Patents by Inventor Jochen Luck

Jochen Luck 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).

  • Conveyor system including a support rail with travel surfaces for driven support wheels of vehicles
    Patent number: 5241911
    Abstract: A conveyor system includes a support rail with travel surfaces for driven support wheels of vehicles, such as suspended or elevated trolleys or the like. An additional rail is provided for additional wheels which apply contact pressure to the support wheels. Such a conveyor system with a plurality of vehicles and a small number of ascending and descending paths is simplified by supporting the additional rail directly or indirectly through springs on the support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen Luck, Johannes Gerhard Spoler
  • Monorail trolley with U-shape frame extending over, above, and surrounding the rail
    Patent number: 5235917
    Abstract: A trolley for traveling along a beam supported from below and having two protruding flanges comprising a frame that partially surrounds the beam, a travel wheel mounted so that it contacts and rolls on an upper surface of the lower flange of the beam, a second wheel mounted within the frame for gliding the trolley along one of the upper surface of the lower flange or a lower surface of the upper flange and a guide roller mounted within the frame for guiding the trolley along the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen Luck, Johannes G. Spoler, Reinhard Siegmund