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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1989
John W Wardle, Roscoe, IL (US);
Woodward Governor Company, Rockford, IL (US);
Abstract
A time multiplexed hydraulic control system in which a multiple section dog valve is multiplexed among a plurality of channels. An electrical actuator on the dog valve controls pilot means. The pilot means is associated with a plurality of followers, one for each channel, and each follower controls the flow rate through an associated output port. Multiplexing means in the dog valve sequentially supplies fluid to the pilot means for sequentially positioning then locking the respective followers. Thus, each channel has continuous hydraulic flow based on the position of its dedicated follower, with the followers being repositioned on a multiplexed basis in associated time slots.