Patents by Inventor Edgar Wahnemuehl

Edgar Wahnemuehl 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).

  • Seat deck assembly or compartment cover for a materials handling vehicle
    Patent number: 7871117
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a main body, a seat deck assembly including an operator seat, and structure for movably mounting the seat deck assembly to the main body. The seat deck assembly moves relative to the main body along a varying radius path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Berger, Michael P. Gallagher, John P. Jones, Thornton K. Lothrop, Donald E. Luebrecht, Rainer B. Teufel, Juergen Buchmann, Edgar Wahnemuehl
  • SEAT DECK ASSEMBLY OR COMPARTMENT COVER FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20070261908
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a main body, a seat deck assembly including an operator seat, and structure for movably mounting the seat deck assembly to the main body. The seat deck assembly moves relative to the main body along a varying radius path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Berger, Michael Gallagher, John Jones, Thornton Lothrop, Donald Luebrecht, Rainer Teufel, Juergen Buchmann, Edgar Wahnemuehl
  • Self-locking latch for vehicle panel members
    Patent number: 3976157
    Abstract: Self-locking latch device especially for hood and side panels of industrial trucks having a lock bolt and an adjustable spring loaded latch cooperable therewith to automatically engage and lock the latch to bolt in closing of the hood or side panel, while requiring manual actuation of latch to disengage and open the latter. The device is constructed to self-lock with an increasing force as any unintended force tending to open the latch increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventor: Edgar Wahnemuehl
  • Wheel drive mechanism
    Patent number: 3954026
    Abstract: A single wheel drive mechanism wherein the drive motor is mounted on a vehicle support member and has its output shaft axially aligned with a driving shaft that is journaled in a gear box housing that is also attached to the support member, with a rotary gear case being rotatably mounted on a stationary spindle extending outwardly from the gear box housing, said gear case including an internal ring gear that is in mesh with gear means rotatably journaled in the gear box housing and which is also in mesh with a drive gear on the driving shaft. A friction brake means is interposed between the support member and the gear box housing, with a rotatable member thereof also serving as the coupling means between the drive shaft and the motor output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Udo Rittmann, Edgar Wahnemuehl
  • Seat deck assembly or compartment cover for a materials handling vehicle
    Patent number: RE44700
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a main body, a seat deck assembly including an operator seat, and structure for movably mounting the seat deck assembly to the main body. The seat deck assembly moves relative to the main body along a varying radius path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan R. Berger, Michael P. Gallagher, John P. Jones, Thornton K. Lothrop, Donald E. Luebrecht, Rainer B. Teufel, Juergen Buchmann, Edgar Wahnemuehl