US 12,134,866 B2
Three-dimensional bridge deck finisher
Matthew Morrison, Ida Grove, IA (US)
Assigned to GOMACO Corporation, Ida Grove, IA (US)
Filed by GOMACO Corporation, Ida Grove, IA (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,376.
Application 18/197,376 is a continuation of application No. 17/047,315, granted, now 11,686,053, previously published as PCT/US2019/027451, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Application 17/047,315 is a continuation of application No. 16/383,786, filed on Apr. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,829,898, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/657,554, filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279620 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E01C 23/00 (2006.01); E01C 19/00 (2006.01); E01C 19/22 (2006.01); E01C 23/01 (2006.01)
CPC E01C 23/01 (2013.01) [E01C 19/004 (2013.01); E01C 19/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bridge paving machine comprising:
a paving machine superstructure;
a carriage configured to transit the paving machine superstructure comprising:
a finishing tool;
a plurality of non-contact surface sensors; and
a plurality of deflection sensors; and
at least one paving processor in data communication with a memory storing processor executable code for configuring the at least one paving processor to:
receive a desired design for a bridge surface;
receive deflection data from the plurality of deflection sensors;
continuously compare the deflection data to the desired design;
determine a deformation based on the deflection data;
apply a correction to compensate for the deformation; and
incorporate the correction into a design profile to produce an optimized 3D surface model.