Patents by Inventor Christian Moritz Urban

Christian Moritz Urban 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: 11945700
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a superstructure with a jib system including a main jib mounted in a luffable manner on the superstructure, with a jib head and a luffable additional jib and at least one luffing support supported in the region of a luffing axis of the additional jib. At least one guying support of the jib system is arranged in such a manner that a tensioner starting on the one hand from the superstructure and/or from a counterweight and connected on the other hand to the additional jib is guided via the at least one guying support and the at least one luffing support. A main jib extension is incorporated between the jib head and the additional jib with the at least one guying support supported at the main jib extension to obtain a longer design of the jib system with the highest possible permissible bearing load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20240076169
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a superstructure that is rotatably mounted on a lower carriage and has a telescopic main jib, where the superstructure consists of a base superstructure and an attachment superstructure arranged in a detachable manner thereon, and the attachment superstructure receives at least one main counterweight. At least one auxiliary support is provided that acts as a hinged support and is fastened to the attachment superstructure, where the rear end of which auxiliary support is suspended via a guying member, and an auxiliary counterweight is suspended from the rear end of the at least one auxiliary support. The invention also relates to a method for rigging such a vehicle crane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Moritz Urban, Matthias Roth
  • Patent number: 11884521
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a luffable main jib and an additional jib system arranged on a free end section of the main jib and comprising a first additional jib part and a second additional jib part. To further reduce the weight of the additional jib system and the vehicle crane fitted therewith, and to permit an overall more economical mode of production, the first additional jib part has a rectangular cross-section having four longitudinal chords connected together via transverse struts or/and diagonal struts and the second additional jib part has a triangular cross-section having three longitudinal chords connected together via transverse struts, wherein the two additional jib parts are coupled, or can be coupled, together via a cross-section change adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Patent number: 11702324
    Abstract: A vehicle crane, such as a mobile crane or a crawler crane, includes a main boom, a main boom extension, and an adapter that is located between the main boom and the main boom extension and which has a first connection plane and a second connection plane. The adapter is configured to be movable such that the first connection plane can be moved relative to the second connection plane, where the adapter is designed in the manner of a double lever in order to provide a vehicle crane that has improved load-bearing capacity and simplified set-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TADANO DEMAG GMBH
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Patent number: 11577942
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a lower carriage with a longitudinal axis and a superstructure that is rotatable about a vertical axis includes at least one base support and at least two side supports arranged on the lower carriage, where the base support and the side supports can be supported with respect to the ground. The two side supports are each arranged on the lower carriage via a support carrier and oppositely in relation to the longitudinal axis of the lower carriage, and precisely two side supports are arranged on the lower carriage. Each base support is arranged oppositely with respect to the two side supports in relation to the vertical axis and as seen in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and a rotary connection support for the superstructure is arranged on the lower carriage and the two support carriers are arranged remotely from the rotary connection support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Patent number: 11465887
    Abstract: A vehicle crane, such as a mobile crane, includes a main jib and a main jib extension that is mounted thereon and can be luffed by at least one luffing cable. The vehicle crane includes at least one anchoring support that is arranged on the main jib and guides the luffing cable in order to anchor the main jib to provided improved load-bearing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20220219952
    Abstract: A telescopic jib includes a main box, at least one inner box and at least one swing-out mast. The mast is arranged on the inner box such that the inner box is able to be pushed into the main box together with the mast in a swung-in or folded-in position to thereby provide a telescopic jib that more easily provides an increased load-bearing capacity. In a particular configuration such a telescopic jib is disposed on a vehicle crane having wheels, axles, a lower carriage and a superstructure, with the telescopic jib mounted to the superstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20220194754
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a luffable main jib and an additional jib system arranged on a free end section of the main jib and comprising a first additional jib part and a second additional jib part. To further reduce the weight of the additional jib system and the vehicle crane fitted therewith, and to permit an overall more economical mode of production, the first additional jib part has a rectangular cross-section having four longitudinal chords connected together via transverse struts or/and diagonal struts and the second additional jib part has a triangular cross-section having three longitudinal chords connected together via transverse struts, wherein the two additional jib parts are coupled, or can be coupled, together via a cross-section change adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20220144601
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a superstructure with a jib system including a main jib mounted in a luffable manner on the superstructure, with a jib head and a luffable additional jib and at least one luffing support supported in the region of a luffing axis of the additional jib. At least one guying support of the jib system is arranged in such a manner that a tensioner starting on the one hand from the superstructure and/or from a counterweight and connected on the other hand to the additional jib is guided via the at least one guying support and the at least one luffing support. A main jib extension is incorporated between the jib head and the additional jib with the at least one guying support supported at the main jib extension to obtain a longer design of the jib system with the highest possible permissible bearing load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20220073321
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a boom that can be luffed between a storage position and a working position within a vertical luffing plane by at least two luffing cylinders The luffing cylinders that lie opposite one another on the luffing plane, enclosing a spread angle between their longitudinal axes in the working position, and the luffing cylinders acting on the boom outside its ends. The longitudinal axis, projected onto the luffing plane, of one luffing cylinder and a vertical direction extending within the luffing plane enclose an angle of inclination there between when the boom is in the storage position to achieve a compact design, particularly when the boom is in the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20210261388
    Abstract: A vehicle crane, such as a mobile crane or a crawler crane, includes a main boom, a main boom extension, and an adapter that is located between the main boom and the main boom extension and which has a first connection plane and a second connection plane. The adapter is configured to be movable such that the first connection plane can be moved relative to the second connection plane, where the adapter is designed in the manner of a double lever in order to provide a vehicle crane that has improved load-bearing capacity and simplified set-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20210188601
    Abstract: A vehicle crane having a lower carriage with a longitudinal axis and a superstructure that is rotatable about a vertical axis includes at least one base support and at least two side supports arranged on the lower carriage, where the base support and the side supports can be supported with respect to the ground. The two side supports are each arranged on the lower carriage via a support carrier and oppositely in relation to the longitudinal axis of the lower carriage, and precisely two side supports are arranged on the lower carriage. Each base support is arranged oppositely with respect to the two side supports in relation to the vertical axis and as seen in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and a rotary connection support for the superstructure is arranged on the lower carriage and the two support carriers are arranged remotely from the rotary connection support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban
  • Publication number: 20210179398
    Abstract: A vehicle crane, such as a mobile crane, includes a main jib and a main jib extension that is mounted thereon and can be luffed by at least one luffing cable. The vehicle crane includes at least one anchoring support that is arranged on the main jib and guides the luffing cable in order to anchor the main jib to provided improved load-bearing capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Christian Moritz Urban