Patents by Inventor Alessandro Heim

Alessandro Heim 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).

  • Industrial truck, configured for driverless, autonomously acting operation for a load to be transported
    Patent number: 11667502
    Abstract: An industrial truck, configured for driverless, autonomously-acting operation for a load to be transported, includes at least a control system configured to control and to steer the industrial truck, and an evaluation unit configured to generate a signal for stopping the industrial truck. A detector device configured to recognize persons and/or objects located in a route is connected to the control system. The control system is configured to check a protective field and/or a warning field of the detector device, and the protective field and/or the warning field is automatically switchable in dependence on a position of the industrial truck and/or detected obstacles in the route of the industrial truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Roethling, Alessandro Heim, Johannes Schild
  • Industrial Truck, Configured for Driverless, Autonomously Acting Operation for a Load to be Transported
    Publication number: 20210101789
    Abstract: An industrial truck, configured for driverless, autonomously-acting operation for a load to be transported, includes at least a control system configured to control and to steer the industrial truck, and an evaluation unit configured to generate a signal for stopping the industrial truck. A detector device configured to recognize persons and/or objects located in a route is connected to the control system. The control system is configured to check a protective field and/or a warning field of the detector device, and the protective field and/or the warning field is automatically switchable in dependence on a position of the industrial truck and/or detected obstacles in the route of the industrial truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Roethling, Alessandro Heim, Johannes Schild