Patents by Inventor Peter Busley
Peter Busley 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: 8420967Abstract: A back-lit operating unit for construction machinery includes a front panel having a plurality of cut-outs. Operating components are received in the cut-outs. A lighting device is arranged behind the front panel. The front panel has a sandwich construction including a carrier panel, a transparent mounting panel located on a front of the carrier panel, and a transparent film located on a front of the mounting panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Thomas Kramer, Armin Montermann, Peter Busley
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Patent number: 8408659Abstract: A construction machine, in particular road milling machine, recycler or stabilizer, with a machine frame (4) that is carried by a chassis (2) with a working drum (6) and a drive train (8) comprising at the least a drive engine (10), a traction mechanism (12) for the mechanical drive of the working drum (6) with a drive element, an output element and a traction element (30), a device (14) for switching the torque between the drive engine (10) and working drum (6), and device (16) for driving at least one hydraulic pump; it is provided that elements of the drive train (8) are divided into at least two groups, the first group (3) shows at least the drive engine (10), the second group (5) shows at least the drive element (11) of the traction mechanism, and where the first and the second groups (3, 5) are connected to one another via an articulated coupling device (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20120284989Abstract: The invention relates to a positioning arrangement for fitting an interchangeable milling assembly of a preset working width below the vertically adjustable chassis of a road milling machine, which chassis is carried on track-laying units. A vehicle carried on a plurality of wheels has a unit for receiving the milling assembly. The positioning arrangement has a handling chassis which can be lengthened in the longitudinal direction and to which the wheels are fixed. In a lowered position, the positioning arrangement, with the milling assembly resting on it, can be driven below the chassis of the road milling machine. In a raised position, the milling assembly can be fitted to the road milling machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Cyrus Barimani, Andreas Salz, Günter Hähn
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Publication number: 20120200141Abstract: A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a machine frame, a drive motor, a work drum supported from the machine frame and including exchangeable tools fastened to the work drum, a belt drive and an auxiliary drive. The belt drive includes a motor-side pulley connected to the drive motor, a drum-side pulley connected to the work drum, and at least one drive belt connecting the motor-side pulley to the drum-side pulley. The auxiliary drive may be permanently coupled to the belt drive, or the auxiliary drive may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the auxiliary drive between a coupled and an uncoupled position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20120179339Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive road construction machine, particularly a recycler or a cold stripping machine, comprising an engine frame that is supported by a chassis, a working roller which is stationarily or pivotally mounted on the engine frame and is used for machining a ground surface or road surface. The chassis is provided with wheels or tracked running gears which are connected to the engine frame via lifting column and are vertically adjustable relative to the engine frame. Each individually vertically adjustable lifting column is equipped with a device for measuring the actual vertical state of the lifting column.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Günter Tewes
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Patent number: 8186763Abstract: The invention relates to a road-milling machine which has a ladder 11 to allow the driver's position 7 of the civil engineering machine to be climbed to easily. The ladder is mounted on one 1B of the two longitudinal sides of the frame 1 of the machine to be pivotable about an axis of pivot 27 extending substantially at right angles to the direction of travel. The ladder can thus be folded upwards to widen the working range of the machine. However, should the ladder not be in a state where it is folded upwards while the machine is being used to do work, the ladder cannot be damaged against obstacles which suddenly make an appearance in the working range. Should the ladder hit against an obstacle, the ladder is able to move out of the way of the obstacle by pivoting out of the vertical position in the opposite direction to the direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Thomas Kramer, Christian Berning, Peter Busley
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Patent number: 8167378Abstract: A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a machine frame, a drive motor, a work drum supported from the machine frame and including exchangeable tools fastened to the work drum, a belt drive and an auxiliary drive. The belt drive includes a motor-side pulley connected to the drive motor, a drum-side pulley connected to the work drum, and at least one drive belt connecting the motor-side pulley to the drum-side pulley. The auxiliary drive may be permanently coupled to the belt drive, or the auxiliary drive may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the auxiliary drive between a coupled and an uncoupled position.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20120080929Abstract: An automotive machine (1) for producing carriageways by stabilizing insufficiently stable soils or by recycling road surfaces includes a machine chassis (4), a working drum (20) mounted to pivot in relation to the machine chassis (4), a combustion engine (32) supported by the machine chassis, and at least one mechanical power transmission device (36) transfering the drive power from the engine to the working drum (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Thomas Mannebach, Peter Busley, Karsten Buhr, Guenter Haehn
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Patent number: 8113592Abstract: A road construction machine includes a machine frame, a working drum and a plurality of ground engaging supports. A plurality of lifting columns are connected between the machine frame and the ground engaging supports. Each of the lifting columns include two telescoping hollow cylinders. A plurality of lifting position measuring devices are provided, each measuring device being coupled with elements of one of the lifting columns, which elements are capable of being displaced relative to one another in accordance with the lifting position of the lifting column in such a manner that a path signal pertaining to a lifting position of the lifting column is continuously detectable by the measuring device. A controller is operably connected to the lifting position measuring devices to receive the path signals and to regulate the lifting positions of the lifting columns in response to the path signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Günter Tewes
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Patent number: 8075063Abstract: In an automotive machine (1) for producing carriageways by stabilizing insufficiently stable soils or by recycling road surfaces, with a machine chassis (4) supported by a running gear (2), a working drum (20) mounted to pivot in relation to the machine chassis (4), the shaft of which is mounted in pivoting arms (42) and runs transversely to the direction of travel, a cover (28) surrounding the working drum (20), a combustion engine (32) supported by the machine chassis with at least one output shaft (34) for the drive power required for driving the working drum, whereby at least one mechanical power transmission device (36) transfers the drive power from the output shaft (34) to the working drum (20), it is intended that the combustion engine (32) is arranged in a fixed manner at the machine chassis (4) between the pivoting arms (42) and that the at least one mechanical power transmission device (36), together with the working drum (20) mounted in the pivoting arms, can pivot about the axis of the output shaType: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Thomas Mannebach, Peter Busley, Karsten Buhr, Guenter Haehn
