Patents by Inventor Peter Herkenrath

Peter Herkenrath 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: 8885358
    Abstract: A plug-in module for controllers of mobile working machines, having a housing, a connection plug, electronics boards and at least one plug socket for connecting actuators or sensors. The housing being formed by a box with a front, rear and side walls as well as a base plate comprising a cutout for the connection plug, and in that the electronics boards are forming a board box by connecting two end boards and two side boards, with the board box being arranged in the interior of the housing, and with the plug socket being mechanically coupled to the housing by a strain-relief clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Herkenrath, Markus Lenzing, Henner Ruschkamp, Johannes Wesselmann
  • Publication number: 20120327619
    Abstract: A plug-in module for controllers of mobile working machines, having a housing, a connection plug, electronics boards and at least one plug socket for connecting actuators or sensors. The housing being formed by a box with a front, rear and side walls as well as a base plate comprising a cutout for the connection plug, and in that the electronics boards are forming a board box by connecting two end boards and two side boards, with the board box being arranged in the interior of the housing, and with the plug socket being mechanically coupled to the housing by a strain-relief clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Herkenrath, Markus Lenzing, Henner Rüschkamp, Johannes Wesselmann
  • Patent number: 6715601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines and a correspondingly equipped chain scraper conveyor. The invention proposes to filter out a detection signal (Serk), representative of the currently arising vibrations of the chain (1), from the operating data of the main and auxiliary drives (I, II) by means of a detection device (34), and to take this to an active suppressor (35), which generates a time-variable control signal (STilgung) in accordance with a suppressor function, with which, in the frequency range of the vibration of the chain, a change is effected to a control value, e.g. (Ssoll) for the closing pressure adjustment of a multiple disc clutch (6) of at least one drive unit for the suppression of vibration by the abstraction of energy from, or the introduction of energy into the chain (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: DBT Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Abel, Arno Breimhorst, Erwin Haese, Gerhard Merten, Peter Herkenrath, Nicole Kostiza, Manfred Ziegler, Ulrich Paschedag
  • Publication number: 20030137421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective working device (1) for miners, comprising a lamp (3) , which can for instance be attached to a protective helmet (2), and which is connected via a cable (4) to a supply battery (11) which can be fastened to an item of clothing such as a belt (6) and is supplied with electrical energy from the supply battery (11). A transponder device (13) is supplied with energy from the same battery (11) which interoperates with underground personnel detection systems such as detection sensors which monitor the working and operating areas of support frames for underground faces or of underground mining machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Herkenrath, Bernhard Richter
  • Patent number: 6512312
    Abstract: A method and a device for use in underground mining for the detection of the presence of persons at mine faces supported by support frames, whereby detection sensors (25) are provided on at least some of the support frames (10), and which are coupled to control units (27) for the support frames (10), whereby the detection sensors (25) sample the working and operating area (24) of the associated support frame (10) and bring the latter to a standstill in its movement sequence, if the detection sensors (25) detect the presence of a person in a detection area (30). In accordance with the invention the detection sensors (25) of the individual support frames (10) can be switched on and off by the control units (27) and are only activated when the associated support frame (10) is to be moved and are again de-activated after completion of the movement of the associated support frame (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: DBT Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Herkenrath, Bernhard Richter
  • Publication number: 20020195318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines and a correspondingly equipped chain scraper conveyor. In chain scraper conveyors with a large distance between the main and auxiliary drive stations, e.g. a distance of more than 400 m, a chain breakage in the bottom run or a shaft breakage can arise, which can be traced back to vibration phenomena in the chain. The invention proposes to filter out a detection signal (Serk), representative of the currently arising vibrations of the chain (1), from the operating data of the main and auxiliary drives (I, II) by means of a detection device (34), and to take this to an active suppressor (35), which generates a time-variable control signal (STilgung) in accordance with a suppressor function, with which, in the frequency range of the vibration of the chain, a change is effected to a control value, e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Dirk Abel, Arno Breimhorst, Erwin Haese, Gerhard Merten, Peter Herkenrath, Nicole Kositza, Manfred Ziegler, Ulrich Paschedag