Patents Assigned to Joseph Vögele AG
  • Publication number: 20240125059
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road making machine in the form of a road finishing machine for producing a paving layer, or of a charger vehicle for conveying laying material to a road finishing machine. The road making machine includes a tractor, a primary drive source, a chassis, a material bunker, and a heating system, wherein the heating system includes a heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Achim EUL
  • Patent number: 11959233
    Abstract: In the method for transferring material between a truck and a driving road construction vehicle, a distance between the driving road construction vehicle and a truck driving in front of the road construction vehicle without contact to the road construction vehicle truck is kept constant by a distance control system. While the distance between the driving road construction vehicle and the truck is kept constant, material is being dumped from a loading cavity of the truck into a material hopper of the road construction vehicle. The road construction vehicle is a road finishing machine or a feeder for a road finishing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Jens Holfelder
  • Patent number: 11946209
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a tractor vehicle with a material hopper for receiving paving material and a paving screed for compacting paving material. The paving screed comprises at least one electric heating device for heating the paving screed. The road paver comprises at least one electric switching assembly configured to switch an electric power supply of the electric heating device. The electric switching assembly comprises an electric parallel circuit of two switching devices, wherein the electric parallel circuit of the two switching devices forms a series electric circuit with the electric heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventors: Michael Heindtel, Achim Eul
  • Patent number: 11885079
    Abstract: A method of paving a road surface by a road paver and a compactor, comprising the following method steps: paving a road surface by means of a paving screed of the road paver, defining a target rolling field by means of an electronic data processing system, determining a relative position of the compactor in relation to the target rolling field, generating a vibration of a main driving switch of the compactor, depending on the relative position to the target rolling field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Christian Pawlik
  • Patent number: 11878584
    Abstract: A driving joystick arrangement for a construction machine comprises an operating lever and a basic housing, wherein the operating lever is pivoted in the basic housing, and the basic housing comprises a shift gate through which the operating lever extends. The operating lever comprises, at least in sections, a material which is suited and arranged in the operating lever such that a position of the operating lever relative to the basic housing can be detected by means of the Hall sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Karl-Heinz Jungmann
  • Publication number: 20240017597
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fresh air means or device for a driver control panel or for an external control console of a road making machine which is configured in the form of a road finishing machine or a charger vehicle for a road finishing machine. The fresh air means comprises at least one blower unit for generating an air flow, at least one filter unit for filtering the air flow formed by means of the blower unit, and an air discharge unit including at least one air outlet opening for the filtered air flow. Furthermore, fresh air means is designed as a modular attachment apparatus configured to be removably attached to the driver control panel or to the external control console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Bernhard ERDTMANN, Stefan WEBER, Helmut KESSLER, Johannes PONTIUS, Jan RIFFEL
  • Publication number: 20240018729
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blower means or apparatus for a road making machine which is present in the form of a road finishing machine or a charger vehicle for a road finishing machine. The blower means comprises a blower unit for creating an airflow, and an air discharge unit connected with the blower unit, which is designed to form an air barrier from the airflow created by means of the blower unit at a control station of the road making machine for an operator positioned therein. The blower means is designed as a modular attachment apparatus configured to be removably attached to the control station of the road making machine. The disclosure furthermore relates to the use of a blower means designed as a modular attachment apparatus at a road making machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Stefan WEBER, Bernhard ERDTMANN, Johannes PONTIUS, Helmut KESSLER, Jan RIFFEL
  • Patent number: 11873041
    Abstract: A rubber track, in particular for a road paver or a feeder vehicle, comprising at least one drive wheel and at least one guide wheel, which are placed on a carrier together with wheels arranged in pairs and a rubber track, wherein the wheels have rims, and wherein on a circumferential surface of the rims of the wheels a rubber lining is attached, wherein a guide cam is provided on an inner side of the rubber track, which guide cam is configured to penetrate into an intermediate space between two wheels located next to each other, wherein a contact surface of the wheels facing the guide cam has an insert detachably attached to the rims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Erdtmann
  • Patent number: 11866889
    Abstract: A construction vehicle may be a road finisher or a feeder vehicle for a road finisher. The construction vehicle comprises an internal network area of the construction vehicle, which comprises a computing unit for controlling an operation of the construction vehicle, and an external network area of the construction vehicle, which is in data communication connection with the internal network area. A firewall is configured to monitor data communication from the external network area of the construction vehicle to the internal network area of the construction vehicle, wherein the firewall has its own processor and operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Henning Delius, Markus Erdmann
