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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth B Sugden, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60475 ; 60476 ; 91416 ; 188295 ; 188313 ; 92 55 ; 92110 ; 92136 ;
Abstract
Conventional piston-cylinder hydraulic actuators require external pressure sources. The hydraulic actuator disclosed utilizes the centrifugal head developed in its chambers. The piston (36) is attached to shaft extension (24) which is splined to the actuator cylinder (20). The cylinder (20) rotates with the shaft (16) to develop a centrifugal fluid head which is selectively directed from the outlet port (40a, 40b) of a contracting chamber through a servo valve (46) to the return passageway (46b, 46a) of an expanding chamber to axially displace piston (36) and shaft (16). An accumulator in the fluid circuit retains fluid displaced from the cylinder (20).