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Arrangement and method for aligning a wheel block on an end carriage, in particular a crane end carriage

US11891280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Konecranes Global Corporation · FI

Inventors

Ralph Eising · Bochum, DE
Lukas Pieper · Bochum, DE
Thomas Düllmann · Hagen, DE
Gregor Jansen · Bottrop, DE
Tony Hong · Honolulu, US
Henry Chen · Taipei, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 2021
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB66C9/16
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement with an end carriage, a plate, and a wheel block which is detachably fastened to the end carriage and comprises a housing and a wheel that is mounted in the housing and projects out of the housing, wherein the plate is located between the end carriage and the wheel block and is fixedly connected to the end carriage and has a base surface directed towards the housing, and wherein the housing has a groove which receives the plate and which has a bottom surface, directed towards the base surface, and side walls delimiting the groove, wherein the wheel block is aligned relative to the end carriage by means of an interlocking connection between the wheel block and the plate.

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