Patents by Inventor Ralf Weiser

Ralf Weiser 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: 11746479
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a paving screed, wherein the paving screed comprises a tamper, and the road paver further comprises a GNSS receiver and a material conveyor. In addition, the road paver comprises an electronic control system, which comprises a memory and a data processor, wherein digital construction data, in particular a target height profile of a road surface to be paved, a target layer thickness of paving material and, if necessary, a height profile of a roadbase are stored in the memory. The control system is configured to automatically control compaction performance of the paving screed as a function of the target layer thickness in order to pave the paving material for the respective local coordinate point of the road paver determined by the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser
  • Publication number: 20230193571
    Abstract: A method for adapting a leveling control of a road finishing machine comprises: detecting first ground profile data of a first ground profile of a foundation in a surrounding area of the road finishing machine at point in time t0, wherein the road finishing machine is located at position x0; detecting second ground profile data of a second ground profile of the foundation in a surrounding area of the road finishing machine at point in time t1, wherein the road finishing machine is located at position x1, and the second ground profile partially overlaps the first ground profile; determining a translational and rotational matrix which maps a movement of the road finishing machine in space from the point in time t0 to the point in time t1; creating corrected ground profile data from the ground profile data by means of the matrix; determining an analysis region LA comprising at least a section of the first ground profile data L0 and/or a section of the corrected ground profile data; analyzing the analysis re
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Christian PAWLIK, Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Philipp STUMPF, Stefan SIMON, Tobias NOLL
  • Publication number: 20230151561
    Abstract: A road construction machine in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for conveying paving material to a road paver, the road construction machine being self-propelled and having a primary drive source, a hopper, at least one working unit and at least one electric consumer for heating the working unit, the road construction machine having an energy supply system with at least one electrical energy storage which can be charged by means of electric current generated outside the road construction machine and is present on the road construction machine as an internal power source for direct current supply to the electric consumer. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to the use of such an energy storage for direct current supply to an electric consumer of a road construction machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Bernhard ERDTMANN, Achim EUL, Ralf WEISER, Johannes PONTIUS
  • Publication number: 20230009241
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ralf WEISER, Michael HEINDTEL, Steffen KOST
  • Publication number: 20220290381
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a screed for producing a paving layer from a paving material, a material bunker for receiving the paving material, a longitudinal conveying device configured to transport the paving material from the material bunker toward the screed, and a transverse distributor auger configured to distribute the paving material transported by the longitudinal conveying device transversely in front of the screed. The transverse distributor auger is mounted in front of a screed basic body of the screed within a transverse distributor channel, which is formed at least in sections by channel plates supported at a chassis of the road finishing machine, and by pre-scrapers attached laterally of a screed basic body of the screed. The road finishing machine further includes at least one suction device with at least one intake line which is configured to suck off aerosols forming during the transverse distribution of the paving material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Roman MUNZ
  • Publication number: 20220290382
    Abstract: A road finishing machine with a screed for producing a paving layer on a subsoil includes a leveling system for height adjustment of the screed for compensating for irregularities in the subsoil. The leveling system includes a cascade control having either a central control loop between outer and inner control loops that includes a control unit to determine, on the basis of a detected actual value of a pulling point position of a pulling point of the screed to a predetermined reference, and on the basis of a desired value of the pulling point position, a desired value of a leveling cylinder position, or a pulling point control between the outer and inner control loops to determine, on the basis of the desired value of the pulling point position of the pulling point of the screed, the desired value of the leveling cylinder position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Stefan SIMON, Philipp STUMPF, Ralf WEISER, Martin BUSCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20220290383
    Abstract: A method for producing a road surface includes spatially measuring an existing road surface by a sensor; creating digital target milling profile; creating a digital target height profile of a road surface to be paved and calculating a layer thickness based on the target milling profile and the target height profile; at least partially automated controlling of a milling machine for milling an actual milling profile according to the specification of the target milling profile; spatially measuring the milled actual milling profile; and at least partially automated controlling of a road paver for paving the road surface in accordance with the specification of the target height profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Tobias NOLL
