Hydraulic system for an industrial truck

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  "publication_number": "US11953030B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Hydraulic system for an industrial truck",
  "abstract": "A hydraulic system (1) for an industrial truck, in particular an electrically operated, battery-powered industrial truck, includes a lift drive (2) to raise and lower a load handling device. The hydraulic system (1) has a first hydraulic pump (5) which is configured to supply the lift drive (2) with hydraulic fluid, and a second hydraulic pump (6) which can be switched on by means of a valve device (7) for the supply of the lift drive (2). The first hydraulic pump (5) and the second hydraulic pump (6) are configured as a hydraulic double pump unit (1) and the valve device (7) is integrated into the hydraulic double pump unit (10).",
  "claims": [
    "1. A hydraulic system for an industrial truck comprising: a lift drive to raise and lower a load handling device, wherein the lift drive comprises a lifting cylinder; the hydraulic system further comprising: a first hydraulic pump which is configured to supply the lift drive with hydraulic fluid, and a second hydraulic pump which can be switched on by a valve device to supply the lift drive with additional hydraulic fluid, a first delivery channel connected with the first hydraulic pump; a second delivery channel to connect the second hydraulic pump with the first delivery channel; wherein the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump are configured as a hydraulic double pump unit and the valve device is integrated into the hydraulic double pump unit; a multi-way valve block connected to the hydraulic double pump unit and with which a lifting operation and a lowering operation of the lift drive is controlled; and a connecting line that connects the first delivery channel to the multi-way valve block.",
    "2. The hydraulic system according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic double pump unit comprises a housing and the valve device is incorporated into the housing.",
    "3. The hydraulic system according to claim 2, wherein an intake channel is formed in the housing and is connected with an intake port of the first hydraulic pump and with an intake port of the second hydraulic pump, wherein the first delivery channel is formed in the housing which is connected with a delivery port of the first hydraulic pump, and wherein the second delivery channel is formed in the housing which is connected with a delivery port of the second hydraulic pump and with the first delivery channel.",
    "4. The hydraulic system according to claim 3, wherein the valve device has a switched on position in which the delivery port of the second hydraulic pump is connected with the first delivery channel, and a switched off position in which the delivery port of the second hydraulic pump is connected with the intake channel.",
    "5. The hydraulic system according to claim 4, wherein the valve device has a check valve located in the second delivery channel and opening toward the first delivery channel, and wherein the valve device has a control valve device which is located in a connecting channel that connects the second delivery channel with the intake channel.",
    "6. The hydraulic system according to claim 5, wherein the control valve device has a closed position that forms the switched on position and an open position that forms the switched off position.",
    "7. The hydraulic system according to claim 4, wherein the valve device has a control valve device which is located in the second delivery channel and is connected to a connecting channel that is connected with the intake channel.",
    "8. The hydraulic system according to claim 7, wherein the control valve device has a first control position that forms the switched on position in which the second delivery channel is open and the connection of the second delivery channel with the connecting channel is shut off, and a second control position that forms the switched off position in which the second delivery channel is connected with the connecting channel and the connection of the second delivery channel with the first delivery channel is shut off.",
    "9. The hydraulic system according to claim 5, wherein the control valve device is in the form of a switched valve or a proportional valve.",
    "10. The hydraulic system according to claim 5, wherein the control valve device is actuated electrically by an electric actuator device.",
    "11. The hydraulic system according to claim 4, wherein an electronic control device is provided which is in communication on the input side with an operating element and on the output side with the valve device for actuation, and wherein the electronic control device is configured so that the valve device is controlled as a function of the actuation of the operating element.",
    "12. The hydraulic system according to claim 11, wherein the electronic control device is configured so that when the operating element is actuated, the valve device is actuated into the switched on position or into the switched off position, and when the operating element is not actuated, the valve device is actuated into the switched off position or into the switched on position.",
    "13. The hydraulic system according to claim 4, wherein an electronic control device is provided which is in communication on the input side with a sensor that measures the load pressure on the lift drive and on the output side with the valve device for actuation, and wherein the electronic control device is configured so that the valve device is controlled as a function of the load pressure on the lift drive.",
    "14. The hydraulic system according to claim 13, wherein the electronic control device is configured so that the valve device is actuated into the switched on position at a load pressure on the lift drive below a limit load pressure, and is actuated into the switched off position at a load pressure on the lift drive above the limit load pressure.",
    "15. The hydraulic system according to claim 1, wherein the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump are driven by a common drive motor.",
    "16. The hydraulic system according to claim 7, wherein the control valve device is in the form of a switched valve or a proportional valve.",
    "17. The hydraulic system according to claim 7, wherein the control valve device is actuated electrically by an electric actuator device.",
    "18. The hydraulic system according to claim 15, wherein the common drive motor comprises an electric motor."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to a hydraulic system for an industrial truck, in particular a battery-powered electric industrial truck, with a lift drive to raise and lower a load handling device, wherein the hydraulic system has a first hydraulic pump that is designed to supply the lift drive with hydraulic fluid and a second hydraulic pump that can be actuated by means of a valve device for the supply of the lift drive.\n\nHydraulic systems of this type are generally used in battery-powered electric industrial trucks such as counterbalanced fork lift trucks or reach trucks, for example.\n\nOn battery-powered electric industrial trucks such as counterbalanced fork lift trucks or reach trucks, for example, hydraulic systems are known in which a single hydraulic pump is provided which supplies hydraulic fluid to the lift drive, with which a load handling device can be raised and lowered, as well as to optional additional consumers of a hydraulic work system, such as a tilting drive and/or a sideshifter drive.\n\nThe maximum displacement volume of the hydraulic pump that is driven by an electric drive motor, for example, is determined by the maximum load pressure on the lift drive and the output limit of the electric drive motor that drives the hydraulic pump.\n\nIn the event that the load handling device is to be lifted/raised with no load, i.e. lifted at a low load pressure, a significantly higher displacement volume of the hydraulic pump can be used than when the load handling device is lifted with a nominal load, i.e. lifted at a high load pressure, given the same torque or power curve of the electric drive motor.",
  "cpc": [
    "F15B 11/17",
    "B66F 9/22",
    "F15B 11/02",
    "F15B 13/027",
    "F15B 15/18",
    "F15B 21/08"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B66F 9/22",
    "F15B 11/17",
    "F15B 13/02",
    "F15B 15/18"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "STILL GmbH"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Markus Schwab"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2022-11-18",
  "publication_date": "2024-04-09",
  "grant_date": "2024-04-09",
  "priority_date": "2021-11-19",
  "application_number": "US-202218056920-A",
  "family_id": "83996718",
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