Portable hydraulic system

• US 5,678,982 A
• Filed: 07/26/1995
• Issued: 10/21/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Weber-Hydraulik GmbH
• Original Assignee: Weber-Hydraulik GmbH
• Inventors: Schwaiger, Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Thorpe, Timothy
• Assistant Examiner(s): THAI, XUAN MARIAN
• Application Number:
  US08/507,608
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 417/17, 417/44.2, 417/63, 60/458, 60/477, 60/478, 60/486, 60/494
• US Class Current: 417/44.2
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 1/02 Installations or systems with accumulators

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile hydraulic system with a hydraulic pump, which is powered by a battery powered motor and fed from a hydraulic reservoir, whereby the pump, the battery, the motor and the hydraulic reservoir are a compact, portable hydraulic unit, to which a working tool, which is separated from the portable hydraulic unit and is exchangeable, can be connected via a hydraulic connecting line of the hydraulic pump.

Claims

1. A self-contained, mobile hydraulic system comprising:

a housing;

a hydraulic pump;

an electric motor linked to the pump;

a self-contained electricity source coupled to the pump;

a reservoir fluidly coupled to the pump; and

a control system to vary the motor speed,

wherein the control system comprises a first current path for use with load operations and a second current path for use with no-load operations whereby a control system switch selectively directs current to either the first current path or the second current path, and wherein the pump, the motor, the electricity source and the reservoir are secured to the housing.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the reservoir has a biased accumulator.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the reservoir is subject to ambient air pressure.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising an indicator coupled to the electricity source for presenting to a user of the system the condition of the electricity source.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising an indicator coupled to the reservoir for presenting to a user of the system the volume of fluid present therein.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a physically responsive electrical switch for selectively energizing and de-energizing the motor.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the physically responsive electrical switch is adapted to locate on a working tool fluidly coupled to the system.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the physically responsive electrical switch is used in conjunction with a fluid valve that relieves fluid pressure in the system.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the control system switch is operatively coupled to the pump and actuated by fluid pressure generated by the pump.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a pressure sensor operatively coupled to the control system switch.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the second current path comprises a voltage regulator.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the second current path comprises a field effect transistor to provide pulse width modulated voltage to the motor.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the housing is generally cubical.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the housing is adapted for mounting on the back of a user.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the self-contained electricity source is at least one electrical storage battery and wherein the system further comprises a battery charger coupled to the battery to permit recharging thereof from an external source.

16. A self-contained, mobile hydraulic system comprising:

a housing;

a hydraulic pump;

an electric motor linked to the pump;

a self-contained electricity source coupled to the pump;

a reservoir having a biased accumulator fluidly coupled to the pump;

a physically responsive electrical switch for selectively energizing and de-energizing the motor; and

a control system to vary the motor speed having a control system switch operatively coupled to the pump and actuated by fluid pressure generated by the pump wherein the control system further has a first current path for use with load operations and a second current path for use with no-load operations whereby the control system switch selectively directs current to either the first current path or the second current path, and wherein the pump, the motor, the electricity source, the reservoir, and the control system are secured to the housing.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the electricity source is a battery and further comprising a battery charge indicator coupled to the battery and a fluid level indicator coupled to the reservoir.