Patents by Inventor Bastiaan Dirk De Gier

Bastiaan Dirk De Gier 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).

  • Robotic vehicle, system therewith and use thereof
    Patent number: 11634165
    Abstract: Robotic vehicle and use thereof for displacing a holder for goods, which is for instance loaded with goods, which vehicle can be operated in an empty position and a loaded position, comprising of (1) moving the robotic vehicle to a position under the holder in a first direction, wherein the robotic vehicle is in the empty position, wherein a holding means is countersunk in a body of the vehicle; (2) lifting the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle lifts the holder by performing a vertical movement of the holding means relative to the wheels of the vehicle, such that the holding means comes into contact with an underside of the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle transfers to the loaded position; (3) rotating driven wheels of the robotic vehicle from the first direction to the second direction without the body of the vehicle being rotated, and (4) displacing the robotic vehicle in the loaded position in a second direction, wherein the first and second direction enclose a mutual angle of between 60 and 120 degre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Eurotec B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Bakker, Bastiaan Dirk De Gier, Jacobus Van Den Berg, Jeroen Van Den Berg
  • ROBOTIC VEHICLE, SYSTEM THEREWITH AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200172139
    Abstract: Robotic vehicle and use thereof for displacing a holder for goods, which is for instance loaded with goods, which vehicle can be operated in an empty position and a loaded position, comprising of (1) moving the robotic vehicle to a position under the holder in a first direction, wherein the robotic vehicle is in the empty position, wherein a holding means is countersunk in a body of the vehicle; (2) lifting the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle lifts the holder by performing a vertical movement of the holding means relative to the wheels of the vehicle, such that the holding means comes into contact with an underside of the holder, wherein the robotic vehicle transfers to the loaded position; (3) rotating driven wheels of the robotic vehicle from the first direction to the second direction without the body of the vehicle being rotated, and (4) displacing the robotic vehicle in the loaded position in a second direction, wherein the first and second direction enclose a mutual angle of between 60 and 120 degre
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Bakker, Bastiaan Dirk De Gier, Jacobus Van Den Berg, Jeroen Van Den Ber