Patent classifications
Y10T137/87885
ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
An air suspension system, comprising a manifold, defining a first and second port, each port defining a receiving region at the second end, wherein the first and second ports are arranged in a common plane, a channel intersecting the first and second port, a cavity intersecting each port, and a pressure sensor port, positioned between the first and second port, defining a sensor insertion axis normal to the common plane, the pressure sensor port separated from the first port, the second port, and the channel by a thickness; a first and second solenoid valve, each solenoid valve arranged within the cavity and coaxially arranged with the first and second ports, each solenoid valve comprising a connector; a pressure sensor arranged within the pressure sensor port, the pressure sensor comprising a connector; and an electronics module arranged parallel the common plane, the electronics module configured to electrically couple to the connectors.
Conversion Joint, Integrated Fluid Supply Device Having Said Conversion Joint, and Method for Mounting a Fluid Part
A conversion joint making possible the use a fluid part having a different size from another fluid part, the conversion joint includes a first base portion a second base portion separated from the first base portion, an intermediate portion connecting the first base portion and the second base portion, a one end side flow path and connected to one end of a first flow path of the base block, and an other end side flow path connected to the other end of a second flow path of the base block, wherein the first opening of second base portion of the one end flow path and the second opening of the other end flow path on the second base side can connect the fluid inlet of the first fluid part and the fluid outlet of the first fluid part.
Expandable solenoid system
An expandable solenoid system having a sequence controller assembly and at least two zone expander solenoid valve assemblies fastened in a staggered configuration. Each zone expander solenoid valve assembly has a zone expander solenoid and a flanged valve body assembly. The valve block has threaded bolt holes, unthreaded bolt holes, an output port, and a threaded pressure source port having an O-ring groove. The threaded bolt holes and the unthreaded bolt holes have different depths and are alternately positioned around a perimeter of the valve block. The first flanged valve body assembly is fastened to the second flanged valve body assembly and so on, in a staggered configuration, whereby respective zone expander solenoids are in a zigzag geometry and creating an expandable manifold.
VALVE DEVICE AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE
A valve device includes: a body having a substantially block shape in which first and second valve chambers are recessed from an upper surface, and three flow paths communicating with the first valve chamber and three flow paths communicating with the second valve chamber are formed inside the body; first and second valve members disposed in the first and second valve chambers, respectively, to switch between communication and disconnection between one of the three flow paths and the other two flow paths; and first and second actuators for respectively driving the first and second valve members, wherein the other two flow paths communicating with the each of valve chambers have respective ports on the lower surface of the body, while the one flow path has a common port on the lower surface of the body.
Solenoid valve island
A solenoid valve island having a base body that includes a housing for a respective solenoid valve, a main feeding duct that is in fluid communication with the housing to supply compressed air entering the solenoid valve and that is provided with an inlet mouth for connection with a source of compressed air, a main collection duct in fluid communication with the housing to collect air leaving the solenoid valve and a discharge mouth for discharging the collected air, a hollow seat in which an electric or electronic supply and control circuit of the solenoid valve is housed and includes an opening at each housing for the electric connection, through it, of the respective solenoid valve with the electric or electronic supply and control circuit, where the electric or electronic supply and control circuit has a male or female type power supply and signal transmitting connector that is partially housed in the hollow seat of the base body and that can be coupled with a corresponding end connector of a cable for the connection of the electric or electronic supply and control circuit to a remote supply and control unit, the corresponding end connector being respectively female or male.
Mono-material divider block assembly
The invention is directed to a divider block assembly made from one piece of material. Traditional divider blocks require modular sections so that piston alignment can be calibrated precisely. The current invention uses replaceable pistons and sleeves that are suitable for use at high fluid pressures. The use of these pistons also allows for a single, bodied, one-piece, metal divider body, rather than the conventional multiple block divider blocks, which allows for a more efficient manufacturing method and stronger, more reliable, and more efficient lubricant dispensing system. The use of any of these aspects separately can improve performance, and not all are required in every embodiment.
Electronically controlled vehicle suspension system and method of manufacture
An air suspension system, comprising a manifold, defining a first and second port, each port defining a receiving region at the second end, wherein the first and second ports are arranged in a common plane, a channel intersecting the first and second port, a cavity intersecting each port, and a pressure sensor port, positioned between the first and second port, defining a sensor insertion axis normal to the common plane, the pressure sensor port separated from the first port, the second port, and the channel by a thickness; a first and second solenoid valve, each solenoid valve arranged within the cavity and coaxially arranged with the first and second ports, each solenoid valve comprising a connector; a pressure sensor arranged within the pressure sensor port, the pressure sensor comprising a connector; and an electronics module arranged parallel the common plane, the electronics module configured to electrically couple to the connectors.
VALVE WITH ELECTRODYNAMIC ACTUATOR
A valve with an electrodynamic actuator includes a magnet device that generates a magnetic field and a drive element that is movable relative to the magnet device. The drive element is pivotally mounted and comprises a current-carrying air coil that is arranged in the magnetic field and is fixedly coupled to a coil carrier made of a non-magnetic material. Sealing surfaces for sealing valve seats are arranged on two opposite sides of the drive element, such that the sealing surfaces face in opposite directions. A housing is comprised of a plurality of plastic housing parts and a metallic encasement. The metallic encasement surrounds an upper area of the housing in which the electrodynamic actuator is arranged and at least partially surrounds a lower area of the housing in which fluid channels are arranged.
System and method for vehicle stabilization
A vehicle stabilization system including a frame; a wheel; a control arm connected to the frame and the wheel; a fluid spring connected to the frame and the control arm; a stabilizer connected to the frame and operable between a retracted and extended position; a reservoir; and a fluid manifold connected to the fluid spring and the chamber, fluidly coupling the spring interior and stabilizer chamber to the reservoir interior. A vehicle stabilization method including maintaining an orientation of the vehicle frame, coupling the frame to a support surface using a stabilizer by introducing a fluid to a chamber of the stabilizer, and retracting a wheel by reducing a quantity of fluid within a fluid spring coupling the wheel to the frame.
Flow dividing system
To provide a flow dividing system that has an improved degree of freedom in arrangement, is suitable for integration, and achieves reductions in the manufacturing costs and maintenance costs. A flow dividing system for controlling, upon dividing a single flow rate into multiple flow rates, the respective flow rates such that the ratio between the divided flow rates matches a preset flow rate ratio. The flow dividing system has: a manifold 500 for dividing the single flow rate into the multiple flow rates; and multiple fluid control devices 1M, 1S that are formed as separate bodies from the manifold 500, are disposed separately from and independently of each other, and respectively control the multiple flow rates. A master device 1M has communication unit 102M for transmitting a preset flow rate value based on the preset flow rate ratio to a slave device 1S and for receiving a flow rate detection value DQ2 from the slave device 1S, and the slave device 1S has a communication unit 102S for receiving the preset flow rate value from the master device 1M and for transmitting the flow rate detection value DQ2 to the master device 1M.