Patents by Inventor Martin Buschmann

Martin Buschmann 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).

  • Patent number: 11746479
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a paving screed, wherein the paving screed comprises a tamper, and the road paver further comprises a GNSS receiver and a material conveyor. In addition, the road paver comprises an electronic control system, which comprises a memory and a data processor, wherein digital construction data, in particular a target height profile of a road surface to be paved, a target layer thickness of paving material and, if necessary, a height profile of a roadbase are stored in the memory. The control system is configured to automatically control compaction performance of the paving screed as a function of the target layer thickness in order to pave the paving material for the respective local coordinate point of the road paver determined by the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser
  • Publication number: 20230193571
    Abstract: A method for adapting a leveling control of a road finishing machine comprises: detecting first ground profile data of a first ground profile of a foundation in a surrounding area of the road finishing machine at point in time t0, wherein the road finishing machine is located at position x0; detecting second ground profile data of a second ground profile of the foundation in a surrounding area of the road finishing machine at point in time t1, wherein the road finishing machine is located at position x1, and the second ground profile partially overlaps the first ground profile; determining a translational and rotational matrix which maps a movement of the road finishing machine in space from the point in time t0 to the point in time t1; creating corrected ground profile data from the ground profile data by means of the matrix; determining an analysis region LA comprising at least a section of the first ground profile data L0 and/or a section of the corrected ground profile data; analyzing the analysis re
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Christian PAWLIK, Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Philipp STUMPF, Stefan SIMON, Tobias NOLL
  • Patent number: 11560675
    Abstract: A road finisher is provided for producing a paving layer on a subgrade on which the road finisher is movable along a paving direction during a paving run. The road finisher is adapted to use distance measurements to the subgrade, which can be provided to a leveling system of the road finisher, equally as measured values for determining the thickness of a layer. A respective method for determining the layer thickness is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Tobias Noll
  • Patent number: 11486102
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road finishing machine comprising a paving screed for the production of a new road pavement layer of a paving material and a unit provided on the road finishing machine to generate a dynamic compacting specification field based on thermographic geosignals with regard to at least one temperature image that exists behind the paving screed of the road finishing machine for at least one surface section of the newly installed road pavement layer. An information indication unit provided on the road finishing machine is configured to display at last one compacting message that is at least partially based on the compacting specification field to an operator of at least one compacting vehicle that follows behind the road finishing machine for compacting of the newly installed road pavement layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Achim Eul
  • Publication number: 20220290383
    Abstract: A method for producing a road surface includes spatially measuring an existing road surface by a sensor; creating digital target milling profile; creating a digital target height profile of a road surface to be paved and calculating a layer thickness based on the target milling profile and the target height profile; at least partially automated controlling of a milling machine for milling an actual milling profile according to the specification of the target milling profile; spatially measuring the milled actual milling profile; and at least partially automated controlling of a road paver for paving the road surface in accordance with the specification of the target height profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Tobias NOLL
  • Publication number: 20220290382
    Abstract: A road finishing machine with a screed for producing a paving layer on a subsoil includes a leveling system for height adjustment of the screed for compensating for irregularities in the subsoil. The leveling system includes a cascade control having either a central control loop between outer and inner control loops that includes a control unit to determine, on the basis of a detected actual value of a pulling point position of a pulling point of the screed to a predetermined reference, and on the basis of a desired value of the pulling point position, a desired value of a leveling cylinder position, or a pulling point control between the outer and inner control loops to determine, on the basis of the desired value of the pulling point position of the pulling point of the screed, the desired value of the leveling cylinder position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Stefan SIMON, Philipp STUMPF, Ralf WEISER, Martin BUSCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20220290381
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a screed for producing a paving layer from a paving material, a material bunker for receiving the paving material, a longitudinal conveying device configured to transport the paving material from the material bunker toward the screed, and a transverse distributor auger configured to distribute the paving material transported by the longitudinal conveying device transversely in front of the screed. The transverse distributor auger is mounted in front of a screed basic body of the screed within a transverse distributor channel, which is formed at least in sections by channel plates supported at a chassis of the road finishing machine, and by pre-scrapers attached laterally of a screed basic body of the screed. The road finishing machine further includes at least one suction device with at least one intake line which is configured to suck off aerosols forming during the transverse distribution of the paving material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Roman MUNZ
  • Publication number: 20220251787
    Abstract: A method for paving a road surface, wherein a paving data set is read into an on-board computer of a road construction machine. During a paving operation, working components of the road construction machine are controlled for paving the road surface on the, basis of the read-in paving data set. Before start of the paving operation, the paving data set is compared by a computing unit with a property profile of the road construction machine stored in a profile memory and, based on a result of the comparison, an assessment is made as to whether the road construction machine is suitable for paving the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Martin BUSCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20220219573
    Abstract: A control platform for a construction machine, in particular for a road finishing machine or a feeder vehicle, comprising a structural element and a seat console which includes a console bottom and a seat. The seat console includes a rotary mechanism by which the seat is mounted to be rotatable relative to the console bottom. The seat console includes a first and a second linear shifting mechanism by which the seat is mounted on the console bottom to be movable in a first and a second direction. The seat console is hinged to the structural element by means of a swivel mechanism to be swivable relative to the structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Maximilian THEOBALD
  • Patent number: 11345235
    Abstract: A construction machine for building or finishing a road, such as a road finisher, comprises at least a working equipment, a display unit and a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is adapted to measure a value of an operating parameter of the construction machine. The sensors are adapted to output data corresponding to the measured values to the display unit, and the display unit is adapted to output a representation of at least a part of the construction machine together with the measured values of the operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Martin Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20220127800
