provided by increasing the load on the transmission shafts. In one embodiment, this is achieved by restricting flow through the supply line between the shaft driven pump and the oil cooler. By restricting this flow, the load on the pump increases, and the torque required to drive the pump increases. This, in turn, retards rotation of the transmission shafts to achieve the function typically provided by the clutch brake of stopping rotation. The present invention thus provides the function without the requirement of a clutch brake. The present invention is much more easily serviced or replaced than a clutch brake, and includes only elements which are accessible from outside of the transmission, and thus may be easily serviced or replaced.
摘要:
A reel for a life-line comprising a frame, a winding member rotatably journalled in said frame and damping means connected on the one hand with the frame and on the other hand with the winding member for counteracting the rotation of the winding member, said damping means comprising at least two piston pumps axially arranged side by side in a pump housing and cam discs, the cylinder chambers of said piston pumps communicating with one another by an axial channel forming a restriction and the pistons being in contact with the surfaces of the cam discs relatively off-set by half a cam interval, said winding member extending around the damping means, said cam discs being formed by rings and each piston pump being radially arranged inside a ring, while the axial channel is in line with a bore extending from a head face of the pump housing.
摘要:
A hydraulic brake system for ground driven wheels of a trailer includes a rotatable shaft driven by the wheels which in turn drives an axial piston hydraulic pump with a closed loop circuit with pressure control device for controlling the pressure within the circuit for controlling the load on the pump and, hence, the braking of the wheels. The system includes pressurized air control of a metering valve within the hydraulic circuit for controlling the pressure therein and includes air override of the hydraulic pressure for enabling the normally disabled pump.
摘要:
An electrohydraulic rotary brake comprises an inner core, at least one energizing winding, a cylindrical amagnetic insert and an annular part outside the core and the insert. A cylindrical bore is excentric with respect to the cylindrical peripheral surface of the insert, recesses being provided with magnetizable sliding vanes and a brake fluid. On a rotary shaft, are mounted lateral flanges in fluid-tight manner, the inner core being fast to the rotary shaft and to the insert, all three being arranged so as to constitute a rotor for the brake. The annular part outside the core and the insert constitutes an annular stator to which the lateral flanges are fixed and with the bore excentric with respect to the peripheral surface of the insert constituting the outer part of the rotor. The recesses are formed in the cylindrical amagnetic insert and extend radially therein on both sides so that the vanes are movable between a position of complete freedom of the rotor with respect to the annular stator, in which they are positioned close to the rotor core, and a braking position in which they are positioned close to said annular stator, so that, under the effect of a variation in a pre-determined sense of the current passing through the energizing winding, the vanes can be attracted towards said stator and thus define peripheral chambers of different volumes which, by the forced passage of respective volumes of fluid from one chamber to the other, cause between the vanes and the stator a severe throttling and thus the braking torque of the rotor.
