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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);

Inventors:

Kristoff Six, Hasselt, BE;

Koen Reybrouck, Etterbeek, BE;

Stefan Van Raemdonck, Belsele, BE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A hydraulic actuator assembly includes an actuator, a first sink subsystem in fluid communication with an upper working chamber of the actuator, a second sink subsystem in fluid communication with a lower working chamber of the actuator and a source subsystem in fluid communication with both the upper and lower working chambers of the actuator. A low pressure accumulator is in fluid communication with the upper and lower working chambers, the first and second sink subsystems and source subsystem. A high pressure accumulator is in fluid communication with the first and second sink subsystems and the source subsystem. The hydraulic actuator assembly can generate passive or active forces with or without energy recuperation.


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