Patents by Inventor Ernst-Peter Laich

Ernst-Peter Laich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for renovating of a traffic-carrying structure
    Patent number: 7744307
    Abstract: In order to repair a bridge in the zone of an expansion joint initially at least the near-surface components of the bridging device that is to be replaced are dismounted and the existing lane structure in the zones bordering the bridging device that is to be replaced is removed in the areas facing the abutment and the superstructure so as to form recesses placed at a lower level than the lane surface, whereupon a temporary bridging element located at the ground level is removably mounted. In order to entirely dismount one section of the bridging device that is to be replaced after another and perform preparatory work for assembling a new permanent bridging device, at least the bridging plate is repeatedly removed and re-assembled as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Mageba, S.A.
    Inventors: Gianni Moor, Bernd Urich, Eduard Schiebelbein, Ernst-Peter Laich
  • Method for Renovation of a Traffic-Carrying Structure
    Publication number: 20080247822
    Abstract: In order to repair a bridge in the zone of an expansion joint initially at least the near-surface components of the bridging device that is to be replaced are dismounted and the existing lane structure in the zones bordering the bridging device that is to be replaced is removed in the areas facing the abutment and the superstructure so as to form recesses placed at a lower level than the lane surface, whereupon a temporary bridging element located at the ground level is removably mounted. In order to entirely dismount one section of the bridging device that is to be replaced after another and perform preparatory work for assembling a new permanent bridging device, at least the bridging plate is repeatedly removed and re-assembled as required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: MAGEBA S.A.
    Inventors: Gianni Moor, Bernd Urich, Eduard Schiebelbein, Ernst-Peter Laich