# US 10,870,561 B2 · Mobile crane with ballast receiving apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,561 B2 - Document ID: US10870561B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/226,829 - Filed: 2018-12-20 - Published: 2019-06-27 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-31 - Assignees: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH - Applicants: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH - Inventors: Markus Bitz; Lars Eberhardt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870561B2 ## CPC - B66C 23/76: and movable to take account of variations of load or of variations of length of jib - B66C: CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES ({specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;} rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21) ## Abstract The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatably mounted upon the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving ballast from the undercarriage and moving the ballast onto the superstructure, wherein position of the at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving the ballast from the undercarriage is variable in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast is receivable from the undercarriage in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure, and the at least one ballasting cylinder is pivotable about a pivot axis vertical with respect to the superstructure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A mobile crane in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one ballasting cylinder can be fixed in positions via a locking mechanism. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A mobile crane in accordance with claim 1, wherein the ballast is receivable in two different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure. ### Claim 4 A mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatably mounted upon the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving ballast from the undercarriage and moving the ballast onto the superstructure, wherein position of the at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving the ballast from the undercarriage is variable in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast is receivable from the undercarriage in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure, the at least one ballasting cylinder can be fixed in positions via a locking mechanism, and the at least one ballasting cylinder is received in pivot consoles which are pivotable about vertical pivot axes. ### Claim 5 A mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast, wherein position of the at least one ballasting cylinder receiving the ballast is variable in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure, the at least one ballasting cylinder can be fixed in position via a locking mechanism, and the locking mechanism comprises a spring-loaded pin which can be drawn against a spring force, with the pivoting of the respective ballasting cylinder arranged at a pivot console being able to be carried out from the ground. ### Claim 6 A mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatably mounted upon the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving ballast from the undercarriage and moving the ballast onto the superstructure, wherein position of the at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving the ballast from the undercarriage is variable in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast is receivable from the undercarriage in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure, and receiving means are arranged at the receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be placed down in the different positions on the receiving apparatus. ### Claim 7 A mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatably mounted upon the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the undercarriage and having at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving ballast from the undercarriage and moving the ballast onto the superstructure, wherein position of the at least one ballasting cylinder arranged for receiving the ballast from the undercarriage is variable such that the ballast is receivable from the undercarriage in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure, and said ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the undercarriage comprises projections arranged to receive complementary cutouts on plates of the ballast at different positions on the undercarriage.