Patents by Inventor Bruno VAN WIJNGAARDEN

Bruno VAN WIJNGAARDEN 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).

  • System for storing products, method for using such a system as well as a central control unit arranged to be operative in such a system
    Patent number: 9701473
    Abstract: System for storing products, comprising a number of racks extending parallel to each other, wherein each rack is provided with storage positions for products located next to and above each other, a guide system comprising longitudinal guides extending in aisles between adjacent racks, and horizontal transverse guides extending transversely to the longitudinal guides as well as junctions at positions where at least one longitudinal guide and at least one transverse guide connect, carriages capable of autonomously travelling over the longitudinal guides, transverse guides and junctions for placing products in and/or taking products out the storage positions, and a central control unit arranged for digitally locking of longitudinal guides identified with an identification means and for controlling the autonomous carriages solely over the unlocked longitudinal guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: VANDERLANDE INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Renee Warries, Bruno Van Wijngaarden, Franciscus Maria Van Den Berk
  • SYSTEM FOR STORING PRODUCTS, METHOD FOR USING SUCH A SYSTEM AS WELL AS A CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT ARRANGED TO BE OPERATIVE IN SUCH A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170057744
    Abstract: System for storing products, comprising a number of racks extending parallel to each other, wherein each rack is provided with storage positions for products located next to and above each other, a guide system comprising longitudinal guides extending in aisles between adjacent racks, and horizontal transverse guides extending transversely to the longitudinal guides as well as junctions at positions where at least one longitudinal guide and at least one transverse guide connect, carriages capable of autonomously travelling over the longitudinal guides, transverse guides and junctions for placing products in and/or taking products out the storage positions, and a central control unit arranged for digitally locking of longitudinal guides identified with an identification means and for controlling the autonomous carriages solely over the unlocked longitudinal guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Marcel Renee WARRIES, Bruno VAN WIJNGAARDEN, Franciscus Maria VAN DEN BERK