    Abstract: A channel plate arrangement for a road finishing machine comprises an extension means including a first channel plate which is movably mounted in a horizontal direction with respect to the channel plate arrangement to variably adjust an effective width of the channel plate arrangement, and a second channel plate connected to the first channel plate. The second channel plate is arranged at the first channel plate in a pivoting manner to variably adjust the effective width of the channel plate arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Frank GRIMM, Bernhard ERDTMANN, Thomas SEITHER, Alessandro DE SANTIS, Nicole ANGERMANN, Christian JENEWEIN
  • Publication number: 20220064874
    Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a temperature of a screed plate of a paving screed of a road paver, wherein the paving screed comprises a heating element for heating the screed plate. The method may include measuring temperature of the screed plate over a time interval using a temperature sensor, and adjusting a target temperature of the heating element, depending on a time profile of the temperature of the screed plate, using a control unit of the road paver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Roman MUNZ, Ralf WEISER, Dennis HANFLAND
  • Publication number: 20210370776
    Abstract: A road paver includes a control system, a main operator control stand, a height-adjustable roof, a main drive, at least one lighting element and a paving screed. The road paver further comprises an operating unit, which is arranged outside the main operator control stand and has a plurality of operating elements, of which an operating element is operable to switch the control system on and/or off, an operating element is operable to lift and/or lower the roof an operating element is operable to start and/or stop the main drive, an operating element is operable to switch on and/or off at least one lighting element, and an operating element is operable to lift and/or lower the paving screed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Tom GLOECKNER, Ralf WEISER, Bastian FLEISCHER, Maximilian THEOBALD
  • Publication number: 20210317620
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a screed, which includes at least one compacting unit. The road finishing machine furthermore comprises a GNSS receiver, as well as a material conveyor. The road finishing machine furthermore comprises an electronic control system which comprises a memory and a data processor, wherein in the memory, digital construction data, in particular a nominal height profile of a road pavement to be finished, are stored. The control system is configured to automatically control, based on the construction data, an actuator mechanism provided on the road finishing machine, in particular a levelling cylinder and/or a transverse camber adjustment and/or a slope adjustment and/or a berm adjustment, in order to install laying material with the nominal height profile and thereby a defined transverse profile for the respective position coordinate point of the road finishing machine determined with the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER
  • Patent number: 11091886
    Abstract: A construction machine, which is a feeder vehicle or a road finisher, comprises an operating platform, a material hopper, a conveyor belt system and an electronic control system. The conveyor belt system comprises a conveyor belt and one or more weight sensors which are configured to measure weight force of paving material located on the conveyor belt. In addition, the conveyor belt system comprises one or more inclination sensors which are configured to measure an inclination angle and/or a roll angle of the conveyor belt system. The electronic control system is configured to receive and process data from the one or more weight sensors and the one or more inclination sensors to calculate a mass of the paving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Steffen Fickeisen, Arnold Rutz, Roman Munz, Martin Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20210222379
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a paving screed, wherein the paving screed comprises a tamper, and the road paver further comprises a GNSS receiver and a material conveyor. In addition, the road paver comprises an electronic control system, which comprises a memory and a data processor, wherein digital construction data, in particular a target height profile of a road surface to be paved, a target layer thickness of paving material and, if necessary, a height profile of a roadbase are stored in the memory. The control system is configured to automatically control compaction performance of the paving screed as a function of the target layer thickness in order to pave the paving material for the respective local coordinate point of the road paver determined by the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER
  • Patent number: 11060249
    Abstract: A road finisher includes an undercarriage, a chassis which is adjustable in height relative to the undercarriage, an electronic control system, and a paving screed which is attached to tie bars, the tie bars each being hinged to the chassis at a pull point and the pull points each being adjustable relative to the chassis by means of a leveling cylinder. The control system comprises a receiving unit configured to detect an actual pull point height, an evaluation unit configured to calculate a deviation of the actual pull point height from a target pull point height caused by a height adjustment of the chassis relative to the undercarriage, and a command unit, which is configured to automatically at least partially correct the deviation by a correction signal sent from the command unit causing a hydraulic controller to adjust at least one of the leveling cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Horst Ramb, Martin Buschmann
  • Patent number: 10927512
    Abstract: A road-finishing machine for producing a paving layer from a laying material or a charger vehicle for supplying the road-finishing machine with a laying material. The road-making machine comprises a material bunker, and a pushing means fixed forward of the material bunker at a chassis, such that pushing rollers of the pushing means may dock to rear tires of a truck. The pushing rollers comprise a pair of first pushing rollers mountable in a first position in a seat of a traverse of the pushing means. Either the pushing means is expandable by at least one changeable attachment to which the first pushing rollers may be mounted in a second position further forward with respect to the first position, or the pushing means comprises a pair of second pushing rollers which may be selectively positioned forward of the first pushing rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Thomas Schmidt, Martin Kirschbaum
  • Patent number: 10907311
    Abstract: A method and a road finisher for creating a temperature field of a newly laid paving layer corrected for interfering-related temperature measurement errors. It is recognised that when the paving layer is paved, a measuring point is covered by an interfering object at a first time if, contrary to an expected material-specific cooling at a later second time during paving at the same measuring point, a larger temperature value particularly lying within a nominal temperature range than a temperature value measured to the preceding first time is measured, wherein instead of the temperature value detected at the first time a new temperature value is assigned to the measuring point in the temperature field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Henning Delius
  • Publication number: 20210024009
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a road finisher with a tractor, which has a paving screed coupled to the tractor by means of pulling arms and aligned transversely to the direction of travel, a screed footway being provided at the rear end of the paving screed, at least one railing module being attached to the screed footway, at least one stowing device for receiving objects being attached to the railing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Tom GLOECKNER, Maximilian THEOBALD