Patents by Inventor Benjamin Pock

Benjamin Pock 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).

  • Transport mode conversion
    Patent number: 10496106
    Abstract: A self-propelled paving machine includes a plurality of swing legs, each swing leg being supported from a ground surface by an associated crawler track steerably connected to an outer end of its associated swing leg. The machine may be re-oriented from a paving mode to a transport mode by driving the ground engaging units to rotate the frame substantially in place on the ground through a re-orientation angle of the frame relative to the ground, and as the frame is rotating, pivoting one or more of the swing legs from a paving position relative to the frame, to a transport position relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Dahm, Christian Liss, Martin Lenz, Benjamin Pock
  • Transport Mode Conversion
    Publication number: 20170344027
    Abstract: A self-propelled paving machine includes a plurality of swing legs, each swing leg being supported from a ground surface by an associated crawler track steerably connected to an outer end of its associated swing leg. The machine may be re-oriented from a paving mode to a transport mode by driving the ground engaging units to rotate the frame substantially in place on the ground through a re-orientation angle of the frame relative to the ground, and as the frame is rotating, pivoting one or more of the swing legs from a paving position relative to the frame, to a transport position relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Dahm, Christian Liss, Martin Lenz, Benjamin Pock
  • Transport mode conversion
    Patent number: 9684308
    Abstract: A self-propelled paving machine includes a plurality of swing legs, each swing leg being supported from a ground surface by an associated crawler track steerably connected to an outer end of its associated swing leg. The machine may be re-oriented from a paving mode to a transport mode by driving the ground engaging units to rotate the frame substantially in place on the ground through a re-orientation angle of the frame relative to the ground, and as the frame is rotating, pivoting one or more of the swing legs from a paving position relative to the frame, to a transport position relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Dahm, Christian Liss, Martin Lenz, Benjamin Pock
  • Transport Mode Conversion
    Publication number: 20160137242
    Abstract: A self-propelled paving machine includes a plurality of swing legs, each swing leg being supported from a ground surface by an associated crawler track steerably connected to an outer end of its associated swing leg. The machine may be re-oriented from a paving mode to a transport mode by driving the ground engaging units to rotate the frame substantially in place on the ground through a re-orientation angle of the frame relative to the ground, and as the frame is rotating, pivoting one or more of the swing legs from a paving position relative to the frame, to a transport position relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Dahm, Christian Liss, Martin Lenz, Benjamin Pock, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn