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Mobile crane

US10138095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 2014
Grant dateNov 27, 2018
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/48
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present application relates to a mobile crane comprising a telescopic boom which has a hinged section and at least one telescopic section which can be telescoped out of it, or to a crawler-mounted crane. In accordance with one embodiment, as a position detection device, it has at least one transducer in the form of an inductively operating transponder, a receiver unit for the sensing of the position of the transducer, a control device for control in dependence on a signal of the receiver unit, as well as a signal transmission device in the form of a databus for the transmission of the signal data from the receiver unit to the control device.

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