MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517042815 A) filed by Herrenknecht Aktiengesellschaft, Schwanau, Germany, on May 2, for 'tunnel boring machine.'
Inventor(s) include Wehrmeyer, Gerhard; Wiesler, Simon; and Hoss, Jurgen.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A control unit is provided in a tunnel boring machine, in which a predetermined and preferably smallest possible output of sealing material (227) out of a shield tail seal (121) into a residual layer (230) usually covered by a grouting material (224) for filling a ring gap (218) can be adjusted with relatively few fluctuations. In this way, in particular, an output that is as small as possible due to cost and environmental considerations, can be precisely and reliably maintained."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 13, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/081654.
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