摘要:
A hydrodynamic brake system wherein the extent to which the working chamber between the rotor and stator is filled with braking liquid is regulated by a valve which is adjustable by a measuring device having an overflow line communicating with two spaced-apart portions of the working chamber and containing two flow restrictors. The end portions of the overflow line are positioned in such a way that a continuous stream of liquid flows through the overflow line when the rotor is driven. At least one of the flow restrictors is adjustable so as to insure that the pressure of liquid in the overflow line between the flow restrictors is indicative of the real braking action of the system. Such pressure is used for adjustment of the valve to thus insure that the extent to which the working chamber is filled varies in response to changes in rotational speed of the rotor so as to guarantee a reproducible progress of the braking action.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to improvements in hydrodynamic retarder or brake systems for the wheels of locomotives and other automotive vehicles or other rotary parts. More particularly, the invention relates to improvements in hydrodynamic brake systems of the type wherein a rotary blade ring (hereinafter called rotor) cooperates with a stationary blade ring (hereinafter called stator) to define a toroidal working chamber for a suitable braking liquid (e.g., a non-volatile lubricant) and wherein the rate at which the braking action varies (the variation may be zero) in response to changes in rotational speed of the rotor can be regulated in dependency on deviations of rated value of the braking action from the real braking action, the latter being dependent on the extent to which the working chamber is filled with braking liquid. The rotor receives torque from the wheel of an automotive vehicle or from another rotary part which requires braking.The braking action of a hydrodynamic brake system increases with the square of the rotor speed when the extent to which the working chamber is filled with liquid remains unchanged. The curve which is indicative of the increasing braking action is a parabola, and this curve is steeper if the liquid fills a relatively large portion of the working chamber. It is already known to provide a hydrodynamic brake system with means for changing the extent to which the working chamber is filled with braking liquid in response to changing RPM of the rotor in order to insure that the curve representing the rate at which the braking action varies in response to changing RPM of the rotor deviates from a parabola. Depending on the intended use of the brake system, the rate at which the working chamber is filled with braking liquid can be regulated in such a way that the curve which is plotted in a rectangular coordinate system to indicate the changes in braking action in response to changing RPM of the rotor slopes upwardly or downwardly or constitutes a horizontal line.FIG. 3 in the article written by Helmut Muller and appearing on pages 203-207 of "Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau" (Volume 5, 1971, special reprint by Voith-Druck G 693/6. 71, Heidenhelm/Brenz, Western Germany) shows a hydrodynamic brake system wherein the means for regulating the extent to which the working chamber is filled with liquid comprises a spill or overflow valve having a reciprocable valve member one end face of which is subjected to the variable pressure of a gaseous fluid whereby such pressure represents the rated or desired braking action. Another end face of the valve member in the spill valve is acted upon by a liquid whose pressure is indicative of the RPM of the rotor as well as of the extent to which the working chamber is filled with liquid, i.e., of the real braking action. The valve member "compares" the two pressures and effects a change in the extent to which the working chamber is filled with liquid when the rated pressure deviates from the pressure of liquid. Thus, when the rated pressure remains constant and the RPM of the rotor increases, the pressure of liquid increases for an interval of time so that the valve member leases its position of equilibrium by moving in a first direction and temporarily opens an outlet port which allows liquid to escape from the working chamber whereby the liquid pressure acting upon the valve member decreases and the latter moves back toward its neutral position. When the RPM of the rotor decreases, the valve member again leaves its neutral position (but moves in the opposite direction) to temporarily open a port which admits additional liquid into the working chamber whereby the pressure of liquid upon the valve member increases and the latter again returns to its neutral position. Thus, the pressure of liquid upon the valve member can temporarily deviate from that pressure which is needed to counteract the pressure of gaseous fluid in order to maintain the valve member in the neutral position; however, the average value of liquid pressure remains unchanged as long as the pressure of gas (rated value) remains unchanged.The manner in which the braking action progresses in response to changes in RPM of the rotor depends on the manner in which the pressure of liquid acting upon the valve member in the spill valve varies as a function of changes in RPM of the rotor for a predetermined or preselected progress of braking action. It is simpler to examine the relationship between the liquid pressure changes and the changes in RPM of the rotor for a constant or unvarying braking action, e.i., when the curve representing the progress of the braking action at different rotational speeds of the rotor is a horizontal line. As stated above, the parameter which is used to indicate the real braking action may be the pressure of liquid, and such liquid may be that which is evacuated from the working chamber of the brake system. The pressure of this liquid rises when the RPM of the rotor increases while the braking action remains unchanged; therefore, if the pressure of liquid is maintained at a constant value (by the aforementioned regulating means), the