Patents by Inventor Lothar Schwalbach

Lothar Schwalbach 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).

  • Publication number: 20120128444
    Abstract: An anchor module, in particular for mining and tunneling, is provided. The anchor module comprises a drill bit having a drill section and a connecting section. The anchor module also comprises an anchor rod made of plastic, extending along an anchor axis and having a connecting section for fastening the drill bit in the area of the one axial rod end, such that the outside diameter of the drill bit is larger than the outside diameter of the anchor rod on the connecting section, wherein the outside diameter of the drill bit is at most about 20%, in particular embodiments at most about 10%, and/or at most about 10 millimeters larger than the outside diameter of the anchor rod on the connecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Podesser, Lothar Schwalbach
  • Publication number: 20110290614
    Abstract: Construction machine, with working drum mounted at a machine frame, combustion engine for driving the working drum, drive train between the combustion engine and the working drum, and clutch in the drive train, where the clutch is arranged between a drive shaft and output shaft of the drive train, clutch elements on drive side capable of being engaged with clutch elements on output side, where clutch elements on the drive side or on output side are provided with several clutch part elements that are permanently engaged with one another via at least one mechanical coupling, it is provided that a braking device acting between the drive shaft and the output shaft is arranged at the clutch, said braking device being additionally engaged during engagement of the clutch in order to eliminate or reduce any rotary vibrations caused by play of mechanical coupling between clutch part elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Mahlberg, Lothar Schwalbach, Günter Hähn
  • Patent number: 7992696
    Abstract: Construction machine, with working drum mounted at a machine frame, combustion engine for driving the working drum, drive train between the combustion engine and the working drum, and clutch in the drive train, where the clutch is arranged between a drive shaft and output shaft of the drive train, clutch elements on drive side capable of being engaged with clutch elements on output side, where clutch elements on the drive side or on output side are provided with several clutch part elements that are permanently engaged with one another via at least one mechanical coupling, it is provided that a braking device acting between the drive shaft and the output shaft is arranged at the clutch, said braking device being additionally engaged during engagement of the clutch in order to eliminate or reduce any rotary vibrations caused by play of mechanical coupling between clutch part elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Mahlberg, Lothar Schwalbach, Günter Hähn
  • Publication number: 20100329784
    Abstract: In an automotive road construction machine (1), with a working drum (6) for working a ground surface or traffic surface (3) mounted at a machine frame (4), a combustion engine (10) for driving the working drum (6), and a drive train (8) between the combustion engine (10) and the working drum (6), it is provided that at least one vibration damper (5) and/or vibration absorber is arranged at the working drum (6) or in the drive train (8) downstream of the combustion engine (10), with the said vibration damper (5) and/or vibration absorber eliminating or reducing rotary vibrations generated by the combustion engine (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Axel Mahlberg, Lothar Schwalbach, Günter Hähn
  • Publication number: 20090020388
    Abstract: Construction machine, with working drum mounted at a machine frame, combustion engine for driving the working drum, drive train between the combustion engine and the working drum, and clutch in the drive train, where the clutch is arranged between a drive shaft and output shaft of the drive train, clutch elements on drive side capable of being engaged with clutch elements on output side, where clutch elements on the drive side or on output side are provided with several clutch part elements that are permanently engaged with one another via at least one mechanical coupling, it is provided that a braking device acting between the drive shaft and the output shaft is arranged at the clutch, said braking device being additionally engaged during engagement of the clutch in order to eliminate or reduce any rotary vibrations caused by play of mechanical coupling between clutch part elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Axel Mahlberg, Lothar Schwalbach, Gunter Hahn