Patents Assigned to Bomag GmbH
  • Patent number: 10745868
    Abstract: A ground compaction roller, in particular a tandem roller or a single-drum roller, having a machine frame, a drive unit, at least one roller drum mounted on the machine frame for rotation about a rotation axis, an exciter device arranged at least partially in the roller drum, and a sensor device for measuring the compaction of a ground achieved by a passage of the ground compaction roller, said sensor device being arranged on the roller drum in the region of the rotation axis and rotating together with the roller drum during operation of the ground compaction roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventors: Niels Laugwitz, Robert Laux
  • Patent number: 10731304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ground milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, for removing ground material, comprising a machine frame having a chassis, a milling drum supported on a machine frame, and a transport device having at least one conveyor belt, which is configured for conveying removed ground material in a conveying direction away from the milling drum to a discharge point, as well as to a method for operating a ground milling machine. One aspect of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic precipitator, which reduces the dust pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Laux, Rafael Schomaker, Joachim Ponstein, Matthias Schaaf, Bernd Lubischer
  • Patent number: 10718092
    Abstract: A height-adjustable operating platform of a compact paver comprising a machine frame, a drive motor, travel units, a receiving container at the front in relation to the paving direction for receiving paving material, a longitudinal conveying device with which the paving material can be conveyed from the receiving container in a rearward direction in relation to the paving direction, a transverse distribution device that is height-adjustable in relation to the machine frame and with which the paving material can be distributed on the ground surface transversally to the paving direction, a paving screed that is height-adjustable in relation to the machine frame for compacting and smoothing the paving material distributed on the ground surface behind the transverse distribution device in the paving direction, an operating platform mounted on the machine frame and arranged behind the receiving container in the paving direction and a method for operating a compact paver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Anheier, Thomas Haubrich, Thomas Klein, Andreas Roesch
  • Patent number: 10704211
    Abstract: A self-propelled road roller comprising a machine frame, a drive unit; and a control device, wherein the self-propelled road roller comprises a tandem roller or a single-drum roller, to compact ground in a working direction; and wherein a sensor device for determining the thickness of a paved layer is provided, the sensor device comprising a height reference sensor and a distance sensor, the height reference sensor being configured to determine its height position in relation to a height reference, and the distance sensor being configured to determine the height position of the height reference sensor in relation to the ground, and that the control device is configured to ascertain the thickness of the paved layer from the measurements of the sensor device and a predetermined reference height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Niels Laugwitz
  • Patent number: 10704213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a height adjustment of a stripping plate of a ground milling machine, in particular a stripping plate of a cold milling machine, during the working process, said method comprising the following steps of detecting the striking of the stripping plate against an obstacle; automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lifting the stripping plate from a working position, in which the stripping plate is in contact with the underlying ground to be processed, to avoid a further collision with the obstacle; and automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lowering the stripping plate back to the working position upon overcoming the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Gerhardy, Steffen Wachsmann, Jens-Martin Zehbe
  • Patent number: 10690579
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a ground compactor with a ground compaction drum rotating about a rotation axis during compaction of a substrate, wherein the ground compaction drum includes a deformation sensor for detection of an elastic deformation of the ground compaction drum in order to determine a degree of stiffness of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Niels Laugwitz
  • Patent number: 10688901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate storage vehicle for storing milled material and also to a work train with such an intermediate storage vehicle, a surface milling machine and a transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Zahr, Rafael Schomaker, Andre Hoffmann, Andreas Nacke, Marco Reuter
  • Patent number: 10683621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ground milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, comprising a machine frame, traveling devices connected to the machine frame, a drive engine, a ground milling device with a milling drum box open towards the ground and a milling drum mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis inside the milling drum box, wherein the ground milling device is adjustable by means of an adjusting device between a raised transport position and a milling position engaging the ground, a conveyor device with at least one primary conveyor belt, with which milled material produced inside the milling drum box can be transported away from the ground milling device, the primary conveyor belt including a receiving side and a discharge side, a belt holder arranged in front of the ground milling device in the working direction of the ground milling machine, in which the receiving side of the primary conveyor belt is mounted, and an operator platform, from which an operator controls the groun
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Jonathan Stahl
  • Patent number: 10676879
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the compaction process of an asphalt layer to be compacted in road construction is provided comprising the steps: detecting the edges limiting the hot asphalt layer transversely to the road pathway by means of a temperature sensor arranged on a road roller compacting the asphalt layer, and dividing the detected asphalt layer into at least two width segments across the road pathway, wherein the position of the road roller on the asphalt layer transversely to the road pathway is determined from the measurement of the temperature sensor and is assigned to one of the width segments, the working operation of the road roller on the width segment is quantified via an operating parameter and stored, and the quantified working operation for each width segment is displayed to the operator for at least one past working interval. A road roller for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Niels Laugwitz
