Patents by Inventor Christian Berning
Christian Berning 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).
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Patent number: 7753620Abstract: An automotive road milling machine, in particular large milling machine, for milling a ground surface or traffic surface, with a chassis provided with a front axle and a rear axle, consisting of crawler track units or wheels, a machine frame carried by the chassis with lateral outer walls and a longitudinal center-line, a milling drum supported at the machine frame between the crawler track units or wheels of the front axle and the rear axle, where one front end of the milling drum reaches as far as an outer side of the machine frame called the zero side for the purpose of close-to-edge milling, and an operator station with a platform for the machine operator, it is provided that the part of the machine frame located on the zero side in front of the platform of the machine operator when seen in the direction of travel is set back inwards in such a manner that a recess running in vertical direction and open towards the outer side, as well as towards the bottom and towards the top is formed in the machine frameType: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Heinrich Kötting, Christian Berning, Martin Lenz, Günter Hähn
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Publication number: 20100090517Abstract: The invention relates to a road-milling machine which has a ladder 11 to allow the driver's position 7 of the civil engineering machine to be climbed to easily. The ladder is mounted on one 1B of the two longitudinal sides of the frame 1 of the machine to be pivotable about an axis of pivot 27 extending substantially at right angles to the direction of travel. The ladder can thus be folded upwards to widen the working range of the machine. However, should the ladder not be in a state where it is folded upwards while the machine is being used to do work, the ladder cannot be damaged against obstacles which suddenly make an appearance in the working range. Should the ladder hit against an obstacle, the ladder is able to move out of the way of the obstacle by pivoting out of the vertical position in the opposite direction to the direction of travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Thomas Kramer, Christian Berning, Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20090267402Abstract: In a folding transport conveyor (2) for a construction machine (1), with a first transport conveyor section (4) articulated at the construction machine (1), a second transport conveyor section (6) articulated at the first transport conveyor section (4) in a pivoting fashion, with a conveyor belt (10) continuously revolving around both transport conveyor sections (6), and with at least one pivoting mechanism acting between the transport conveyor sections (4, 6), it is provided that the pivoting mechanism includes a cam mechanism (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Christian Berning, Heinz Koetting, Bjoern Schneider, Herbert Ley, Joerg Berges, Martin Lenz
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Patent number: 7530641Abstract: An automotive construction machine for working ground surfaces, with a machine frame, a drive engine for driving traveling devices and for driving working devices, and a milling drum for milling the ground surfaces, which can be raised, driven by, and can be uncoupled from a drum drive, the milling drum can be moved into a raised position when not in milling mode, and when raised, the rotating direction of the milling drum corresponds to the rotating direction of the traveling devices and remains coupled with the drive engine, and a monitoring device monitors the distance between the milling drum and the ground surface and uncouples the raised milling drum from the drive engine or uncouples the traveling devices from the drive engine or raises the machine frame or generates an alarm signal when the monitoring device detects a deviation that falls below a pre-determined distance, or any of the latter.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Herbert Lange, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20090108663Abstract: In a self-propelled road milling machine (1), particularly a cold-milling machine, comprising a track assembly carrying the machine frame (4) via lifting columns (12,13), a milling roller (6) supported on the machine frame (4) for treatment of a ground surface (8) or traffic surface (8), height-adjustable side plates (10) for edge protection, arranged to rest on the ground surface (8) or traffic surface (8) to be treated, a height-adjustable stripping means (14) arranged in the moving direction behind the milling roller (6) and adapted to be lowered, during operation, into the milling track (17) generated by the milling roller (6), and a control means (23) for controlling the milling depth of the milling roller (6), the control means (23) detecting the milling depth of the milling roller (6) from the measurement values of at least one measuring means (16), it is provided that the control means (23) is operative to automatically control the lifting condition of at least one rear and/or front lifting column (12Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20090010713Abstract: An automotive road milling machine, in particular large milling machine, for milling a ground surface or traffic surface, with a chassis provided with a front axle and a rear axle, consisting of crawler track units or wheels, a machine frame carried by the chassis with lateral outer walls and a longitudinal centre-line, a milling drum supported at the machine frame between the crawler track units or wheels of the front axle and the rear axle, where one front end of the milling drum reaches as far as an outer side of the machine frame called the zero side for the purpose of close-to-edge milling, and an operator station with a platform for the machine operator, it is provided that the part of the machine frame located on the zero side in front of the platform of the machine operator when seen in the direction of travel is set back inwards in such a manner that a recess running in vertical direction and open towards the outer side, as well as towards the bottom and towards the top is formed in the machine frameType: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Heinrich Kotting, Christian Berning, Martin Lenz, Gunter Hahn