braking action must decrease in response to increasing rotational speed of the rotor. However, if one insures that the liquid pressure decreases in response to increasing rotational speed of the rotor (again, while the braking action remains unchanged), the regulating means insures that the system produces a braking action which increases in response to increasing RPM of the rotor. Finally, the extraordinary event that the pressure of liquid remains constant at a varying RPM of the rotor and while the braking action remains unchanged, the regulating means insures that the curve representing the progress of braking action is a horizontal line.If one wishes to control the progress of braking action in a given hydrodynamic brake system, it is necessary to provide a unit which is capable of controlling the pressure of liquid acting upon the valve member of the spill valve in such a way that such pressure is representative of the real or momentary braking action of the brake system. In other words, such unit (hereinafter called measuring device) must insure that the pressure of liquid progresses in a manner which is necessary to maintain a constant braking action at different rotational speeds of the rotor. The present invention is concerned with a novel and improved measuring device and with a hydrodynamic brake system which embodies the novel measuring device.In the brake system which is described in the aforementioned article by Muller, the measuring device comprises a pressure reducing valve having a control piston and a differential piston, the latter serving to displace the control piston whereby the control piston changes the pressure of liquid which acts upon the valve member of the spill valve. An end face of the differential piston is subjected to the pressure of a liquid whose pressure equals that in a selected portion of the housing of the brake system and which is supplied by a first metering conduit. The differential piston has an annular shoulder whose area is smaller than that of the end face and which is subjected to the pressure of hot liquid that is being evacuated from the working chamber of the brake system and is admitted into the body of the pressure reducing valve by a second metering conduit. Thus, the differential piston is acted upon by two liquids and the pressure of each of these liquids depends in a different way from the rotational speed of the rotor. The second metering conduit contains two flow restrictors one of which is installed immediately upstream of the discharge end of a small pipe communicating with the second metering conduit and the other of which is installed immediately upstream of the point of communication between the pipe and the second metering conduit. The flow restrictors render it possible to reduce the pressure of liquid which flows toward the shoulder of the differential piston. The rate at which the pressure varies in response to changing RPM of the rotor at a constant braking action can be regulated by changing the ratio of the effective areas of the end face and shoulder on the differential piston and (to a certain extent) by adjusting the aforementioned flow restrictors.In many instances, each hydrodynamic brake system of a plurality of serially produced brake systems causes the braking action to vary at a different rate even if the brake systems are identical size and are produced and assembled in the same way. Such deviations of the progress of braking action from a standard progress is probably attributable to manufacturing tolerance during casting of certain parts and during subsequent machining, especially of those housing parts and pipes through which the liquid flows when the brake system is in use. Additional deviations from a desirable standard or preselected progress of the braking action develop as a result of non-uniformity of connections between the brake system proper and the aforementioned metering conduits. Therefore, it is customary to adjust the variations of pressure differential at the opposite sides of the differential piston subsequent to completed assembly of a brake system by adjusting the aforementioned flow restrictors. However, it is not unusual that the actual variation of pressure at different rotational speeds of the rotor (and while the braking action remains constant) deviates from the desired variation to such an extent that it cannot be properly adjusted by the flow restrictors alone; it is then necessary to replace the differential piston with another piston wherein the ratio of the effective cross-sectional areas of the end face and shoulder differs considerably from the ratio on the removed differential piston. As a rule, a proper ratio can be found only by resorting to extensive experimentation which is time-consuming and contributes significantly to the cost of the brake system. It is not unusual that the orginally inserted differential piston must be replaced in each of a plurality of serially produced identical or nearly identical brake systems.The situation is further aggravated if the just discussed measuring device is to be installed in differently dimensioned brake systems and/or different types of hydrodynamic brake systems. Moreover, the just discussed measuring device is not sufficiently versatile to enable the workmen to rapidly and accurately adjust the progress of the pressure in response to changing rotational speed of the rotor when it becomes necessary or desirable to change the rate at which the pressure varies in response to changing RPM of the rotor. This invariably necessitates replacement of the entire measuring device inclusive of the entire pressure reducing valve.