Patents by Inventor Achim Eul

Achim Eul has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10053822
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a construction machine with a paving screed to install a road surface, whereby the construction machine is a self-propelled road paver and comprises at least one power line for power supply of at least one electric consumer of the paving screed and whereby the construction machine contains a network for data transmission between at least one sender integrated in the network and at least one receiver integrated in the network. Furthermore, according to the disclosure, at least one section of the power line is integrated in the network and configured for data transmission between the sender and the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Michael Heindtel
  • Patent number: 9982401
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a road finishing machine with a material bunker for receiving paving material, a screed for compressing the paving material, a drivable rear wheel and a drivable front wheel. A rotational speed of the rear wheel of the road finishing machine is measured. Moreover, a travel speed of the road finishing machine is measured. A target driving torque of the front wheel of the road finishing machine is calculated based on the measured rotational speed of the rear wheel and the measured travel speed of the road finishing machine. Then, an actual driving torque of the front wheel is adjusted to the calculated target driving torque. The disclosure also relates to a road finishing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Achim Eul
  • Patent number: 9891036
    Abstract: A measuring system for a road construction machine includes a control unit which is operationally connected using a field bus to at least one field device, wherein an exclusive bus address is respectively assignable in the measuring system for each field device connected in the field bus. Furthermore, a method for addressing at least one field device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Achim Eul
  • Patent number: 9790648
    Abstract: Method for laying down a pavement consisting of paving material with a road paver screed in which a compaction unit pre-compacts the paving material at cyclical work cycles with a selectable stroke and at a selectable frequency while the pavement is laid down at a selectable paving speed and at least the stroke is automatically adjustable in response to paving parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Gunter Zegowitz, Achim Eul, Ralf Weiser, Roman Munz, Nicole Angermann, Klaus Bertz, Christian Pawlik
  • Publication number: 20170254031
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road finishing machine having a chassis, a material bunker for receiving paving material located at the front in the paving direction of the road finishing machine, and a screed for compacting paving material located at the rear in the paving direction of the road finishing machine. On a driver stand of the road finishing machine, a main control platform with primary operational controls is provided for controlling working components of the road finishing machine. The primary operational controls may be actuated by an operator located on the road finishing machine. An operation unit with a plurality of secondary operational controls is provided laterally at the chassis or the material bunker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Achim EUL, Klaus OETTINGER
  • Publication number: 20170233957
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a road finishing machine with a material bunker for receiving paving material, a screed for compressing the paving material, a drivable rear wheel and a drivable front wheel. A rotational speed of the rear wheel of the road finishing machine is measured. Moreover, a travel speed of the road finishing machine is measured. A target driving torque of the front wheel of the road finishing machine is calculated based on the measured rotational speed of the rear wheel and the measured travel speed of the road finishing machine. Then, an actual driving torque of the front wheel is adjusted to the calculated target driving torque. The disclosure also relates to a road finishing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Achim EUL
  • Patent number: 9587937
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a sensor unit having a measurement range. The sensor unit is variable in its orientation relative to the construction machine, whereby position or orientation of the measurement range relative to the construction machine is also variable. The sensor unit is configured for detecting position of an external reference. The construction machine further includes a setup assistance system including a display configured to indicate to an operator while the sensor unit is oriented relative to the reference in which direction the sensor unit has to be moved in order for the reference to be located in the measurement range. The sensor unit is configured to detect a position of the reference relative to the sensor unit in at least two dimensions, and the display is configured to display the position of the reference relative to the measurement range for the at least two detected dimensions simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Achim Eul, Jens Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20170044726
    Abstract: A road paver according to the disclosure comprises a material hopper for receiving paving material and a screed for compacting paving material that is supported with towing arms on a chassis of the road paver. In addition, a radar sensor unit is provided that is configured to measure the distances between the radar sensor unit and at least two ground positions. A control unit of the road paver is configured to adjust a position of the screed relative to the chassis based on the distances measured. In addition, a corresponding method for controlling a road paver is specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Achim EUL, Tobias NOLL
  • Publication number: 20170030036
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road finishing machine comprising a paving screed for the production of a new road pavement layer of a paving material and a unit provided on the road finishing machine to generate a dynamic compacting specification field based on thermographic geosignals with regard to at least one temperature image that exists behind the paving screed of the road finishing machine for at least one surface section of the newly installed road pavement layer. An information indication unit provided on the road finishing machine is configured to display at last one compacting message that is at least partially based on the compacting specification field to an operator of at least one compacting vehicle that follows behind the road finishing machine for compacting of the newly installed road pavement layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Achim EUL
  • Publication number: 20160289902
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a construction machine with a paving screed to install a road surface, whereby the construction machine is a self-propelled road paver and comprises at least one power line for power supply of at least one electric consumer of the paving screed and whereby the construction machine contains a network for data transmission between at least one sender integrated in the network and at least one receiver integrated in the network. Furthermore, according to the disclosure, at least one section of the power line is integrated in the network and configured for data transmission between the sender and the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Achim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
