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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Caterpillar Global Mining Llc, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Sharath Cugati, Dortmund, DE;
Christoper Williamson, Ames, IA (US);
Pengfei Ma, Naperville, IL (US);
Mark Vonderwell, Franklin, WI (US);
Sean Johnson, Ratingen, DE;
James W. Fuerst, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jiao Zhang, Naperville, IL (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining LLC, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic system for a machine includes a plurality of hydraulic component, wherein the hydraulic components include hydraulic actuators and hydraulic motors. The hydraulic system also includes a plurality of hydraulic circuits, and a plurality of hydraulic pumps for supplying hydraulic fluid to the plurality of hydraulic components via the hydraulic circuits. At least one hydraulic component receives hydraulic flow exclusively from a designated one of the hydraulic pumps and at least another, different hydraulic component receives shared hydraulic flow from a flow sharing set of the hydraulic pumps.