Patents by Inventor Christoph Babel

Christoph Babel 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: 20230127122
    Abstract: An industrial truck including a drive frame, a load frame liftable with respect to the drive frame, a drive frame cover at least partly covering the drive frame, and a load frame cover at least partly covering the load frame. The drive frame cover includes a curved portion overlapping a load frame cover. The curved portion includes a curvature aligned with a curved movement path of the load frame cover with respect to the drive frame cover. A cover system including a first cover provided for at least partly covering a first part of an industrial truck, and a second cover provided for at least partly covering a second part of the industrial truck and movable with respect to the first part. The first cover includes a curved portion overlapping the second cover. The curved portion includes a curvature aligned with a curved movement path of the second cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christoph Babel
  • Publication number: 20220340402
    Abstract: A tiller head for an industrial truck is shown which comprises a central portion, a left handle portion that is attached to a left side of the central portion and a right handle portion that is attached to a right side of the central portion, which is opposite to its left side, and an actuating element. The handle portions and the central portion define a front side of the tiller head and a back side of the tiller head, which is opposite to its front side. The front side of the tiller head and the back side of the tiller head extend transverse to the left side of the central portion and the right side of the central portion. The actuating element has an operable front surface and an operable back surface, and the actuating element is mounted to a front side of the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Roland Müller, Luying Sun, Christoph Babel
  • Publication number: 20220024739
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a power unit supported on wheels, and a mast assembly supported on the power unit. The mast assembly includes four or more telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement relative to the mast assembly and includes a front wall defining a side of the operator compartment adjacent to the mast assembly. The laterally spaced rails have a height that is generally equal to the height of the front wall. A dash is located adjacent to the operator compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: James V. Kraimer, Christoph Babel
  • Patent number: 11167968
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a power unit supported on wheels, and a mast assembly supported on the power unit. The mast assembly includes four or more telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement relative to the mast assembly and includes a front wall defining a side of the operator compartment adjacent to the mast assembly. The laterally spaced rails have a height that is generally equal to the height of the front wall. A dash is located adjacent to the operator compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James V. Kraimer, Christoph Babel
  • Patent number: 11046564
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a mast assembly supported on a power unit. The mast assembly includes plural telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement, and a dash is located forward of the operator compartment and includes a substantially horizontal support surface for packages. At least one control device is associated with the dash for operation by an operator standing on the operator compartment. A transparent window defines a portion of the horizontal support surface and provides the operator with a view of a floor surface when the operator compartment is in an elevated position such that the operator does not need to move his head outside the perimeter of the vehicle when looking down. When the mast assembly is in a collapsed position the mast assembly is no higher than the horizontal support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James V. Kraimer, Christoph Babel
  • Publication number: 20190263646
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a power unit supported on wheels, and a mast assembly supported on the power unit. The mast assembly includes four or more telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement relative to the mast assembly and includes a front wall defining a side of the operator compartment adjacent to the mast assembly. The laterally spaced rails have a height that is generally equal to the height of the front wall. A dash is located adjacent to the operator compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: James V. Kraimer, Christoph Babel
  • Patent number: 10301156
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a power unit supported on wheels, and a mast assembly supported on the power unit. The mast assembly includes four or more telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement relative to the mast assembly and includes a front wall defining a side of the operator compartment adjacent to the mast assembly. The laterally spaced rails have a height that is generally equal to the height of the front wall. A dash is located adjacent to the operator compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James V. Kraimer, Christoph Babel
  • Patent number: 10252683
    Abstract: A mounting bar assembly mounted to a materials handling vehicle includes a mounting bar extending from a body portion of the materials handling vehicle, a housing mounted to the mounting bar and supporting at least one electronic device, and cabling that extends to the housing through a hollow interior portion defined within the mounting bar. The mounting bar assembly further includes cabling for providing communication between the at least one electronic device and control structure of the vehicle. The housing is mounted to the mounting bar such that the housing can be situated in a plurality of positions along at least a portion of the length of the mounting bar while the cabling is maintained within the hollow interior portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Molnar, Christoph Babel, James V. Kraimer, Michael P. Gallagher, Peter Adelsperger, Marc Voelke, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 10053346
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle includes a frame defining a main structural component of the vehicle, a load handling assembly, and an operator's compartment provided within the frame. The operator's compartment includes a control module including structure for controlling at least one vehicle function. The control module may include a fin-shaped handhold element extending generally vertically upward from an upper surface defined by the upper surface. The fin-shaped handhold element may include structure for controlling at least one vehicle function. Further, a moveable palm rest may be provided to allow an operator to position their hand at a desired position relative to the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James V. Kraimer
  • Publication number: 20180141796
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a power unit supported on wheels, and a mast assembly supported on the power unit. The mast assembly includes four or more telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement relative to the mast assembly and includes a front wall defining a side of the operator compartment adjacent to the mast assembly. The laterally spaced rails have a height that is generally equal to the height of the front wall. A dash is located adjacent to the operator compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: James V. Kraimer, Christoph Babel
  • Patent number: D830033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, Christian Molnar, James Kraimer
  • Patent number: D907883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D930939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D930941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D930942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D930943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D930944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D930945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Patent number: D1010971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Luying Sun, Alexander Quednau, Christoph Babel, Bruce Xia
  • Patent number: D1017946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Luying Sun, Alexander Quednau, Christoph Babel, Bruce Xia