US 11,993,492 B2
Wheel system, in particular for a crane
Tony Hong, Shanghai (CN); Henry Chen, Shanghai (CN); Thomas Düllmann, Hagen (DE); Gregor Jansen, Bottrop (DE); Lukas Pieper, Bochum (DE); Ralph Eising, Bochum (DE); and Christoph Greger, Dortmund (DE)
Assigned to Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkää (FI)
Appl. No. 18/245,190
Filed by Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkää (FI)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/055375
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/189245, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 105 522.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257240 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B66C 13/16 (2006.01); B60B 17/00 (2006.01); B66C 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 13/16 (2013.01) [B60B 17/00 (2013.01); B66C 9/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel system having a running wheel and a support body which at least partially surrounds the running wheel and in which the running wheel is mounted and from which the running wheel projects in order to come into contact with a rail, wherein a mechanical device for detecting and/or determining wear on the running wheel is mounted on the support body, wherein the mechanical device comprises a probe which can be brought into contact with the running wheel in order to abut on a running surface of the running wheel in order to detect and/or determine wear, wherein the mechanical device comprises a visual indicator that is arranged outside the support body, and wherein the probe has a free end that from a standby position remote from the running wheel can be brought into contact with the running wheel in order to abut on the running surface of the running wheel in order to detect and/or determine wear, and wherein the visual indicator comprises a pointer that is rigidly connected to the probe via a connector and forms a movable part of the mechanical device.