  • Publication number: 20240003103
    Abstract: A road finisher comprises a tractor, a material hopper configured to receive material, and a screed mounted to the tractor by towing arms so as to be pivotable around a towing point. The road finisher further comprises a control system comprising a height detection device configured to detect vertical movements of the screed with respect to a height reference and, to generate a height signal based on the detected movements, and an adjusting cylinder connected to the tractor and one of the towing arms and being configured to adjust a height of the towing point relative to the tractor. The control system is configured to compare the height signal to a target value and thereby calculate a control deviation, to limit an adjustment displacement of the adjusting cylinder to a maximum value based on the control deviation, wherein the maximum value is proportional to the control deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Jens HERRMANN
  • Publication number: 20230383483
    Abstract: A method for heating a screed of a road finishing machine, the method including obtaining a predetermined time for putting the screed into operation; obtaining a start time for beginning the heating of the screed based on the predetermined time; and automatically heating the screed by energy supply to a heating means of the screed from an energy source from the start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Johannes PONTIUS, Bernhard ERDTMANN
  • Publication number: 20230383482
    Abstract: Insulating means to be used with a screed for a road finishing machine comprises at least one insulating element and one connection element for a releasable connection with the screed. The insulating element is designed to cause, in a state of the insulating means connected with the screed, a reduced emission of heat from the screed through the insulating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Johannes PONTIUS, Bernhard ERDTMANN
  • Publication number: 20230311613
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fresh air device for a control unit of a road making machine. The fresh air device includes an element with at least one outlet opening for fresh air and a holder for the element, wherein the element is adjustable into different positions relative to the control unit by means of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Klaus OETTINGER, Bastian FLEISCHER
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11733791
    Abstract: An operating arrangement for a construction machine comprises an operating device which comprises a touch-sensitive display for inputting operating instructions by an operator, and an operating mask with localization markers. The operating device comprises at least a first alignment feature for aligning the operating mask on the operating device in a pre-defined operating position relative to the operating device. The operating mask is detachably attached to the operating device in the operating position, wherein the operating mask at least partially covers the touch-sensitive display, and wherein the location markers of the operating mask lie over specified areas of the display and facilitate locating the specified areas of the display for inputting instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Frank Grimm, Dennis Hanfland
  • Publication number: 20230243112
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road making machine in the form of a road finishing machine or a charger vehicle for conveying laying material to a road finishing machine. The road making machine is self-propelled and comprises a travel drive, a material bunker, a driver stand, and a photovoltaic system. The photovoltaic system includes at least one photovoltaic module for generating electric current, a power storage system, and a charge controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Nicole ANGERMANN
  • Patent number: 11697376
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a road construction machine in the form of a road finisher or a feeder vehicle with a chassis and a driver's cab with a vehicle roof. According to the disclosure, one or more luggage nets are attached to the vehicle roof of the road construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Tom Gloeckner, Maximilian Theobald
  • Patent number: 11692318
    Abstract: A construction machine in the form of a road paver or feeder vehicle includes a chassis and a hopper, wherein at least one lighting arrangement is mounted on the chassis. The lighting arrangement comprises at least one light source, and the lighting arrangement is configured to illuminate an area in front of the construction machine in the direction of travel. The construction machine further has an object detection system for detecting an object located in front of the construction machine in the direction of travel, and the illumination emitted by the lighting arrangement can be changed as a function of the detection of an object by means of the object detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Erdtmann
  • 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: 11653759
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a container for storing and providing at least one modular road paver assembly designed for detachable mounting on a road paver. The container comprises a storage system by means of which individual components of the road paver assembly can be positioned within the container in a standardized arrangement, such that the components of the road paver assembly can be checked for completeness by an operator by means of a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of their assembly sequence on the road paver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ingo Herzberg, Dennis Hanfland, Jens Holfelder, Christian Jenewein