PHILLIP JEROME BARTELME
Pilots at Dakota St, Milwaukee, WI

6250484, Jun 26, 2001

Jun 7, 2000

9/589458

Phillip J. Bartelme - West Allis WI

MHE Technologies, Inc. - Wilmington DE

B66C 1900

212195

A counterweight for a monorail hoist. The monorail hoist includes a single support beam and a suspended hoist assembly which is supported for movement along the support beam. The hoist assembly includes a support member which is transverse to the support beam. The counterweight is mounted on the support member. The counterweight is slidable along the support member to optimally balance the overall weight distribution of the hoist assembly. Once the counterweight is properly positioned to balance the hoist assembly, a locking device locks the counterweight to the support member to prevent any further movement of the counterweight along the support member. The locking device is also releasable to allow the counterweight to be moved to or removed from any location along the support member in order to accommodate any changes which may occur to the overall weight distribution of the hoist assembly. Preferably, a plurality of counterweights and cooperating locking devices are provided.

6135421, Oct 24, 2000

Oct 29, 1999

9/429715

Phillip J. Bartelme - West Allis WI
Neal W. Becker - Greenfield WI

MHE Technologies, Inc. - Wilmington DE

B66D 148

254268

A hoist apparatus comprising a frame, a hoist drum mounted on the frame for rotation about a drum axis, a motor connected to the drum for selectively rotating the drum in opposite wind-up and wind-off directions about the drum axis, a hoist rope wound around the drum such that the rope winds on to and off of the drum in response to rotation of the drum in the wind-up and wind-off directions, respectively, the rope having a maximum wind-up point beyond which it is not desirable to wind a significant amount of rope on to the drum, and a proximity switch mounted on the frame adjacent the drum such that the drum moves relative to the switch, the switch being capable of sensing the presence of the rope without touching the rope, and the switch preventing the motor from rotating the drum in the wind-up direction when the switch senses the presence of the rope on the drum at the maximum wind-up point.

6966544, Nov 22, 2005

Oct 18, 2001

10/380149

Stephen J. McCormick - Shorewood WI, US
Joseph M. Plasz - Grafton WI, US
Mark E. Ubl - Oak Creek WI, US
Phillip J. Bartelme - West Allis WI, US
Neal W. Becker - Greenfield WI, US

MHE Technologies, Inc. - Wilmington DE

B66D001/24, B66D001/00

254342, 254344, 254345, 74801

The invention relates to a hoist apparatus including at least one of a three-part double reeved bottom block that has the same height profile as a two-part bottom block and the same lifting capacity as a three-part bottom block that includes an integral equalizer sheave nest, a device for limiting the rotation of a hoist drum beyond a desired position, a hybrid gear box adapted for use on two different categories and/or types of hoist apparatuses through the use of an adapter plate that permits coupling of the gearbox to the hoist drum of the hoist apparatus in a plurality of configurations and an external ring gear that results in a second output torque and speed of the gearbox, a self-lubricating load braking assembly having lubrication inlet holes and lubrication outlet holes for pumping lubrication into and out of the load brake assembly, a gearbox for use on the hoist apparatus including a two-stage high gear ratio gear set and a load brake assembly, a controller configured to acquire operational data representative of the hoist apparatus and generate an output indicative of a remaining useful life of the hoist apparatus, and an inverter controller configured to control verify load integrity and prevent possible load loss without the use of a load brake assembly and/or an encoder or similar feedback device.