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Publication number: 20080260461Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelled civil engineering machine, in particular a road-milling machine, a road recycler, or a road stabilizer, having a frame carried by a set of running gear, a working unit for performing work required for the civil engineering operation, and in particular a working drum, and a drive unit carried by the frame of the machine, to drive the working drum. A power transmitter is used to transmit the driving power from the drive unit to the working unit. The drive unit of the self-propelled civil engineering machine has a first and a second drive engine, the power transmitter being so designed that the driving powers coming from the first and the second drive engines can be transmitted to the working unit together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons, Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20080258535Abstract: In an automotive construction machine, in particular road milling machine (1), recycler (100), or stabilizer, with a machine frame (4) carried by a chassis (2) with preferably vertically arranged lateral outer walls (5), a milling drum (6) mounted in the machine frame (4) for working a ground surface or traffic surface (8), and with an operator's platform (10) with an operating and indicating panel (12) and a seat (14) for a machine driver, it is provided that the operator's platform (10) is moveable on the machine frame (4) transversely to the direction of travel, that the seat (14) for the machine driver is integrated into the operator's platform (10), which is moveable outwards beyond the lateral outer walls (5) of the machine frame (4), that the machine frame (4) is provided with a guide (18) for the operator's platform (10) acting transversely to the direction of travel, and that the guide (18) projects laterally either not at all or just slightly beyond the outer walls (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Christian Berning, Thomas Kramer, Dieter Simons, Gunter Hahn
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Patent number: 7422390Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive milling machine for machining ground surfaces, comprising an engine frame (2), a movable milling drum (8) which is mounted on the engine frame (2), at least one conveying device (14,18) which is arranged on the engine frame (2) and takes over the milled material (3) from the milling drum (8) at a transfer location (5), and a device (20) sucking off the air that is polluted with dust and fumes. The milled material (3) is enclosed by a duct (16,16a,16b) on the at least one conveying device (14,18), said duct (16) being separated into two sections (16a,16b). The suction device (20) is connected to the first section (16a) of the duct (16) downstream from the first transfer location (5) and sucks off the air that has been polluted during milling at the milling drum (8) as well as inside the first section (16a) of the duct (16) essentially in the direction in which the material is conveyed.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Olaf Gaertner, Christian Berning, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20080216021Abstract: The invention relates to a building machine, in particular a road-building machine, having running gear and a chassis which is fitted with a working unit which has one or more implements. The building machine has a stored-program control device for controlling the implements of the working unit and a device for displaying operational variables or operational states in the form of characters or images. In addition to the stored-program control device, the building machine has a centralized data processing device which is embodied in such a way that operational variables or operational states can be displayed as characters or images with the device for displaying operational variables or operational states.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Christian Berning, Peter Busley, Gunter Hahn, Thomas Kramer
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Publication number: 20080203684Abstract: The invention relates to a road-building machine whose left front wheel (4) or caterpillar, right front wheel (6) or caterpillar, left rear wheel (8) or caterpillar and right rear wheel (10) or caterpillar are connected to the road-building machine chassis by means of an actuating element and are height-adjustable with respect to the road-building machine frame. According to said invention, different actuating elements are rigidly connected to the road-building machine chassis and forcedly coupled to each other in such a way that the left front wheel (4) or caterpillar and the right rear wheel (10) or caterpillar are height-adjustable in the same direction and with respect to the right front wheel (6) or caterpillar and the left rear wheel (8) or caterpillar are adjustable in the opposite directions. The all wheels (4, 6, 8, 10) or caterpillars are equally height-adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons, Markus Schafer
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Publication number: 20080152428Abstract: In a self-propelling road milling machine (1), particularly a (recycler or) cold-milling machine, comprising a machine frame (4) carried by a track assemblies (2,3) via lifting columns (12,13), a milling roll (6) supported on the machine frame (4) for treatment of a ground or traffic surface (8), height-adjustable side plates (10) for edge protection, arranged to rest on the ground or traffic surface (8) to be treated, a height-adjustable stripping means (14) arranged in the moving direction behind the milling roll (6) and adapted to be lowered, during operation, into the milling track (17) generated by the milling roll (6), and a control means (23) for controlling the milling depth of the milling roller (6), it is provided that at least one measuring means (16) is operative to detect the lifting, caused by the current milling depth, of a first sensor means resting on the ground or traffic surface (8), and/or the lowering of the stripping means (14) or a second sensor means onto the surface of the milling traType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20070286678Abstract: An automotive construction machine for working ground surfaces, with a machine frame, a drive engine for driving traveling devices and for driving working devices, and a milling drum for milling the ground surfaces, which can be raised, driven by, and can be uncoupled from a drum drive, the milling drum can be moved into a raised position when not in milling mode, and when raised, the rotating direction of the milling drum corresponds to the rotating direction of the traveling devices and remains coupled with the drive engine, and a monitoring device monitors the distance between the milling drum and the ground surface and uncouples the raised milling drum from the drive engine or uncouples the traveling devices from the drive engine or raises the machine frame or generates an alarm signal when the monitoring device detects a deviation that falls below a pre-determined distance, or any of the latter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Herbert Lange, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20070228795Abstract: In a seat (1) for a driver of a construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, with a first seat surface (2) for the driver in a sitting position and a backrest (4), it is provided that the backrest (4) is capable of being tilted towards the front in the direction of the driver to at least one rest position, in which a second seat surface (8) is formed for the driver when in an essentially standing position, which is arranged at the upper end of the backrest (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Heiko Boehme, Urban Kurscheid, Christian Berning
