Fluid system for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12570118-B2
Application number	US-202318849829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2023
Priority date	Mar 31, 2022
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A fluid system for a vehicle, preferably for a vehicle chassis, includes: a pump for delivering a fluid, wherein the pump has a first fluid connection and a second fluid connection, an actuator which can be connected to the first fluid connection in a fluid-communicating manner via an actuator valve, wherein the pump is designed to deliver the fluid to be delivered in a first delivery direction and in a second delivery direction opposite the first delivery direction, so that the actuator is fluidically pressurized by the pump via the first fluid connection when the pump delivers in the first delivery direction, and the actuator is fluidically separated from the first fluid connection depending on the position of the actuator valve or the actuator is fluidically relieved by the pump via the first fluid connection when the pump delivers in the second delivery direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A fluid system for a vehicle, the fluid system comprising:
a pump for delivering a fluid, wherein the pump has a first fluid connection and a second fluid connection, an actuator configured to be connected to the first fluid connection in a fluid-communicating manner via an actuator valve, wherein the pump is configured to deliver the fluid to be delivered in a first delivery direction and in a second delivery direction opposite the first delivery direction, so that
the actuator is fluidically pressurized by the pump via the first fluid connection when the pump delivers in the first delivery direction, and
the actuator is fluidically separated from the first fluid connection depending on the position of the actuator valve or the actuator is fluidically relieved by the pump via the first fluid connection when the pump delivers in the second delivery direction,
wherein the fluid system comprises a control valve for controlling the actuator valve, the control valve being connected to the second fluid connection via a check valve, and wherein the control valve is fluidically separated from the second fluid connection by the check valve when the pump delivers in the first delivery direction, and the control valve is connected to the second fluid connection in a fluid-communicating manner by the check valve when the pump delivers in the second delivery direction.

2 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the pump is configured such that the fluid to be delivered is delivered in the first delivery direction from the second fluid connection to the first fluid connection, and that the fluid to be delivered is delivered in the second delivery direction from the first fluid connection to the second fluid connection.

3 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the pump is a rotary pump or a rotary vane pump, wherein a change in the delivery direction is caused by a change in a direction of rotation of the rotary pump or the rotary vane pump.

4 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator valve is switchable back and forth between a first actuator valve position and a second actuator valve position, and wherein the actuator valve forms a check valve or a spring-loaded check valve, in the first actuator valve position and forms a fluid passage in the second actuator valve position.

5 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein a measuring device is configured to determine a setting position of the actuator and to transmit the setting position to a control device, and wherein the control device is configured to control the actuator valve and/or the control valve.

6 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the control valve is electronically controllable.

7 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the control valve is controllable as a function of a fluid pressure generated by the pump in the second delivery direction.

8 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises a plurality of actuators each configured to be connected to the first fluid connection in a fluid-communicating manner via a corresponding actuator valve.

9 . The fluid system according to claim 8 ,
wherein the control valve is configured to control all the actuator valves.

10 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises:
a first actuator configured to be connected to the first fluid connection in a fluid-communicating manner via a first actuator valve, and a second actuator configured to be connected to the first fluid connection in a fluid-communicating manner via a second actuator valve, and wherein the control valve is configured to control at least one of the first actuator valve or the second actuator valve.

11 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the control valve is a 4/3 directional control valve.

12 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the second fluid connection is configured to be connected to a reservoir in a fluid-communicating manner via a check valve.

13 . The fluid system according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid in the fluid system is a hydraulic liquid or a hydraulic oil.

14 . A chassis for a vehicle, wherein the chassis comprises a fluid system according to claim 1 , and the actuator is a suspension strut actuator of the chassis.

Assignees

• ECO Holding 1 GmbH

Inventors

• Möhring Jens
• Schulze Dietmar
• Selke Andre

Classifications

• F15B2211/30525

  Directional control valves, e.g. 4/3-directional control valve · CPC title

• B60G2800/914

  Height Control System · CPC title

• B60G2800/20

  Stationary vehicle · CPC title

• B60G2600/182

  Active control means · CPC title

• B60G2500/30

  Height or ground clearance · CPC title