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    • 31. 发明授权
    • Method and apparatus for stroke position sensor for hydraulic cylinder
    • 液压缸行程位置传感器的方法和装置
    • US07059238B2
    • 2006-06-13
    • US10957460
    • 2004-10-01
    • Larry E. AlbrightMark F. BaresWilliam C. ShelbournScott R. Mason
    • Larry E. AlbrightMark F. BaresWilliam C. ShelbournScott R. Mason
    • F01B31/12
    • F15B15/2815F15B15/1433F15B15/2892
    • A fluid pressure cylinder assembly is provided with a sensor for sensing the extension of a piston rod from a tubular cylinder. The tubular cylinder has a base block that seals the end of the tubular cylinder with an inner wall. The inner wall has a threaded bore for receiving the sensor housing, which has an elongated sensor rod passing into an axial bore in the piston rod. The piston rod carries a sensor element that moves relative to the elongated sensor rod. The inner wall is at an inner end of an access bore in the base block. The sensor is threaded into a bore in the inner wall using a socket that has a slot to permit a sensor lead to extend to the exterior of the socket and out of the access bore so the lead rotates with the socket in the access bore while the sensor is tightened in place. The base block is provided with a slot that extends to the exterior of the base block so that when installed the sensor lead can be extended out through the slot for connection to suitable controls.
    • 流体压力缸组件设置有用于感测活塞杆从管状气缸延伸的传感器。 管状圆筒具有用于将管状圆筒的端部与内壁密封的基座。 内壁具有用于接收传感器壳体的螺纹孔,该传感器壳体具有穿过活塞杆中的轴向孔的细长的传感器杆。 活塞杆承载相对于细长传感器杆移动的传感器元件。 内壁位于基座中的进入孔的内端。 传感器使用具有槽的插座螺纹连接到内壁中的孔中,该插座具有允许传感器引线延伸到插座的外部并且离开进入孔,使得引线随着入口孔中的插座旋转,而 传感器收紧就位。 基座设置有延伸到基座的外部的狭槽,使得当安装时,传感器引线可以通过插槽延伸以连接到适当的控制。
    • 33. 发明授权
    • Parking lock with secondary brake
    • 停车锁与二次制动
    • US5992576A
    • 1999-11-30
    • US876406
    • 1997-06-16
    • Gerald M. BergLarry E. Albright
    • Gerald M. BergLarry E. Albright
    • B60T1/00B60T1/06B60T11/04F16D55/10F16D63/00F16H63/48B62C7/02
    • F16H63/3416B60T1/005B60T1/065B60T11/04F16D63/006F16H63/48
    • A parking lock for a vehicle such as a skid steer loader is designed to provide a positive lock of drive elements when certain conditions are present on the loader, such as the absence of an operator on an operator seat or the movement of an operator restraint to its non restraining position. The lock member comprises a disc on a final drive axle, that has a member that engages lugs on the disc to provide the locking function, and a friction brake manually operable to engage the discs to reduce the speed of rotation of the discs. The discs having lugs thereon formed in relation to the forces urging lock member toward the discs, such that the lock member will ride on the outer periphery of the disc until the speed has been reduced to a selected amount generally by operation of the brake.
