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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vernon Joseph Brabec, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 15/20 (2006.01); F15B 20/00 (2006.01); F15B 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 15/204 (2013.01); F15B 20/00 (2013.01); F15B 21/12 (2013.01); F15B 2211/328 (2013.01); F15B 2211/50563 (2013.01); F15B 2211/863 (2013.01); F15B 2211/8646 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dithering hydraulic valves to mitigate static friction ('stiction') associated with the hydraulic valves. A first hydraulic valve and a second hydraulic valve are dithered to mitigate stiction associated with those valves. The dithering of the first and second hydraulic valves also cause dithering of a main hydraulic valve associated with the first and second hydraulic valves. Accordingly, stiction of three hydraulic valves of a hydraulic system is mitigated.