Patents by Inventor Patrick SCHLOTT

Patrick SCHLOTT 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).

  • Crane and method for controlling such a crane
    Patent number: 11447372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crane, in particular a rotary tower crane, comprising a lifting cable configured to run out from a crane boom and comprises a load receiving component, drive devices configured to move multiple crane elements and displace the load receiving component, a controller configured to control the drive devices such that the load receiving apparatus is displaced along a movement path, and a pendulum damping device configured to dampen pendulum movements of the load receiving apparatus and/or of the lifting cable. The pendulum damping device comprises a pendulum sensor system configured to detect pendulum movements of at least one of the lifting cable and the load receiving component and a regulator module comprising a closed control loop configured to influence the actuation of the drive devices depending on a pendulum sensor system signal returned to the control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Florentin Rauscher, Oliver Sawodny, Michael Palberg, Patrick Schlott
  • CRANE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A CRANE
    Publication number: 20200148510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crane, in particular a rotary tower crane, comprising a lifting cable configured to run out from a crane boom and comprises a load receiving component, drive devices configured to move multiple crane elements and displace the load receiving component, a controller configured to control the drive devices such that the load receiving apparatus is displaced along a movement path, and a pendulum damping device configured to dampen pendulum movements of the load receiving apparatus and/or of the lifting cable. The pendulum damping device comprises a pendulum sensor system configured to detect pendulum movements of at least one of the lifting cable and the load receiving component and a regulator module comprising a closed control loop configured to influence the actuation of the drive devices depending on a pendulum sensor system signal returned to the control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Florentin RAUSCHER, Oliver SAWODNY, Michael PALBERG, Patrick SCHLOTT