Timothy Burnier - Sleepy Hollow IL, US George Radcliffe - Villa Park IL, US Steven Bast - Lombard IL, US
International Classification:
A62C 27/00 A62C 11/00 A62C 25/00
US Classification:
169024000, 169030000, 169051000
Abstract:
A water blast gun support apparatus and methods for enabling the operator to direct the gun by a joystick attached to a pneumatic sinusoidal biasing control unit. Depending upon the direction the joystick is pointed by the operator, a controlled flow of air is delivered to pneumatic motion producing actuators which move the water blast gun to the desired position and maintain this position when the operator moves the joystick to its neutral position. The support apparatus absorbs the thrust of the water so that the operator is relieved from having to physically counter the force of the water.
Timothy A. Burnier - Sleepy Hollow IL, US John D. Padgett - South Elgin IL, US
International Classification:
B60K 25/00 F16H 37/06
US Classification:
180 534, 74661, 180 538
Abstract:
A power delivery system for a vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power delivery system includes a chassis engine configured to power driving functions of the vehicle and an auxiliary engine configured to power non-driving hydraulic functions of the vehicle. The power delivery system may also include a power boost system comprising a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor in fluid communication with each other. The hydraulic pump may be coupled to a power output of the chassis engine while the hydraulic motor may be coupled to a power output of the auxiliary engine. In one embodiment, the power delivery system has a power sharing mode in which power is transferred from the chassis engine power output to the auxiliary engine power output via the hydraulic pump and motor such that the non-driving hydraulic functions of the vehicle are simultaneously powered by the chassis engine and the auxiliary engine.