Patents by Inventor Mathias Blank

Mathias Blank 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: 12630999
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an work implement, in particular a cable excavator, comprising a mechanical diaphragm wall gripper with two gripper buckets, which is suspended on the work implement by means of a hoisting cable and a closing cable, a hoisting cable winch on which the hoisting cable can be wound up and unwound for adjusting the diaphragm wall gripper, in particular substantially vertically, a closing cable winch on which the closing cable for actuating the gripper buckets is mounted so that it can be wound up and unwound, a measuring device with at least one sensor for detecting a current position, speed and/or acceleration, a control unit connected to the measuring device, via which the hoisting and closing cable winches can be actuated, and an input means connected to the control unit for controlling the diaphragm wall gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Flatz, Mathias Blank, Tobias Glück, Bernhard Bischof, Andreas Kugi
  • Publication number: 20260012056
    Abstract: A drive unit for construction machines and/or industrial trucks having an electric motor, a transmission, a brake and a cooling device with at least one coolant circuit for cooling the electric motor and the brake. The electric motor and the brake have directly adjacent motor interior and brake chambers that border on a common end-side cooling flange which is cooled by an end-side cooling circuit section of the cooling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Mathias Blank, Viktor Schindler, Norbert Hausladen
  • Publication number: 20240102262
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an work implement, in particular a cable excavator, comprising a mechanical diaphragm wall gripper with two gripper buckets, which is suspended on the work implement by means of a hoisting cable and a closing cable, a hoisting cable winch on which the hoisting cable can be wound up and unwound for adjusting the diaphragm wall gripper, in particular substantially vertically, a closing cable winch on which the closing cable for actuating the gripper buckets is mounted so that it can be wound up and unwound, a measuring device with at least one sensor for detecting a current position, speed and/or acceleration, a control unit connected to the measuring device, via which the hoisting and closing cable winches can be actuated, and an input means connected to the control unit for controlling the diaphragm wall gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Lukas FLATZ, Mathias BLANK, Tobias GLÜCK, Bernhard BISCHOF, Andreas KUGI
  • Patent number: 11374430
    Abstract: A device for emergency supply of a high voltage onboard network, in particular for the emergency load lowering of a work machine such as a crane or a cable excavator, comprising a high voltage onboard network having an electrical drive unit and a primary DC energy source for supplying the electrical drive unit with energy; a low voltage onboard network, preferably a 12 V, 24 V, or 48 V onboard network, having a low voltage rechargeable battery for taking up and outputting energy, wherein the high voltage onboard network and the low voltage onboard network are connected via a DC/DC converter to allow an energy flow from the high voltage onboard network in the direction of the low voltage onboard network. The DC/DC converter is preferably a bidirectional DC/DC converter to permit an energy flow from the low voltage onboard network in the direction of the high voltage onboard network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias Blank, Fabian Weber
  • Publication number: 20210175741
    Abstract: A device for emergency supply of a high voltage onboard network, in particular for the emergency load lowering of a work machine such as a crane or a cable excavator, comprising a high voltage onboard network having an electrical drive unit and a primary DC energy source for supplying the electrical drive unit with energy; a low voltage onboard network, preferably a 12 V, 24 V, or 48 V onboard network, having a low voltage rechargeable battery for taking up and outputting energy, wherein the high voltage onboard network and the low voltage onboard network are connected via a DC/DC converter to allow an energy flow from the high voltage onboard network in the direction of the low voltage onboard network. The DC/DC converter is preferably a bidirectional DC/DC converter to permit an energy flow from the low voltage onboard network in the direction of the high voltage onboard network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Mathias BLANK, Fabian WEBER
  • Patent number: 9184744
    Abstract: A gate signal is generated by summation of multiple signal profiles. The gate signal is applied to a switching device to switch the switching device between an off state and an on state. While the gate signal is applied to the switching device, at least an n-th order derivative of a load signal of the switching device is detected, with n being an integer which is equal to or larger than 2. Depending on the detected n-th order derivative, one or more of the signal profiles are adapted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Kreuter, Mathias Blank, Tobias Glueck, Andreas Kugi
  • Publication number: 20150263724
    Abstract: A gate signal is generated by summation of multiple signal profiles. The gate signal is applied to a switching device to switch the switching device between an off state and an on state. While the gate signal is applied to the switching device, at least an n-th order derivative of a load signal of the switching device is detected, with n being an integer which is equal to or larger than 2. Depending on the detected n-th order derivative, one or more of the signal profiles are adapted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Kreuter, Mathias Blank, Tobias Glueck, Andreas Kugi