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Load-holding brake valve

US6098647A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateAug 28, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/2544
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydraulically controllable valve for double-acting consumers that in the lowering mode drains off a flow of load volume from connection B to connection A in throttled fashion. To that end, the valve has a valve seat (5), which communicates with a sealing face (4) of a main piston (3). A pilot piston (8) is guided concentrically in the main piston (3) and communicates with a sealing face (7) to a pilot valve seat (6) in the main piston; the main piston (3) and the pilot piston (8) are held on the valve seat (5) and pilot valve seat (6), respectively, by the load pressure and/or by spring force. On the pressure-relieved side, the pilot piston (8) has a piston shank (9), guided in a seat bore, with a continuously decreasing throttling action and in particular throttle grooves (10), which form a throttle restriction. On hydraulic triggering, the pilot piston (8) is axially displaceable by means of an opening piston (20), so that the pilot valve (5, 6) opens, and a load volume flow flows out of a pilot chamber (15), receiving the springs, via the throttle restriction. The resultant load pressure reduction causes an axial displacement of the main piston (3) and the opening of the valve…

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