Patents Assigned to Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
  • Patent number: 11975950
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly head for a telescopic boom that can be separated into an inner and an outer boom set and that is reversibly mountable at an inner telescopic section of the outer boom set. The assembly head comprises a pulley head having deflection pulleys and a telescopic tube section that is arranged the pulley head, that can be pushed into the inner telescopic section from its end, and that has a substantially smaller length than the inner telescopic section. The disclosure further relates to a separable telescopic boom having an assembly head in accordance with the disclosure, to a mobile crane having a telescopic boom in accordance with the disclosure, and to a method for the self-assembly of an assembly head in accordance with the disclosure at the outer boom set of a telescopic boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Bernd Boos
  • Patent number: 11873197
    Abstract: This invention relates to a large crane with an at least two-part main boom, wherein a lower and an upper part of the main boom are pivotally coupled to each other an articulation point. The invention furthermore is directed to a method for erecting or depositing a corresponding large crane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Uwe Frommelt
  • Patent number: 11802028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telescopic boom for a crane, wherein the telescopic sections of the telescopic boom each comprise at least one main telescopic part and at least one additional telescopic part and wherein the main telescopic part and the additional telescopic part are arranged above one another. The disclosure further relates to a crane having a corresponding telescopic boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Henkel
  • Patent number: 11795040
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a ballast device for fastening to a crane having first and second ballast elements. The first ballast element has first connection means for a releasable fastening to the crane, while both ballast elements are releasably connected to one another via second connection means. According to the disclosure, the first ballast element comprises an assembly device having abutment elements to which an abutment means can be attached to raise the ballast device. The abutment elements are arranged or are positionable such that the abutment means can be selectively attached to the assembly device for raising only the first ballast element above its center of gravity or for commonly raising both ballast elements above their total center of gravity. The disclosure further relates to a mobile crane having at least one such ballast device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventor: Lars Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 11787673
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mobile crane comprising a superstructure having at least one bearing point for pinning on a boom, wherein the bearing point comprises two spaced apart side parts that each have a bore for receiving the pin; and wherein the boom comprises at least one connection part that is provided with a bore and that can be introduced between the side parts such that a common connection pin can be pushed through the bores of the side parts and the connection part, wherein the clear width between the side parts is larger than the width of the connection part of the boom, and wherein a step pin is provided as a connection pin and its formed shoulder forms an abutment for the connection part of the pinned boom in the pinned position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Oelberger, Mario Helbig, Andreas Bronner
  • Patent number: 11780712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile crane that comprises an undercarriage having a chassis and comprises a superstructure that is rotatable about a vertical axis relative to the undercarriage and has a telescopic boom at whose tip a boom head is arranged. The boom has holding means at one side for the support of a folding boom that can be releasably installed at the boom head. The boom laterally has a console and a holding element arranged between the console and the boom head. The folding boom is pivotable about a vertical axis of the holding element for the installation at the boom head, while it is supported on the console. In accordance with the present disclosure, a first securing device is arranged in the region of the console by means of which a movement of the folding boom deviating from a pivot movement about a vertical axis can be limited. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a folding boom for a crane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Boos
  • Patent number: 11724373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile, in particular portable, pin pulling device for pulling/inserting pins for connecting components of a construction machine, in particular of a crane, wherein the pin pulling device is designed in compact construction and has at least one electric drive having a rechargeable battery and a linear actuator drivable by the drive to move at least one pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Meixner, Matthias Waidmann
  • Patent number: 11597636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane with a two-part jib and to a method for aligning the boom system of such a mobile crane. The invention relates to a mobile crane with a multi-part flight boom, wherein a first jib part is hinged to the main boom in a rockable manner, and at least one second jib part is secured to the first jib part in an articulated manner. A bracing which is guided from the upper chassis to the jib is provided for aligning the jib, said bracing running over at least one intermediate bracing support mounted on the first jib part to the at least one second jib part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Peters
  • Patent number: 11577941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane comprising a main boom and a rearwardly directed derrick boom for bracing the main boom, wherein a suspended ballast is directly or indirectly attached to the derrick head via connecting means, wherein at least one luffable, rearwardly aligned ballast adjusting boom is provided, which acts on the connecting means and influences the suspended ballast radius by its luffing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Windbacher, Ulrich Wiedemann, Julian Wehrstedt, Roland Bohnacker
  • Patent number: 11554941