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Publication number: 20070122236Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive milling machine for machining ground surfaces, comprising an engine frame (2), a movable milling drum (8) which is mounted on the engine frame (2), at least one conveying device (14,18) which is arranged on the engine frame (2) and takes over the milled material (3) from the milling drum (8) at a transfer location (5), and a device (20) sucking off the air that is polluted with dust and fumes. The milled material (3) is enclosed by a duct (16,16a,16b) on the at least one conveying device (14,18), said duct (16) being separated into two sections (16a,16b). The suction device (20) is connected to the first section (16a) of the duct (16) downstream from the first transfer location (5) and sucks off the air that has been polluted during milling at the milling drum (8) as well as inside the first section (16a) of the duct (16) essentially in the direction in which the material is conveyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: May 31, 2007Inventors: Olaf Gaertner, Christian Berning, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: 7219964Abstract: At a milling machine to work ground surfaces, with a machine frame, a milling drum supported at the machine frame, at least one transport device arranged at the machine frame which accepts the milled material from the milling drum, as well as with a suction device for the air polluted with dusts and vapors, whereby the milled material on the at least one transport device is enclosed by a channel, the suction device is connected to a rear channel section of the channel in the direction of the material transport and sucks off the air polluted during milling at the milling drum and in the rear channel section essentially in the direction of the material transport, it is provided that the suction device consists of a suction ventilator, a separator device for solids and a suction channel which is connected to the rear channel section, that the suction ventilator is arranged downstream of the separator device, and that the suction device disposes of the separated solids onto the transport device in a forward channType: GrantFiled: February 15, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Herbert Lange, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: 7175364Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive milling machine for machining ground surfaces, comprising an engine frame (2), a movable milling drum (8) which is mounted on the engine frame (2), at least one conveying device (14, 18) which is arranged on the engine frame (2) and takes over the milled material (3) from the milling drum (8) at a transfer location (5), and a device (20) sucking off the air that is polluted with dust and fumes. The milled material (3) is enclosed by a duct (16, 16a, 16b) on the at least one conveying device (14, 18), said duct (16) being separated into two sections (16a, 16b). The suction device (20) is connected to the first section (16a) of the duct (16) downstream from the first transfer location (5) and sucks off the air that has been polluted during milling at the milling drum (8) as well as inside the first section (16a) of the duct (16) essentially in the direction in which the material is conveyed.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2003Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Olaf Gaertner, Christian Berning, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20050179309Abstract: At a milling machine to work ground surfaces, with a machine frame, a milling drum supported at the machine frame, at least one transport device arranged at the machine frame which accepts the milled material from the milling drum, as well as with a suction device for the air polluted with dusts and vapors, whereby the milled material on the at least one transport device is enclosed by a channel, the suction device is connected to a rear channel section of the channel in the direction of the material transport and sucks off the air polluted during milling at the milling drum and in the rear channel section essentially in the direction of the material transport, it is provided that the suction device consists of a suction ventilator, a separator device for solids and a suction channel which is connected to the rear channel section, that the suction ventilator is arranged downstream of the separator device, and that the suction device disposes of the separated solids onto the transport device in a forward channType: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Christian Berning, Herbert Lange, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20050179308Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive milling machine for machining ground surfaces, comprising an engine frame (2), a movable milling drum (8) which is mounted on the engine frame (2), at least one conveying device (14, 18) which is arranged on the engine frame (2) and takes over the milled material (3) from the milling drum (8) at a transfer location (5), and a device (20) sucking off the air that is polluted with dust and fumes. The milled material (3) is enclosed by a duct (16, 16a, 16b) on the at least one conveying device (14, 18), said duct (16) being separated into two sections (16a, 16b). The suction device (20) is connected to the first section (16a) of the duct (16) downstream from the first transfer location (5) and sucks off the air that has been polluted during milling at the milling drum (8) as well as inside the first section (16a) of the duct (16) essentially in the direction in which the material is conveyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2003Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Olaf Gaertner, Christian Berning, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: D626573Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Heinz Koetting, Christian Berning