Patents by Inventor Dieter ROEBEN

Dieter ROEBEN 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).

  • Device and method for ascertaining and monitoring an assembled counterweight on a crane
    Patent number: 9156663
    Abstract: A device for detecting and monitoring an assembled counterweight on a crane includes a turntable steelwork construction comprising a counterweight cylinder; a sensor which is arranged in the region of a connection between the counterweight cylinder and the turntable steelwork construction; and a computational unit (8), wherein the sensor is connected to the computational unit, and the computational unit comprises a logic which determines a weight of a counterweight which can be connected to the turntable steelwork construction from data which are captured by the sensor and transmitted to the computational unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS
    Inventors: Dieter Roeben, Waldemar Mohr, Oliver Titsch
  • Device and Method for Ascertaining and Monitoring an Assembled Counterweight on a Crane
    Publication number: 20140330481
    Abstract: A device for detecting and monitoring an assembled counterweight on a crane includes a turntable steelwork construction comprising a counterweight cylinder; a sensor which is arranged in the region of a connection between the counterweight cylinder and the turntable steelwork construction; and a computational unit (8), wherein the sensor is connected to the computational unit, and the computational unit comprises a logic which determines a weight of a counterweight which can be connected to the turntable steelwork construction from data which are captured by the sensor and transmitted to the computational unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS
    Inventors: Dieter ROEBEN, Waldemar MOHR, Oliver TITSCH