Patents by Inventor Werner Völkel

Werner Völkel 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: 11697921
    Abstract: According to one example, a working machine includes a projection arrangement to generate a hologram, wherein the hologram presents a virtual operating element or a virtual display and a movement/position detection arrangement to detect a movement or a position of an operator. The working machine of the example also includes a control unit to control the operation of the working machine based on the detected movement or position of an operator and based on the basis of the hologram generated by the projection arrangement, wherein the projection arrangement is to generate the hologram at different positions or with different content in association with different operating positions to be assumed by an operator on an operator platform or the movement/position detection arrangement is designed to detect the movement or the position of an operator in different operating positions on the operator platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventor: Werner Völkel
  • Patent number: 11692317
    Abstract: A soil compactor includes at least one compactor roller, which is free to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller, with a plurality of roller segments, which follow one another along the direction of the axis of rotation of the roller. In each case, at least one electromotive drive for producing an oscillating torque is assigned to each roller segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Villwock, Werner Völkel
  • Publication number: 20220106744
    Abstract: A method for providing information related to the compaction state of a soil when performing a compaction operation with a soil compactor comprises the operations: a) detecting a vertical acceleration and a horizontal acceleration of a vibratory roller when moving a soil compactor over a soil to be compacted, b) determining a measurement relationship between a ground contact force (Fb) and a deflection (sw) of the vibratory roller for one vibration cycle using the vertical acceleration and horizontal acceleration detected in operation a), c) determining a simulation relationship (ZS) between the ground contact force (Fb) and the deflection (sw) for one vibration cycle using a ground model taking into account at least one simulation parameter, d) comparing the simulation relationship (ZS) to the measurement relationship, e) determining that a default value of the at least one simulation parameter taken into account in the ground model substantially represents a corresponding soil parameter of the soil to be
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Fritz KOPF, Johannes PISTROL, Mario HAGER, Dietmar ADAM, Tobias FEHR, Werner VÖLKEL
  • Publication number: 20210269991
    Abstract: A working machine, movable on a substrate, comprises a sensor arrangement, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises: at least one sensor housing (24) with a sensor accommodation space (26) open via a detecting aperture (30), at least one sensor (28) arranged in the sensor accommodation space (26) of the at least one sensor housing (24), at least one air-supply arrangement (32) for generating an air flow (L) flowing through the sensor accommodation space (26) in the at least one sensor housing (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Detlef BORNEMANN, Werner VÖLKEL, Hermann GRADL, Markus SCHEDL
  • Publication number: 20210087795
    Abstract: According to one example, a working machine includes a projection arrangement to generate a hologram, wherein the hologram presents a virtual operating element or a virtual display and a movement/position detection arrangement to detect a movement or a position of an operator. The working machine of the example also includes a control unit to control the operation of the working machine based on the detected movement or position of an operator and based on the basis of the hologram generated by the projection arrangement, wherein the projection arrangement is to generate the hologram at different positions or with different content in association with different operating positions to be assumed by an operator on an operator platform or the movement/position detection arrangement is designed to detect the movement or the position of an operator in different operating positions on the operator platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Werner VÖLKEL
  • Patent number: 10883231
    Abstract: A construction machine comprises: a system region that can be rotated about an axis of rotation relative to a machine frame; at least one electrical load (50) in the rotatable system region; and an induction energy-transfer assembly (26) for wirelessly transferring energy into the rotatable system region, the induction energy-transfer assembly (26) comprising a transmitting assembly (27) having at least one transmitting coil (28, 30) and, in the rotatable system region, a receiving assembly (32) having at least one receiving coil (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventors: Werner Völkel, Stefan Braunschläger
  • Patent number: 10794014
    Abstract: A soil compactor includes at least one compactor roller, which is free to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller, with a plurality of roller segments, which follow one another along the direction of the axis of rotation of the roller. In each case, at least one electromotive drive for producing an oscillating torque is assigned to each roller segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Villwock, Werner Völkel
  • Publication number: 20200283968
    Abstract: A soil compactor includes at least one compactor roller, which is free to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller, with a plurality of roller segments, which follow one another along the direction of the axis of rotation of the roller. In each case, at least one electromotive drive for producing an oscillating torque is assigned to each roller segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian Villwock, Werner Völkel
  • Patent number: 10508391
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a system area rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to a machine frame. On the rotatable system area is at least one sensor, a data transmission unit with at least one transmission antenna, and a first data transmission arrangement for transmitting data from the at least one sensor to the data transmission unit. On the machine frame is a data receiving unit with at least one receiving antenna, a data evaluation system, and a second data transmission arrangement for transmitting data from the data receiving unit to the data evaluation system. The data transmission unit has at least two transmission antennas and/or the data receiving unit has at least two receiving antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventors: Werner Völkel, Christian Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 10435852
