Patents Assigned to Joseph Voegele AG
  • Patent number: 11313085
    Abstract: A transverse distributor arrangement for a road finisher with a center console and counter-rotating augers, wherein the augers each extend from the center console to outer end regions with auger elements attached thereto and a base shaft. The base shaft is mounted in an outer bearing, the outer bearing being mountable at an attachment point via an outer bearing bracket. An extending shaft can be attached to the base shaft, or the base shaft can be replaced by a replacement base shaft of a different length than the base shaft. According to the disclosure, the base shaft and the outer bearing are detachably connected to each other, the same outer bearing in its state detached from the base shaft being detachably mountable on the extending shaft or on the replacement base shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Klaus Oettinger
  • Publication number: 20220112669
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a screed for producing a paving layer on a subsoil on which the road finishing machine is movable in a laying direction, wherein the screed has a pulling arm fixed to the road finishing machine at a front pulling point by a levelling cylinder; at least one measuring means for performing a distance measurement, a storage means, and a controlling system. The controlling system is embodied to calculate a correction value in response to at least one distance measurement performed with respect to the subsoil and/or to a reference, which is performable at a measuring point in front of a front edge of the screed, to at least temporarily store the correction value in the storage means and calculate a desired levelling value for the measuring point taking into consideration the stored correction value, based on which the levelling cylinder of the screed is controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ralf WEISER, Philipp STUMPF, Stefan SIMON
  • Publication number: 20220106745
    Abstract: The road finisher comprises a material hopper for receiving paving material, a screed for compacting paving material, and a main control stand which provides an operating location for an operator on the road finisher. The main control stand comprises a floor area. The road finisher comprises a lighting unit. The lighting unit is no more than 140 cm higher with respect to a vertical direction than the floor area of the main control stand. The lighting unit is arranged such that at least 60 percent of the light output emitted by the lighting unit during operation falls onto the floor area of the main control stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Bernhard ERDTMANN, Thomas SEITHER
  • Patent number: 11266236
    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: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ingo Herzberg, Dennis Hanfland, Jens Holfelder, 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: 20220034048
    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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Michael HEINDTEL, Achim EUL
  • 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: 20210324588
    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: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Christian PAWLIK
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210300488
    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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Bernhard ERDTMANN
  • Publication number: 20210276418
    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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim EUL, Karl-Heinz JUNGMANN
  • Publication number: 20210269993
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a road paver fur producing a paving layer, comprising a chassis and height-adjustably mounted paving screed for compacting a paving material, wherein the paving screed has at least one external control station with a control device comprising at least one control device for setting process parameters and at least one display for displaying process parameters. The road paver further comprises a projector which is adapted to project at least one of the process parameters set on the operating panel and/or displayed on the display onto at least one projection area so that the projected process parameter is visible, in particular for an operator of the paving screed. The disclosure also refers to a method for projecting a process parameter by means of a projector of a road paver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Bernhard ERDTMANN
  • Publication number: 20210262177
    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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Jens HOLFELDER
  • Publication number: 20210262178
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a tractor and a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor. At the tractor, a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided which offers space for an operator and comprises operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine. The main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof. The lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector. The reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
  • 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: 20210237642
    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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Bernhard ERDTMANN
  • 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