Patents by Inventor Werner STEININGER

Werner STEININGER 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: 12622369
    Abstract: Device for timber harvesting having a felling head which includes a gripper and saw unit and a tilting device. The gripper and saw unit have gripper arms which can be actuated by a first hydraulic cylinder and a cutting element which can be pivoted out by a second hydraulic cylinder, and can be pivoted from a depositing position into a cutting position for the harvested material with the aid of the tilting device, which can be actuated by a third hydraulic cylinder. The first hydraulic cylinder is connected to a first hydraulic line for opening the gripper arms and to a second hydraulic line for closing the gripper arms. The tilting device can be pivoted from its cutting position into its depositing position by pressurizing the second hydraulic line in a pressure range in which the cutting element remains in an inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventor: Werner Steininger
  • Patent number: 12317786
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and/or handling material to be cut, in particular trees, having a pivotable boom arm to which a gripping or cutting head is attached. The boom arm includes a rotatable crane pillar, a first boom pivotably mounted on the rotatable crane pillar about a first pivot axis, a second boom pivotably mounted on the first boom about a second pivot axis. The gripping or cutting head is pivotably mounted on the second boom about a third pivot axis, and a controllable pivoting device is provided, by which the gripping or cutting head can be pivoted about the third pivot axis from a folded-out working position, in which the gripping or cutting head is mounted in front of the second boom, into a folded-in storage position, in which the gripping or cutting head is arranged to the side of the second boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: Werner Steininger
  • Patent number: 12245554
    Abstract: Timber harvesting device, having an extension arm and a sawing unit and gripper unit attached to the extension arm. The gripper unit has a gripper pair for a tree trunk, and the sawing unit has a cutting element, e.g., a chain saw, which is arranged to be pivotable out of a saw box for severing the tree trunk. The saw box is pivotably arranged about a pivot axis on the gripper unit and is connected to the gripper unit via a spring element and a piston-cylinder unit. The spring element defines a predetermined cutting position of the saw box via a restoring torque about the pivot axis, and the saw box is pivotable by the piston-cylinder unit into an inclined position which is tilted relative to the cutting position. The bearing of the piston-cylinder unit has a free movement space in the cutting position of the saw box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Werner Steininger
  • Patent number: 12114614
    Abstract: A gripper having at least two gripper arms movably arranged in a pincer-like manner on a base part and a cutting device for material to be cut for attachment to a processing machine, wherein the cutting device is formed by a cutting plate, which is movable by a piston-cylinder unit from an active position, in which the cutting plate projects into a receiving space for the material to be cut enclosed by the gripper arms, into an inactive position, in which the cutting plate is retracted in the base part. The retractable and extendable piston rod of the piston-cylinder unit is connected to the cutting plate via a driver pin which, in the active position of the cutting plate, rests against an abutment of the base part when the cutting plate is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Werner Steininger
  • Publication number: 20240237594
    Abstract: Device for timber harvesting having a felling head (H) which includes a gripper and saw unit and a tilting device. The gripper and saw unit have gripper arms which can be actuated by a first hydraulic cylinder and a cutting element which can be pivoted out by a second hydraulic cylinder, and can be pivoted from a depositing position into a cutting position for the harvested material with the aid of the tilting device, which can be actuated by a third hydraulic cylinder. The first hydraulic cylinder is connected to a first hydraulic line for opening the gripper arms and to a second hydraulic line for closing the gripper arms. The It is proposed that the tilting device can be pivoted from its cutting position into its depositing position by pressurizing the second hydraulic line in a pressure range in which the cutting element remains in an inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Werner STEININGER
  • Publication number: 20240224897
    Abstract: Device for timber harvesting having a felling head which includes a gripper and saw unit and a tilting device. The gripper and saw unit has gripper arms which can be actuated by a first hydraulic cylinder and a cutting element which can be pivoted out by a second hydraulic cylinder, and can be pivoted from a depositing position into a cutting position for the harvested material with the aid of the tilting device which can be actuated by a third hydraulic cylinder. The first hydraulic cylinder is connected to a first hydraulic line for opening the gripper arms and to a second hydraulic line for closing the gripper arms. Through interaction of a first hydraulic valve, a second hydraulic valve and a third hydraulic valve, the gripper and saw unit maintains its position even when the hydraulic lines are not pressurized and enables precise positioning on the harvested material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Werner STEININGER
  • Publication number: 20230292683
    Abstract: Timber harvesting device, having an extension arm and a sawing unit and gripper unit attached to the extension arm. The gripper unit has a gripper pair for a tree trunk, and the sawing unit has a cutting element, e.g., a chain saw, which is arranged to be pivotable out of a saw box for severing the tree trunk. The saw box is pivotably arranged about a pivot axis on the gripper unit and is connected to the gripper unit via a spring element and a piston-cylinder unit. The spring element defines a predetermined cutting position of the saw box via a restoring torque about the pivot axis, and the saw box is pivotable by the piston-cylinder unit into an inclined position which is tilted relative to the cutting position. The bearing of the piston-cylinder unit has a free movement space in the cutting position of the saw box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Werner STEININGER
  • Publication number: 20230022230
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and/or handling material to be cut, in particular trees, having a pivotable boom arm to which a gripping or cutting head is attached. The boom arm includes a rotatable crane pillar, a first boom pivotably mounted on the rotatable crane pillar about a first pivot axis, a second boom pivotably mounted on the first boom about a second pivot axis. The gripping or cutting head is pivotably mounted on the second boom about a third pivot axis, and a controllable pivoting device is provided, by which the gripping or cutting head can be pivoted about the third pivot axis from a folded-out working position, in which the gripping or cutting head is mounted in front of the second boom, into a folded-in storage position, in which the gripping or cutting head is arranged to the side of the second boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Werner STEININGER
  • Publication number: 20220304259
    Abstract: A gripper having at least two gripper arms movably arranged in a pincer-like manner on a base part and a cutting device for material to be cut for attachment to a processing machine, wherein the cutting device is formed by a cutting plate, which is movable by a piston-cylinder unit from an active position, in which the cutting plate projects into a receiving space for the material to be cut enclosed by the gripper arms, into an inactive position, in which the cutting plate is retracted in the base part. The retractable and extendable piston rod of the piston-cylinder unit is connected to the cutting plate via a driver pin which, in the active position of the cutting plate, rests against an abutment of the base part when the cutting plate is loaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Werner STEININGER