Controller for a variable displacement feed pump

• US 7,802,971 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2007
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joma-Polytec Kunstsofftechnik GmbH
• Original Assignee: Joma-Hydromechanic GmbH
• Inventors: Schneider, Willi, Helle, Torsten
• Primary Examiner(s): FREAY, CHARLES GRANT
• Application Number:
  US11/849,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20080279699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,122 Days
• Field of Search: 417/220, 417/221, 417/222.1, 92/13, 604/53, 604/52, 604/47
• US Class Current: 417/220
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/002 Hydraulic systems to change the pump delivery
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/08 Regulating by delivery pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 14/226 by pivoting the cam around an eccentric axis
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/18 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/21 Pressure difference

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a feed pump for hydraulic media having an input and an output. A pressure-reducing element is connected to the output, at the output of the element the system pressure being present and the output being connected to a consumer, wherein the output is connected to the first input of a pump controller, the second input being connected to the output of the pressure-reducing element, and wherein the pump controller adjusts the feed pump toward maximum delivery if the system pressure is smaller than a minimum pressure or if the system pressure is smaller than the feed pressure, and wherein parallel to the pump controller a pressure limiter is switched such that at the first input thereof the feed pressure is present and at the control input the system pressure is present, wherein the pressure limiter opens if the feed pressure is greater than a desired value.

Claims

1. A variable delivery feed pump for hydraulic media, comprising an input and an output, at the output a feed pressure (P1) being present, a pressure-reducing element that is connected to the output, at an output of the pressure-reducing element the system pressure (P2) being present and the output of the pressure-reducing element being connected to a consumer, wherein the output of the variable delivery pump is connected to a first input of a pump controller, and a second input of the pump controller is connected to the output of the pressure-reducing element, and wherein the pump controller adjusts the feed pump toward maximum delivery if the system pressure (P2) is smaller than a minimum pressure or if the system pressure (P2) is smaller than the pressure present at the first input, and wherein parallel to the pump controller a pressure limiter is switched such that at a first input thereof the pressure present at the first input of the pump controller is present and that at a control input the system pressure (P2) is present, the pressure limiter opening if the system pressure (P2) is greater than a desired value.

2. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure-reducing element is a filter.

3. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that the minimum pressure is 1.5 bar to 3 bar, and is adjustable during controlled operation and standstill of the controller.

4. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that the desired value is about 4 bar to about 8 bar, and is adjustable during controlled operation and standstill of the controller.

5. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that a regulator is interconnected between the output of the feed pump and the first input of the pump controller.

6. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that a pressure control valve is provided downstream of the output of the feed pump.

7. The feed pump according to claim 6, characterized in that at about 9 bar to about 15 bar, and at an adjustable pressure, the pressure control valve opens into a tank.

8. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that the system pressure (P2) is present at a second input of the pressure limiter and the open pressure limiter connects the first input to the second input.

9. The feed pump according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure limiter comprises a second control input.

10. The feed pump according to claim 9, characterized in that the two control inputs of the pressure limiter are hydraulically connected in series.

11. The feed pump according to claim 9, characterized in that the second control input of the pressure limiter provides pressure force transmission in addition to the first control input.

12. The feed pump according to claim 9, characterized in that a control valve is provided, which connects the output of the pressure-reducing element to the second control input of the pressure limiter.

13. The feed pump according to claim 12, characterized in that the output of the control valve is connected to the second input of the pressure limiter.

14. The feed pump according to claim 12, characterized in that the control valve is controlled by at least one of hydraulically and electromagnetically.

15. The feed pump according to claim 14, characterized in that the control valve is controlled via an engine controller of a motor vehicle.

16. The feed pump according to claim 12, characterized in that a shut-off valve is provided between the output of the control valve and the first control input of the pressure limiter.

17. The feed pump according to claim 16, characterized in that the shut-off valve comprises a control input at which the system pressure (P2) is present.