IP Library Granted Patent US 8,020,583
Granted Patent B2
US 8,020,583 · App. 11/956,770 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

Hydraulic valve arrangement

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Patent No.
US 8,020,583
App. No.
11/956,770
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a hydraulic valve arrangement ( 1 ) with at least two valve modules ( 2 - 6 ), each having a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel ( 9 ) and a low-pressure channel ( 15 ), a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection (A, B), one directional valve arrangement ( 16 ) between the supply channel arrangement ( 9, 15 ) and the working connection arrangement (A, B) and a compensation arrangement ( 19 ), which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement. It is endeavored to increase the number of control possibilities. For this purpose, the load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module ( 2 - 6 ) has a pressure influencing arrangement ( 25 - 29 ) that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement ( 25 - 29 ) of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module ( 2 - 6 ).

Claims (56)

1. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module,

wherein the pressure influencing arrangement of one valve module has a pressure limiting valve that is common for all valve modules, said pressure limiting valve being connected to a load-sensing main pipe extending through all valve modules.

2. The valve arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure limiting valve is located in an inlet module.

3. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module, and

wherein the compensation arrangement is connected to an outlet of a two- way valve, whose inlets are connected to the pressure limiting valves.

4. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module, and

wherein in a valve module with two working connections a load-sensing pipe section is allocated to each working connection and the load-sensing pipe sections are connected to the compensation arrangement via a two-way valve, the pressure influencing arrangement having a pressure limiting valve that branches off from a pipe from the outlet of the two-way valve.

5. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module, and

wherein in a valve module the compensation arrangement is connected to a load-sensing pipe section and the pressure influencing arrangement has a pressure limiting valve that branches off from the load-sensing main pipe.

6. The valve arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the load-sensing main pipe has a two-way valve for each valve module, the two-way valve passing on the higher pressure from either the valve module or a neighbouring valve module to the load-sensing main pipe, the pressure limiting valve branching off behind the outlet of the two-way valve.

7. The valve arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the pressure control arrangement of one valve module comprises the pressure limiting valve of another valve module branching off from the load-sensing main pipe, said pressure limiting valve being located in a two-way valve cascade in the load-sensing main pipe further below.

8. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module, and

wherein the pressure influencing arrangement of a valve module comprises a pressure limiting valve of another valve module that branches off from the load-sensing main pipe, said pressure limiting valve being located in a two-way valve cascade in the load-sensing main pipe further below.

9. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module, and

wherein in a valve module with two working connections a load-sensing pipe section is allocated to each working connection and the load-sensing pipe sections are connected to the compensation arrangement via a two-way valve, the pressure influencing arrangement having a pressure limiting valve that branches off from a pipe from the outlet of the two-way valve.

10. A hydraulic valve arrangement comprising:

at least two valve modules, each having

a supply channel arrangement with a high-pressure channel and a low-pressure channel,

a working connection arrangement with at least one working connection, one directional valve arrangement between the supply channel arrangement and the working connection arrangement and

a compensation arrangement, which is acted upon by a pressure in a load-sensing arrangement that includes at least one load-sensing pipe section,

wherein a load-sensing arrangement of at least one valve module has a pressure influencing arrangement that differs from a pressure influencing arrangement of a load sensing arrangement of another valve module,

wherein at least one valve module has two working connections and has a load-sensing pipe section allocated to each working connection, and also has

(a) a pressure influencing arrangement that includes a pressure limiting valve in each load-sensing pipe section, or

(b) a load-sensing arrangement that includes a two-way valve that connects the two load-sensing pipe sections to the compensation arrangement, and a pressure influencing arrangement that includes a pressure limiting valve connected to the two-way valve; and

a load-sensing main pipe that extends through all valve modules and includes an associated two-way valve in each valve module, each associated two-way valve passing on to the load-sensing main pipe the higher of a load-sensing arrangement pressure from its own valve module or a load-sensing arrangement pressure from a neighboring valve module,

wherein at least one valve module has a compensation arrangement that is connected to a load-sensing pipe section, and has a pressure influencing arrangement that includes a pressure limiting valve that branches from the load-sensing main pipe behind the outlet of one of the associated two-way valves.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: SAUER-DANFOSS APS
To: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS APS
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: CHRISTENSEN, THORKILD; ZENKER, SIEGFRIED
To: SAUER-DANFOSS APS
Reel/Frame 021116/0607 →