Patents by Inventor Carsten Heide

Carsten Heide 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: 20230045611
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for traffic routing of transportation means in a high-bay warehouse, comprising at least two storage levels, at least one level of transport with at least one option for a transportation means for accessing and/or leaving the level of transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: AMOVA GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Johannes VAN DER MEER, Patrick BOL, Volker BRÜCK, Carsten HEIDE, Bernd KLEIN
  • Publication number: 20230002175
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for storing standardized storage goods in a high-bay warehouse and to the transfer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: AMOVA GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Johannes VAN DER MEER, Patrick BOL, Volker BRÜCK, Carsten HEIDE, Bernd KLEIN
  • Patent number: 11273984
    Abstract: Containers can be stored, retrieved, or moved in multilevel storage racks of a transfer facility by storage and retrieval units that can travel in aisles extending parallel to respective rows of compartments of storage units of the multilevel storage rack that, for longitudinal side storage of the containers, has a plurality of storage units of a depth corresponding to a container width that are consecutively arranged in rows longitudinally of the containers along one aisle side and are each separated transversely by one aisle. The storage and retrieval units can move back forth in the aisles and have raisable and lowerable telescopic grabs that can be extended and retracted transversely to the aisles for suspending a container. Corners supports in each of the compartments support the containers only at corners of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SMS LOGISTIKSYSTEME
    Inventors: Carsten Heide, Volker Brueck, Michel Bannert
  • Publication number: 20210188572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport and handover system for storing and removing or relocating storage goods (1) in high-bay warehouses (2), in particular in a transshipment facility of a seaport or inland port for the storage of standard containers, wherein the high-bay warehouse (2) consists of an arbitrary number of warehouse modules (10), which are arranged next to each other in the longitudinal direction and in the width direction of the high-bay warehouse (2) extending transversely to the longitudinal direction and which have a plurality of rack compartments (12) lying one over the other in the vertical direction, said warehouse modules being separated from each other by aisles (11) extending parallel to the storing and removal sides of the rack compartments (12) or warehouse modules (10), wherein at least one storage and retrieval machine (19) that can move back and forth is provided in each aisle (11) for transporting and storing and removing or relocating the storage goods (1), and a storage and ret
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Carsten HEIDE, Volker BRUECK
  • Publication number: 20210047114
    Abstract: Containers can be stored, retrieved, or moved in multilevel storage racks of a transfer facility by storage and retrieval units that can travel in aisles extending parallel to respective rows of compartments of storage units of the multilevel storage rack that, for longitudinal side storage of the containers, has a plurality of storage units of a depth corresponding to a container width that are consecutively arranged in rows longitudinally of the containers along one aisle side and are each separated transversely by one aisle. The storage and retrieval units can move back forth in the aisles and have raisable and lowerable telescopic grabs that can be extended and retracted transversely to the aisles for suspending a container. Corners supports in each of the compartments support the containers only at corners of the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Carsten Heide, Volker Brueck, Michel Bannert
  • Patent number: 10882693
    Abstract: A high-bay warehouse for metal coils includes a plurality of storage modules. The storage modules are lined up in longitudinal rows and transverse in the depth directions thereof. The storage modules have a plurality of compartments arranged one above the other. Storage modules are separated by aisles extending parallel to a storage and retrieval sides of the storage modules. At least one storage-and-retrieval unit, which can be displaced back and forth, is provided in each aisle. The storage-and-retrieval units have a frame. On vertical uprights of the frame a lifting bridge is formed with at least one telescopic holder, which can be moved in and out in an orthogonally relative to the aisle. The storage-and-retrieval unit, on its at least one telescopic holder, has a C-shaped carrying which, beneath the telescopic holder, has a horizontally running pin which can be moved into a middle opening of the respective coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AMOVA GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Heide, Volker Brück
  • Patent number: 10500622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil transport pallet (8) for transporting a wound coil (6), with a support device (35) for temporarily supporting the wound coil (6), with a coupling unit (40) for coupling to a coil transport vehicle (11) and/or with rolling and/or sliding surfaces (29) for interaction with a ground conveyor device (15), wherein the coil transport pallet (8) has a through-opening (50) for guiding a pressing element (51) of a pressing mechanism (52) therethrough, for pressing at least one winding layer (49) and/or winding layer end (78) against the wound coil (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fuchs, Helmut Hoefer, Andreas Kastner, Carsten Heide, Martin Luebke, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20190135539
    Abstract: A high-bay warehouse for metal coils includes a plurality of storage modules. The storage modules are lined up in longitudinal rows and transverse in the depth directions thereof. The storage modules have a plurality of compartments arranged one above the other. Storage modules are separated by aisles extending parallel to a storage and retrieval sides of the storage modules. At least one storage-and-retrieval unit, which can be displaced back and forth, is provided in each aisle. The storage-and-retrieval units have a frame. On vertical uprights of the frame a lifting bridge is formed with at least one telescopic holder, which can be moved in and out in an orthogonally relative to the aisle. The storage-and-retrieval unit, on its at least one telescopic holder, has a C-shaped carrying which, beneath the telescopic holder, has a horizontally running pin which can be moved into a middle opening of the respective coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: AMOVA GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Heide, Volker Brück
  • Patent number: 10155633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a container transfer installation (2, 102) for placing containers into and removing containers from or transferring containers (1) in high-rack or block storage arcs (3, 15) of a seaport or inland port within a container transfer installation (2, 102) having an integrated, fully automatic container transport system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: AMOVA GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Heide, Volker Brueck, Michel Bannert
