Patents by Inventor Hans G. Vosskamp

Hans G. Vosskamp 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).

  • Wire rope reeving support system for cargo container handling gantry cranes
    Patent number: 7073673
    Abstract: A wire rope reeving support system for a cargo container handling crane having a transport trolley mounted for reciprocation along a horizontal gantry thereof and having a wire rope load hoisting system for the transport trolley wherein a mechanism is provided mid span of said gantry for supporting the wire ropes of at least the load hoisting system and permitting the transport trolley to actuate the rope system to let the trolley pass there by without mechanical interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: PACECO Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Buffer straddle crane for cargo container handling operations
    Patent number: 6652211
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a straddle crane mounted on rails on said landing deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Method for buffer crane operation in cargo container handling
    Patent number: 6604904
    Abstract: A method for buffer crane operation for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers in buffer operation above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a dedicated crane engaged with said landing deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: PACECO Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Buffer bridge crane for cargo container handling operations
    Patent number: 6602036
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a bridge crane mounted on framework rails which extend past the lateral edges of said landing deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Buffer bridge crane for cargo container handling operations
    Publication number: 20030106870
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a bridge crane mounted on framework rails which extend past the lateral edges of said landing deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: PACECO CORP.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Method for buffer crane operation in cargo container handling
    Publication number: 20030106869
    Abstract: A method for buffer crane operation for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers in buffer operation above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a dedicated crane engaged with said landing deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: PACECO CORP.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Buffer jib crane for cargo container handling operations
    Publication number: 20030108406
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a slewing jib crane secured to one edge of said landing deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: PACECO CORP.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Buffer straddle crane for cargo container handling operations
    Publication number: 20030108405
    Abstract: A buffer crane for supplementing a quay crane operation and formed to operate thereunder with a landing deck for supporting a multiple of cargo containers above dockside cargo transport operations and for moving cargo containers therebetween by means of a straddle crane mounted on rails on said landing deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: PACECO CORP.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Philip Alexander Tam, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Inter-box connector (IBC) installation and removal system
    Patent number: 6554557
    Abstract: An inter-box connector (IBC) installation and removal system for a buffer crane formed to operate under a quay crane for supplementing operation thereof by semi-automating the previously “by hand” IBC installation and removal procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Takehara, Sun Huan Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Wire rope tensioning and reeving system for cargo container handling cranes
    Patent number: 5765981
    Abstract: An Improved Catenary Wire Rope Tensioning and Reeving System for Cargo Container Handling Cranes wherein the wire rope reeving for the catenary wire rope support trolleys is passive by being dead-ended to weights whereby it is continuously active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Sun H. Huang, Hans G. Vosskamp
  • Boom extension for gantry cranes
    Patent number: 5265741
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a boom extension for retractable booms of gantry cranes which does not require lowering the boom during attachment of the extension, or increasing the lift capacity of the boom hoist machinery, nor does the boom extension add bending moment to the retractable boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Yuzo Shimizu, Hans G. Vosskamp, Yuksel Yildirim
  • Lifting spreader compensating mechanism
    Patent number: 5052734
    Abstract: A cargo container lifting spreader compensating mechanism for facilitating engagement by the spreader with cargo containers having out-of-plane twistlock engagement receptacles, the invention comprising cross-members for carrying the twistlock lug members secured at the ends of the spreaders with rotatable connections whereby they are partially rotatable in a vertical plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the spreader with a restrictor means to limit said rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Paceco Corp.
    Inventors: Shuji Hasegawa, Hans G. Vosskamp