Patents by Inventor Markus Rohrauer

Markus Rohrauer 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: 8190288
    Abstract: The invention describes a method and a position control system (22?) for controlling operation of a computer-controlled load handling device, with a displacement drive for a displacement unit, a lift drive for a vertically displaceable lifting unit and an actuator drive for a loading and unloading device, and a computer predefines a target position for the displacement and lifting units and loading and unloading device and controls the travel to it. Time-minimized reference trajectories are set first of all, optimized with respect to the maximum permissible loads of the load handling device and with respect to the displacement between the start and target positions, and from these, the desired trajectories are calculated for desired positioning forces (Fxsoll, Fysoll, Fzsoll) of the displacement and lifting units and the loading and unloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: TGW Mechanics GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Rohrauer, Rainer Obwaller
  • Publication number: 20090062957
    Abstract: The invention describes a method and a position control system (22?) for controlling operation of a computer-controlled load handling device, with a displacement drive for a displacement unit, a lift drive for a vertically displaceable lifting unit and an actuator drive for a loading and unloading device, and a computer predefines a target position for the displacement and lifting units and loading and unloading device and controls the travel to it. Time-minimized reference trajectories are set first of all, optimized with respect to the maximum permissible loads of the load handling device and with respect to the displacement between the start and target positions, and from these, the desired trajectories are calculated for desired positioning forces (Fxsoll, Fysoll, Fzsoll) of the displacement and lifting units and the loading and unloading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Markus Rohrauer, Rainer Obwaller
  • Patent number: 7176425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive element (2) is heated at least during a relative displacement between the drive element (2) and a machine part. The drive element (2) is adjusted to a pre-definable minimum temperature and a pre-settable minimum temperature is maintained. To this end, the device (11) has at least one module (12), which supplies the drive element (2) with mechanical, electrical or electromagnetic energy, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: TGW TransportgerÃĪte GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Rohrauer, Wolfgang Ensinger
  • Publication number: 20040197172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of storing and retrieving load-bearing units (16) and a conveyor trolley with a load-bearing means (12) to accommodate a trolley (21), having a platform (40) for receiving a load-bearing unit (16), in particular a pallet, as and when necessary, which is equipped with bogie assemblies (30) with height and lateral guide elements (31) for storing and retrieving the load-bearing unit (16), and the height guide elements (31) are displaceable along at least one guide track (23) on the load-bearing means (12) and are linked to at least one displacement drive (30) to initiate the displacement motion of the load-bearing means (12), and the displaceable platform (40) is linked to a drive (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Rudolf Hansl, Markus Rohrauer
  • Publication number: 20040118833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive element (2) is heated at least during a relative displacement between the drive element (2) and a machine part. The drive element (2) is adjusted to a pre-definable minimum temperature and a pre-settable minimum temperature is maintained. To this end, the device (11) has at least one module (12), which supplies the drive element (2) with mechanical, electrical or electromagnetic energy, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Rohrauer, Wolfgang Ensinger