  • Publication number: 20180354010
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil transport pallet (8) for transporting a wound coil (6), with a support device (35) for temporarily supporting the wound coil (6), with a coupling unit (40) for coupling to a coil transport vehicle (11) and/or with rolling and/or sliding surfaces (29) for interaction with a ground conveyor device (15), wherein the coil transport pallet (8) has a through-opening (50) for guiding a pressing element (51) of a pressing mechanism (52) therethrough, for pressing at least one winding layer (49) and/or winding layer end (78) against the wound coil (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fuchs, Helmut Hoefer, Andreas Kastner, Carsten Heide, Martin Luebke, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20180002119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a container transfer installation (2, 102) for placing containers into and removing containers from or transferring containers (1) in high-rack or block storage arcs (3, 15) of a seaport or inland port within a container transfer installation (2, 102) having an integrated, fully automatic container transport system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Carsten HEIDE, Volker BRUECK, Michel BANNERT
  • Publication number: 20160347543
    Abstract: A method for storing and retrieving or shifting containers (4, 34) in high-bay warehouses (1) of a transfer facility, in particular of a sea port or inland port, wherein the containers (4, 34) are transported, and stored and retrieved or shifted, by storage-and-retrieval units (7) which can be displaced in aisles (6) extending parallel to compartments (3) of the high-bay warehouse (1), said compartments being arranged on a number of levels in storage modules (2). The intention is to create, for such a high-bay warehouse (1), a method and an apparatus which reduce usage of transporting means and, with the high-hay warehouse (1) being of narrow construction, make it possible for any individual container (4, 34) to be accessed even by floor-going stackers (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Carsten HEIDE, Volker BRUECK, Michél BANNERT
  • Patent number: 9403253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for handling slabs (2a, 2b), produced in particular by continuous casting, the surfaces of which are ground before they are rolled in a rolling train, wherein the slab, lying on a reversible grinding table (12a, 12b), is moved back and forth under a grinding unit, arranged in a machining cell, of a grinding machine unit (I, II), the grinding table is moved linearly out of the machining cell after the grinding operation has been performed on one surface, the slab is lifted off the grinding table and fed to a turning device, wherein, after turning, the slab is removed from the turning device and, with an unworked, other surface lying uppermost, is brought onto the grinding table, which is then introduced once again into the machining cell for the working of this surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SMS LOGISTIKSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventor: Carsten Heide
  • Patent number: 9346090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for depositing a metal coil (200) on two stationary support points (110-1; 110-2). In order to be able to deposit even metal coils that have high internal residual stress in a stable manner on the two support points, according to the invention, a third support point (140) is pivoted against the outer circumference of the metal coil (200) if needed).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Patent number: 9289809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for handling a metal strip. The device comprises a coiling device (110) with a coiling mandrel (112) for winding the metal strip to form a coil (200) on the coiling mandrel and a coil stripper car (120) with supports (124) for receiving the coil (200) from the coiling mandrel and removing the coil from the coiling device (110). In order to additionally secure the metal strip in the coiling device during the transfer from the coiling mandrel onto the coil stripper care and during a transport by means of the coil stripper car, a first hold-down arm (130) is provided for exerting a first hold-down force (F1) onto the outer circumference of the coil (200) in order to press the coil onto the supports of the coil stripper car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Patent number: 8555476
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for depositing a metal coil (200) on two support points (110-1; 110-2). In order to avoid risks, in particular instability, while depositing metal coils having high residual stress, according to the invention the risk of an unstable position of equilibrium is checked, if a change in the relative position of the two support points (110-1; 110-2) with respect to one another is foreseeable, it is carried out such that the metal coil (200) comes to rest on both support points at least approximately in a stable position of equilibrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20130256439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for handling a metal strip. The device comprises a coiling device (110) with a coiling mandrel (112) for winding the metal strip to form a coil (200) on the coiling mandrel and a coil stripper car (120) with supports (124) for receiving the coil (200) from the coiling mandrel and removing the coil from the coiling device (110). In order to additionally secure the metal strip in the coiling device during the transfer from the coiling mandrel onto the coil stripper care and during a transport by means of the coil stripper car, a first hold-down arm (130) is provided for exerting a first hold-down force (F1) onto the outer circumference of the coil (200) in order to press the coil onto the supports of the coil stripper car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20130075517
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for depositing a metal coil (200) on two support points (110-1; 110-2). In order to avoid risks, in particular instability, while depositing metal coils having high residual stress, according to the invention the risk of an unstable position of equilibrium is checked, if a change in the relative position of the two support points (110-1; 110-2) with respect to one another is foreseeable, it is carried out such that the metal coil (200) comes to rest on both support points at least approximately in a stable position of equilibrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20130071223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for depositing a metal coil (200) on two stationary support points (110-1; 110-2). In order to be able to deposit even metal coils that have high internal residual stress in a stable manner on the two support points, according to the invention, a third support point (140) is pivoted against the outer circumference of the metal coil (200) if needed).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20120283493
    Abstract: An integrated method for production of fuels, fuel additives, or chemicals in a biorefinery by the conversion of cellulosic materials is disclosed herein. The method is based on converting a source of C6 sugar into a mixture of hydrotreated compounds. Embodiments of the method can be highly integrated, with reagents for particular steps being provided by other steps of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Edwin S. Olson, Carsten Heide