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US 12,654,999 B2Granted
Crane, a vehicle with a crane, method to operate a crane and circuitry to determine a use of a crane
AssigneePalfinger AG
InventorsEwald Mathé, Mario Hufnagl, Clemens Rosenlechner
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Abstract
A crane (100) comprises a boom (110) rotatable about a pivot (120) between a crane base (130) and the boom (110) and a winch arrangement (150) mounted movable with respect to the boom (110). A load weighting element (160) is mounted between the boom (110) and the winch arrangement (150).
Claims20
A crane (100), comprising:
- a boom (110) rotatable about a pivot (120) between a crane base (130) and the boom (110);
- a winch arrangement (150) arranged movable with respect to the boom (110);
- and a load weighting element (160) arranged between the boom (110) and the winch (150).
A method to operate a crane (100), comprising:
- rotating (510) a boom (110) about a pivot (120) between a crane base and the boom (110);
- measuring a force (520) between a winch arrangement (150) and the boom (110), the winch arrangement (150) being movably mounted with respect to the boom (110).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.