Patents by Inventor Thomas Zahr

Thomas Zahr 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: 10688901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate storage vehicle for storing milled material and also to a work train with such an intermediate storage vehicle, a surface milling machine and a transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Zahr, Rafael Schomaker, Andre Hoffmann, Andreas Nacke, Marco Reuter
  • Patent number: 10208435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment screed unit for a road paver, comprising a connecting screed, at least one adjusting screed which is adjustably mounted on the connecting screed and which is adjustable between a retracted position (P1) and an extended position (P2), as a result of which the paving width (b4) of the attachment screed unit can be set in a variable manner, and a hydraulic adjusting device, which is arranged in such a manner that it can adjust the at least one adjusting screed between the retracted position (P1) and the extended position (P2), the adjusting device comprising an electro-hydraulic unit which is arranged on the attachment screed unit (10), and the electric hydraulic unit comprising a separate hydraulic circuit with at least one hydraulic pump and an actuator. The present invention further relates to a road paver with such an attachment screed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Stallgies, Jens Wagner, Thomas Zahr
  • Patent number: 10001783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a work train including a self-propelled road paver and a self-propelled feeder travelling ahead of the road paver, to a work train comprising a self-propelled road paver and a self-propelled feeder, as well as to a feeder and to a road paver for such a work train. According to one aspect of the present invention, the control of the road paver is effected automatically, to which end particularly the position of the feeder is determined and travel commands for the road paver are generated based on this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Zahr
  • Publication number: 20170274812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate storage vehicle for storing milled material and also to a work train with such an intermediate storage vehicle, a surface milling machine and a transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Zahr, Rafael Schomaker, Andre Hoffmann, Andreas Nacke, Marco Reuter
  • Patent number: 9562334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a loading process of a transport vehicle by a milling device in milling operation, a device for implementing this method and a road milling machine or a device for the removal of soil material with such a device. One aspect of the present invention, according to one embodiment, is a sensor device by means of which the position and partially also the fill level of the transport container of the transport vehicle can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn von der Lippe, Thomas Zahr, Markus Lang, Rafael Schomaker, Filippo Baldassari, Robert Laux
  • Publication number: 20160170415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a work train including a self-propelled road paver and a self-propelled feeder travelling ahead of the road paver, to a work train comprising a self-propelled road paver and a self-propelled feeder, as well as to a feeder and to a road paver for such a work train. According to one aspect of the present invention, the control of the road paver is effected automatically, to which end particularly the position of the feeder is determined and travel commands for the road paver are generated based on this information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Zahr
  • Publication number: 20150337505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment screed unit for a road paver, comprising a connecting screed, at least one adjusting screed which is adjustably mounted on the connecting screed and which is adjustable between a retracted position (P1) and an extended position (P2), as a result of which the paving width (b4) of the attachment screed unit can be set in a variable manner, and a hydraulic adjusting device, which is arranged in such a manner that it can adjust the at least one adjusting screed between the retracted position (P1) and the extended position (P2), the adjusting device comprising an electro-hydraulic unit which is arranged on the attachment screed unit (10), and the electric hydraulic unit comprising a separate hydraulic circuit with at least one hydraulic pump and an actuator. The present invention further relates to a road paver with such an attachment screed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Lutz Stallgies, Jens Wagner, Thomas Zahr