IP Library Granted Patent US 11,560,906
Granted Patent B2
US 11,560,906 · App. 17/303,899 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Combined valve, power unit body and hydraulic power unit

Inventor: Piergiorgio Trinchieri (Reggio Emilia, IT)
Assignee: Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L.
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Patent No.
US 11,560,906
App. No.
17/303,899
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combined valve for insertion into an elongated bore of a power unit body of a hydraulic power unit may have an elongated carrier for receiving a relief and a check valve. The valve may also have a register arranged at a first axial position of a longitudinal axis of the carrier for calibration of the relief valve. The valve may also have a check valve coupled to the carrier at a second axial position along the longitudinal axis of the carrier. The valve may also have a relief valve coupled to the carrier at a third axial position along the longitudinal axis of the carrier. A minimal distance between the first and the second axial position may be less than a minimal distance between the first and the third axial position.

Claims (30)

1. A combined valve for insertion into an elongated bore of a power unit body of a hydraulic power unit, comprising:

an elongated carrier for receiving a relief and a check valve,

a register arranged at a first axial position of a longitudinal axis of the carrier for calibration of the relief valve;

a check valve coupled to the carrier at a second axial position along the longitudinal axis of the carrier;

a relief valve coupled to the carrier at a third axial position along the longitudinal axis of the carrier;

wherein a minimal distance between the first and the second axial position is less than a minimal distance between the first and the third axial position.

2. The combined valve according to claim 1 , wherein the relief valve comprises a compressible contrast spring and the register is configured to compress and/or decompress the contrast spring,

wherein the register and/or the carrier are/is rotatable with respect to the contrast spring.

3. The combined valve according to claim 1 , wherein the check valve comprises an actuator port, the relief valve comprises a tank port, and the check valve and the relief valve have a common pressure port located between the actuator port and the tank port,

wherein the actuator port, the pressure port and the tank port are arranged along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the combined valve.

4. The combined valve according to claim 3 , wherein the check valve is configured to allow a fluid to flow from the pressure port to the actuator port and/or

wherein the relief valve is configured to allow a fluid to flow from the pressure port to the tank port once a predetermined pressure is exceeded.

5. The combined valve according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises a mounting area for mounting on a power unit, including an external thread.

6. A power unit body for a hydraulic power unit, comprising:

a first elongated bore extending from a first surface of the power unit body, extending substantially perpendicularly from the first surface of the power unit body, for receiving a combined valve, according to claim 1 ;

the combined valve, arranged at least partially in the elongated bore;

a first, a second and a third bore, each extending from a second surface of the power unit body,

wherein the first bore forms a conduit connecting an actuator port of the combined valve with the second surface of the power unit body and the third bore forms a conduit connecting a tank port of the combined valve with the second surface of the power unit body.

7. A power unit body according to claim 6 , wherein the second bore forms a conduit connecting a pressure port of the combined valve with the second surface of the power unit body and/or wherein the first and the second and the third bore are arranged parallel to one another.

8. A power unit body according to claim 6 , comprising:

a second elongated bore extending from the first surface of the power unit body, extending substantially parallel to the first elongated bore,

a solenoid valve, arranged at least partially in the second elongated bore,

wherein the first bore extends into the second elongated bore and/or the third bore extends into the second elongated bore.

9. The power unit body according to claim 6 , wherein a carrier of the combined valve is rotatably arranged in the first elongated bore.

10. A hydraulic power unit, comprising:

a power unit body according to claim 6 ,

a tank fluidly connected to the tank port of the combined valve,

a movable cylinder fluidly connected to the actuator port of the combined valve,

a pump fluidly connected to the pressure port of the combined valve and to the tank, wherein the pump is configured to pump a fluid for controlling a movement of the cylinder

an electric motor drivingly connected to the pump for driving the pump.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: DANA MOTION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.R.L.
To: DPC HYDRAULICS S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 073368/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2021
From: TRINCHIERI, PIERGIORGIO
To: DANA MOTION SYSTEMS ITALIA S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 056495/0945 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2020 103 750.1 · Jun 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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