IP Library Granted Patent US 9,385,523
Granted Patent B2
US 9,385,523 · App. 13/884,315 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Circuit arrangement having an emergency stop switch of a hoist

Inventors: Holger Freitag (Bochum, DE); Giorgio Maccioni (Witten, DE); Giuliano Persico (Wetter, DE)
Assignee: Terex MHPS IP Management GmbH
H02H7/00G05B9/02Y10T307/826
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Patent No.
US 9,385,523
App. No.
13/884,315
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a circuit arrangement comprising a hoist controller ( 12 ) of a hoist ( 10 ), a control pendant ( 12 ) having an emergency stop switch ( 2 ), and a control line ( 3 ) which electrically connects the hoist controller ( 12 ) to the control pendant ( 12 ) and has a control voltage applied thereto. In order to provide a circuit arrangement for monitoring an emergency stop switch of a hoist having a pendant switch, which circuit arrangement can be used to reliably detect a short circuit, it is proposed to assign a controller ( 1 ) to the emergency stop switch ( 2 ), which controller superimposes a cyclical pulse on the control voltage, and to design the hoist controller ( 12 ) in such a manner that said hoist controller monitors the cyclical pulse and switches the hoist ( 10 ) to a safe state in the absence of the cyclical pulse.

Claims (22)

1. Circuit arrangement, comprising:

a hoist controller of a hoist, a pendant control switch having an emergency stop switch, and a control line which electrically connects the hoist controller to the pendant control switch and which has a control voltage applied thereto; and

another controller associated with the emergency stop switch which superimposes a cyclical pulse upon the control voltage and is disposed in a housing of the pendant control switch, and the hoist controller is configured such that it monitors the cyclical pulse and switches the hoist to a safe state in the event that the cyclical pulse does not occur.

2. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hoist controller is configured such that it detects a change in the position of the emergency stop switch and triggers a function of the hoist.

3. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said another controller is connected in series with the emergency stop switch in the control line and generates the pulse from the control voltage.

4. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said another controller generates the cyclical pulse in the case of an alternating voltage-control voltage by periodically cutting out a part of the control voltage.

5. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said another controller generates the cyclical pulse in the case of a direct voltage-control voltage by periodically switching off the control voltage for a short period of time.

6. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said another controller includes a semiconductor switch and a logic unit for cyclical actuation of the semiconductor switch.

7. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hoist controller is connected to a power switch which is controlled directly via the control voltage.

8. Circuit arrangement as claimed claim 1 wherein said housing is for the emergency stop switch.

9. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 wherein said another controller is connected in series with the emergency stop switch in the control line and generates the pulse from the control voltage.

10. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said another controller generates the cyclical pulse in the case of an alternating voltage-control voltage by periodically cutting out a part of the control voltage.

11. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said another controller generates the cyclical pulse in the case of a direct voltage-control voltage by periodically switching off the control voltage for a short period of time.

12. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 wherein said another controller includes a semiconductor switch and a logic unit for cyclical actuation of the semiconductor switch.

13. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 wherein said another controller includes a semiconductor switch and a logic unit for cyclical actuation of the semiconductor switch.

14. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 4 wherein said another controller includes a semiconductor switch and a logic unit for cyclical actuation of the semiconductor switch.

15. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5 wherein said another controller includes a semiconductor switch and a logic unit for cyclical actuation of the semiconductor switch.

16. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 2 wherein said hoist controller is connected to a power switch which is controlled directly via the control voltage.

17. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 3 wherein said hoist controller is connected to a power switch which is controlled directly via the control voltage.

18. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 4 wherein said hoist controller is connected to a power switch which is controlled directly via the control voltage.

19. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 5 wherein said hoist controller is connected to a power switch which is controlled directly via the control voltage.

20. Circuit arrangement as claimed in claim 6 wherein said hoist controller is connected to a power switch which is controlled directly via the control voltage.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
To: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046460/0274 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2018
From: TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 046162/0643 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: TEREX MHPS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
To: TEREX MHPS GMBH
Reel/Frame 045917/0948 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2016
From: TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: TEREX MHPS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 038788/0035 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 9, 2015
From: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH; TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: TEREX MHPS GMBH
Reel/Frame 034703/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2013
From: FREITAG, HOLGER; MACCIONI, GIORGIO; PERSICO, GIULIANO
To: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 030381/0939 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 060 506 · Nov 11, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130229069A1 · Sep 5, 2013