    • 用于诸如滑移装载机的车辆的停车锁被设计成当装载机上存在某些条件时提供驱动元件的正锁定,诸如操作者座椅上没有操作者或操作者约束件的移动 其不受约束的地位。 锁定构件包括在最终传动轴上的盘,该盘具有与盘上的突出部接合以提供锁定功能的构件,以及可手动操作以接合盘的摩擦制动器,以降低盘的旋转速度。 相对于将锁定构件向盘推动的力而形成有凸耳的盘,使得锁定构件将骑行在盘的外周上,直到通过制动器的操作将速度降低到选定的量。
    • 34. 发明授权
    • Method of making a vehicle transmission case
    • 制造车辆变速箱的方法
    • US4131225A
    • 1978-12-26
    • US807983
    • 1977-07-08
    • James J. BauerLarry E. AlbrightJames L. WernerThomas M. SagaserLonnie D. Hoechst
    • James J. BauerLarry E. AlbrightJames L. WernerThomas M. SagaserLonnie D. Hoechst
    • B60P1/50B60R13/08B60R21/11B62D11/18B62D21/18B62D49/00B62D49/02E02F9/10E02F9/16B23K31/02B60K17/04
    • E02F9/10B60P1/50B60R21/11B62D11/183B62D21/186B62D49/00B62D49/02E02F9/163B60R13/0838Y10T29/49893
    • A skid steer loader comprising an improved loader main frame and including an operator's compartment designed to present a low profile vehicle particularly suitable for low clearance applications. The loader main frame includes a center compartment partially defined by a pair of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced side beams. The engine for the vehicle is mounted at the rear of the center compartment and is acoustically enclosed by structural elements of the frame. A seat pan mounted on the side beams overlies the engine and transmission and separates the operator compartment from the center compartment. At a forward end of the center compartment an elongated transmission case forms a partial bottom wall and also encloses the chain and sprocket drive system of the vehicle. The side walls of the transmission case are displaced from the side walls of the frame, enabling the operator to straddle the case, thus reducing height requirements for both the operator compartment and the overall vehicle. Uprights secured to the side beams of the main frame at respective outer rear portions thereof partially enclose the rear portion of the center compartment and boom loader arms are secured to upper pivotal mountings provided on the uprights. Respective front ends of the loader arms are arcuately proportioned to extend forward of the wheels of the vehicle. An improved attachment mounting means incorporating a single mid-plane cylinder is provided between respective outer ends of the loader arms, the loader arms also carrying attachment means for implements used with the vehicle. A low profile overhead guard specially fabricated encloses the operator compartment and completes the assembly.This is a division of application Ser. No. 654,256, filed Feb. 2, 1976, U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,262.FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention pertains to the art of skid steer loaders and more particularly to a main frame for an improved loader adapted to provide an improved operator's module and to incorporate a low profile particularly suitable for low clearance applications.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONSkid steer loaders are vehicles possessing a high degree of maneuverability which are propelled and maneuvered by driving the wheels on one side of the vehicle at a different speed and/or in a different direction from those on the other side of the vehicle so as to achieve a turning motion. In the case where the wheels on one side are driven forwardly and those on the opposite side reversely, the loader will turn on its axis or, in other words, spin in its tracks. However, the operator's compartment of such vehicles are typically constricted, with the operator surrounded by the working elements of his machine and buffeted by engine and transmission noise.Typically, the skid steer loader's high levels of maneuverability are put to best use in operation wherein the loader's steering abilities easily enable it to negotiate around obstacles such as struts, columns and supports encountered in an enclosed environment and used to support the structure in which the loader is working. However, in many instances, particularly in agricultural applications, the requirements of the job include a necessity for a machine which has the ability to work under conditions of low clearance as well as conditions requiring high maneuverability. Such low clearance applications requiring a low profile vehicle suggest a further encroachment of the operator's space. Further, the necessity of providing a protective enclosure for the machine operator has heretofore limited the low clearance capability of such skid steer loaders. Heretofore low vehicle clearance has been achieved only at a sacrifice in load capability and power, and with additional encroachment on the operator's compartment.DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ARTThe prior art vehicles generally present an upright box-like structure of uniform body width wherein all structural members are located inside the inner face of the wheels mounted on the vehicle. A skid steered loader having such a body construction and employing a hydrostatic drive comprising two independent variable speed transmissions, one mounted on each side for driving their respective sets of wheels, is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,635,365 entitled "Tractor Vehicle with Hydrostatic Drive Means" by James J. Bauer which issued Jan. 18, 1972 to the assignee of the present invention. The design of that vehicle is also the subject of U.S. Pat. No. Des. 224,588 entitled "Self-Propelled Loader Vehicle" by the same inventor, issued Aug. 8, 1972 also assigned to the assignee of the present invention.Efforts to improve the mobility of a skid steer loader vehicle also involved body design. For example, it is known that a skid steer loader should preferably have a wheel base shorter than the center-to-center distance between the wheels on opposite sides of the loader to reduce tire wear and resistance to skid turns. Further, proper weight distribution in a skid steer vehicle improves mobility. Thus the engine is located in the rear and partially counterweights the loader bucket in front. An earlier attempt to change the body design of the vehicle is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,895,728 entitled "Tractor Vehicle Having Material Handling Subframe" by John F. Heggen which issued July 22, 1975 to the assignee of the present invention. Although the frame described in the above patent was designed to isolate the loader and skid steering forces of the vehicle from the drive components, no consideration was given to improving the operator's compartment of such vehicle or designing such frame for low clearance applications.An early effort to change the profile of the skid steer loader is shown in U.S. Pat. No. Des. 231,482, entitled "Self-Propelled Loader Vehicle" by James J. Bauer, issued April 23, 1974, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention. This latter vehicle represents a scaled down version of a larger vehicle with some design modifications. The rear loader uprights and the boom arms project outwardly from the side frames to overlie the wheels of the vehicle, but an offset knee must be provided at the front end of the boom arms to accommodate power cylinders mounted on each loader arm for operating the loading bucket. Further, the operator enclosure becomes a fairly narrow, high enclosure, severly restricting side-to-side movement of the operator. Further, the load carrying capacity of such vehicle is severely limited since it remains primarily a scaled down version of a larger model.The present invention represents a substantial innovative advance over the prior art in that a vehicle having a mid-range operating capacity (800 lbs. load capability) presents a wider and lower profile specially suited for low clearance, agricultural applications with little sacrifice in operating capacity, and substantial increase in operator compartment space.Further substantial innovative advances have been made to accomplish the low profile of the present vehicle without sacrificing any substantial operating capacity and with marked improvement in operator comfort as summarized below.