Patents by Inventor Christoph Behncke

Christoph Behncke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8521373
    Abstract: An industrial truck having height-adjustable load bearing means, lifting height controls in which a plurality of predetermined lifting heights are saved, a lifting height detection system for the load bearing means that detects an actual value of the lifting height and provides it to the lifting height controls, and a control unit that allows the lifting height of the load bearing means to be manually adjusted at different speeds, wherein the lifting height controls move the load bearing means to one of the predetermined lifting heights when the speed for adjusting the load bearing means specified by the control unit falls below a predetermined threshold, wherein the lifting height assumed by the lifting height controls corresponds to the lifting height of the predetermined lifting heights that most closely approximates the actual value of the lifting height in the direction in which the load bearing means is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Behncke, Matthias Düwel
  • Publication number: 20120275892
    Abstract: An industrial truck with a load support which is adjustable in its height along a lifting frame and whose taken load is detected by a load sensor, wherein a control unit is provided in which one or several load gravity centres can be selected and which determines an admissible lifting height for the one or several selected load gravity centres on the basis of the detected load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uwe Allerding, Christoph Behncke, Matthias Duewel
  • Publication number: 20120089305
    Abstract: An industrial truck having height-adjustable load bearing means, lifting height controls in which a plurality of predetermined lifting heights are saved, a lifting height detection system for the load bearing means that detects an actual value of the lifting height and provides it to the lifting height controls, and a control unit that allows the lifting height of the load bearing means to be manually adjusted at different speeds, wherein the lifting height controls move the load bearing means to one of the predetermined lifting heights when the speed for adjusting the load bearing means specified by the control unit falls below a predetermined threshold, wherein the lifting height assumed by the lifting height controls corresponds to the lifting height of the predetermined lifting heights that most closely approximates the actual value of the lifting height in the direction in which the load bearing means is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Behncke, Matthias Düwel
  • Patent number: 7641021
    Abstract: A hand-actuated operating device for an operator's control unit for an industrial truck, having a stationary, raised rest for the ball of the thumb that is disposed laterally beside and in front of the standing or sitting operator, including an upper support area on which the ball of the thumb of the operator's hand is adapted to be placed from top, a forward surface facing away from the operator and a surface facing the operator, wherein the forward and backward surfaces are dimensioned so to allow the support for the ball of the thumb to be gripped between the fingers and a proximal portion of the ball that faces the wrist, a portion located in front of the forward surface which is lowered with respect to the support area is disposed such as to allow the fingers of the hand resting on the support area to be placed at an angle, and at least one control element for a function of the industrial truck is disposed on the end of the lowered portion that is located opposite the support area so as to enable its act
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Behncke, Michael Niebuhr
  • Publication number: 20060185938
    Abstract: A hand-actuated operating device for an operator's control unit for an industrial truck, having a stationary, raised rest for the ball of the thumb that is disposed laterally beside and in front of the standing or sitting operator, including an upper support area on which the ball of the thumb of the operator's hand is adapted to be placed from top, a forward surface facing away from the operator and a surface facing the operator, wherein the forward and backward surfaces are dimensioned so to allow the support for the ball of the thumb to be gripped between the fingers and a proximal portion of the ball that faces the wrist, a portion located in front of the forward surface which is lowered with respect to the support area is disposed such as to allow the fingers of the hand resting on the support area to be placed at an angle, and at least one control element for a function of the industrial truck is disposed on the end of the lowered portion that is located opposite the support area so as to enable its act
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Christoph Behncke, Michael Niebuhr