Patents by Inventor Alkan Özaydin

Alkan Özaydin 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).

  • Automatically operating vehicle body unloading system
    Patent number: 11235826
    Abstract: An automatically operating unloading system for unloading an at least partially assembled vehicle from an assembly-line overhead conveyor vehicle carrier is provided. The vehicle carrier includes four hanger arms for supporting the vehicle from underneath, and ends of the hanger arms are pivotally articulated about a perpendicular axis in a lockable manner. The automatically operating unloading system includes at least one rail at a side of a flat conveying system and a front hanger arm manipulator and a rear hanger arm manipulator movably arrangeable on the at least one rail. Each of the front and rear hanger arm manipulators are equipped with at least one controllable actuator. The automatically operating unloading system further includes a controllable drive unit for moving the manipulators along the rails and an electronic control unit configured to control the actuators of the front and rear hanger arm manipulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kadir Oner, Cagatay Kocak, Serdal Kavak, Yavuz Sara, Erkan Burgucu, Alkan Özaydin, Ibrahim Balkan, Oemer Sahanci
  • AUTOMATICALLY OPERATING VEHICLE BODY UNLOADING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210061383
    Abstract: An automatically operating unloading system for unloading an at least partially assembled vehicle from an assembly-line overhead conveyor vehicle carrier is provided. The vehicle carrier includes four hanger arms for supporting the vehicle from underneath, and ends of the hanger arms are pivotally articulated about a perpendicular axis in a lockable manner. The automatically operating unloading system includes at least one rail at a side of a flat conveying system and a front hanger arm manipulator and a rear hanger arm manipulator movably arrangeable on the at least one rail. Each of the front and rear hanger arm manipulators are equipped with at least one controllable actuator. The automatically operating unloading system further includes a controllable drive unit for moving the manipulators along the rails and an electronic control unit configured to control the actuators of the front and rear hanger arm manipulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kadir Oener, Cagatay Kocak, Serdal Kavak, Yavuz Sara, Erkan Burgucu, Alkan Oezaydin, Ibrahim Balkan, Oemer Sahanci