Patents by Inventor Sebastian Kuechler

Sebastian Kuechler 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: 10046953
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for the control of a drive of a crane, in particular of a slewing gear and/or of a luffing mechanism, wherein a desired movement of the boom tip serves as an input value on the basis of which a control parameter for the control of the drive is calculated, characterized in that the oscillation dynamics of the system comprising the drive and the crane structure are taken into account in the calculation of the control parameter to reduce natural oscillations. The present invention furthermore comprises a method for the control of a hoisting gear of a crane, wherein a desired hoisting movement of the load serves as an input value on the basis of which a control parameter for the control of the drive is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler
  • Patent number: 9790061
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, with an active heave compensation which by actuating the hoisting gear at least partly compensates the movement of the cable suspension point and/or of a load deposition point due to the heave, and an operator control which actuates the hoisting gear with reference to specifications of the operator, wherein the division of at least one kinematically constrained quantity of the hoisting gear is adjustable between heave compensation and operator control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Sebastian Kuechler, Oliver Sawodny, Johannes Karl Eberharter
  • Patent number: 9266700
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, with an active heave compensation which by actuating the hoisting gear at least partly compensates the movement of the cable suspension point and/or a load deposition point due to the heave, wherein the heave compensation takes account of at least one constraint of the hoisting gear when calculating the actuation of the hoisting gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Eckard Arnold, Sebastian Kuechler, Oliver Sawodny
  • Patent number: 9120650
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, wherein the crane controller has a cable force mode in which the crane controller actuates the hoisting gear such that a setpoint of the cable force is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Langer, Klaus Schneider, Sebastian Kuechler, Oliver Sawodny
  • Patent number: 8949058
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for determining the load mass of a load carried by a hoist cable of a crane, said system comprising a measurement arrangement for measuring the cable load in the hoist cable and a calculation unit for determining the load mass on the basis of the cable force, wherein the calculation unit has a compensation unit which describes and at least partly compensates the effect of the indirect determining of the load mass via the cable force in a model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Martin Amann, Mathias Schneller, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler
  • Patent number: 8708170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane control for the control of a hoisting gear of a crane which takes account of oscillation dynamics based on the elasticity of the hoist rope on the control of the hoisting gear and reduces them by a suitable control of the hoisting gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler
  • Publication number: 20130245815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, with an active heave compensation which by actuating the hoisting gear at least partly compensates the movement of the cable suspension point and/or of a load deposition point due to the heave, and an operator control which actuates the hoisting gear with reference to specifications of the operator, wherein the division of at least one kinematically constrained quantity of the hoisting gear is adjustable between heave compensation and operator control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Sebastian Kuechler, Oliver Sawodny, Johannes Karl Eberharter
  • Publication number: 20130245816
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, wherein the crane controller has a cable force mode in which the crane controller actuates the hoisting gear such that a setpoint of the cable force is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Langer, Klaus Schneider, Sebastian Kuechler, Oliver Sawodny
  • Publication number: 20130245817
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, with an active heave compensation which by actuating the hoisting gear at least partly compensates the movement of the cable suspension point and/or a load deposition point due to the heave, wherein the heave compensation takes account of at least one constraint of the hoisting gear when calculating the actuation of the hoisting gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Eckard Arnold, Sebastian Kuechler, Oliver Sawodny
  • Publication number: 20110066394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for determining the load mass of a load carried by a hoist cable of a crane, said system comprising a measurement arrangement for measuring the cable load in the hoist cable and a calculation unit for determining the load mass on the basis of the cable force, wherein the calculation unit has a compensation unit which describes and at least partly compensates the effect of the indirect determining of the load mass via the cable force in a model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Martin Amann, Mathias Schneller, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler
  • Publication number: 20110006024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane control for the control of a hoisting gear of a crane which takes account of oscillation dynamics based on the elasticity of the hoist rope on the control of the hoisting gear and reduces them by a suitable control of the hoisting gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler
  • Publication number: 20110006023
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for the control of a drive of a crane, in particular of a slewing gear and/or of a luffing mechanism, wherein a desired movement of the boom tip serves as an input value on the basis of which a control parameter for the control of the drive is calculated, characterized in that the oscillation dynamics of the system comprising the drive and the crane structure are taken into account in the calculation of the control parameter to reduce natural oscillations. The present invention furthermore comprises a method for the control of a hoisting gear of a crane, wherein a desired hoisting movement of the load serves as an input value on the basis of which a control parameter for the control of the drive is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler