US 11,891,280 B2
Arrangement and method for aligning a wheel block on an end carriage, in particular a crane end carriage
Ralph Eising, Bochum (DE); Lukas Pieper, Bochum (DE); Thomas Düllmann, Hagen (DE); Gregor Jansen, Bottrop (DE); Tony Hong, Shanghai (CN); and Henry Chen, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkää (FI)
Appl. No. 18/245,481
Filed by Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkaa (FI)
PCT Filed Nov. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080439
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/096477, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 129 194.9 (DE), filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257235 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B66C 9/08 (2006.01); B66C 9/16 (2006.01); B60B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 9/08 (2013.01) [B60B 33/0018 (2013.01); B60B 33/0021 (2013.01); B66C 9/16 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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, wherein the interlocking connection acting in the longitudinal direction of the side walls is formed within the base surface of the plate, and wherein the interlocking connection is produced by at least one slot introduced in the base surface of the plate and at least one projection or pin that is formed on the bottom surface of the groove to interact with the slot in an interlocking manner.