Patents by Inventor Frank Knurr

Frank Knurr 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: 8162575
    Abstract: A transport and assembly vehicle for a component module such as an aircraft engine includes a mobile platform which includes support arm structures on which the component module is situated during conveyance and while maintenance work is performed, and which are movable relative to the platform in such a manner that they may assume at least two positions, namely an active position in which they hold the component module, and an inactive position in which they release the component module; the support arm structures of the movable platform include receiving adapters, and the receiving adapters are situated in such a manner that their position is changeable in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the movable platform, so that the transport and assembly vehicle may be used to transport component modules of highly diverse sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Knurr
  • Publication number: 20100021256
    Abstract: A transport and assembly vehicle for a component module such as an aircraft engine includes a mobile platform which includes support arm structures on which the component module is situated during conveyance and while maintenance work is performed, and which are movable relative to the platform in such a manner that they may assume at least two positions, namely an active position in which they hold the component module, and an inactive position in which they release the component module; the support arm structures of the movable platform include receiving adapters, and the receiving adapters are situated in such a manner that their position is changeable in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the movable platform, so that the transport and assembly vehicle may be used to transport component modules of highly diverse sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: Frank Knurr
  • Publication number: 20090078502
    Abstract: A working platform (1) for aircraft maintenance has two chassis (3a, 3b), a working stage (5) and two height-adjustable support means (4a, 4b) connecting the working stage (5) to the chassis (3a, 3b). The working surface of the working stage (5) is assembled from at least two mutually separable segments (_b 5a, 5b, . . . ), wherein a first (5a) of the segments is supported by the first chassis (3a) and the first height-adjustable support means (4a) and a second (5b) of the segments is supported by the second chassis (3a) and the second height adjustable support means (4b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Frank Knurr