Patents Assigned to Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH
  • Patent number: 10731414
    Abstract: An emergency descent system includes at least one ladder which is articulated on at least one supporting unit on a bearing device. The ladder is designed to be unfolded about this bearing device out of a rest position in which the ladder is disposed parallel to the at least one supporting unit and into a working position, wherein a push-out unit and a pivot unit operatively connected thereto by means of a catch are associated with the ladder. The pivot unit drives the push-out unit by the kinetic energy generated during the unfolding, wherein the push-out unit moves away from the at least one supporting unit at a first acute angle, and in the operating position, the push-out unit forms an acute angle with the at least one supporting unit and the pivot unit is held at an obtuse angle relative to the push-out unit on a stop associated with the at least one supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU MINING GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Junghans, Rüdiger Just
  • Patent number: 10502242
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder having axially spaced-apart first and second bores, and a piston having a piston rod and arranged in the cylinder for movement between two end positions and dividing the cylinder into a piston side and a piston-rod side. A hydraulic pump pumps hydraulic oil into the piston side to move the piston from one end position toward the other end position while hydraulic fluid is discharged from the piston-rod side via the first bore and a first outlet line. A throttling device is operably connected to the cylinder to throttle a flow of the hydraulic fluid as the piston moves past and seals the first bore so that hydraulic fluid is discharged via the second bore, thereby reducing a delivery amount of the hydraulic oil and thereby braking and damping a movement of the piston toward the other one of the end positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU MINING GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Henry Schwarz, Christian Hess, Oliver Martens
  • Publication number: 20170022759
    Abstract: An emergency descent system includes at least one descent means formed as a ladder which is articulated on at least one supporting unit on bearing means provided for this purpose, and the descent means is designed to be unfolded about this bearing means out of a rest position in which the descent means is disposed parallel to the support means and into a working position, wherein a push-out unit and a pivot unit operatively connected thereto by means of a catch are associated with the descent means and the pivot unit drives the push-out unit by the kinetic energy generated during the unfolding, wherein the push-out unit moves away from the supporting unit at a first acute angle, wherein in the operating position the push-out unit forms an acute angle with the supporting unit and the pivot unit is held at an obtuse angle relative to the push-out unit on a stop associated with the supporting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: KOMATSU MINING GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: JENS JUNGHANS, RÜDIGER JUST
  • Publication number: 20150345520
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder with end position damping includes at least one cylinder in which there is arranged at least one piston which is connected to at least one piston rod and can be moved in the axial direction, wherein the cylinder is subdivided by the piston into a piston side and a rod side and the hydraulic oil necessary for actuating the piston is pumped by a hydraulic pump via inlet and outlet lines through inlet and outlet openings provided on the cylinder, wherein the cylinder is assigned a mechanical prethottling via which, during the movement of the piston, the hydraulic oil can be discharged on the rod side through a first bore until the piston, during its movement, closes the first bore and the hydraulic oil is thus discharged through a second bore, wherein, at a preset pressure, the mechanical prethrottling means forces the hydraulic pump into an electronically regulated pressure cutoff function which reduces the delivery rate of the hydraulic oil and the piston can be moved into its end position
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU MINING GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Henry Schwarz, Christian Hess, Oliver Martens
  • Publication number: 20090127047
    Abstract: Apparatus for supplying electrical energy to a mobile working machine in the off-road sector, wherein a supporting arm is provided on the working machine, and a drum for accommodating a cable is mounted on the supporting arm. A slip ring body is arranged in the interior of the drum shell, the slip ring body having a plurality of individual slip rings, from which the electrical energy is taken via brushes and transmitted to a cable which is passed on into the working machine. The slip ring body is mounted so that it is separated mechanically from the drum casing on a common axis, and means are provided for transferring the revolution of the drum casing to the inner slip ring body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Simon, Frank-Michael Hirsch, Martin Baer
  • Publication number: 20030196433
    Abstract: A method of controlling an hydraulic activation unit includes the steps of using a characteristic diagram of a first hydraulic transformer as an input variable in the control unit; using a characteristic diagram of a second hydraulic transformer as an input variable in the control unit; and activating the hydraulic actuator responsive to the input variables. The hydraulic activation unit includes the hydraulic power unit, such as a hydraulic actuator or a hydraulic motor, for producing a force. The first hydraulic transformer is operably connected to a first side of the actuator for supplying a pressure. The second hydraulic transformer is operably connected to a second side of the actuator for supplying a pressure. The control unit for assessing the first and second hydraulic transformer operably activates the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Baer, Klaus Graner
  • Publication number: 20020069561
    Abstract: A drive for a hydraulic excavator having an electric motor as a main drive. In order to provide a compact, low-maintenance and reliable drive system, at least one diesel engine is arranged on the excavator vehicle itself and can be switched on as required and supplies the chassis with power independently of the main drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Ehrich, Joachim Meyer
  • Patent number: 6314726
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for driving a hydraulic system of a construction machine, in particular a hydraulic excavator, having a plurality of control blocks which are fed via at least one pump each and each drive a plurality of hydraulically operated actuators of the construction machine. At least two control blocks are designed to drive the same actuator. The delivery capacity of the pump of the second control block can be connected up to the actuator via a delay element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Meyer, Gerd Ehrich
  • Patent number: 6203124
    Abstract: An undercarriage for a construction machine having a support frame and at least one carrier roller positioned on an upper surface of the support frame for providing upper guidance to the chain or band. The carrier roller is constructed from two bearing pins coaxially arrange on opposite sides of the roller, and includes a plurality of axially parallel driving pins arrange equidistantly along a coaxial circumferential circle on one side face of the roller. The driving cams on the chain engage between two adjacent driving pins thereby eliminating relative movement between the chain or band and the carrier roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Meyer, Andreas Schramm