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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Eric P. Hamkins, Waukesha, WI (US);
Dwight B. Stephenson, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Joseph L. Pfaff, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Keith A. Tabor, Richfield, WI (US);
Eric P. Hamkins, Waukesha, WI (US);
Dwight B. Stephenson, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Joseph L. Pfaff, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Keith A. Tabor, Richfield, WI (US);
HUSCO International, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method provides several modes for recovering hydraulic energy produced by an overrunning load acting on cylinders connected in parallel to a machine component. In one mode, fluid from first chambers in both cylinders is routed into the accumulator, while other fluid is directed into second chambers of those cylinders. In a different mode, fluid is routed from the first chamber of only one cylinder into the accumulator, and fluid from the first chamber of the other cylinder goes into the second chambers of both cylinders. Yet another mode comprises routing fluid from the first chambers of both cylinders into the second chambers of both cylinders. In still another mode, fluid from the first chambers of both cylinders goes into the return conduit while the second chambers of both cylinders receive fluid from a supply conduit. Several modes of reusing the recovered energy are described.