Patents by Inventor Karl Kammerer

Karl Kammerer 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: 10662770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pick, in particular, a round shaft pick, having a pick head and a pick shaft, having a support element which has a centering lug on the underside thereof, wherein the centering lug has a centering surface which extends inclined with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the pick and merges into a seat surface. To this end circumferential channel according to the present invention is disposed in the transition region from the centering surface to the seat surface and the depth of the channel relative to the seat surface is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. The pick has an optimised rotatability and thus a low wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Betek GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl Kammerer, Heiko Friederichs
  • Publication number: 20190195069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pick, in particular, a round shaft pick, having a pick head and a pick shaft, having a support element which has a centering lug on the underside thereof, wherein the centering lug has a centering surface which extends inclined with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the pick and merges into a seat surface. To this end circumferential channel according to the present invention is disposed in the transition region from the centering surface to the seat surface and the depth of the channel relative to the seat surface is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. The pick has an optimised rotatability and thus a low wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Betek GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl KAMMERER, Heiko FRIEDERICHS
  • Patent number: 10260341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pick, in particular, a round shaft pick, having a pick head and a pick shaft, having a support element which has a centring lug on the underside thereof, wherein the centring lug has a centring surface which extends inclined with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the pick and merges into a seat surface. To this end circumferential channel according to the present invention is disposed in the transition region from the centring surface to the seat surface and the depth of the channel relative to the seat surface is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. The pick has an optimised rotatability and thus a low wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Betek GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl Kammerer, Heiko Friederichs
  • Patent number: 10227870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chisel (10) having a chisel head (11) and a chisel shaft (17), wherein near its end facing away from the chisel head the chisel shaft has a threaded portion having a thread (19), wherein the chisel head holds a chisel tip (20) made of a hard material, and wherein near the side facing the chisel shaft the chisel head is provided with a supporting surface (15). Especially when superhard hard materials are used for the chisel tip, a load-optimized chisel design is obtained by a domed supporting surface (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: Betek GmbH & Co. KG, Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Heiko Friederichs, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth
  • Patent number: 10208593
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, that comprises a bit receptacle in the region of a working side of a support member and that indirectly or directly carries an insertion projection on an insertion projection side of the support member, the support member comprising two stripping surfaces [first or second stripping surfaces] that form a stripping surface pair and are at an angle to one another. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration with such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the support member comprises at least one further stripping surface that is at an angle to the two stripping surfaces of the stripping surface pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 10046479
    Abstract: A chisel holder for a ground processing machine includes a base portion including a chisel receiver and a holder receiver. The chisel receiver includes a chisel introduction region for receiving a threaded shaft of a chisel. The holder receiver is configured to receive an internally threaded nut. The holder receiver includes at least one retention face configured to secure the nut against rotation at a peripheral side or the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Wirtgen GmbH, Betek GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Heiko Friederichs, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth
  • Publication number: 20180016898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, that comprises a bit receptacle in the region of a working side of a support member and that indirectly or directly carries an insertion projection on an insertion projection side of the support member, the support member comprising two stripping surfaces [first or second stripping surfaces] that form a stripping surface pair and are at an angle to one another. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration with such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the support member comprises at least one further stripping surface that is at an angle to the two stripping surfaces of the stripping surface pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 9765620
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, having a support member onto which an insertion projection is indirectly or directly attached on an insertion projection side, the insertion projection comprising at least one convex abutment surface and one pressure surface. In a bit holder of this kind, working forces can be dissipated in stress-optimized fashion into an attached base part when provision is made that the insertion projection comprises two convex abutment surfaces that are arranged at a distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Martin Lenz, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 9739145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, that comprises a bit receptacle in the region of a working side of a support member and that indirectly or directly carries an insertion projection on an insertion projection side of the support member, the support member comprising two stripping surfaces [first or second stripping surfaces] that form a stripping surface pair and are at an angle to one another. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration with such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the support member comprises at least one further stripping surface that is at an angle to the two stripping surfaces of the stripping surface pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 9719348
