Patents by Inventor Michael Heindtel

Michael Heindtel 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: 11946209
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a tractor vehicle with a material hopper for receiving paving material and a paving screed for compacting paving material. The paving screed comprises at least one electric heating device for heating the paving screed. The road paver comprises at least one electric switching assembly configured to switch an electric power supply of the electric heating device. The electric switching assembly comprises an electric parallel circuit of two switching devices, wherein the electric parallel circuit of the two switching devices forms a series electric circuit with the electric heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventors: Michael Heindtel, Achim Eul
  • Patent number: 11598054
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a tractor and a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor. At the tractor, a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided which offers space for an operator and comprises operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine. The main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof. The lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector. The reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Michael Heindtel
  • Publication number: 20230009241
    Abstract: A road finishing machine is described having a screed embodied or configured to produce a road pavement and having a heating device with multiple heating elements. The road finishing machine may furthermore include at least one generator for supplying the heating device with electrical power. The road finishing machine moreover has a controlling system embodied or configured to activate the generator. The heating elements each have at least one temperature sensor employed for detecting a malfunction occurring thereat. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for detecting a malfunction of a heating element installed within a screed of a road finishing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ralf WEISER, Michael HEINDTEL, Steffen KOST
  • Publication number: 20220034048
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a tractor vehicle with a material hopper for receiving paving material and a paving screed for compacting paving material. The paving screed comprises at least one electric heating device for heating the paving screed. The road paver comprises at least one electric switching assembly configured to switch an electric power supply of the electric heating device. The electric switching assembly comprises an electric parallel circuit of two switching devices, wherein the electric parallel circuit of the two switching devices forms a series electric circuit with the electric heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Michael HEINDTEL, Achim EUL
  • Publication number: 20210262178
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a tractor and a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor. At the tractor, a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided which offers space for an operator and comprises operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine. The main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof. The lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector. The reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
  • Patent number: 10760228
    Abstract: A road finisher comprises a towing vehicle including a material hopper at a front in a paving travel direction for receiving paving material, and a paving screed which is pulled behind the towing vehicle in the paving travel direction for compacting paving material. A generator for providing electrical power is provided on the towing vehicle. A plurality of electric heating devices is provided on the paving screed for heating the paving screed. The road finisher further comprises a power distribution arrangement having a line network configured to supply the heating devices with power provided by the generator. The power distribution arrangement comprises a plurality of power adjusters provided on the paving screed and each power adjusted is associated with one of the heating devices. The road finisher comprises a control device configured to control the power adjusters to individually dynamically adjust the power supplied to the respectively associated heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Michael Heindtel, Achim Eul
  • Publication number: 20190257041
    Abstract: A road finisher comprises a towing vehicle including a material hopper at a front in a paving travel direction for receiving paving material, and a paving screed which is pulled behind the towing vehicle in the paving travel direction for compacting paving material. A generator for providing electrical power is provided on the towing vehicle. A plurality of electric heating devices is provided on the paving screed for heating the paving screed. The road finisher further comprises a power distribution arrangement having a line network configured to supply the heating devices with power provided by the generator. The power distribution arrangement comprises a plurality of power adjusters provided on the paving screed and each power adjusted is associated with one of the heating devices. The road finisher comprises a control device configured to control the power adjusters to individually dynamically adjust the power supplied to the respectively associated heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Michael HEINDTEL, Achim EUL
  • Patent number: 10053822
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a construction machine with a paving screed to install a road surface, whereby the construction machine is a self-propelled road paver and comprises at least one power line for power supply of at least one electric consumer of the paving screed and whereby the construction machine contains a network for data transmission between at least one sender integrated in the network and at least one receiver integrated in the network. Furthermore, according to the disclosure, at least one section of the power line is integrated in the network and configured for data transmission between the sender and the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Michael Heindtel
  • Publication number: 20160289902
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a construction machine with a paving screed to install a road surface, whereby the construction machine is a self-propelled road paver and comprises at least one power line for power supply of at least one electric consumer of the paving screed and whereby the construction machine contains a network for data transmission between at least one sender integrated in the network and at least one receiver integrated in the network. Furthermore, according to the disclosure, at least one section of the power line is integrated in the network and configured for data transmission between the sender and the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Achim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
  • Patent number: 8784003
    Abstract: A road construction machine, particularly a road finisher or a feeder for a road finisher, with a primary drive unit including at least one combustion engine driving a three-phase generator, and further including at least one connection means for at least one conventional alternating current standard consumer, at least one stabilized voltage supply unit is connected between the connection means and the three-phase generator, wherein the voltage supply unit provides standard mains voltage with a permanently stable frequency at the connection means independent of the speed of the combustion engine driving the three-phase generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventor: Michael Heindtel
  • Publication number: 20110236131
    Abstract: A road construction machine, particularly a road finisher or a feeder for a road finisher, with a primary drive unit including at least one combustion engine driving a three-phase generator, and further including at least one connection means for at least one conventional alternating current standard consumer, at least one stabilized voltage supply unit is connected between the connection means and the three-phase generator, wherein the voltage supply unit provides standard mains voltage with a permanently stable frequency at the connection means independent of the speed of the combustion engine driving the three-phase generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOGELE AG
    Inventor: Michael Heindtel
  • Patent number: 6963050
    Abstract: A paver having a paving screed and at least one working component which is heated by at least one electric heating element and a smoothing plate, with the heating element being secured in heat tampering condition at a heating area of the working component. The heating element is a planar heating element with at least one heating coil being a heating conductor which is wound in a spiral around a planar carrier, and the peripheral form of the carrier material and/or the winding density or the winding course of the heating conductor is adapted to produce a predetermined heating picture in the heating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Joseph Voegle AG
    Inventor: Michael Heindtel
  • Publication number: 20040144765
    Abstract: In a paver comprising a paving screed and at least one working component which is heated by means of at least one electric heating element H, e.g. a smoothing plate, the heating element H being secured in heat tampering condition at a heating area of the working component, the heating element containing at least one heating coil, the heating element is a plane heating element, the heating coil is a heating conductor which is wound in spirals around plane carrier material, and the peripheral form of the carrier material and/or the winding density or the winding course of the heating conductor is adapted to a predetermined heating picture in the heating area, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventor: Michael Heindtel