Patents by Inventor Erich Ruhrnossl

Erich Ruhrnossl 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084505
    Abstract: The invention refers to a rope (3) made of a textile fiber material, comprising a rope core (6) as well as a sheath (7) surrounding the rope core (6), wherein the rope (3) comprises at least one antistatic multifilament yarn (5) or antistatic monofilament that is located in the rope core (6), in the sheath (7), in an intermediate sheath (8) located between the rope core (6) and the sheath (7) and/or in a reinforcement located between the rope core (6) and the sheath (7), wherein the antistatic monofilament or individual filaments (12) of the antistatic multifilament yarn (5) each comprise a conductive fiber core (13) sheathed with a non-conductive plastic sheath (14), and wherein the at least one antistatic multifilament yarn (5) or antistatic monofilament is twisted with a twine (16) or yarn of a different material, wherein the other material of the twine (16) or yarn mentioned is preferably UHMWPE or PES.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Erich RÜHRNÖSSL, Björn ERNST, Susanna SCHIEMER, Roland DORNETSHUBER
  • Publication number: 20220373314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device for measuring a diameter of a rope-shaped material to be measured, with the material to be measured being a fibre rope, the measuring device comprising two measuring surfaces parallel to one another, a pressing means configured for pressing the measuring surfaces onto the material to be measured located between the measuring surfaces with a predetermined measuring force during a measuring process, and a measuring unit configured for measuring a distance between the measuring surfaces, with the measuring device being configured as a portable handheld device, the measuring device comprising a guiding device which can be placed onto the material to be measured for the measuring process, with the guiding device being arranged in relation to the measuring surfaces in such a way that the material to be measured assumes a predefined position relative to the measuring surfaces during the measuring process, and with the guiding device being configured in such a way that the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert TRAXL, Gunter KAISER, Erich RÜHRNÖSSL, Björn ERNST
  • Patent number: 11319665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rope made of a textile fibre material for applications in which a diagonal pull may occur, characterized in that the rope is a core/sheath rope the core (1) of which and the sheath of which are composed essentially of a textile fibre material the core (1) of which is stranded and which exhibits a force-fitting winding with a tensile element (2, 2?, 2?) between the core (1) and the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TUEFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Björn Ernst, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl
  • Patent number: 11008702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength fibre rope for hoisting equipment like cranes having a rope core (11) comprising high-strength synthetic fibres or strands (4) as well as a sheathing (2) surrounding the rope core (11) and indicating wear, wherein the sheathing (2) has at least a sheath layer, in which the synthetic fibres having different wear resistance and/or tensile strength and/or bending fatigue are interwoven with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunther Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
  • Patent number: 11008703
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the replacement state of wear of a rope made of a textile fibre material, wherein, in the course of using the rope, the elongation of the rope is monitored over its entire length and the rope is discarded if the elongation of the rope over the entire length exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%). The method according to the invention is characterized in that also the local elongation of a discrete rope section is monitored and the rope is discarded if the local elongation of the rope section exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%), with the maximum value of the local elongation of the rope section being greater than the maximum value of the elongation of the rope over the entire length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Rudolf Kirth, Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser
  • Patent number: 10808355
    Abstract: A high-strength fibre rope (1) comprising a rope core as well as a sheathing indicating optical wear, wherein the sheathing comprises a sheath layer (2) made up of textile subunits (3, 4) of a first hierarchy level. An outermost sheath layer (2) is provided, wherein textile subunits (3, 4) of said outermost sheath layer of the first hierarchy level differ from each other in terms of their textile structure, and/or an outermost sheath layer and a further sheath layer underneath said outermost sheath layer are provided, and wherein the textile subunits of the first hierarchy level of said outermost sheath layer differ in their textile structure from that of said further sheath layer. The textile subunits of a lowermost hierarchy level of the rope are neither dispersed in a resin matrix in the outermost sheath layer nor in the further sheath layer arranged underneath the outermost sheath layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
  • Patent number: 10563350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rope assembly (1) consisting of at least one rope (2) that is made of textile fibre material and is folded back to form two substantially parallel rope portions (2?, 2?), wherein load distribution between the two rope portions is enabled and the rope portions are surrounded by a common sleeve (4). The rope assembly according to the invention is particularly suitable as a winch rope or as a rope for drive pulley drives, e.g., as a lift cable, in Koepe hoists and in capstans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rührnössl, Susanna Schiemer, Björn Ernst
