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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2025
Parker-hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Steve A. Krane, Cochise, AZ (US);
Dean R. Pollee, Mattawan, MI (US);
Evan W. Anderson, Portage, MI (US);
Daniel P. Rapin, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A pump system including a prevention mechanism for preventing excessive fluid temperature buildup of system fluid. The overheat prevention mechanism includes a thermally-responsive control component made with a thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive control component is located in the pump system such that the thermally-responsive material is in thermal communication with the system fluid for effecting a change in temperature of the thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive material is configured to have an activation temperature that is a predefined amount less than a maximum operating temperature of the system fluid. The thermally-responsive control component is configured to cooperate with a pump control mechanism in the system to decrease pump output pressure in response to the thermally-responsive material being heated by the fluid to a temperature that is equal to or greater than the activation temperature of the thermally-responsive material.