Inventor · L Atkinson Lane, DE

Gerhard Merten

72Patents
13h-index
70Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1976 → Sep 15, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4571003A Apparatus for controlling the position of a mineral mining machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US5641058A Method and a device for tensioning endless drive belts Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US8038558B2 Chain drive or return arrangement and chain assembly and sprocket employed therein Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Active
US8550236B2 Extraction device, particularly for mining, and method for controlling the extraction device Fixed Constructions 21 Active
US7997402B2 Link chain for chain conveyors and chain wheel thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Active
US5553925A Apparatus for automatically adjusting the cutting horizon of a mining extraction apparatus Fixed Constructions 19 Expired
US5947265A Chain drum arrangement for scraper chain conveyors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4474411A Guides for mineral mining machines Fixed Constructions 18 Expired
US8360912B2 Chain drive or return arrangement and chain assembly and sprocket employed therein Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Active
US4607890A Guides for mineral mining machines Fixed Constructions 16 Expired
US7731298B2 Shearer-loader drive subassembly and guide shoe for it Fixed Constructions 16 Active
US7032743B2 Conveyor pan Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6708817B2 Drive and tensioning station of a chain scraper conveyor Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US6715601B2 Method for control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines, especially chain scraper conveyors, and a chain scraper conveyor Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5927479A Chain drum arrangement for scraper chain conveyors Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US4456307A Cutter bit assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6896121B2 Conveyor pan Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US4934757A Control of mineral mining machines Fixed Constructions 9 Expired
US7600822B2 Method for the mining of coal and coal planer installation Fixed Constructions 9 Active
US5913403A Drive station for a scraper-chain conveyor usable in an underground mine working Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US4067619A Longwall machine guide with detachable cover plate Fixed Constructions 8 Expired
US5589535A Air-drying polyurethane resins, their preparation and use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5704267A Guide shoe for a cutting machine especially for a drum or disk shearer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7562764B2 Entry conveyor and pan section for the same Fixed Constructions 8 Active
US4557525A Cutter bit assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.