An exemplary method includes using a pressure supply device (PSD) to actuate a hydraulic customer includes activating, when in the first position, a first gas generator of the multiple gas generators thereby driving the piston to the second position, pressurizing the hydraulic fluid, and discharging the pressurized hydraulic fluid to the customer; actuating the customer in response to receiving the pressurized hydraulic fluid; resetting the piston to first position by transferring a resetting hydraulic fluid into the reservoir; and exhausting gas and condensate from the gas chamber in response to resetting the piston to the first position.

In a thrust expansion device, an opposite surface to be opposite to an output surface, on which an output-side lid and a stop lid through which an output rod enters and exits, are disposed, and a plurality of orthogonal surfaces orthogonal to the output surface are capable of being sealed by a sealing lid. A hydraulic chamber transmitting a thrust to a piston portion so as to communicate with an orthogonal surface side and an opposite surface side. In addition, a thrust expansion device includes an output unit having an output surface on which a piston portion and an output rod are disposed, an expansion unit having no output surface, and connecting unit connecting the output unit and the expansion unit.

An engine and corresponding driving propulsion system may provide continuous force necessary to keep the engine operating. Utilizing two pressurized tanks with high and low pressures may provide a continuous flow of pressure to the engine necessary for it to operate.

By setting an outer circumferential surface of a second hydraulic chamber of a cylinder device to be a thin portion, hydraulic pressure increases by receiving air pressure from the second pneumatic chamber, and the thin portion expands to clamp a cylinder. Then, by the increase of the second hydraulic chamber, expansion of the thin portion in an axial direction is suppressed and the thin portion expands in a radial direction, and thus, as means for suppressing expansion in the axial direction, the thin portion is fixed from both end sides thereof with an expansion stop bolt. The expansion stop bolt fixes a lid and a lid disposed so as to sandwich pressed portions on both end sides of the thin portion or both ends of the thin portion. Further, in order to prevent the thin portion from being shrunk by tightening with the expansion stop bolt, a spacer is disposed between the pressed portions on both end sides of the thin portion.

The invention is directed to a valve actuating device comprising a body with a bore and a bottom, an actuating element sealingly housed in the bore of the body and forming a first chamber with the body, a piston sealingly extending through a bore in the actuating element, the piston and bore delimiting a second actuating chamber, a passage for an auxiliary fluid between the first and second chambers so that a movement of the piston in the bore of the actuating member can increase the pressure in the first chamber and move the actuating element. The fluid passage comprises a restriction and a check-valve, both arranged in parallel, so as to limit the flow of the auxiliary fluid from the second chamber to the first chamber.

A fluid pressure driving device includes a first air-fluid converter and a second air-fluid converter each configured to convert air pressure supplied from an air pressure source to fluid pressure, a fluid pressure actuator having a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, an operation state acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation state of the fluid pressure actuator, and first and second air pressure valves respectively provided on first and second air supply paths, the first and second air supply paths being configured to supply air from the air pressure source to the first and second air-fluid converters respectively, wherein the control device is configured to control the first air pressure valve and the second air pressure valve on the basis of an acquired result from the operation state acquisition unit.

A pressure-limiting unit for a pressure booster for driving hydraulic tools. The unit includes a pneumatic unit that is driven by gas or air pressure, a hydraulic unit connected to the pneumatic unit and having a hydraulic port for connecting the hydraulic tool to the hydraulic unit in a fluid-tight manner and a pressure-limiting valve for adjusting the hydraulic pressure. The unit includes a closing element pushed against a valve seat by a spring element and having a displaceable adjusting element for adjusting the spring force of the spring element. To provide a pressure-limiting unit and a pressure booster for driving hydraulic tools with a pressure-limiting unit, which offer the possibility of making a precise adjustment of the hydraulic pressure in a simple way, the pressure-limiting unit includes a position detection unit connected to the adjusting element to detect the axial position of the adjusting element, an evaluation unit for determining the set hydraulic pressure as a function of the axial position, and an output unit for displaying the set hydraulic pressure.

An exemplary method includes using a pressure supply device (PSD) to actuate a hydraulic customer includes activating, when in the first position, a first gas generator of the multiple gas generators thereby driving the piston to the second position, pressurizing the hydraulic fluid, and discharging the pressurized hydraulic fluid to the customer; actuating the customer in response to receiving the pressurized hydraulic fluid; resetting the piston to first position by transferring a resetting hydraulic fluid into the reservoir; and exhausting gas and condensate from the gas chamber in response to resetting the piston to the first position.

A piston (8) is provided in a motor main body (4). A first motor chamber (9) is provided above the piston (8) and a second motor chamber (10) is provided below the piston (8). A pilot valve element (18) is provided so as to protrude from the piston (8). When a supply/discharge valve (13) is moved to its upper limit position or its lower limit position by the movement of the pilot valve element (18) in an up-down direction, a first valve member (25) of the supply/discharge valve (13) switches between supplying and discharging pressure fluid to and from the first motor chamber (9) and a second valve member (26) of the supply/discharge valve (13) switches between supplying and discharging pressure fluid to and from the second motor chamber (10).

A pneumatic unit for a hydropneumatic pressure booster has a system line that leads from a compressed air inlet to a compressed air outlet. A bypass line runs parallel to the system line and it is connected to the system line via first and second compressed air switches. A compressed air reservoir is connected in the bypass line, and a pressure intensifier is connected in the region between the first compressed air switch and the compressed air reservoir. The pneumatic unit makes available to the pressure booster a sufficiently high pneumatic pressure for carrying out at least one operational step of a connected hydraulic tool, even in the case of a pressure decrease or pressure failure in the supplying pneumatic line. For that purpose, the second compressed air switch is configured for switching the compressed air flow between the system line and the bypass line.