Patents by Inventor Arnold Jan Nicolaas Raymond M. Smit

Arnold Jan Nicolaas Raymond M. Smit 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).

  • Method and transport device for transporting a container or pallet with air cargo
    Patent number: 10315899
    Abstract: Method for transporting a container or pallet with cargo, wherein at least one transport device is used comprising a frame consisting of an elongate central member (11) and carrying beams (12), each carrying beam (12) extending perpendicular to the central member (11) in the same direction from a different end of the central member (11) thus forming a generally U-shaped frame, wherein in use said U-shaped frame extends in a generally horizontal orientation, said carrying beams being arranged to engage and carry a bottom part of a container or a pallet, wherein the bottom side of said frame is provided with a plurality of air bearings (13) arranged to lift said frame with said cargo from a flat floor surface, wherein a container or pallet to be transported is moved into or out of a vehicle at an transshipment location, wherein for transporting said container or pallet in or out of said vehicle said container or pallet is engaged and lifted by said at least one transport device by activating said air bearings (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Aerofilm Systems B. V.
    Inventors: Arnold Jan Nicolaas Raymond M. Smit, Michael Ernst Cohen
  • Method and Transport Device for Transporting a Container or Pallet with Air Cargo
    Publication number: 20180201491
    Abstract: Method for transporting a container or pallet with cargo, wherein at least one transport device is used comprising a frame consisting of an elongate central member (11) and carrying beams (12), each carrying beam (12) extending perpendicular to the central member (11) in the same direction from a different end of the central member (11) thus forming a generally U-shaped frame, wherein in use said U-shaped frame extends in a generally horizontal orientation, said carrying beams being arranged to engage and carry a bottom part of a container or a pallet, wherein the bottom side of said frame is provided with a plurality of air bearings (13) arranged to lift said frame with said cargo from a flat floor surface, wherein a container or pallet to be transported is moved into or out of a vehicle at an transshipment location, wherein for transporting said container or pallet in or out of said vehicle said container or pallet is engaged and lifted by said at least one transport device by activating said air bearings (
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Arnold Jan Nicolaas Raymond M. Smit, Michael Ernst Cohen