IP Library Granted Patent US 8,499,945
Granted Patent B2
US 8,499,945 · App. 11/992,718 · Granted Aug 6, 2013

Crane, in particular mobile crane with a narrow track and enlarged supporting base

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Patent No.
US 8,499,945
App. No.
11/992,718
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile crane includes an undercarriage with a middle section and two parallel crawler carriages; a superstructure on which a boom is mounted, the superstructure being connected to the undercarriage by a rotary joint; two longitudinal outriggers connected to the undercarriage and extending in the longitudinal direction between the crawler carriages; and two transverse outriggers connected to the undercarriage and extending outside the crawler carriages. One of the longitudinal outriggers has an end with a transverse beam supported by spaced apart outrigger cylinders which provide an extended tipping edge to further stabilize the crane.

Claims (47)

1. A narrow track crawler type carriage mobile crane comprising:

an undercarriage comprising a middle section and two parallel crawler carriages defining a longitudinal direction;

a superstructure on which a boom is mounted, the superstructure being connected to the undercarriage by a rotary joint;

only two longitudinal outriggers connected to the undercarriage and extending in the longitudinal direction between the crawler carriages; and

only two transverse outriggers connected to the undercarriage and extending outside crawler carriages, transverse to the longitudinal direction;

wherein the outriggers are provided for increasing a size of a support base of the crane;

wherein at least one of said transverse outriggers is attached directly to one of said crawler carriages; and

wherein the outriggers can be folded upward or sideways.

2. The mobile crane of claim 1 wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached to the middle section.

3. The mobile crane of claim 1 wherein at least one of the outriggers has an end provided with an extendible outrigger cylinder.

4. A narrow track crawler type carriage mobile crane comprising:

an undercarriage comprising a middle section and two parallel crawler carriages defining a longitudinal direction;

a superstructure on which a boom is mounted, the superstructure being connected to the undercarriage by a rotary joint;

two longitudinal outriggers connected to the undercarriage and extending in the longitudinal direction between the crawler carriages; and

two transverse outriggers connected to the undercarriage and extending outside crawler carriages, transverse to the longitudinal direction;

wherein the outriggers are provided for increasing a size of a support base of the crane and

wherein at least one of said transverse outriggers has a top surface fixed to the middle section and a bottom surface attached to one of said crawler carriages,

wherein the top surface comprises a section that is arranged above said crawler carriage.

5. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein at least one of said transverse outriggers is attached directly to one of said crawler carriages.

6. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached to the middle section.

7. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached to the middle section and to the crawler carriages.

8. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached to each internal side of the crawler carriages, wherein the internal sides are facing the middle section.

9. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein the outriggers are telescoping.

10. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein the outriggers can be folded upward or sideways.

11. The mobile crane of claim 4 wherein at least one of the outriggers has an end provided with an extendible outrigger cylinder.

12. A narrow track crawler type carriage mobile crane comprising:

an undercarriage comprising a middle section and two parallel crawler carriages defining a longitudinal direction;

a superstructure on which a boom is mounted, the superstructure being connected to the undercarriage by a rotary joint;

two longitudinal outriggers connected directly to the undercarriage and extending in the longitudinal direction between the crawler carriages; and

two transverse outriggers connected directly to the undercarriage and extending outside crawler carriages, transverse to the longitudinal direction;

wherein the outriggers are provided for increasing a size of a support base of the crane and

wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached directly to the middle section and directly to the crawler carriages,

wherein at least one of the outriggers has an end provided with an extendible outrigger cylinder; and

wherein the outriggers are telescoping.

13. The mobile crane of claim 12 wherein at least one of said transverse outriggers is attached directly to one of said crawler carriages.

14. The mobile crane of claim 12 wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached to each internal side of the crawler carriages, wherein the internal sides are facing the middle section.

15. A narrow track crawler type carriage mobile crane comprising:

an undercarriage comprising a middle section and two parallel crawler carriages defining a longitudinal direction;

a superstructure on which a boom is mounted, the superstructure being connected to the undercarriage by a rotary joint;

two longitudinal outriggers connected directly to the undercarriage and extending in the longitudinal direction between the crawler carriages; and

two transverse outriggers connected directly to the undercarriage and extending outside crawler carriages, transverse to the longitudinal direction;

wherein the outriggers are provided for increasing a size of a support base of the crane and

wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached directly to the middle section and directly to the crawler carriages,

wherein at least one of the outriggers has an end provided with an extendible outrigger cylinder; and

wherein the outriggers can be folded upward or sideways.

16. The mobile crane of claim 15 wherein at least one of said transverse outriggers is attached directly to one of said crawler carriages.

17. The mobile crane of claim 15 wherein at least one of the longitudinal outriggers is attached to each internal side of the crawler carriages, wherein the internal sides are facing the middle section.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: TEREX GLOBAL GMBH
To: TADANO DEMAG GMBH
Reel/Frame 053598/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2017
From: TEREX CRANES GERMANY GMBH
To: TEREX GLOBAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 043087/0195 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 27, 2013
From: TEREX DEMAG GMBH
To: TEREX CRANES GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 029881/0950 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2010
From: TEREX-DEMAG GMBH & CO. KG
To: TEREX DEMAG GMBH
Reel/Frame 024195/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2008
From: KARP, GUNTER; KOSTER, FRITZ-BOTHO; ZOLLONDZ, RUDIGER; WECKBECKER, ALFONS
To: TEREX-DEMAG GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 021007/0642 →