Patents by Inventor Torsten Weiser

Torsten 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).

  • Tunnel boring machine and tunnelling method
    Patent number: 11668192
    Abstract: A tunnel boring machine having a cutting wheel equipped with a number of excavation tools provided with sensor units and, in a corresponding tunnelling method, only substantially fully worn excavation tools are able to be replaced using a data processing device designed with an advancement planning unit by detecting the current state of the excavation tools and predicting the state of the excavation tools on tool replacement predication planes lying in the advancing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HERRENKNECHT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Torsten Weiser
  • TUNNEL BORING MACHINE AND TUNNELLING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210180452
    Abstract: A tunnel boring machine having a cutting wheel equipped with a number of excavation tools provided with sensor units and, in a corresponding tunnelling method, only substantially fully worn excavation tools are able to be replaced using a data processing device designed with an advancement planning unit by detecting the current state of the excavation tools and predicting the state of the excavation tools on tool replacement predication planes lying in the advancing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: HERRENKNECHT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Torsten Weiser