Patents Assigned to Liebherr-France SAS
  • Patent number: 11718971
    Abstract: An excavator arm for an excavator as a link between excavator boom and attachment, wherein the excavator arm substantially is formed by a box-like sheet metal construction, and wherein at least one bearing plate is applied onto an end plate of the sheet metal construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Jules Hannetel, Jeremie Grimaud, Guillaume Elbel
  • Patent number: 11668077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for determining the mass of a payload moved by a working device of a machine, comprising: a lifting-gear element that is movable along a path and is designed to move the working device; a sensor system that is designed to provide a plurality of machine-status signals which indicate a status of the machine; a force sensor system that is designed to provide a lifting-force signal that indicates a force on the lifting-gear element; and a control device that is designed: to use system parameters for load determination that originate from pre-configured CAD data, preferably CAD data that has been pre-configured at the factory, and/or from continuous calibration of system parameters; to carry out calibration using the pre-configured parameters as initialisation if unsatisfactory results are achieved; to carry out the calibration in an unloaded state, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Oliver Sawodny, Anton Renner, Hannes Wind
  • Patent number: 11666992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a pipe having a connecting flange, wherein the flange part is welded to an end face pipe end and at least one protrusion of the pipe or of the flange part is provided in the region of the flange hub and contacts the inner wall of the other part on the joining together of the pipe and the flange part to cover the formed weld joint to the pipe interior; and wherein finally the pipe and the flange part are welded to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventor: Pascal Fritsch
  • Patent number: 11015317
    Abstract: A boom for an earth-moving machine, in particular an excavator, comprising rear and front boom parts that are cohesively assembled to form a boomerang-like boom structure, wherein the central connection between the boom parts is formed by a simple thick central connecting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Elbel, Johan Pleimelding, Thomas Münch
  • Patent number: 10378182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a boom for an earth-moving machine, in particular an excavator, with at least two bearing plates for supporting a cylinder unit, which at least for the most part extend parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the boom, wherein the bearing plates have an end-side curvature extending outwardly to the lateral edge of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Elbel, Thomas Münch, Pascal Fritsch
  • Publication number: 20130319561
    Abstract: A hydraulic control block has at least two pressure supply circuits, which each include one or more hydraulic consumer ports, and at least two hydraulic pump ports. A valve arrangement is provided, by way of which each of the at least two pump ports can selectively connect with at least one of the pressure supply circuits selectively individually or in combination with at least one of the remaining pump ports. At least one direct connection of a consumer port is provided per pump port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Frank HELBLING, Christoph MUELLER
  • Patent number: 8322375
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a hydraulic consumer, is equipped with a distributing valve having a control pressure chamber and a control slide that can be displaced against the force of a spring by the build-up of a control pressure in the control pressure chamber. A pilot control valve controls the supply and discharge of control fluid into and out of the control pressure chamber. A release device is used to drive the control fluid out of the control pressure chamber, bypassing the pilot control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Liebherr France SAS
    Inventors: Frank Helbling, Günter Fertig, Albrecht Kessler, Josef Hessdörfer, Burkhard Knöll
  • Publication number: 20100275771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic system having at least two piston-in-cylinder units, at least one equalization line for the pressure equalization between the piston-in-cylinder units and the control pistons, with one respective control piston being associated with a connection of a piston-in-cylinder unit and with at least one 2-way flow regulation valve with a check valve function being in communication with the at least one equalization line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frank Helbling, Cyril Graebling
  • Publication number: 20100236232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive for an excavator with a number of individual drives, such as a slewing gear drive, a hoist drive, a bucket drive and an arm drive, wherein for the slewing gear drive two reversible adjusting units are provided, which are at least coupled with an energy accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: LIEBHERR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Daniel Boehm, Thomas Landmann, Ralf Spãth
  • Patent number: 7631592
    Abstract: This invention relates to a position measuring system for a hydraulic cylinder, which comprises at least one sensor, one magnet and a piston rod with a metallic core of high magnetic susceptibility and with a groove structure in substantially axial direction, wherein the groove structure is filled up with a metal which has a lower magnetic susceptibility than the core, so that the sensor measures a magnetic field of the core which is changed by the groove structure and thus can determine both the relative and the absolute position of the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventor: Gerhad Kossmann
  • Patent number: 7318292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for attenuating the motion of hydraulic cylinders of mobile work machinery, in particular of hydraulic excavators, in which prior to the hydraulic cylinder reaching one of the limits of travel, its motion speed is reduced, and the hydraulic cylinder is moved to the respective limit of travel at reduced speed; wherein for the purpose of reducing the speed, the inflow to, and/or the outflow from, the hydraulic cylinder are/is throttled by a flow control device. According to the invention, the method is characterized by, prior to the respective limit of travel being reached, the motion speed of the hydraulic cylinder is registered, and the point in time when throttling commences is changed depending on the registered motion speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Frank Helbling, Gerhard Kossmann
  • Publication number: 20040128868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for attenuating the motion of hydraulic cylinders of mobile work machinery, in particular of hydraulic excavators, in which prior to the hydraulic cylinder reaching one of the limits of travel, its motion speed is reduced, and the hydraulic cylinder is moved to the respective limit of travel at reduced speed; wherein for the purpose of reducing the speed, the inflow to, and/or the outflow from, the hydraulic cylinder are/is throttled by means of a flow control device. According to the invention, the method is characterised in that prior to the respective limit of travel being reached, the motion speed of the hydraulic cylinder is registered, and the point in time when throttling commences is changed depending on the registered motion speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Liebherr-France SAS
    Inventors: Frank Helbling, Gerhard Kossmann