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: 7918512Abstract: 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: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Thomas Mannebach, Peter Busley, Karsten Buhr, Guenter Haehn
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Patent number: 7901010Abstract: A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a chassis carrying a machine frame, a driveable work drum supported from the machine frame and including an outer surface and exchangeable tools fastened to the outer surface, a working space defined within the machine adjacent the work drum, and at least one seat for an operating person, the at least one seat being movable into a working position in the work space adjacent the work drum so that the operating person can exchange the tools on the work drum.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: 7891742Abstract: 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: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20100237691Abstract: In a road construction machine, in particular a road milling machine (1), with a machine frame (2), and a chassis (4) with preferably several crawler track units (6), said chassis (4) carrying the machine frame (2), where the crawler track units (6) comprise a chain (12) which continuously revolves around at least one guide wheel (8) and at least one drive wheel (10), as well as several track rollers (14) which roll on the chain (12) and carry the machine frame (2), where the drive wheel (10) or preferably the guide wheel (8) is provided with an adjustment device (18), which enables the reciprocal spacing of the axles (20,22) of the drive wheel and guide wheel (8,10) to be adjusted for adaptation to a current lengthening of the chain (12), and where in addition to the adjustment device (18), a spring element (24) is provided which allows, using the adjusted spacing as a basis, a shortening of the spacing between the axles (20,22) of the drive wheel and guide wheel (8,10) against the spring force in the eventType: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Burkhard Frank, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn
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Publication number: 20100141014Abstract: A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a chassis carrying a machine frame, a driveable work drum supported from the machine frame and including an outer surface and exchangeable tools fastened to the outer surface, a working space defined within the machine adjacent the work drum, and at least one seat for an operating person, the at least one seat being movable into a working position in the work space adjacent the work drum so that the operating person can exchange the tools on the work drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20100141015Abstract: 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: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Patent number: 7731306Abstract: A replaceable wear pad for a crawler track of a tracked vehicle includes base plates for fastening thereto wear pads in a detachable manner, the wear pad includes a tread and a bottom side lying opposite to the tread and facing the base plate, the wear pad containing at least one reinforcing element, and the reinforcing element being molded-in by the wear pad material, the reinforcing element includes at least two holes and the wear pad includes cavities that run coaxially to the holes of the reinforcing element and, coming from the bottom side, end above the reinforcing element and at a distance to the same with the cavities serving the purpose of accommodating fastening devices which are fastened to the reinforcing element of the wear pad.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Guenter Tewes
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Publication number: 20100109422Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive road construction engine (1), particularly a recycler or a cold stripping machine, comprising an engine frame (4) that is supported by a chassis (2), a working roller (6) which is stationarily or pivotally mounted on the engine frame (4) and is used for machining a ground surface or road surface (24). The chassis (2) is provided with wheels (10) or tracked running gears which are connected to the engine frame (4) via lifting column (14) and are vertically adjustable relative to the engine frame (4). The lifting columns (14) are composed of two hollow cylinders (13, 15) that can be inserted into each other, are used as a guiding unit, and preferably coaxially accommodate at least one piston-cylinder unit (16) therein for vertical adjustment purposes. Each individually vertically adjustable lifting column (14) is equipped with a device (18) for measuring the actual vertical state of the lifting column (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Peter Busley, Günter Tewes
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Publication number: 20100090517Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Thomas Kramer, Christian Berning, Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20100046203Abstract: A back-lit operating unit for construction machinery includes a front panel having a plurality of cut-outs. Operating components are received in thecut-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: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Thomas Kramer, Armin Montermann, Peter Busley
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Patent number: 7644994Abstract: In a construction machine 1 for the treatment of ground surfaces, comprising a chassis 2 carrying a machine frame 4, a drive motor 6, a work drum 8 supported on the machine frame 4 and having exchangeable tools 14 fastened to its outer surface 12, and a drive line 18 for the work drum 8 comprising at least the drive motor 6 and a transmission coupled to the drive motor 6, it is provided that an auxiliary drive 20, adapted to be coupled to the drive line 18, is arranged to rotate the work drum 8 in the raised condition of the drum by a predetermined or selectable rotational angle, the torque of the auxiliary drive 20 being higher than the moment of inertia of the work drum 8 and of the drive line 18 in the switched-off or decoupled state of the drive motor 6.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Peter Busley, Olaf Gaertner, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20090278402Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventor: Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20090051210Abstract: 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: March 21, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: WIRTGEN GMBHInventors: Peter Busley, Dieter Simons
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Publication number: 20080260461Abstract: 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: April 16, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Dieter Simons, Peter Busley
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Publication number: 20080246328Abstract: 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: November 10, 2004Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Thomas Mannebach, Peter Busley, Karsten Buhr, Guenter Haehn
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Publication number: 20080216021Abstract: The invention relates to a building machine, in particular a road-building machine, having running gear and a chassis which is fitted with a working unit which has one or more implements. The building machine has a stored-program control device for controlling the implements of the working unit and a device for displaying operational variables or operational states in the form of characters or images. In addition to the stored-program control device, the building machine has a centralized data processing device which is embodied in such a way that operational variables or operational states can be displayed as characters or images with the device for displaying operational variables or operational states.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Christian Berning, Peter Busley, Gunter Hahn, Thomas Kramer
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Publication number: 20080061626Abstract: A replaceable wear pad for a crawler track of a tracked vehicle includes base plates for fastening thereto wear pads in a detachable manner, the wear pad includes a tread and a bottom side lying opposite to the tread and facing the base plate, the wear pad containing at least one reinforcing element, and the reinforcing element being moulded-in by the wear pad material, the reinforcing element includes at least two holes and the wear pad includes cavities that run coaxially to the holes of the reinforcing element and, coming from the bottom side, end above the reinforcing element and at a distance to the same with the cavities serving the purpose of accommodating fastening devices which are fastened to the reinforcing element of the wear pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Peter Busley, Guenter Tewes
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Patent number: 6887013Abstract: A device for treating soils or road surfaces includes a machine frame (1) carrying a working roll (4) in a working roll housing (8) defining a working space (6). The roll housing (8) is provided with a spraying mechanism (10) for binder or water having at least one outlet nozzle (12) opening directly into the working space (6). A controllable closing device (18) has a closing element (22) which, in an open position, unblocks the outlet nozzle (12) and in a first closed position, closes the outlet nozzle (12). The closing device (18) is capable of triggering an additional movement of the closing element (22) beyond the first closing position such that at a second closed position, material accumulations in and/or beyond the outlet nozzle (12) are removed.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Herbert Ley, Peter Busley, Walter Grueber
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Patent number: D574021Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventor: Peter Busley
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Patent number: D576181Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventor: Peter Busley