IP Library Granted Patent US 7,350,355
Granted Patent B2
US 7,350,355 · App. 11/303,874 · Granted Apr 1, 2008

Hydraulic system having at least one hydraulic valve for controlling a transmission

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Patent No.
US 7,350,355
App. No.
11/303,874
Granted
Apr 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydraulic system having at least one hydraulic valve for controlling a transmission, in particular a continuously variable transmission. The hydraulic valve is controlled by a pilot circuit including at least one control element having a variable flow resistance and one control element having a constant flow resistance. The control element having a variable flow resistance is connected upstream of the control element having a constant flow resistance.

Claims (4)

1. A hydraulic system having at least one hydraulic valve for controlling a transmission, said hydraulic system comprising: a hydraulic valve that is actuated through a pilot circuit including at least one control element having a variable flow resistance and one control element having a constant flow resistance, wherein the at least one control element having a variable flow resistance is an electrically-controlled proportional valve having a rising characteristic curve and is connected upstream of the control element having a constant flow resistance, wherein the control element having a constant flow resistance is connected to a leakage tank, and wherein the hydraulic valve is connected by a control pressure line with a pilot pressure circuit at a point between the at least one control element having a variable flow resistance and the control element having a constant flow resistance.

2. A hydraulic system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the control element having a constant flow resistance is a fixed orifice plate.

3. A hydraulic system in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the fixed orifice plate has a diameter of about 0.8 mm.

4. A hydraulic system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the pilot circuit is pressurized at a constant pressure of about 5 bar.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: LUK VERMÖGENSVERWALTUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037731/0748 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037731/0834 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 3, 2016
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: LUK VERMÖGENSVERWALTUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 037740/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2006
From: MULLER, ERIC
To: LUK LAMELLEN UMD KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
Reel/Frame 017378/0445 →