  • Publication number: 20220219573
    Abstract: A control platform for a construction machine, in particular for a road finishing machine or a feeder vehicle, comprising a structural element and a seat console which includes a console bottom and a seat. The seat console includes a rotary mechanism by which the seat is mounted to be rotatable relative to the console bottom. The seat console includes a first and a second linear shifting mechanism by which the seat is mounted on the console bottom to be movable in a first and a second direction. The seat console is hinged to the structural element by means of a swivel mechanism to be swivable relative to the structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Maximilian THEOBALD
  • Publication number: 20220220674
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road finishing machine with a screed for producing a paving layer, wherein the screed includes at least one compacting unit for precompacting paving material supplied to the screed. The compacting unit includes at least one eccentric bushing mounted on an eccentric shaft supporting the same and rotatable to a desired angle of rotation to thereby continuously variably set a desired tamper stroke of a tamper bar of the compacting unit. For rotating the eccentric bushing, the compacting unit includes at least one adjusting mechanism, wherein the adjusting mechanism includes an adjusting drive mounted on the eccentric shaft and rotatable along with the eccentric shaft. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for a continuously variable tamper stroke adjustment at a compacting unit of a road finishing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Klaus BERTZ, Ralf WEISER, Tobias NOLL, Christian PAWLIK
  • Publication number: 20220220675
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road finishing machine with a screed for producing a paving layer, wherein the screed includes at least one compacting unit for precompacting paving material supplied to the screed. The compacting unit includes at least one eccentric bushing mounted on an eccentric shaft supporting the same at a desired angle of rotation to thereby continuously variably set a desired tamper stroke of a tamper bar of the compacting unit. For rotating the eccentric bushing on the eccentric shaft, an adjusting mechanism mounted spaced apart from the eccentric shaft and at least partially rotatable along with a rotary motion of the eccentric shaft can be activated. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for a continuously variable tamper stroke adjustment at a compacting unit of a road finishing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Klaus BERTZ, Ralf WEISER, Tobias NOLL, Christian PAWLIK
  • Publication number: 20220112669
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a screed for producing a paving layer on a subsoil on which the road finishing machine is movable in a laying direction, wherein the screed has a pulling arm fixed to the road finishing machine at a front pulling point by a levelling cylinder; at least one measuring means for performing a distance measurement, a storage means, and a controlling system. The controlling system is embodied to calculate a correction value in response to at least one distance measurement performed with respect to the subsoil and/or to a reference, which is performable at a measuring point in front of a front edge of the screed, to at least temporarily store the correction value in the storage means and calculate a desired levelling value for the measuring point taking into consideration the stored correction value, based on which the levelling cylinder of the screed is controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Ralf WEISER, Philipp STUMPF, Stefan SIMON
  • Publication number: 20220064874
    Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a temperature of a screed plate of a paving screed of a road paver, wherein the paving screed comprises a heating element for heating the screed plate. The method may include measuring temperature of the screed plate over a time interval using a temperature sensor, and adjusting a target temperature of the heating element, depending on a time profile of the temperature of the screed plate, using a control unit of the road paver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Roman MUNZ, Ralf WEISER, Dennis HANFLAND
  • Publication number: 20210370776
    Abstract: A road paver includes a control system, a main operator control stand, a height-adjustable roof, a main drive, at least one lighting element and a paving screed. The road paver further comprises an operating unit, which is arranged outside the main operator control stand and has a plurality of operating elements, of which an operating element is operable to switch the control system on and/or off, an operating element is operable to lift and/or lower the roof an operating element is operable to start and/or stop the main drive, an operating element is operable to switch on and/or off at least one lighting element, and an operating element is operable to lift and/or lower the paving screed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Tom GLOECKNER, Ralf WEISER, Bastian FLEISCHER, Maximilian THEOBALD
  • Publication number: 20210317620