  • Patent number: 10669676
    Abstract: A rubber-tired roller for the compaction of a ground, in particular for asphalt compaction, with a machine frame, a drive engine, a chassis driven by said drive engine with a front chassis part and a rear chassis part, at least one chassis part comprising at least two tires with running surfaces, which are arranged next to one another, at least one sprinkler system for the tires of the chassis part, which is configured to apply a liquid separating agent to the running surfaces of the tires, and a control unit for controlling the sprinkler system, wherein a temperature sensor is provided which is configured and arranged such that it determines the temperature of at least one tire, in particular the running surface of said tire. The invention moreover relates to a method for controlling a sprinkler system of such a rubber-tired roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Niels Laugwitz
  • Patent number: 10640930
    Abstract: A road finisher comprising a screed plate extending at right angles to the working direction of the road finisher, and a tamper bar disposed rearwardly and/or forwardly of the screed plate in the working direction, wherein at least one electrically operated heating element is present, which is configured so as to heat up a heating surface facing a road subsurface, and wherein the heating element comprises a heating layer at least partially obtained through thermal spraying onto a substrate surface, wherein the tamper bar is made from two parts with an upper tamper bar member and a lower tamper bar member assembled together. Further, a tamper bar for a road finisher and a method of manufacturing a tamper bar are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Gianluca Caputo
  • Patent number: 10604177
    Abstract: A steering device for a steerable machine, particularly a construction machine, comprising a steering element for manual input of steering commands, a steering actuator for driving a steering adjustment of a travel unit of the construction machine, and a transmission device, which is arranged between the steering element and the steering actuator, the transmission device including an actuator orbitrol for driving the steering actuator. Furthermore, the invention relates to a construction machine having such a steering device, as well as to a method for steering a steerable machine, particularly a construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Christ, Andreas Berenz
  • Patent number: 10577758
    Abstract: A road paver includes a height adjustable auger assembly. A support housing of the auger assembly is attached to the road paver via a quick coupling apparatus that facilitates height adjustment of the auger assembly. A plurality of sliding devices are inserted into a respective oblong hole, each oblong hole includes an expanded insertion portion and a vertically extending portion. Wherein the vertically extending portion facilitates height adjustment of the auger assembly. A method of coupling the auger assembly includes inserting the sliding devices into respective oblong holes and adjusting the height of the auger assembly by moving the sliding devices between the expanded insertion portion and the vertically extending portion of the oblong holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Saverio Parrilla, Maurizio Pedriali, Fabio Baldrati
  • Patent number: 10556579
    Abstract: A drive apparatus in a self-propelled construction machine comprises a milling rotor and a main drive which can be coupled to the milling rotor via an engaging and disengaging clutch, and an auxiliary drive which can be coupled to the milling rotor alternatively to the main drive. The clutch is provided with a fixed side and an axially displaceable output side, which is displaceable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The axially displaceable side is simultaneously also the engaging and disengaging part of a shiftable transmission, the fixed part of which is driven by the auxiliary drive, with the transmission and the clutch being engaged and disengaged in a selective fashion via the axially displaceable side of the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Wachsmann, Niels Laugwitz, Jens-Martin Zehbe
  • Patent number: 10532699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic quick mounting unit for construction machines, particularly road pavers, having a positioning mark configured for permanent attachment to a construction machine, an attachment device which can be magnetically attached on the positioning mark, an alignment mark arranged on the attachment device and indicating the alignment of the attachment device, and an alignment aid arranged on the positioning mark, the alignment mark and the alignment aid being configured such that the alignment of the attachment device relative to the construction machine can be read from the relative position of the alignment mark to the alignment aid when the attachment device has been attached on the positioning mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Giuseppe Fais, Riccardo Zaniboni
  • Patent number: 10533293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate storage vehicle, particularly a construction vehicle, having an intermediate storage tank for receiving bulk material, particularly milled material, and a first material delivery conveyor device for delivery, unloading or transfer of the bulk material, the first material delivery conveyor device including a material delivery point, via which the bulk material can be thrown off. The present invention further relates to a milling train having such an intermediate storage vehicle and to a method for milling a road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Hoffmann, Andreas Nacke, Marco Reuter
  • Patent number: 10533705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exchangeable milling drum box for a ground milling machine, particularly for a road milling machine, a recycler, a stabilizer or a surface miner, with a milling drum rotatably mounted in the exchangeable milling drum box and a transmission, via which the milling drum can be driven, the transmission comprising a lubrication device with a lubricant, and the exchangeable milling drum box comprising a cooling and/or heating device for lubricant. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a ground milling machine having such an exchangeable milling drum box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Lubischer, Marco Reuter, Jens-Martin Zehbe
  • Patent number: D888780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Loew
  • Patent number: D888781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Loew
  • Patent number: D888782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Loew