Patents by Inventor Benedikt Kieser

Benedikt Kieser 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).

  • Publication number: 20220363392
    Abstract: A control device for a cargo loading system on a cargo deck of a cargo aircraft. The control device includes a plurality of selection switch elements each for selecting a loading configuration from a plurality of possible loading configurations, at least one first indicator device, comprising a display for outputting an at least partial depiction of the cargo deck, at least one second indicator device to be arranged (directly) on the cargo deck, in particular on system components of the cargo loading system, and a computing unit. The computing unit is configured to: a) determine a selected loading configuration based on signals from at least some of the selection switch elements; b) using the selected loading configuration, determine an identification region on the cargo deck and/or an identification selection of system components; and c) visualize the identification region and/or the identification selection using the first indicator device and the second indicator device (simultaneously).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Benedikt KIESER, Marcos MENGUAL HINOJOSA, Matthias URCH
  • Publication number: 20120275485
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cargo deck for a cargo hold of an aircraft, comprising at least one temperature measuring device for non-contacting measurement of the temperature of a container, a pallet or a similar unit load device (ULD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Telair International GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Holzner, Benedikt Kieser, Martin Schmidseder, Thomas Huber
  • Patent number: 6867702
    Abstract: A freight-loading system in a cargo hold of an aircraft is provided that offers enhanced operating safety. The freight-loading system comprises a plurality of power drive units (PDUs), which can be actuated by control signals in such a way that items of freight can be maneuvered into or out of the cargo hold as well as within it. The power drive units (PDUs) are connected by control leads to control panels for actuation by personnel. A control maintenance computer (CMC) is provided and connected to the power drive units (PDUs) and the control panels, and is so designed that status information from the power drive units (PDUs) and the control panels can be read out, and that the power drive units (PDUs) and/or the control panels are controllable by the control maintenance computer (CMC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Telair International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Benedikt Kieser, Matthias Urch, Thomas Perreiter, Stefan Auer
  • Publication number: 20030179079
    Abstract: A freight-loading system in a cargo hold of an aircraft is provided that offers enhanced operating safety. The freight-loading system comprises a plurality of power drive units (PDUs), which can be actuated by control signals in such a way that items of freight can be maneuvered into or out of the cargo hold as well as within it. The power drive units (PDUs) are connected by control leads to control panels for actuation by personnel. A control maintenance computer (CMC) is provided and connected to the power drive units (PDUs) and the control panels, and is so designed that status information from the power drive units (PDUs) and the control panels can be read out, and that the power drive units (PDUs) and/or the control panels are controllable by the control maintenance computer (CMC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: TELAIR INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Benedikt Kieser, Matthias Urch, Thomas Perreiter, Stefan Auer
  • Patent number: 6340085
    Abstract: A roller drive unit is provided for an air freight system in an aircraft and comprises a drive roller that can be retracted and raised in order to transport freight containers in various directions. Unlike conventional roller drive units of this type which are only capable of conveying freight containers in forward or backward directions, the roller drive unit of the present invention is adapted to convey freight containers in any desired direction. To this end the roller drive unit comprises a substantially annular fixing device for attachment of the roller drive unit to the floor of a cargo hold and, in a preferably flush relationship thereto, a carrier device for the drive roller. The carrier device can be rotated about an axis perpendicular to the floor of the cargo hold, i.e. about at vertical axis, relative to the fixing device to enable the freight container to be transported in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Telair International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Martin Dürrwächter, Matthias Urch, Benedikt Kieser
  • Patent number: 6254033
    Abstract: A roller drive unit for use in the transportation of freight containers in the hold of an aircraft. The unit comprises a drive roller, which can be retracted and which can be raised into an operating position by an electric motor, for engagement with a freight container to be transported. Sensors are distributed in a ring around the drive roller so as to be able to monitor the direction of movement of a freight container approaching the roller drive unit. A controller is connected to the sensors and to the electric motor in order that the drive roller can be raised out of its lower, retracted position into an upper, operating position or conversely, according to the signals received by the controller means from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Telair International GmbH Obere Tiefenbachstrasse
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Martin Dürrwaechter, Matthias Urch, Benedikt Kieser
  • Patent number: 6135269
    Abstract: A drive roller unit is provided for use in a roller drive unit for the conveyance of objects on the freight deck of an aircraft. The drive roller unit comprises a drive motor to drive a drive roller which, when in an operating position, can be brought into frictional engagement with the bottom of an object to be conveyed. A lifting mechanism with a lifting motor is used to raise the drive roller from a retracted, resting position into the raised, operating position. A control apparatus controls operation of the drive motor and the lifting motor. A differential velocity measuring means is also provided for measuring a difference between a velocity of the drive roller and a velocity of said object being conveyed to determine a slippage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Telair International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Martin Durrwaechter, Matthias Urch, Benedikt Kieser