Ulllted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 7,766,041 B2

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Tackes et al.
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(45) Date 0f Patent:

3,990,475 A *
11/1976 Myers ................... .. 137/6253
INCREMENTAL PRESSURE DROP
4,050,476 A
4,122,868 A
9/ 1977 Hayner etal.

10/1978 Holloway et al.
'
Not1ce:
5,351,717
Subject to any d1scla1mer, the term of th1s

patent is extended or adjusted under 35
son
Miller
6/1988 Henry e131. ......... .. 137/62538
9/1989 Cleasby
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10/1994
saire
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137/62512
6/2002 Mickelson et al.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Herbert E. Merritt, Hydraulic Control Systems, 1967, pp. 40-43,
(21) APPL No" 11/5ooo35
100-109, John Wiley & sens.
D. Mcloy, H.R. Martin; The Control of Fluid Power, 1973, Sec
Flled
Aug' 81 2006
_
(65)
tions 4.3.1 & 43.2, Longman Group Ltd, London.

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_T.F. Blackburn, J.L. Coakley, FD. Ezekiel, Fluid Power Control,
PrlOr PubllcatlOIl Data
US 2008/0035225 A1
(52)
6,397,890 B1
Usc. 154(b) by 560 days.
(51)
10/1983
4,862,920 A
(22)
4,750,511 A t
(Us)
.
JBntmm
4/1982 Hayner
4,411,189 A
Asslgooo' Dolto Power Company Rockford IL
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4,325,412 A
Jesse O. Arlas, Round Lake, 1L (US)
Aug. 3, 2010
FLOW FORCE REDUCTION BY
(75) Inventors: John N. Tackes, Rockford, 1L (US),

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F161( 11/07
1960, section 10.321, Mir. Press.
Feb. 14, 2008
* Cited by examiner
Primary Examiner?lohn Fox

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firrn?Foley & Lardner LLP
(2006,01)
U.S. Cl. ............................ .. 137/6253; 137/62535;
251/117
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157/625'55 62558 62559 251/117 118

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ABSTRACT
HOW Control device for improving, for example Valve
operation by reducing error forces occurring due to fluid

communication between ports of a valve having two or more
See apphcauon me for Complete Search hlstory'
ports. Incremental pressure drop passages bleed incremen
References Cited
tally the flow of fluid between rst an second ports as the
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
to decrease the pressure differential generated force exerted

on the spool whereby the energy required to be applied to the
(56)
valve spool is moving between the rst and second positions

1,859,876 A *
5/1932 Koplin
2,596,534 A *
5/1952
Crake .... ..
137/62539
2,836,198 A *
5/1958
McNeill .... ..
137/62539
2,964,023 A *
12/1960
3,912,222 A
10/1975 Hayner
.. 137/6253
spool for moving the spool between the rst and second
positions is decreased.
Meulendyk .......... .. 137/625.12
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0.01
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P in
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CONVENTIONAL METERING
ORIFICE DIAGRAIVI
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(45) Date 0f Patent:

11/1976 Myers ................... .. 137/6253

INCREMENTAL PRESSURE DROP

9/ 1977 Hayner etal.

Subject to any d1scla1mer, the term of th1s

6/1988 Henry e131. ......... .. 137/62538

6/2002 Mickelson et al.

(21) APPL No" 11/5ooo35

100-109, John Wiley & sens.

D. Mcloy, H.R. Martin; The Control of Fluid Power, 1973, Sec

tions 4.3.1 & 43.2, Longman Group Ltd, London.

_T.F. Blackburn, J.L. Coakley, FD. Ezekiel, Fluid Power Control,

PrlOr PubllcatlOIl Data

Usc. 154(b) by 560 days.

Asslgooo' Dolto Power Company Rockford IL

Jesse O. Arlas, Round Lake, 1L (US)

FLOW FORCE REDUCTION BY

(75) Inventors: John N. Tackes, Rockford, 1L (US),

1960, section 10.321, Mir. Press.

Feb. 14, 2008

Primary Examiner?lohn Fox

U.S. Cl. ............................ .. 137/6253; 137/62535;

0f Classification Search .......

157/625'55 62558 62559 251/117 118

operation by reducing error forces occurring due to fluid

See apphcauon me for Complete Search hlstory'

ports. Incremental pressure drop passages bleed incremen

tally the flow of fluid between rst an second ports as the

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

to decrease the pressure differential generated force exerted

valve spool is moving between the rst and second positions

Meulendyk .......... .. 137/625.12

7 Claims, 22 Drawing Sheets

Fig. 1A (PRIOR ART)

Fig. 1B (PRIOR ART)

DG$4B Force vs Stroke

(.100 stroke is De-Energized, as shown)

Nlodied DG-S4B Force vs Stroke

(.100 stroke is 13e-Energized, as shown)

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