Patents by Inventor Sven Brandt

Sven Brandt 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: 11634306
    Abstract: A crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, wherein a movement simulation module is provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, depending on which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch, Sven Brandt, Thomas Steib
  • Patent number: 11455905
    Abstract: A simulator for a crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, a movement simulation module being provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, according to which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation. The control station is movably mounted and can be moved by a drive device according to the movements and/or deformation of the machine components determined by the movement simulation module. The virtual representation generated by the graphical simulation module can be superimposed with a live image provided by a camera and displayed on virtual reality glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Steib, Sven Brandt, Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch
  • Publication number: 20210139293
    Abstract: A crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, wherein a movement simulation module is provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, depending on which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch, Sven Brandt, Thomas Steib
  • Publication number: 20210134175
    Abstract: A simulator for a crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, a movement simulation module being provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, according to which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation. The control station is movably mounted and can be moved by a drive device according to the movements and/or deformation of the machine components determined by the movement simulation module. The virtual representation generated by the graphical simulation module can be superimposed with a live image provided by a camera and displayed on virtual reality glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Steib, Sven Brandt, Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch
  • Patent number: 10975727
    Abstract: A bearing bush of a turbocharger for radially mounting a shaft of the turbocharger. The bearing bush on an inner surface facing the shaft to be mounted, which forms a running surface of the bearing bush, has a microstructuring of multiple cup-shaped recesses at least in sections. The recesses have a maximum depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Sven Brandt, Jan-Christoph Haag, Lutz Aurahs, Christoph Heinz, Hannes Benetschik
  • Patent number: 10968082
    Abstract: A crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, wherein a movement simulation module is provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, depending on which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch, Sven Brandt, Thomas Steib
  • Patent number: 10909874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a simulator for a crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, provided with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, a movement simulation module being provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, according to which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation. According to the invention, the control station is movably mounted and can be moved by a drive device according to the movements and/or deformation of the machine components determined by the movement simulation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Steib, Sven Brandt, Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch
  • Publication number: 20200240426
    Abstract: A turbocharger, having a turbine with a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, (a compressor with a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft, a bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, in which the shaft is mounted via a bearing. An end disc adjoins the bearing ring or the bearing bush. On an axial surface facing the bearing ring or the bearing bush of the bearing facing the turbine, a swirl chamber that is open in the direction of the bearing ring or the bearing bush is introduced into the end disc, which collects and discharges oil leaking from a lubrication gap of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Bernd HAAS, Johannes NIEBUHR, Harald DENKEL, Vladimir HORT, Petr HOLIK, Radek TEPLY
  • Publication number: 20200173361
    Abstract: A turbocharger, includes a turbine for expanding a first medium, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during the expansion of the first medium. The turbine housing and a compressor housing are each connected to a bearing housing arranged between the same. The turbine housing, and/or the compressor housing and/or the bearing housing form/s a stator-side assembly and/or receive/s a stator-side assembly, which serves for the lubrication, and/or heat conduction, and/or sealing. The respective stator-side assembly which serves for the lubrication, and/or heat conduction, and/or sealing, is produced by a generative manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Stefan STÖHR, Lutz AURAHS, Stefan ROST, Stefan WEIHARD, Santiago UHLENBROCK, Sebastian SPENGLER
  • Patent number: 10648364
    Abstract: A turbocharger, including a turbine with a turbine rotor, a compressor with a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. At least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing comprises a bearing bush mounted in the bearing housing in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating gap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap is formed. The radially inner lubricating gap is suppliable with lubricating oil via at least one line introduced into the bearing bush, wherein the or each line introduced into the bearing bush, which serves for the oil supply of the radially inner lubricating gap, leads into a lubricating oil pocket of the bearing bush each, which based on the axial length of the bearing bush is placed off-center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventor: Sven Brandt
  • Patent number: 10605306
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, with a compressor with a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft, with a bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and also the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing comprises a bearing bush arranged in the bearing housing, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating gap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap are formed, wherein the radially outer lubricating gap and the radially inner lubricating gap are suppliable with lubricating oil emanating from an oil supply main line independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Sven Brandt, Claudius Wurm, Harald Denkel
  • Patent number: 10598043
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a turbine with a turbine rotor, a compressor with a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and also the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing includes a bearing bush that is mounted on the bearing housing in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating cap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap is formed, and wherein axial ends of the respective bearing bush, at a radially outer section of the same have a greater axial extent than on a radially inner section of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Sven Brandt, Claudius Wurm, Harald Denkel
  • Publication number: 20190145280
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, with a compressor with a compressor housing and a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft, with a bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and also the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing comprises a bearing bush arranged in the bearing housing, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating gap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap are formed, wherein the radially outer lubricating gap and the radially inner lubricating gap are suppliable with lubricating oil emanating from an oil supply main line independently of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Claudius WURM, Harald DENKEL
  • Publication number: 20190145279
    Abstract: A turbocharger, including a turbine with a turbine rotor, a compressor with a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. At least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing comprises a bearing bush mounted in the bearing housing in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating gap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap is formed. The radially inner lubricating gap is suppliable with lubricating oil via at least one line introduced into the bearing bush, wherein the or each line introduced into the bearing bush, which serves for the oil supply of the radially inner lubricating gap, leads into a lubricating oil pocket of the bearing bush each, which based on the axial length of the bearing bush is placed off-center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Sven BRANDT
  • Publication number: 20190145281
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a turbine with a turbine rotor, a compressor with a compressor rotor that is coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and also the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing includes a bearing bush that is mounted on the bearing housing in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating cap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap is formed, and wherein axial ends of the respective bearing bush, at a radially outer section of the same have a greater axial extent than on a radially inner section of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Claudius WURM, Harald DENKEL
  • Publication number: 20190145278
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine housing, a compressor housing and a bearing housing that is arranged between the turbine housing and the compressor housing, wherein both the turbine housing and the compressor housing are connected to the bearing housing, with at least one bearing, via which the shaft is mounted in the bearing housing, wherein the respective bearing comprises a bearing bush that is mounted in the bearing housing in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein between the bearing bush and the bearing housing a radially outer lubricating gap and between the bearing bush and the shaft a radially inner lubricating gap are formed, and wherein the bearing bush of the respective bearing is aligned in the radial direction relative to the bearing housing via at least one spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Sven BRANDT
  • Publication number: 20190128139
    Abstract: A bearing bush of a turbocharger for radially mounting a shaft of the turbocharger. The bearing bush on an inner surface facing the shaft to be mounted, which forms a running surface of the bearing bush, has a microstructuring of multiple cup-shaped recesses at least in sections. The recesses have a maximum depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Sven BRANDT, Jan-Christoph Haag, Lutz Aurahs, Christoph Heinz, Hannes Benetschik
  • Publication number: 20190019429
    Abstract: A crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, wherein a movement simulation module is provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, depending on which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch, Sven Brandt, Thomas Steib
  • Publication number: 20190019430
    Abstract: The invention relates to a simulator for a crane, a construction machine or an industrial truck, provided with a control station including at least one input means for inputting control commands, a graphical simulation module for calculating a virtual representation of the machine surroundings and/or machine components visible from the control station, such as a boom or a load hook, and a display device for displaying the calculated virtual representation, a movement simulation module being provided for determining movements and/or deformations of the machine components according to the inputted control commands, according to which the graphical simulation module calculates the virtual representation. According to the invention, the control station is movably mounted and can be moved by a drive device according to the movements and/or deformation of the machine components determined by the movement simulation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Steib, Sven Brandt, Michael Palberg, Jürgen Resch