  • Patent number: 10472765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rope (1) made of textile fibre material, which is characterized by the combination of features whereby a) the load-bearing fibre material of the rope (1) consists of high-strength synthetic fibres b) the rope (1) is in the form of a spiral strand rope c) the rope (1) has at least two, preferably at least three concentric load-bearing strand layers (3,4,5) d) the individual strands (7,8,9,10,11,12) of the strand layers (3,4,5) are movable with respect to one another e) the degree of filling of the rope (1) with textile fibre material is ?75%, preferably ?85% f) the outermost ply (5,6) of the rope has a coefficient of friction ? with respect to steel of ?<0.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl, Peter Baldinger, Gunter Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20180363241
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the replacement state of wear of a rope made of a textile fibre material, wherein, in the course of using the rope, the elongation of the rope is monitored over its entire length and the rope is discarded if the elongation of the rope over the entire length exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%). The method according to the invention is characterized in that also the local elongation of a discrete rope section is monitored and the rope is discarded if the local elongation of the rope section exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%), with the maximum value of the local elongation of the rope section being greater than the maximum value of the elongation of the rope over the entire length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: TEUFELBERGER FIBER ROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Rudolf Kirth, Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunter Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20180305865
    Abstract: A high-strength fibre rope (1) comprising a rope core as well as a sheathing indicating optical wear, wherein the sheathing comprises a sheath layer (2) made up of textile subunits (3, 4) of a first hierarchy level. An outermost sheath layer (2) is provided, wherein textile subunits (3, 4) of said outermost sheath layer of the first hierarchy level differ from each other in terms of their textile structure, and/or an outermost sheath layer and a further sheath layer underneath said outermost sheath layer are provided, and wherein the textile subunits of the first hierarchy level of said outermost sheath layer differ in their textile structure from that of said further sheath layer. The textile subunits of a lowermost hierarchy level of the rope are neither dispersed in a resin matrix in the outermost sheath layer nor in the further sheath layer arranged underneath the outermost sheath layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunther Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
  • Publication number: 20180305864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength fibre rope for hoisting equipment like cranes having a rope core (11) comprising high-strength synthetic fibres or strands (4) as well as a sheathing (2) surrounding the rope core (11) and indicating wear, wherein the sheathing (2) has at least a sheath layer, in which the synthetic fibres having different wear resistance and/or tensile strength and/or bending fatigue are interwoven with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Robert Traxl, Gunther Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl
  • Publication number: 20180216291
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rope made of a textile fibre material for applications in which a diagonal pull may occur, characterized in that the rope is a core/sheath rope the core (1) of which and the sheath of which are composed essentially of a textile fibre material the core (1) of which is stranded and which exhibits a force-fitting winding with a tensile element (2, 2?, 2?) between the core (1) and the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Baldinger, Björn Ernst, Gunter Kaiser, Rudolf Kirth, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl
  • Publication number: 20170328001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rope (1) made of textile fibre material, which is characterized by the combination of features whereby a) the load-bearing fibre material of the rope (1) consists of high-strength synthetic fibres b) the rope (1) is in the form of a spiral strand rope c) the rope (1) has at least two, preferably at least three concentric load-bearing strand layers (3,4,5) d) the individual strands (7,8,9,10,11,12) of the strand layers (3,4,5) are movable with respect to one another e) the degree of filling of the rope (1) with textile fibre material is ?75%, preferably ?85% f) the outermost ply (5,6) of the rope has a coefficient of friction? with respect to steel of ?<0.15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Björn Ernst, Erich Rührnössl, Robert Traxl, Peter Baldinger, Gunter Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7849666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rope made of a textile fibre material and present in the form of a core-sheath structure in a manner known per se. The rope according to the invention is characterized in that the specific strength of the rope Fs (in [daN/g core/m rope]) complies with the following formula depending on the diameter of the rope DM (in [mm]): Fs>212?DM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Teufelberger Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Erich Ruhrnossl
  • Publication number: 20090320436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rope made of a textile fibre material and present in the form of a core-sheath structure in a manner known per se. The rope according to the invention is characterized in that the specific strength of the rope Fs (in [daN/g core/m rope]) complies with the following formula depending on the diameter of the rope DM (in [mm]): Fs?212?DM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Teufelberger Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Rudolf Kirth, Erich Ruhrnossl