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a screed, which includes at least one compacting unit. The road finishing machine furthermore comprises a GNSS receiver, as well as a material conveyor. The road finishing machine furthermore comprises an electronic control system which comprises a memory and a data processor, wherein in the memory, digital construction data, in particular a nominal height profile of a road pavement to be finished, are stored. The control system is configured to automatically control, based on the construction data, an actuator mechanism provided on the road finishing machine, in particular a levelling cylinder and/or a transverse camber adjustment and/or a slope adjustment and/or a berm adjustment, in order to install laying material with the nominal height profile and thereby a defined transverse profile for the respective position coordinate point of the road finishing machine determined with the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER
  • Publication number: 20210222379
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a paving screed, wherein the paving screed comprises a tamper, and the road paver further comprises a GNSS receiver and a material conveyor. In addition, the road paver comprises an electronic control system, which comprises a memory and a data processor, wherein digital construction data, in particular a target height profile of a road surface to be paved, a target layer thickness of paving material and, if necessary, a height profile of a roadbase are stored in the memory. The control system is configured to automatically control compaction performance of the paving screed as a function of the target layer thickness in order to pave the paving material for the respective local coordinate point of the road paver determined by the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER
  • Publication number: 20210024009
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a road finisher with a tractor, which has a paving screed coupled to the tractor by means of pulling arms and aligned transversely to the direction of travel, a screed footway being provided at the rear end of the paving screed, at least one railing module being attached to the screed footway, at least one stowing device for receiving objects being attached to the railing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Tom GLOECKNER, Maximilian THEOBALD
  • Patent number: 10538886
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a generator, a control device and a screed, the screed comprising a basic screed and being suited to be modified, by selectively attaching or detaching broadening parts, from a first to at least a second, different screed configuration. The basic screed and the broadening parts each comprise one compacting unit and one electric heating element to be supplied with power from the generator for heating the compacting unit to prevent the laying material from adhering to the compacting unit and to finish a high-quality road pavement. The control device is configured to individually switch on or off each one of the two resistance wire windings of the heating element of the basic screed depending on the screed configuration determined by the control device to distribute electrical power generated by the generator to the individual resistance wire windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser, Roman Munz, Christian Pawlik
  • Publication number: 20180282952
    Abstract: A road paver comprises a generator, a control device and a screed, the screed comprising a basic screed and being suited to be modified, by selectively attaching or detaching broadening parts, from a first to at least a second, different screed configuration. The basic screed and the broadening parts each comprise one compacting unit and one electric heating element to be supplied with power from the generator for heating the compacting unit to prevent the laying material from adhering to the compacting unit and to finish a high-quality road pavement. The control device is configured to individually switch on or off each one of the two resistance wire windings of the heating element of the basic screed depending on the screed configuration determined by the control device to distribute electrical power generated by the generator to the individual resistance wire windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER, Roman MUNZ, Christian PAWLIK
  • Patent number: 9790648
    Abstract: Method for laying down a pavement consisting of paving material with a road paver screed in which a compaction unit pre-compacts the paving material at cyclical work cycles with a selectable stroke and at a selectable frequency while the pavement is laid down at a selectable paving speed and at least the stroke is automatically adjustable in response to paving parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOGELE AG
    Inventors: Martin Buschmann, Gunter Zegowitz, Achim Eul, Ralf Weiser, Roman Munz, Nicole Angermann, Klaus Bertz, Christian Pawlik
  • Patent number: 9708019
    Abstract: A track-supporting roller assembly, according to the disclosure, for supporting a crawler track of a crawler chassis includes a bearing unit and a track-supporting roller rotatably coupled to the bearing unit. The track-supporting roller includes at least one supporting body made of plastic. The supporting body serves as a damper and prevents a metal-on-metal contact between track chain links of the crawler track and the track-supporting roller. The track-supporting roller assembly according to the disclosure ensures a reduced noise development in the crawler chassis. At the same time, it is possible to also reduce the wear of the track-supporting rollers to a considerable extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Christian Pawlik, Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser, Arthur Braun