Soil compactor having direct drive
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Nov 3, 2015
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Jun 18, 2015
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Dec 4, 2014
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Abstract
A soil compacting device has an upper mass and a lower mass that is coupled to the upper mass by a spring device and that has a soil contact element. In addition, a drive is provided for producing a working movement of the soil contact element. The drive has an electric motor, a drive frequency of a drive movement produced by the electric motor being equal to a frequency of the working movement of the soil contact element.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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WACKER NEUSON PRODUKTION GMBH & CO KG | 85084 REICHERTSHOFEN |
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- E01C Class
- 309 Applications Filed
- 276 Patents Issued To-Date
- 89.33 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Steffen, Michael | Munich, DE | 56 | 360 |
# of filed Patents : 56 Total Citations : 360 |
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