Patents by Inventor Michael Gerhardy

Michael Gerhardy 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: 10704213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a height adjustment of a stripping plate of a ground milling machine, in particular a stripping plate of a cold milling machine, during the working process, said method comprising the following steps of detecting the striking of the stripping plate against an obstacle; automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lifting the stripping plate from a working position, in which the stripping plate is in contact with the underlying ground to be processed, to avoid a further collision with the obstacle; and automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lowering the stripping plate back to the working position upon overcoming the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Gerhardy, Steffen Wachsmann, Jens-Martin Zehbe
  • Publication number: 20190203430
    Abstract: A method for controlling the elevation of a retaining device of a ground milling machine as well as to a ground milling machine. Essential for the invention is that the retaining device is held in an initial position at a distance from the underlying ground and is reset from a yield position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen WACHSMANN, Jens-Martin ZEHBE, Michael GERHARDY
  • Publication number: 20190161924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a height adjustment of a stripping plate of a ground milling machine, in particular a stripping plate of a cold milling machine, during the working process, said method comprising the following steps of detecting the striking of the stripping plate against an obstacle; automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lifting the stripping plate from a working position, in which the stripping plate is in contact with the underlying ground to be processed, to avoid a further collision with the obstacle; and automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lowering the stripping plate back to the working position upon overcoming the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Michael GERHARDY, Steffen WACHSMANN, Jens-Martin ZEHBE
  • Publication number: 20140031954
    Abstract: An operating unit for a construction machine, wherein the operating unit is attached to the construction machine so it can be folded or lowered. The operating unit has a touch screen for displaying and inputting. The selection and/or the arrangement and/or the display size of the information panels (14,14?,14?) and the operating panels (15,15?,15?) of the touch screen occurs in a situation-dependent manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Gerhardy, Thomas Haubrich, Thomas Klein, Timo Löw, Hagen Stein