Patents by Inventor Martin Seibel

Martin Seibel 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: 11479925
    Abstract: A limiting plate of a road paver is detachably attached to a traverse or to a chassis of the road paver to increase the basic working width. The limiting plate is arranged with variable spacing to a subgrade. In order to prevent a mix from flowing forwards in a direction of travel and at the same time improve the efficiency of a screw conveyor, in which a geometrically defined screw trough is formed, a limiting plate extension is arranged on the limiting plate so that it can be adjusted, particularly in the direction of the subgrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel
  • Patent number: 10640931
    Abstract: A road finisher includes an undercarriage, a chassis, a hopper, a paving screed, and a lifting device for lifting the chassis relative to the undercarriage at least in a rear region of the road finisher. A locking element can be moved by a locking element actuator between a locked state, in which the locking element mechanically locks the chassis at a predefined transport height relative to the undercarriage, and a release state, in which the mechanical locking of the chassis is released at the transport height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Tobias Gotterbarm, Martin Buschmann, Martin Seibel
  • Publication number: 20190368136
    Abstract: A limiting plate of a road paver is detachably attached to a traverse or to a chassis of the road paver to increase the basic working width. The limiting plate is arranged with variable spacing to a subgrade. In order to prevent a mix from flowing forwards in a direction of travel and at the same time improve the efficiency of a screw conveyor, in which a geometrically defined screw trough is formed, a limiting plate extension is arranged on the limiting plate so that it can be adjusted, particularly in the direction of the subgrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Martin SEIBEL
  • Patent number: 10472779
    Abstract: A road finisher including an undercarriage, a chassis, a hopper, a paving screed, and a lifting device for lifting the chassis relative to the undercarriage at least in a rear region of the road finisher. The lifting device comprises a rocker mounted rotatably around an undercarriage rotational axis at an undercarriage-side bearing surface and rotatably around a chassis rotational axis at a chassis-side bearing surface. The lifting device further comprises a length-variable adjustment member connecting a chassis-side link point to a rocker-side link point and configured to change a distance between the chassis-side link point and the rocker-side link point by changing its length to selectively lift or lower the chassis relative to the undercarriage. A distance between the chassis rotation axis and the undercarriage rotation axis is greater than a distance between the chassis rotation axis and the chassis-side bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel, Martin Buschmann, Tobias Gotterbarm
  • Patent number: 10472778
    Abstract: A road finisher includes a lifting device which is designed to lift the chassis relative to the undercarriage at least in a rear region of the road finisher. The road finisher further comprises a material deflector, which can be pivoted relative to the chassis, and that is arranged between the two traction tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel, Philipp Stumpf
  • Publication number: 20190177928
    Abstract: A road finisher including an undercarriage, a chassis, a hopper, a paving screed, and a lifting device for lifting the chassis relative to the undercarriage at least in a rear region of the road finisher. The lifting device comprises a rocker mounted rotatably around an undercarriage rotational axis at an undercarriage-side bearing surface and rotatably around a chassis rotational axis at a chassis-side bearing surface. The lifting device further comprises a length-variable adjustment member connecting a chassis-side link point to a rocker-side link point and configured to change a distance between the chassis-side link point and the rocker-side link point by changing its length to selectively lift or lower the chassis relative to the undercarriage. A distance between the chassis rotation axis and the undercarriage rotation axis is greater than a distance between the chassis rotation axis and the chassis-side bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Martin SEIBEL, Martin BUSCHMANN, Tobias GOTTERBARM
  • Publication number: 20190177929
    Abstract: A road finisher includes an undercarriage, a chassis, a hopper, a paving screed, and a lifting device for lifting the chassis relative to the undercarriage at least in a rear region of the road finisher. A locking element can be moved by a locking element actuator between a locked state, in which the locking element mechanically locks the chassis at a predefined transport height relative to the undercarriage, and a release state, in which the mechanical locking of the chassis is released at the transport height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Tobias GOTTERBARM, Martin BUSCHMANN, Martin SEIBEL
  • Publication number: 20190177927
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road finisher with an undercarriage with two traction tracks. The road finisher further comprises a chassis, a hopper, mounted on the chassis at the front of the road finisher with respect to a paving direction, for receiving paving material, and a paving screed, provided on the rear of the road finisher with respect to the paving direction, for compacting the paving material. This paving screed is attached to the chassis through pulling arms. The road finisher also comprises a lifting device which is designed to lift the chassis relative to the undercarriage at least in a rear region of the road finisher. The road finisher further comprises a material deflector, which can be pivoted relative to the chassis, and that is arranged between the two traction tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Martin SEIBEL, Philipp STUMPF
  • Patent number: 9850627
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a chassis, a screw bearing arrangement for receiving a spreading screw, and first and second perforated supports at the chassis to fix the screw bearing arrangement to the chassis. The first and the second perforated supports each comprise first and second hole patterns to fix different screw bearing arrangements to the road finishing machine by means of the first hole pattern or by means of the second hole pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Seibel, Thomas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8714872
    Abstract: A transverse spreading arrangement for a road finishing machine includes spreading screws that work in opposite directions, a screw suspension that holds both spreading screws, and two screw bearing brackets that are each allocated to an outer end of a spreading screw. Each screw bearing bracket comprises a closed tube which is at least partially made of wear-resistant steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel
  • Publication number: 20130272788
    Abstract: A transverse spreading arrangement for a road finishing machine includes spreading screws that work in opposite directions, a screw suspension that holds both spreading screws, and two screw bearing brackets that are each allocated to an outer end of a spreading screw. Each screw bearing bracket comprises a closed tube which is at least partially made of wear-resistant steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel
  • Publication number: 20130272789
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a chassis, a screw bearing arrangement for receiving a spreading screw, and first and second perforated supports at the chassis to fix the screw bearing arrangement to the chassis. The first and the second perforated supports each comprise first and second hole patterns to fix different screw bearing arrangements to the road finishing machine by means of the first hole pattern or by means of the second hole pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Seibel, Thomas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8480331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a road making machine with a running gear and at least one material deflector which is arranged in front of the running gear in the driving direction and which can be pivoted up and lowered. The road making machine includes a control system by means of which an operator can choose at least between a laying operating mode and a transport operating mode. The control system is adapted to automatically completely pivot the material deflector up in the transport operating mode, and to let the operator adjust the pivot position of the material deflector manually in the laying operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Joseph Vögele AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel
  • Publication number: 20120213585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a road making machine with a running gear and at least one material deflector which is arranged in front of the running gear in the driving direction and which can be pivoted up and lowered. The road making machine includes a control system by means of which an operator can choose at least between a laying operating mode and a transport operating mode. The control system is adapted to automatically completely pivot the material deflector up in the transport operating mode, and to let the operator adjust the pivot position of the material deflector manually in the laying operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOGELE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Seibel