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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1979
William K Engel, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A radial piston device such as a radial piston motor (10) has a rotor assembly (34) rotatably positioned within a cylindrical race (43) which is movable to a first displacement position by a first piston (52) and a second displacement position by a second piston (53). A pintle (26) extends into a bore (36) of a rotor (33) of the rotor assembly (34) and has first and second ports (27,28) for delivering fluid to and from the rotor (33). In order to reduce the size of the radial piston device and to minimize the number of external lines, a control valve (66) is positioned within a bore (59) of the pintle (26) and selectively controls fluid flow from one of the first and second ports (27,28) to the first and second pistons (52,53) for shifting the cylindrical race (43) between the first and second positions.