Patents by Inventor Florentin RAUSCHER

Florentin RAUSCHER 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: 11987476
    Abstract: A crane, in particular a revolving tower crane or a bridge crane, and a method for controlling such a crane, having a hoist cable, which extends from a crane boom and carries a load-receiving means, drive devices for moving crane elements and displacing the load-receiving means, a control apparatus for controlling the drive devices such that the load-receiving means travels along a travel path, and a pendulum damping device for damping pendulum movements of the load-receiving means, wherein the pendulum damping device has a pendulum sensor for detecting pendulum movements of the hoist cable and/or of the load-receiving means and a controller component having a closed control circuit for influencing the control of the drive devices depending on pendulum signals that are indicated by pendulum movements detected by the pendulum sensor and are returned to the control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK BIBERACH GMBH
    Inventors: Florentin Rauscher, Oliver Sawodny, Samuel Nann
  • Patent number: 11447372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crane, in particular a rotary tower crane, comprising a lifting cable configured to run out from a crane boom and comprises a load receiving component, drive devices configured to move multiple crane elements and displace the load receiving component, a controller configured to control the drive devices such that the load receiving apparatus is displaced along a movement path, and a pendulum damping device configured to dampen pendulum movements of the load receiving apparatus and/or of the lifting cable. The pendulum damping device comprises a pendulum sensor system configured to detect pendulum movements of at least one of the lifting cable and the load receiving component and a regulator module comprising a closed control loop configured to influence the actuation of the drive devices depending on a pendulum sensor system signal returned to the control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Florentin Rauscher, Oliver Sawodny, Michael Palberg, Patrick Schlott
  • Publication number: 20210122615
    Abstract: A crane, in particular a revolving tower crane or a bridge crane, and a method for controlling such a crane, having a hoist cable, which extends from a crane boom and carries a load-receiving means, drive devices for moving crane elements and displacing the load-receiving means, a control apparatus for controlling the drive devices such that the load-receiving means travels along a travel path, and a pendulum damping device for damping pendulum movements of the load-receiving means, wherein the pendulum damping device has a pendulum sensor for detecting pendulum movements of the hoist cable and/or of the load-receiving means and a controller component having a closed control circuit for influencing the control of the drive devices depending on pendulum signals that are indicated by pendulum movements detected by the pendulum sensor and are returned to the control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Florentin Rauscher, Oliver Sawodny, Samuel Nann
  • Publication number: 20200148510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crane, in particular a rotary tower crane, comprising a lifting cable configured to run out from a crane boom and comprises a load receiving component, drive devices configured to move multiple crane elements and displace the load receiving component, a controller configured to control the drive devices such that the load receiving apparatus is displaced along a movement path, and a pendulum damping device configured to dampen pendulum movements of the load receiving apparatus and/or of the lifting cable. The pendulum damping device comprises a pendulum sensor system configured to detect pendulum movements of at least one of the lifting cable and the load receiving component and a regulator module comprising a closed control loop configured to influence the actuation of the drive devices depending on a pendulum sensor system signal returned to the control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Florentin RAUSCHER, Oliver SAWODNY, Michael PALBERG, Patrick SCHLOTT