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAn object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved hydrodynamic brake system which is simpler, more reliable and less expensive than heretofore known brake systems.Another object of the invention is to provide a brake system wherein the progress of braking action at different rotational speeds of the rotor can be selected in advance with a surprisingly high degree of reproducibility and by resorting to simple, compact and inexpensive mass-produced components.A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved measuring device which can be used in a hydrodynamic brake system to control the means which regulates the extent to which the working chamber of the brake system is filled with braking liquid.An additonal object of the invention is to provide a measuring device which can be installed in each of a plurality of serially produced brake systems of identical type and size as well as in different types of differentially dimensioned brake systems.Still another object of the invention is to provide a measuring device which can be installed in existing as well as in new brake systems and which can furnish impulses for regulation of the extent to which the working chamber is filled with liquid, either by novel or by conventional types of valves or analogous regulating means.The invention is embodied in a hydrodynamic brake system which comprises a stator, a rotor which is rotatable by the wheel of a locomotive or by another rotary part to be braked and defines with the stator a substantially toroidal liquid-containing working chamber wherein the pressure of liquid varies when the rotor is driven at different speeds while the extent to which the chamber is filled with liquid remains unchanged, conduit means for supplying liquid to and for evacuating liquid from the chamber, adjustable regulating means for controlling the flow of liquid in the conduit means to thus determine the extent to which the chamber is filled with liquid and hence the braking action of the system at a given RPM of the rotor, and means for adjusting the regulating means. In accordance with a feature of the invention, the means for adjusting the regulating means comprises a measuring device having an overflow line including first and second end portions (e.g., first and second ports in the casing of the stator) communicating with first and second portions of the working chamber in such a way that a continuous stream of liquid flows through the overflow line in a direction from the first toward the second end portion thereof when the rotor rotates, and first and second flow restrictors disposed in the overflow line between the first and second end portions of this line. The flow restrictors are arranged to maintain the pressuree of liquid in the overflow line intermediate the flow restrictors at a first value which is indicative of the momentary or real braking action of the system; to this end, one or both flow restrictors are adjustable to change the rate of liquid flow therethrough. The regulating means includes a valve or other suitable means for comparing the first value with a selected rated value (representing the desired braking action of the system) and for changing the quantity of liquid in the working chamber when the first value deviates from the rated value or when the difference between the two values deviates from a predetermined difference.When the brake system is in use, i.e., when the rotor is driven to rotate relative to the stator, the liquid in the chamber circulates in a predetermined direction. The flow of liquid into the first end portion of the overflow line preferably takes place in a second direction making with the first direction (namely, with the first direction in the region of the first end portion of the overflow line) an angle of between 0.degree. and 90.degree., preferably between 45.degree. and 75.degree.. The direction in which the liquid flows from the second end portion of the overflow line into the chamber preferably makes with the predetermined direction (in the region of the second end portion of the overflow line) an angle of between 0.degree. and 90.degree., preferably between 5.degree. and 30.degree..When the rotor is driven, it causes liquid in the chamber to flow along the front surfaces of the stator blades, and such blades are preferably inclined with respect to the rotor axis. The first end portion of the overflow line preferably communicates with the deepmost portion of a pocket adjacent to the front surface of one such blade, and the second end portion of the overflow line preferably constitutes an injector which discharges liquid into the deepmost portion of a pocket which is adjacent to the front surface of another stator blade. The end portions of the overflow line are preferably parallel to the adjacent blades of the stator.The novel features which are considered as characteristic of the invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The improved hydrodynamic brake system itself, however, both as to its construction and its mode of operation, together with additional features and advantages thereof, will be best understood upon perusal of the following detailed description of certain specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawing.
摘要:
A hydrostatic drive system for a land vehicle includes a fluid pump, a fluid reservoir, a pair of fluid motors connected to drive wheels of the vehicle, a supply line connected between the pump and motors, a return line connected between the reservoir and motors, and a retarder valve movable between open and closed positions and biased toward the closed position interposed in the return line. The retarder valve includes a servo chamber responsive to fluid pressure therein to move the retarder valve to its open position. First and second fluid passage means establish communication between the servo chamber and the supply and return lines, respectively. An additional valve means movable between open and closed positions and biased toward the closed position is interposed in the second fluid passage means and is responsive to a predetermined pressure in the return line to move to its open position. The retarder valve provides a braking effect if the motors are driven mechanically and begin to function as pumps, for example, when the vehicle is going down an incline at a speed greater than the capacity of the drive system, and the second fluid passage means and the valve therein prevents the retarder valve from completely closing and locking the wheels as long as the system is in operation.