IP Library Granted Patent US 7,997,379
Granted Patent B2
US 7,997,379 · App. 11/714,510 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Hydraulic steering

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Patent No.
US 7,997,379
App. No.
11/714,510
Granted
Aug 16, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a hydraulic steering ( 1 ) with a steering valve ( 7 ) located between a supply connection arrangement (P, T) and a steering motor ( 2 ). It is endeavored to improve the safety of such a steering. For this purpose, the steering valve ( 7 ) has a hydraulic drive ( 9, 10 ) with a pilot valve arrangement ( 11 ) supplied by a pressure control valve ( 5 ), a stop valve ( 16 ) being located between the pressure control valve ( 5 ) and the pilot valve arrangement ( 11 ).

Claims (17)

1. A hydraulic steering with a steering valve located between a supply connection arrangement and a steering motor, wherein the steering valve has a hydraulic drive with a pilot valve arrangement supplied by a pressure control valve, a stop valve being located between the pressure control valve and the pilot valve arrangement.

2. The steering according to claim 1 , wherein a steering unit with feedback behaviour is located in parallel to the steering valve, a feedback suppression device being located in a path between the steering unit and the steering motor, said feedback suppression device preventing a feedback of pressures at the steering motor on the steering unit when the steering valve is activated.

3. The steering according to claim 2 , wherein the feedback suppression device has an activation inlet, which is connected to an outlet of the stop valve.

4. The steering according to claim 2 , wherein the pilot valve arrangement has solenoid valves, and a control device is provided, with which the solenoid valves and the stop valve can be deenergized.

5. The steering according to claim 4 , wherein in a first switching position the stop valve creates a connection between the pressure control valve and the pilot valve arrangement, and in a second switching position a connection between the pilot valve arrangement and a low-pressure connection.

6. The steering according to claim 2 , wherein the feedback suppression device acts upon on both working pipes between the steering unit and the steering motor.

7. The steering according to claim 2 , wherein the feedback suppression device has a valve arrangement, which can be hydraulically activated.

8. The steering according to claim 7 , wherein the valve arrangement has a biassing device, which prestresses the valve arrangement in a feedback position.

9. The steering according to claim 7 , wherein the valve arrangement has at least one valve, which can be opened by a pressure at the steering unit.

10. The steering according to claim 9 , wherein a two-way valve is arranged between the two working pipes, whose outlet is connected to an opening inlet of the valve.

11. The steering according to claim 9 , wherein the steering unit has a pressure signal outlet that is connected to the opening inlet of the valve.

12. The steering according to claim 9 , wherein the steering unit has a load-sensing connection that is connected to the opening inlet of the valve.

13. The steering according to claim 2 , wherein a shock valve arrangement is located between the feedback suppression device and the steering motor.

14. A hydraulic steering with a steering valve located between a supply connection arrangement and a steering motor, the steering valve having a hydraulic drive with a pilot valve arranged in parallel with the steering valve,

wherein the pilot valve arrangement is supplied by a pressure control valve,

wherein the pilot valve arrangement is connected to a high-pressure connection of the supply connection arrangement via the pressure control valve, and

wherein a stop valve is located between the pressure control valve and the pilot valve arrangement.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: SAUER-DANFOSS APS
To: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS APS
Reel/Frame 032612/0709 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2007
From: KRYHLMAND, ANDERS; PEDERSEN, OVE; HANSEN, NIELS BJARNE; ENNEMARK, POUL
To: SAUER-DANFOSS APS
Reel/Frame 019231/0738 →