Patents by Inventor Frank Hundertpfund

Frank Hundertpfund 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: 11091029
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the shape-matching and/or force-fitting fastening of an element, preferably of a tank, to a vehicle frame having at least one upper fastening plate couplable to an upper region of the tank and having at least one lower fastening plate couplable to the tank thereunder, wherein the fastening plates are configured in particular to largely or exclusively conduct the weight force of the tank into a metal top boom plate and/or into a metal bottom boom plate of a longitudinal beam of the vehicle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-MINING EQUIPMENT COLMAR SAS
    Inventors: Frank Hundertpfund, Kai Kugelstadt
  • Publication number: 20190184821
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the shape-matching and/or force-fitting fastening of an element, preferably of a tank, to a vehicle frame having at least one upper fastening plate couplable to an upper region of the tank and having at least one lower fastening plate couplable to the tank thereunder, wherein the fastening plates are configured in particular to largely or exclusively conduct the weight force of the tank into a metal top boom plate and/or into a metal bottom boom plate of a longitudinal beam of the vehicle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Frank HUNDERTPFUND, Kai KUGELSTADT
  • Patent number: 9669765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or of a truck, having an upper deck which can be walked on arranged at the front above a bumper and having an operator's cabin arranged laterally on the upper deck with at least one step-like access system arranged in front of the operators cabin. In accordance with the invention, an intermediate stand lowered with respect to the upper deck is arranged in front of the operator's cabin and steps lead in each case laterally to the upper deck from this while steps lead at least to the bumper from the intermediate stand to the front in the direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS
    Inventors: Kilian Vernickel, Frank Hundertpfund, Burkhard Richthammer
  • Publication number: 20150246642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or of a truck, having an upper deck which can be walked on arranged at the front above a bumper and having an operator's cabin arranged laterally on the upper deck with at least one step-like access system arranged in front of the operators cabin. In accordance with the invention, an intermediate stand lowered with respect to the upper deck is arranged in front of the operator's cabin and steps lead in each case laterally to the upper deck from this while steps lead at least to the bumper from the intermediate stand to the front in the direction of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kilian Vernickel, Frank Hundertpfund, Burkhard Richthammer