Patents by Inventor Stefan SEEMÜLLER

Stefan SEEMÜLLER 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: 11840169
    Abstract: A storage arrangement that includes a rack receiving space; and a movement space. The rack receiving space includes at least One movable rack and the movement space may contain a movement device that interacts with the at least one rack. The movement space is arranged above the rack receiving space in a direction of gravity, and the movement device is releasably engaged with the at least one rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Seemüller, Lars Leiking, Holger Cremer, Anatolij Alberg, Jörg Cavelius
  • Publication number: 20230249910
    Abstract: A method for operating a storage arrangement, in goods are inserted into the storage arrangement in an inbound delivery container at an incoming goods area, are removed from the inbound delivery container, are temporarily stored and are removed from the storage arrangement in a predetermined sequence in an outbound delivery container at an outgoing goods area. The goods are transferred from the inbound delivery container into a stackable packaging unit and the packaging unit is temporarily stored in a block storage unit. The block storage unit has multiple stacking compartments and each stacking compartment is designed to receive a stack of packaging units. The goods are removed from the block storage unit in a sequence predetermined by the outgoing goods area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lars LEIKING, Stefan SEEMÜLLER, Marco DEWITZ
  • Publication number: 20220281372
    Abstract: A storage arrangement that includes a rack receiving space; and a movement space. The rack receiving space includes at least One movable rack and the movement space may contain a movement device that interacts with the at least one rack. The movement space is arranged above the rack receiving space in a direction of gravity, and the movement device is releasably engaged with the at least one rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan SEEMÜLLER, Lars LEIKING, Holger CREMER, Anatolij ALBERG, Jörg CAVELIUS
  • Patent number: 10315843
    Abstract: The order picker (1) comprising a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); and a control unit, which is configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from a selection pallet (21) positioned in the working range (R_R) onto an order pallet (16) carried in the working range (R_R). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding method for order picking an order pallet (16) comprising load units (59) from a goods warehouse having selection pallets (20) arranged in rows and/or racks (23) using a vehicle (2, 25, 30) and a robot device (3) arranged thereon having a working range (R_R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst-Peter Magens, Kai Beckhaus, Stefan Seemüller
  • Publication number: 20170107055
    Abstract: The order picker (1) comprising a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); and a control unit, which is configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from a selection pallet (21) positioned in the working range (R_R) onto an order pallet (16) carried in the working range (R_R). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding method for order picking an order pallet (16) comprising load units (59) from a goods warehouse having selection pallets (20) arranged in rows and/or racks (23) using a vehicle (2, 25, 30) and a robot device (3) arranged thereon having a working range (R_R).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ernst-Peter MAGENS, Kai BECKHAUS, Stefan SEEMÜLLER