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Multiple pump hydraulic power system

US5789879A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 3, 1995
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B2207/703
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multiple electric motor hydraulic oil pump power system including a programmable controller having electric motor starting and stopping circuitry for hydraulic oil flow control. The circuitry having means to compare each electric motor running hours and select the motor with the least running hours to adjust oil flow to the desired amount. The system monitors oil pressure and flow, comparing such pressure and flow with the desired value and automatically adjusting the system to accomplish the correction. The controller also maintains safety sensing devices for high and low oil reservoir levels, oil filter condition limits, oil temperature limits, and means to maintain a constant oil pressure under load with load flow rates varying from very low to very high.

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