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).
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Patent number: 11946209Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Joseph Voegele AGInventors: Michael Heindtel, Achim Eul
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Patent number: 11598054Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Achim Eul, Michael Heindtel
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Publication number: 20230009241Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Ralf WEISER, Michael HEINDTEL, Steffen KOST
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Publication number: 20220034048Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Michael HEINDTEL, Achim EUL
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Publication number: 20210262178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Achim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
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Patent number: 10760228Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Michael Heindtel, Achim Eul
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Publication number: 20190257041Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Michael HEINDTEL, Achim EUL
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Patent number: 10053822Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AGInventors: Achim Eul, Michael Heindtel
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Publication number: 20160289902Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Achim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
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Patent number: 8784003Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Joseph Vogele AGInventor: Michael Heindtel
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Publication number: 20110236131Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: JOSEPH VOGELE AGInventor: Michael Heindtel
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Patent number: 6963050Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Joseph Voegle AGInventor: Michael Heindtel
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Publication number: 20040144765Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: Joseph Vogele AGInventor: Michael Heindtel