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention comprises an improved main frame for a skid steer loader vehicle, the main frame comprising a center compartment partially defined by a pair of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced side beams. At the rear of the center compartment the main frame integrates a number of structural elements therefor to provide an acoustic enclosure for the engine for dissipating engine noises. Operator comfort is enhanced by substantially reduced noise levels for the loader in the operative mode. The improved acoustic enclosure for the engine reduces noise levels substantially, making the improved loader one of the quietest in the industry.A cross plate is welded between the longitudinally extending laterally spaced side beams at respective rear bottom portions to form a partial floor at the rear of the main frame. A front wall having an inwardly turned top flange is secured between the side beams at respective front portions thereof. A transmission case presenting an elongated, substantially narrow, profile is mounted at a forward end of the side beams to form a partial floor at the front of the main frame for a center compartment of the main frame. Skid steering forces as well as the normal loader forces are largely isolated from the drive components associated with and contained in the case. The interior compartment formed receives the engine at a rear portion thereof. The main frame substantially surrounds the center compartment in laterally spaced relation.Protruding from the case at respective front and rear ends thereof are the stub axles for the vehicle. Brackets mounted on the stub axles secure the case to the side beams of the main frame. Housed within the transmission case is the chain and sprocket drive for each set of wheels for the vehicle. Bolted to the outside of the transmission case are a pair of hydraulic motors which drive their respective set of wheels through the chain and sprocket drive contained within the transmission case. The transmission case is oil filled to lubricate the drive for the vehicle. The mounting of the drive motors on the outside of the case permits a relatively long, narrow configuration for the case enabling a re-design of the operator's compartment which substantially increases the amount of leg room in the operator's space by permitting the operator to straddle the transmission case.New fabrication methods for the transmission case include the manufacture of separate halves of the transmission case with the housings for the stub axles mounted in phase for boring. The housings for the stub axles are bored as mounted on the transmission case with the axle shafts thereafter rotatably mounted in the housings, the separate halves of the transmission case being assembled after the axle housings are bored. This technique substantially reduces welding distortion produced by mounting pre-bored stub axles in place after the transmission case is assembled.The chain drive for the vehicle has also been modified to improve the reliability of the vehicle. The new drive sprocket arrangement places the sprocket driving the rear wheel of each set of wheels at the outer end of the output shaft of the drive motor. The inner sprocket, mounted on the shaft between the outer sprocket and the drive motor, drives the front wheel of the set. Thus the rear chain offers substantial resistance to forces exerted on the vehicles under loading conditions. Torsional forces exerted on the vehicle under loading conditions are substantially greater for the front wheels. By mounting the chains for the front wheels on the inner sprockets moments for the cantilever mounted engine output shaftsare balanced, with the greater forces exerted on the front wheels equalized by the longer moment arms for the rear wheels.The engine is rubber mounted on the bottom cross plate provided at the rear of the center compartment. Suitably secured to the engine are dual axially aligned variable displacement pumps which drive the motors mounted on the transmission case. Mounted between an operator compartment and the engine is a hydraulic reservoir for the pumps.A pair of uprights are fabricated from plate material and are mounted at the rear of the side beams to structurally support loader arms mounted at upper pivotal mountings on each side. In the preferred embodiment the uprights are disposed outwardly of the main frame to lie behind the wheels mounted on the axles secured to the main frame of the vehicle. With the uprights of the loader vehicle lying behind the wheels of the vehicle, the loader arms, of necessity, must overlie the wheels of the vehicle. Accordingly, the front end of each loader arm has been arcuately proportioned to overlie the front wheels of the vehicle and to receive the outer end of the loader bucket thereon. To achieve this configuration the tilt cylinder for the loading bucket must be mounted inboard of the loader arms and the present invention incorporates a single mid-plane bucket tilt cylinder replacing the two cylinders mounted co-planar with the loader arms in the prior art.The improved transmission case, as well as the outboard mounted loader arms, provides a wider, lower prifile for the operator's compartment and permits a substantial reduction in the height of the overhead guard for the vehicle without reducing overall compartment height and a substantial increase in compartment width.Further innovative advances have been achieved in the fabrication of the overhead guard of the vehicle. The overhead guard comprises stamped halves appropriately folded. When the required halves have been formed they are assembled and welded in place to provide a completed guard for the vehicle with minimal assembly time. Mounting means are provided for the overhead guard to absorb energy for protection under roll-over conditions and to vibrationally isolate the operator compartment under normal vehicle operating conditions.The advantage recited above, as well as many others, will become more apparent to the reader in the detailed description set forth below when said description is viewed in conjunction with the drawings provided which are described as follows.
