Patents by Inventor Markus Bitz

Markus Bitz 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).

  • Mobile crane with ballast receiving apparatus
    Patent number: 10870561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Bitz, Lars Eberhardt
  • Mobile crane
    Patent number: 10647554
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile crane with a drivable undercarriage and a rotatable superstructure mounted thereon, where on the one side there is pivoted a swiveling jib, and on the other side a counterweight arrangement is mounted which is movable relative to the superstructure. According to the invention, the counterweight arrangement has a counterweight base plate, on which at least two stacks of counterweights are arranged and able to swivel about a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Oelberger, Yggve Richter, Markus Bitz, Heinz Koenig
  • MOBILE CRANE WITH BALLAST RECEIVING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190194000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Markus BITZ, Lars Eberhardt
  • Mobile crane with ballast receiving apparatus
    Patent number: 10189683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Bitz, Lars Eberhardt
  • Mobile Crane
    Publication number: 20160280517
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile crane with a drivable undercarriage and a rotatable superstructure mounted thereon, where on the one side there is pivoted a swiveling jib, and on the other side a counterweight arrangement is mounted which is movable relative to the superstructure. According to the invention, the counterweight arrangement has a counterweight base plate, on which at least two stacks of counterweights are arranged and able to swivel about a vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Franz OELBERGER, Yggve RICHTER, Markus BITZ, Heinz KOENIG
  • MOBILE CRANE WITH BALLAST RECEIVING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160185576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Markus Bitz, Lars Eberhardt