IP Library Granted Patent US 10,647,553
Granted Patent B2
US 10,647,553 · App. 15/774,916 · Granted May 12, 2020

Mobile crane and method for angling a main jib extension relative to a main jib of a mobile crane

Inventors: Michael Martin (Illingen, DE); Traugott Fess (Bechhofen, DE); Roland Kuhn (St. Ingbert, DE)
Assignee: Terex Global GmbH
B66C23/702B66C23/68B66C23/82B66C23/701B66C2700/0392
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Patent No.
US 10,647,553
App. No.
15/774,916
Granted
May 12, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile crane having a main jib that is mounted thereupon for luffing and that can be oriented by means of a luffing cylinder, and a main jib extension which is detachably connected to a main jib head of the main jib by upper and lower bolts, it being possible to angle the main jib extension about a luffing axis relative to the main jib proceeding from a base position following release of the upper or lower bolts and using an angle drive, the angle drive engaging with a foot of the main jib extension, a maximum angling angle being delimited by an adjustable angling plate, and the angling plate engaging with the foot of the main jib extension and the main jib head. The angle drive is a component of an angling plate in the form of a combi-angling plate.

Claims (16)

1. A mobile crane with a main jib luffably mounted thereon and able to be raised via a luffing cylinder, and with a main jib extension releasably connected to a main jib head of the main jib via upper and lower bolts, the main jib extension, starting from a basic position, is able to be angled about a luffing axis relative to the main jib by an angling drive, wherein the angling drive is a component of a combi-angling plate which delimits a maximum angling angle in a mechanically adjustable manner, and wherein the angling drive engages on a foot of the main jib extension and the main jib head and the combi-angling plate comprises a sliding plate, a guiding plate and the angling drive, and wherein the combi-angling plate can be modified in length via the angling drive and the angling drive drivingly engages on the one hand on the sliding plate and on the other hand on the guiding plate, and wherein the sliding plate can be displaced in a length-modifiable manner relative to the guiding plate via the angling drive, wherein the combi-angling plate on the one hand engages on the main jib head and on the other hand on the main jib extension, wherein the sliding plate is displaceably guided in the guiding plate and the angling drive is disposed in the guiding plate.

2. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angling drive is releasably fastened to the sliding plate.

3. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 2 , via a stop bolt, a maximum displacement of the sliding plate relative to the guiding plate can be delimited.

4. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the luffing axis is formed in the region of the top chord of the main jib extension or of the bottom chord of the main jib extension and wherein the combi-angling plate is disposed in the region of the bottom chord of the main jib extension or of the top chord of the main jib extension.

5. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the angling drive is designed such that the main jib extension can be lifted and lowered in a pivoting manner about the luffing axis against the effect of the gravitational force of the main jib extension.

6. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the angling drive is designed as a hydraulic cylinder with a housing and a rod.

7. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 6 , wherein two combi-angling plates are disposed in parallel and spaced apart from one another and the two combi-angling plates are preferably disposed in corner regions of the main jib extension.

8. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the combi-angling plate replaces a part of the top chord or of the bottom chord of the main jib extension in the region of the foot of the main jib extension.

9. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the sliding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib head, the guiding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib extension and by an insertable stop bolt a maximum displacement of the sliding plate in the guiding plate can be delimited.

10. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , via a stop bolt, a maximum displacement of the sliding plate relative to the guiding plate can be delimited.

11. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the luffing axis is formed in the region of the top chord of the main jib extension or of the bottom chord of the main jib extension and wherein the combi-angling plate is disposed in the region of the bottom chord of the main jib extension or of the top chord of the main jib extension.

12. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angling drive is designed such that the main jib extension can be lifted and lowered in a pivoting manner about the luffing axis against the effect of the gravitational force of the main jib extension.

13. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angling drive is designed as a hydraulic cylinder with a housing and a rod.

14. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two combi-angling plates are disposed in parallel and spaced apart from one another and the two combi-angling plates are preferably disposed in corner regions of the main jib extension.

15. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the combi-angling plate replaces a part of the top chord or of the bottom chord of the main jib extension in the region of the foot of the main jib extension.

16. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sliding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib head, the guiding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib extension and by an insertable stop bolt a maximum displacement of the sliding plate in the guiding plate can be delimited.

Assignments (2)
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 May 10, 2018
From: MARTIN, MICHAEL; FESS, TRAUGOTT; KUHN, ROLAND
To: TEREX GLOBAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 045763/0379 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 119 381 · Nov 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180327234A1 · Nov 15, 2018