    • 一种滑移装载机,包括改进的装载机主框架,并且包括设计成呈现特别适合于低间隙应用的低轮廓车辆的操作室。 装载机主框架包括由一对纵向延伸的横向间隔开的侧梁部分地限定的中央隔室。 用于车辆的发动机安装在中间隔室的后部,并被框架的结构元件声学地包围。 安装在侧梁上的座椅平台覆盖发动机和变速箱,并将操作室与中间隔室分开。 在中间隔室的前端处,细长的变速箱形成部分底壁并且还包围车辆的链轮和链轮驱动系统。 变速器箱的侧壁从框架的侧壁移开,使操作员能够跨越箱体,从而降低了操作室和整个车辆的高度要求。 在相应的外后部处固定到主框架的侧梁的立柱部分地包围中心室的后部并且悬臂装载器臂被固定到设置在立柱上的上枢转安装件。 装载机臂的各个前端弓形地成比例地延伸到车辆的车轮的前方。 在装载机臂的相应的外端之间设有一个结合有单个中平面圆筒的改进的附接安装装置,装载臂也承载与车辆一起使用的工具的附接装置。 专门制造的低调高架防护罩包围操作室并完成组装。
    • 35. 发明授权
    • Boom cylinder stop for the lift cylinders of a skid steer vehicle
    • 滑车转向车的提升缸的起重缸停止
    • US4043253A
    • 1977-08-23
    • US701939
    • 1976-07-02
    • Larry E. AlbrightDan A. Frederick
    • Larry E. AlbrightDan A. Frederick
    • E02F3/38F15B15/26
    • F15B15/261E02F3/388
    • A boom stop having a elongated tubular body portion is mounted on the rod end of one of the hydraulic lift cylinders of a skid steer loader. When the boom of the skid steer loader is lifted, the boom stop is carried outwardly with the rod end of the cylinder, the opposite end of the boom stop dropping into a plane adjacent the rod end of the cylinder when the hydraulic cylinder is almost fully extended. Thus the boom stop is interposed between the outer end of the cylinder body and the rod end of the cylinder to retain such lift cylinder in an extended position under loading conditions. A projection provided at a lower end of the boom stop carries a toggle mechanism mounted on a pivotal connection, the mechanism including a ramp like projection which rotates downwardly when the cylinder is extended further outwardly to disengage the stop from the cylinder body, the ramp engaging both the cylinder body and the body portion of the stop to slide the body portion of the stop onto the cylinder body when the cylinder is pulled back to a fully retracted position.
    • 具有细长管状体部分的臂架安装在滑移装载机的一个液压提升缸的杆端上。 当滑动转向装载机的悬臂抬起时,悬臂停止件随着气缸的杆端向外运动,当液压缸几乎完全时,悬臂止动器的相对端部落在与缸体的杆端相邻的平面中 延长 因此,悬臂止动件被插入在缸体的外端和缸体的杆端之间,以在加载条件下将该提升缸保持在延伸位置。 设置在悬臂止动件下端的突起承载安装在枢转连接件上的肘节机构,该机构包括斜面状突出部,当气缸进一步向外延伸以使止动件与气缸体脱离时,斜面接合 当气缸被拉回到完全缩回位置时,止动件的缸体和主体部分都将止动件的主体部分滑动到缸体上。