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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1995
Laurentius A Mentink, Haaksbergen, NL;
Applied Power Inc., Butler, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit for the sequential control of two or more hydraulic cylinders and more particularly for opening and closing the folding roof a cabriolet type vehicle, in which the cylinder space under the piston of each piston cylinder device is selectively connectable to a hydraulic pressure source or to a reservoir for hydraulic fluid, and an additional valve device is provided by which the cylinder space above the piston is also connectable to the pressure source for at least some of the piston cylinder devices. The cylinder spaces above the pistons are hydraulically connected and the additional valve device is constituted by a common electrically operated valve for the piston cylinder devices, by which the cylinder spaces above the pistons are jointly connectable to either the pressure source or the reservoir.