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Publication number: 20110227393Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelled civil engineering machine, in particular a road-milling machine, a road recycler, or a road stabilizer, having a frame carried by a set of running gear, a working unit for performing work required for the civil engineering operation, and in particular a working drum, and a drive unit carried by the frame of the machine, to drive the working drum. A power transmitter is used to transmit the driving power from the drive unit to the working unit. The drive unit of the self-propelled civil engineering machine has a first and a second drive engine, the power transmitter being so designed that the driving powers coming from the first and the second drive engines can be transmitted to the working unit together.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons, Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20110215634Abstract: A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a machine frame, a drive motor, a work drum supported from the machine frame and including exchangeable tools fastened to the work drum, a belt drive and an auxiliary drive. The belt drive includes a motor-side pulley connected to the drive motor, a drum-side pulley connected to the work drum, and at least one drive belt connecting the motor-side pulley to the drum-side pulley. The auxiliary drive may be permanently coupled to the belt drive, or the auxiliary drive may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the auxiliary drive between a coupled and an uncoupled position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: 8011739Abstract: A replaceable wear pad apparatus for a crawler track of a construction machine includes an elongated reinforcing element having first and second sides. The reinforcing element includes first and second holes disposed therethrough and includes first and second polygonal cross section sockets defined therein on the first side of the reinforcing element co-axial with the first and second holes, respectively, each socket including a socket floor and multiple sides. First and second polygonal cross section nuts are received in the first and second sockets, each nut having a threaded bore co-axial with one of the holes. A wear pad is molded from a wear pad material, the reinforcing element and the nuts being embedded in the molded wear pad material so that the wear pad material holds the nuts in place within the sockets.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventor: Peter Busley
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Patent number: 7976106Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelled civil engineering machine, in particular a road-milling machine, a road recycler, or a road stabilizer, having a frame carried by a set of running gear, a working unit for performing work required for the civil engineering operation, and in particular a working drum, and a drive unit carried by the frame of the machine, to drive the working drum. A power transmitter is used to transmit the driving power from the drive unit to the working unit. The drive unit of the self-propelled civil engineering machine has a first and a second drive engine, the power transmitter being so designed that the driving powers coming from the first and the second drive engines can be transmitted to the working unit together.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons, Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20110148177Abstract: In an automotive road milling machine (1) for milling ground surfaces (3), with a machine frame (2), a milling drum (4) with a quick-change system arranged at the machine frame (2) in a drum housing (11), a driving device (6) for driving the milling drum (4), a reduction gear (8) arranged between the driving device (6) and the milling drum (4), where the milling drum (4) is arranged between drum housing walls (12,13) of the drum housing (11) running orthogonally to the axis of rotation of the milling drum (4), where the quick-change system is provided with a basic drum body (14) and at least one milling tube element (10) capable of being pushed onto the basic drum body (14), where the drum housing wall (13) opposite the drive-side drum housing wall (12) is easily removable for the quick exchange of alternatively usable milling tube elements (10), it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the housing (9) of the reduction gear (8) is attached to the machine frame (2) in a torsionally rigid fashiType: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Thomas Lehnert, Herbert Ley, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn
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Publication number: 20110140505Abstract: In an automotive machine (1) for producing carriageways by stabilizing insufficiently stable soils or by recycling road surfaces, with a machine chassis (4) supported by a running gear (2), a working drum (20) mounted to pivot in relation to the machine chassis (4), the shaft of which is mounted in pivoting arms (42) and runs transversely to the direction of travel, a cover (28) surrounding the working drum (20), a combustion engine (32) supported by the machine chassis with at least one output shaft (34) for the drive power required for driving the working drum, whereby at least one mechanical power transmission device (36) transfers the drive power from the output shaft (34) to the working drum (20), it is intended that the combustion engine (32) is arranged in a fixed manner at the machine chassis (4) between the pivoting arms (42) and that the at least one mechanical power transmission device (36), together with the working drum (20) mounted in the pivoting arms, can pivot about the axis of the output shaType: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Thomas Mannebach, Peter Busley, Karsten Buhr, Guenter Haehn
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Publication number: 20110095594Abstract: A construction machine, in particular road milling machine, recycler or stabilizer, with a machine frame (4) that is carried by a chassis (2) with a working drum (6) and a drive train (8) comprising at the least a drive engine (10), a traction mechanism (12) for the mechanical drive of the working drum (6) with a drive element, an output element and a traction element (30), a device (14) for switching the torque between the drive engine (10) and working drum (6), and device (16) for driving at least one hydraulic pump; it is provided that elements of the drive train (8) are divided into at least two groups, the first group (3) shows at least the drive engine (10), the second group (5) shows at least the drive element (11) of the traction mechanism, and where the first and the second groups (3, 5) are connected to one another via an articulated coupling device (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2011Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: 7922255Abstract: A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a machine frame, a drive motor, a work drum supported from the machine frame and including exchangeable tools fastened to the work drum, a belt drive and an auxiliary drive. The belt drive includes a motor-side pulley connected to the drive motor, a drum-side pulley connected to the work drum, and at least one drive belt connecting the motor-side pulley to the drum-side pulley. The auxiliary drive may be permanently coupled to the belt drive, or the auxiliary drive may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the auxiliary drive between a coupled and an uncoupled position.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: D642599Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventor: Peter Busley
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Patent number: D643860Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventor: Peter Busley