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, having a support member onto which an insertion projection is indirectly or directly attached on an insertion projection side, the support member comprising two first and/or two second stripping surfaces that are at an angle to one another, and the support member having a working side that comprises a bit receptacle. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration for such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the first and/or second stripping surfaces diverge from the insertion projection side toward the working side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Publication number: 20170030191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pick, in particular, a round shaft pick, having a pick head and a pick shaft, having a support element which has a centring lug on the underside thereof, wherein the centring lug has a centring surface which extends inclined with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the pick and merges into a seat surface. To this end circumferential channel according to the present invention is disposed in the transition region from the centring surface to the seat surface and the depth of the channel relative to the seat surface is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm. The pick has an optimised rotatability and thus a low wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Betek GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl KAMMERER, Heiko FRIEDERICHS
  • Publication number: 20160230551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chisel (10) having a chisel head (11) and a chisel shaft (17), wherein near its end facing away from the chisel head the chisel shaft has a threaded portion having a thread (19), wherein the chisel head holds a chisel tip (20) made of a hard material, and wherein near the side facing the chisel shaft the chisel head is provided with a supporting surface (15). Especially when superhard hard materials are used for the chisel tip, a load-optimized chisel design is obtained by a domed supporting surface (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Heiko Friederichs, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth
  • Publication number: 20160229084
    Abstract: The invention concerns a tool holder (40) for a ground-working machine, in particular a road groover with a base part (41) comprising a tool-receiving part (45), the tool-receiving part having a tool-insertion region, and the tool-receiving part merging directly or indirectly into a mounting receiver (47) for receiving a nut (30) or the like. According to the invention, in order to be able to perform simplified maintenance with a tool holder of this type, the mounting receiver has mounting surfaces (47.1) for securing the nut peripherally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Heiko Friederichs, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth
  • Publication number: 20160208606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, that comprises a bit receptacle in the region of a working side of a support member and that indirectly or directly carries an insertion projection on an insertion projection side of the support member, the support member comprising two stripping surfaces [first or second stripping surfaces] that form a stripping surface pair and are at an angle to one another. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration with such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the support member comprises at least one further stripping surface that is at an angle to the two stripping surfaces of the stripping surface pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 9376911
    Abstract: A chisel holder comprises a body zone (12) having a chisel receiving opening (18) that is open at least in the direction of a chisel insertion end (14) of the body zone (12), and also comprises a fastening shaft (26) which extends from a supporting end (20) of the body zone (12) and has a longitudinal shaft axis (LB), the body zone (12) having a first supporting surface region (22) at its supporting end (20). Said chisel holder is characterized in that the body zone (12) has a second supporting surface region (24) at its supporting end (20), said second surface region (24) extending at an angle from the first supporting surface region (22), or/and the first supporting surface region (22) comprises a first supporting surface (28) and a second supporting surface (30) extending at an angle from the first supporting surface (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: WIRTGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Bernhard Diesner, Markus Roth
  • Publication number: 20160177717
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, having a support member onto which an insertion projection is indirectly or directly attached on an insertion projection side, the insertion projection comprising at least one convex abutment surface and one pressure surface. In a bit holder of this kind, working forces can be dissipated in stress-optimized fashion into an attached base part when provision is made that the insertion projection comprises two convex abutment surfaces that are arranged at a distance from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Martin Lenz, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Publication number: 20160076370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, having a support member onto which an insertion projection is indirectly or directly attached on an insertion projection side, the support member comprising two first and/or two second stripping surfaces that are at an angle to one another, and the support member having a working side that comprises a bit receptacle. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration for such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the first and/or second stripping surfaces diverge from the insertion projection side toward the working side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 9267373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder having an insertion projection and having a bore-shaped bit receptacle that has a longitudinal center axis, a convexly curved support surface being provided on a base part. A bit holder of this kind can be implemented in compact and stable fashion in particular by the fact that the longitudinal center axis of the bit receptacle intersects the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner, Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Martin Lenz, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn
  • Patent number: 9260965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, that comprises a bit receptacle in the region of a working side of a support member and that indirectly or directly carries an insertion projection on an insertion projection side of the support member, the support member comprising two stripping surfaces [first or second stripping surfaces] that form a stripping surface pair and are at an angle to one another. In order to achieve a stable and long-lived configuration with such a bit holder, provision is made according to the present invention that the support member comprises at least one further stripping surface that is at an angle to the two stripping surfaces of the stripping surface pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner
  • Patent number: 9228434
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a bit holder for an earth working machine, in particular a road milling machine, having a support member onto which an insertion projection is indirectly or directly attached on an insertion projection side, the insertion projection comprising at least one convex abutment surface and one pressure surface. In a bit holder of this kind, working forces can be dissipated in stress-optimized fashion into an attached base part when provision is made that the insertion projection comprises two convex abutment surfaces that are arranged at a distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lehnert, Karsten Buhr, Martin Lenz, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn, Karl Kammerer, Markus Roth, Bernhard Diessner