Patents by Inventor Heike Schwitzgebel

Heike Schwitzgebel 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).

  • Method and device for braking rotating and/or slewing gears
    Patent number: 9650758
    Abstract: Device and process for braking rotating and/or slewing gears of work machines comprising at least one dynamic service brake for decelerating a rotating and/or pivotal movement of the rotating and/or slewing gear, and at least one static holding brake (16), by means of which the rotating and/or slewing gear can be locked in one position, wherein at least one sensor (14) is assigned to the dynamic service brake (11a) and/or to the static holding brake (16), said sensor detecting the current movement of the rotating and/or slewing gear, and the sensor (14) being connected to a controller (13, 19) that detects an actuation of the dynamic service brake (11, 11a) said controller actuating the static holding brake (16) when in case of continued rotating and/or pivoting movement of the rotating and/or slewing gear when a dynamic service brake (11a) is still actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TEREX CRANES GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Plagemann, Heike Schwitzgebel, Frank Conrad, Jürgen Schlachter, Achim Schütz
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BRAKING ROTATING AND/OR SLEWING GEARS
    Publication number: 20150073667
    Abstract: Device and process for braking rotating and/or slewing gears of work machines comprising at least one dynamic service brake for decelerating a rotating and/or pivotal movement of the rotating and/or slewing gear, and at least one static holding brake (16), by means of which the rotating and/or slewing gear can be locked in one position, wherein at least one sensor (14) is assigned to the dynamic service brake (11a) and/or to the static holding brake (16), said sensor detecting the current movement of the rotating and/or slewing gear, and the sensor (14) being connected to a controller (13, 19) that detects an actuation of the dynamic service brake (11, 11a) said controller actuating the static holding brake (16) when in case of continued rotating and/or pivoting movement of the rotating and/or slewing gear when a dynamic service brake (11a) is still actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Terex Cranes Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Plagemann, Heike Schwitzgebel, Frank Conrad, Jürgen Schlachter, Achim Schütz