  • Patent number: 9290894
    Abstract: Road paver having a towing machine that is movable on a plane along a work area, and a screed provided to lay a road pavement, and having at least one measuring device configured to generate a point cloud that depicts a three-dimensional condition of the surface of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOGELE AG
    Inventor: Achim Eul
  • Patent number: 9078342
    Abstract: An external control stand for controlling at least one working component of an self-propelled construction machine comprises at least one display panel and a plurality of input elements, the external control stand comprising at least one mounting section to mount it to the construction machine. The external control stand is characterized in that it comprises a lower shell, an upper shell, and an impact protection, the impact protection being configured to be in contact with the lower shell and the upper shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Martin Buschmann
  • Patent number: 9068295
    Abstract: In a system for laying down an asphalt layer made of asphalt material, and having a road paver having a screed with compacting tools, a compacting device and a mixer, an electronic material density module is provided in or for the road paver. The electronic material density module obtains data during the laying process regarding at least the actual degree of compaction of the asphalt layer produced in the area of at least one compacting tool and evaluates and/or documents these data at least for operational optimisation and/or operational monitoring of the road paver and/or compacting device and/or mixer. The data obtained is communicated to the compacting device that produces the final degree of compaction of the asphalt layer based on the data and on the actual degree of compaction determined at the screed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Arnold Rutz, Achim Eul, Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser
  • Publication number: 20150139730
    Abstract: In a method for laying down a pavement consisting of paving material with a screed of a road paver, in which a compaction unit, particularly a tamper, pre-compacts the paving material at cyclical work cycles with selectable stroke and selectable frequency while the pavement having a selectable pavement thickness) is in the process of being laid down at a selectable paving speed, at least the stroke is automatically adjustable in response to paving parameters, such as at least the paving speed and/or the pavement thickness, along a characteristic curve or in a characteristic map. In the screed the compaction unit comprises an adjusting mechanism which is operable during the ongoing paving work for adjusting the stroke of the compaction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Gunter Zegowitz, Achim Eul, Ralf Weiser, Roman Munz, Nicole Angermann, Klaus Bertz, Christian Pawlik
  • Patent number: 9011038
    Abstract: A method and a system for applying a road surface using a mixing plant for producing laying material, a road finishing machine processing the laying material to a road surface, and a supply chain transporting the laying material from the mixing plant to the road finishing machine. Request commands are transmitted from the road finishing machine to the mixing plant and/or to the supply chain, and, depending on these request commands, the production rate of the laying material in the mixing plant, the temperature of the laying material produced in the mixing plant, and/or the mass flow of laying material supplied to the road finishing machine per time unit by means of the supply chain are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser, Arnold Rutz, Achim Eul
  • Patent number: 8998530
    Abstract: A method for laying down a pavement in which a compaction unit such as a tamper pre-compacts the paving material with a selectable stroke and at a selectable frequency while the pavement having a selectable pavement thickness is in the process of being laid down at a selectable paving speed, the stroke of the compaction unit is automatically adjustable in response to paving parameters, such as the paving speed and/or the pavement thickness, along a characteristic curve or in a characteristic map. The compaction unit includes an adjusting mechanism which is operable during the paving operation for adjusting the stroke of the compaction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Günter Zegowitz, Achim Eul, Ralf Weiser, Roman Munz, Nicole Angermann, Klaus Bertz, Christian Pawlik
  • Patent number: 8894323
    Abstract: Method for laying down a pavement with a road paver, in which machine parameters are coordinated at least with paving requirements of the pavement by means of a controller and in which at least one machine parameter set is created and stored in advance for a paving requirement determined before the paving, the parameter set allowing a high level of machine efficiency and pavement quality to be expected and/or has already produced the same for an at least similar earlier paving requirement of an already laid down pavement, and the pavement on the basis of the parameter set created in advance. The road paver has a controller with an on-board computer connected to a sensor system and an actuating system, and includes memories and a retrieval and/or comparison section for triggering the actuating system for implementing the machine parameters of the parameter set created in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Arnold Rutz, Martin Buschmann, Achim Eul, Ralf Weiser
  • Patent number: 8890046
    Abstract: An external control stand for a self-propelled construction machine. The construction machine has a working component that can be operated from the external control stand. The invention includes a lighting device for illuminating a ground section on the external control stand, as seen in the direction of travel, in front of, behind and/or below the external control stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Horst Ramb
  • Publication number: 20140165693
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a sensor unit having a measurement range. The sensor unit is variable in its orientation relative to the construction machine, whereby position or orientation of the measurement range relative to the construction machine is also variable. The sensor unit is configured for detecting position of an external reference. The construction machine further includes a setup assistance system including a display configured to indicate to an operator while the sensor unit is oriented relative to the reference in which direction the sensor unit has to be moved in order for the reference to be located in the measurement range. The sensor unit is configured to detect a position of the reference relative to the sensor unit in at least two dimensions, and the display is configured to display the position of the reference relative to the measurement range for the at least two detected dimensions simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Achim EUL, Jens HERRMANN
  • Patent number: 8744646
    Abstract: A system for controlling construction site vehicles has a plurality of construction site vehicles and a control room. Data can be transmitted on communication channels between the control room and the construction site vehicles. In the control room, at least one digital map is stored in which at least one additional piece of information is stored for individual road sections, in addition to the route of the respective road section. A navigation module is provided and designed to generate, with reference to the at least one digital map, navigation recommendations for the construction site vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser, Achim Eul, Arnold Rutz