Patents by Inventor Seppo K. Suominen

Seppo K. Suominen 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: 5033928
    Abstract: A method and transfer vehicle for the elimination of the accumulation of positioning errors of packages in storage places in a computer controlled consecutive store, where the packages are stored consecutively on the base of the rails on which the transfer vehicle travels and where in order to move a package in the center the packages in front or behind must first be removed. The transfer vehicle includes a lifting device which lifts the package off of the base and onto the transfer vehicle for transport. Known store transfer vehicles of this type cause a detrimental accumulation of errors during the positioning of the packages. According to the invention, a package is centered in the direction of the store line relative to the transfer vehicle at least once during the time it is stored on the store line. This takes place most advantageously in connection with each lift via the lifting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Inventor: Seppo K. Suominen
  • Patent number: 4972778
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an arrangement relating to the cable winding device that moves the transfer vehicles (2) of a store and/or transfer line (1, 10), located at the end of the line, in which the store line (1) is formed of sequential store places, and in which the store line (1) is crossed by at least one transverse transfer line (10), and in which the packages on the store line (1) are transported by being carried on the lifting device of the transfer vehicle, in which the aforementioned cable winding device includes a motor (9) and a cable drum (7) turned by it or a corresponding cable collecting device. By means of the invention an attempt is made to achieve a precisely operating cable winding device to be installed at the end of a line, which makes simple crossing arrangements possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Inventor: Seppo K. Suominen