Abstract: A parking facility for motor vehicles includes a parking rack with parking grids arranged side by side and parking levels arranged one above the other. The parking levels include an uppermost parking level, a lowermost parking level and at least one intermediate level. At least one parking level is connected or connectable to an entrance. The parking rack defines parking spaces where parking grids intersect parking levels. The parking rack has at least one empty space in the at least one intermediate level. At least one displacement device is operative for displacing receiving devices for the motor vehicles in a respective parking level. At least one lifting element is arranged at each parking grid and is coupleable to one of the receiving devices for vertically transporting the receiving device within the parking grid. Each receiving device can assume a transport position and at least one pass position.

Abstract: A parking facility for motor vehicles includes a carrying device with parking spaces, reception devices that are movable into a parking position in the parking space and out of it, parking space-side contact elements that are suppliable with electrical energy, arranged on at least some reception devices, and corresponding device-side contact elements and a connection element electrically coupled thereto for connecting to a vehicle positioned on the reception device, where the parking space-side contact elements are arranged movably on the carrying device and/or the device-side contact elements are arranged movably on the reception device, and the contact elements are movable from a base position in the absence of the reception device to a contact position when the reception device assumes the parking position, in which contact position the corresponding contact elements are coupled to one another, and can be brought out of the contact position.

Abstract: A parking facility for motor vehicles includes a parking rack with parking grids arranged side by side and parking levels arranged one above the other. The parking levels include an uppermost parking level, a lowermost parking level and at least one intermediate level. At least one parking level is connected or connectable to an entrance. The parking rack defines parking spaces where parking grids intersect parking levels. The parking rack has at least one empty space in the at least one intermediate level. At least one displacement device is operative for displacing receiving devices for the motor vehicles in a respective parking level. At least one lifting element is arranged at each parking grid and is coupleable to one of the receiving devices for vertically transporting the receiving device within the parking grid. Each receiving device can assume a transport position and at least one pass position.

Abstract: A parking facility for motor vehicles having fixed parking places arranged above each other and each having a guide for a pallet that is displaceable along the guide as well as a lift, which is disposed alongside the fixed parking places and which also carries a guide for the pallet is provided. For displacement of the pallet between the respective guides of a parking place and the lift, the lift is stopped alongside a parking place such that the respective guides are aligned with one another. The guide of the lift at its end facing the parking place is supported on a supporting surface connected to the parking place. The guide of the lift after being set down onto the supporting surface is pivoted about a horizontal pivotal axis until the guide of the lift is in a horizontal position.

Abstract: In order to enable particularly rapid conveyance of motor vehicles in a parking system for motor vehicles even when it is of complicated construction wherein the parking system comprises a pallet changing mechanism in which two guide means for pallets are arranged one above the other and said pallets are displaceable horizontally into said guide means, and also comprises a lifting device which can raise a pallet from the lower guide means into the upper guide means and conversely lower a pallet from the upper guide means into the lower guide means, it is proposed that the pallet changing mechanism be movable by means of a motorised drive between an entry or an exit position in which a pallet in the upper guide means is respectively aligned with the entrance or exit of the parking system on the one hand and between a pallet transfer station in which both guide means that are arranged one above the other of the pallet changing mechanism are aligned with guide means of a rack conveyor or a parking rack on the ot

Abstract: In a method of operating a parking facility for motor vehicles that comprises fixed parking places arranged above each other and each having a guide for a pallet that is displaceable along the guide as well as a lift, which is disposed alongside the fixed parking places and also carries a guide for a pallet displaceable therein, in which method for displacement of a pallet between the guide of a fixed parking place and the guide of the lift the lift is stopped in such a way alongside a fixed parking place that the guides of the fixed parking place and of the lift are aligned with one another, wherein the guide of the lift at its end facing the fixed parking place is supported on a supporting surface connected to the fixed parking place, in order to improve the aligning of the guide in the lift with the guide in the parking place, it is proposed that the guide of the lift after being set down onto the supporting surface is pivoted about a horizontal parking-place-side pivotal axis, which extends transversely o