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lattice piece for a lattice boom having four corner bars that are connected to one another by a plurality of posts and diagonals, wherein the lattice piece has a rectangular cross-section having two longer and two shorter sides. A cross-sectional section of the corner bars is designed as a hollow section that has a larger extent in the direction of the longer side of the lattice piece than in the direction of the shorter side of the lattice piece. At least one side of the corner bar section has a stabilization structure in the form of a joint, a kink, a bend, or a rounded portion. The present disclosure further relates to a lattice boom comprising at least one lattice piece in accordance with the present disclosure and to a work machine having such a lattice boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stangl, Ulrich Wiedemann, Markus Kirschbaum
  • Patent number: 11542125
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for ballast weighing on a crane, comprising at least two ballasting cylinders that are equipped to lift/lower the ballast and that each comprise at least one pressure transducer in the region of the piston and/or rod side, and comprising at least one evaluation unit that is equipped to calculate the mass moved by the ballasting cylinders from the pressures detected by the pressure transducers on retraction and/or extension of the ballasting cylinders, excluding the friction forces occurring in the ballasting cylinders. The invention furthermore is directed to a method for calculating the ballast weight of a crane by means of a corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Krutz, Hans-Dieter Willim
  • Patent number: 11511975
    Abstract: The present apparatus relates to an apparatus for the guying of a lattice boom of a crane, in particular of a mobile crane, comprising a frame and two connection elements connected thereto, wherein the frame has first attachment means for a releasable connection of the apparatus to a guying of the crane and wherein the connection elements have two attachment means for a releasable fastening of the apparatus to the boom. In accordance with the invention, the apparatus can be assembled at the boom for assembly thereat and can be removed again after the boom has been assembled. The present invention further relates to a respective method for the in the air assembly and for the restoring to the original state and the guying of a lattice boom by means of the apparatus in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Wiedemann, Sergej Minenko, Steffen Schwertle, Alex Fischer
  • Patent number: 11492235
    Abstract: A measuring device for load sensing in a lifting-cable-based hoist, in particular a crane, having at least one pulley for deflecting the lifting cable of the hoist, a fastening means in the form of a cable loop, at the end of which the pulley is mounted so as to be rotatable about its roller axis, and at least one measuring element for sensing a force applied to the pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Julian Wehrstedt, Stefan Windbacher, Oliver Ruoss, Uwe Frommelt
  • Patent number: 11325815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic boom comprising a coupling section, on the side of which at least two luffing-cylinder mounts are provided for fastening luffing cylinders to the telescopic boom. The bearing plates of the luffing-cylinder mount transition into a metal-plate box structure, the metal-plate box structure being composed of three partial luffing-cylinder boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Brzoska, Mario Helbig
  • Patent number: 11319195
    Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane with suspended ballast, comprising at least two lattice pieces which are pivotally connected to each other by means of at least one swivel joint, and a swivel drive for changing the swivel angle or for changing the ballast radius, wherein the suspended-ballast guide can be arranged on the crane via the first lattice piece, characterized in that the second lattice piece comprises at least one kink joint in order to kink the second lattice piece downwards or backwards in the direction of the crane to reduce the ballast radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Clemens Norz, Hans Joachim Wenger, Roland Bohnacker, Marcus Jechle
  • Patent number: 11242228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of moving a load using a crane comprising the steps: defining an origin coordinate system in the crane; defining at least one obstacle coordinate system that is fixedly linked to a deployment location of the load movement; establishing a relationship of the at least one obstacle coordinate system with the origin coordinate system; predefining a travel path of the hook block, preferably with the suspended load, with the aid of the at least one obstacle coordinate system; and converting the travel path from the obstacle coordinate system into actuator controls of the crane for a corresponding movement of the hook block, preferably with the suspended load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Hartmann
  • Patent number: 10981756
    Abstract: The application relates to a device for measuring the weight of a ballast assembly of a crane, and to a crane comprising a corresponding device. The device may include a ballast assembly coupled to the structure of the crane by seats, the seats may comprise a measurement shaft, and the measurement shaft deforming under a weight of the ballast assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Ott, Bernd Boos
  • Patent number: 10961088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a folding suspended ballast guide for a crane having suspended ballast comprising two lattice pieces pivotably connected to one another, wherein in an inwardly pivoted position of the lattice pieces, one of the lattice pieces is at least partially arrangeable in the other lattice piece. The invention is further directed to a crane having a corresponding suspended ballast guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventor: Clemens Norz
  • Patent number: 10934138
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crawler crane comprising at least one camera system, wherein the camera system is adapted to detect data relating to the relative position of the crawler crane to a suspended ballast and/or to at least one travelable ballast wagon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Roland Bohnacker
  • Patent number: 10870561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Bitz, Lars Eberhardt