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Granted Patent B2
US 10,801,533 · App. 16/482,221 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Fluid pressure circuit

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Shimada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F15B21/14F15B13/022F15B15/02
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Patent No.
US 10,801,533
App. No.
16/482,221
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid pressure circuit for controlling a rod of a cylinder controlled in accordance with an operation command includes a tank, a fluid pressure actuator configured to pressurize fluid supplied from the tank for extending and retracting the cylinder, a flow control valve arranged between the fluid pressure actuator and the cylinder device configured to switch a flow passage of pressurized fluid and discharge via a first throttle return fluid from the cylinder, a variable regeneration switching valve configured to discharge return fluid from the cylinder to the flow control valve upon non-regeneration and upon regeneration, branch part of the return fluid and discharge via a second throttle the fluid branched, a regenerative motor configured for regeneration by fluid branched by the variable regeneration switching valve, and a third throttle connected in series with the first throttle upon the regeneration to limit flow of return fluid.

Claims (22)

1. A fluid pressure circuit for controlling a rod stroke of a cylinder device in accordance with an operation command, the fluid pressure circuit comprising:

a tank having a fluid stored therein;

a fluid pressure actuator configured to pressurize the fluid supplied from the tank for extending and retracting the cylinder device;

a flow control valve arranged between the fluid pressure actuator and the cylinder device and configured to switch a flow passage of the pressurized fluid and to discharge via a first throttle the fluid returned from the cylinder device;

a variable regeneration switching valve configured to discharge the fluid returned from the cylinder device to the flow control valve upon non-regeneration of fluid energy and to, upon regeneration of the fluid energy, branch part of the fluid returned from the cylinder device and discharge via a second throttle the fluid branched;

a regenerative motor configured to be driven for the regeneration by the fluid branched by the variable regeneration switching valve; and

a third throttle configured to be connected in series with the first throttle upon the regeneration to limit flow of the fluid returned from the cylinder device, wherein As>Ax>Ab, where As, Ab, and Ax are an opening area of the first throttle, an opening area of the second throttle, and an opening area of the third throttle, respectively, for the operation command.

2. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the third throttle is provided separately from the flow control valve.

3. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the third throttle is provided in the variable regeneration switching valve.

4. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 , wherein when driving the regenerative motor, the flow control valve and the variable regeneration switching valve are simultaneously switched.

5. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the flow control valve is a spool switching valve having six ports and three positions.

6. A fluid pressure circuit for controlling a rod stroke of a cylinder device in accordance with an operation command, the fluid pressure circuit comprising:

a tank having a fluid stored therein;

a fluid pressure actuator configured to pressurize the fluid supplied from the tank for extending and retracting the cylinder device;

a flow control valve arranged between the fluid pressure actuator and the cylinder device and configured to switch a flow passage of the pressurized fluid and to discharge via a first throttle the fluid returned from the cylinder device;

a variable regeneration switching valve configured to discharge the fluid returned from the cylinder device to the flow control valve upon non-regeneration of fluid energy and to, upon regeneration of the fluid energy, branch part of the fluid returned from the cylinder device and discharge via a second throttle the fluid branched;

a regenerative motor configured to be driven for the regeneration by the fluid branched by the variable regeneration switching valve; and

a third throttle configured to be connected in series with the first throttle upon the regeneration to limit flow of the fluid returned from the cylinder device, wherein Ax=As·(As−Ab)/√(Ab·(2×As−Ab)), where As, Ab, and Ax are an opening area of the first throttle, an opening area of the second throttle, and an opening area of the third throttle, respectively, for the operation command.

7. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the third throttle is provided separately from the flow control valve.

8. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the third throttle is provided in the variable regeneration switching valve.

9. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 7 , wherein when driving the regenerative motor, the flow control valve and the variable regeneration switching valve are simultaneously switched.

10. The fluid pressure circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the flow control valve is a spool switching valve having six ports and three positions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2019
From: SHIMADA, YOSHIYUKI
To: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-023012 · Feb 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200040920A1 · Feb 6, 2020