    Abstract: A method for determining the compaction state of a subgrade to be compacted using a roller compactor comprising at least one compactor drum having an oscillation-inducing arrangement and rotatable about a drum axis of rotation comprising the following steps: during at least one period of oscillating movement of the compactor drum, repeatedly determining the acceleration of the compactor drum in an first direction, representing a first acceleration value; in association with each first acceleration value, determining an acceleration of the compactor drum in a second direction representing a second acceleration value in order to provide acceleration value pairs, each consisting of a first acceleration value and a second associated acceleration value; and for at least one oscillation period, defining a compaction state value representing the compaction state of the subgrade based upon the period of oscillation determined for said acceleration value pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventors: Johannes Pistrol, Fritz Kopf, Werner Völkel, Sebastian Villwock
  • Publication number: 20190276991
    Abstract: A construction machine comprises: a system region that can be rotated about an axis of rotation relative to a machine frame; at least one electrical load (50) in the rotatable system region; and an induction energy-transfer assembly (26) for wirelessly transferring energy into the rotatable system region, the induction energy-transfer assembly (26) comprising a transmitting assembly (27) having at least one transmitting coil (28, 30) and, in the rotatable system region, a receiving assembly (32) having at least one receiving coil (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Werner Völkel, Stefan Braunschläger
  • Patent number: 10338095
    Abstract: A method is provided for the correction of a measured value curve by eliminating periodically occurring measurement artifacts. The method includes steps of provision of a measured value curve representing a periodically repeating event, division of the measured value curve into period-measured value curves allocated to a plurality of successive periods of the periodically repeating event, based on the period-measured value curves allocated to the plurality of periods, determination of a mean period-measured value curve, formation of a difference between the period-measured value curves allocated to the plurality of periods, and the mean period-measured value curve for the provision of the difference-period-measured value curves allocated in each case to the periods, and based on the difference-period-measured value curves, determination of a corrected measured value curve for the plurality of successive periods of the periodically repeating event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventors: Johannes Pistrol, Fritz Kopf, Werner Völkel, Sebastian Villwock
  • Publication number: 20180291568
    Abstract: A soil compactor includes at least one compactor roller, which is free to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller, with a plurality of roller segments, which follow one another along the direction of the axis of rotation of the roller. In each case, at least one electromotive drive for producing an oscillating torque is assigned to each roller segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastian Villwock, Werner Völkel
  • Patent number: 10024003
    Abstract: A soil compactor, including at least one compactor roller, which is free to rotate about an axis of rotation of the roller, with a plurality of roller segments, which follow one another along the direction of the axis of rotation of the roller, wherein, in each case, at least one electromotive drive for producing an oscillating torque is assigned to each roller segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Villwock, Werner Völkel
  • Publication number: 20180163350
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a system area rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to a machine frame. On the rotatable system area is at least one sensor, a data transmission unit with at least one transmission antenna, and a first data transmission arrangement for transmitting data from the at least one sensor to the data transmission unit. On the machine frame is a data receiving unit with at least one receiving antenna, a data evaluation system, and a second data transmission arrangement for transmitting data from the data receiving unit to the data evaluation system. The data transmission unit has at least two transmission antennas and/or the data receiving unit has at least two receiving antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Werner Völkel, Christian Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 9869601
    Abstract: A device for detecting the motion of a rotatable compactor roller about a compactor roller axis of rotation includes at least one motion sensor and an energy supply for the at least one motion sensor. The energy supply includes a generator having a stator and a rotor rotatable about a rotor axis of rotation with respect to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventor: Werner Völkel
  • Publication number: 20170159246
    Abstract: A method for determining the compaction state of a subgrade to be compacted using a roller compactor comprising at least one compactor drum having an oscillation-inducing arrangement and rotatable about a drum axis of rotation comprising the following steps: during at least one period of oscillating movement of the compactor drum, repeatedly determining the acceleration of the compactor drum in an first direction, representing a first acceleration value; in association with each first acceleration value, determining an acceleration of the compactor drum in a second direction representing a second acceleration value in order to provide acceleration value pairs, each consisting of a first acceleration value and a second associated acceleration value; and for at least one oscillation period, defining a compaction state value representing the compaction state of the subgrade based upon the period of oscillation determined for said acceleration value pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Johannes Pistrol, Fritz Kopf, Werner Völkel, Sebastian Villwock
  • Patent number: 9650747
    Abstract: Device to determine a size of contact representing a contact state between a compactor roller and a substrate to be compacted, encompassing a compactor roller rotatable in at least one acquisition circumference area around a compactor roller axis and at least one contact sensor generating a contact signal, wherein the contact signal indicates a contact start and a contact end of an acquisition circumference area upon the substrate to be compacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Villwock, Werner Völkel, Fritz Kopf
  • Patent number: 9645071
    Abstract: A method to determine a slip state of the compactor roller of a soil compactor caused by an oscillation motion of a compactor roller, comprising the steps: a) Preparation of an acceleration quantity related to the oscillation motion of the compactor roller b) Based on the acceleration quantity, preparation of an acceleration frequency spectrum, c) Based on the acceleration frequency spectrum, determining the slip state of the compactor roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventors: Johannes Pistrol, Fritz Kopf, Werner Völkel, Sebastian Villwock
  • Publication number: 20170102284
    Abstract: A device for detecting the motion of a rotatable compactor roller about a compactor roller axis of rotation includes at least one motion sensor and an energy supply for the at least one motion sensor. The energy supply includes a generator having a stator and a rotor rotatable about a rotor axis of rotation with respect to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Werner Völkel