Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Harder

Emmanuel Harder 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).

  • Patent number: 12280951
    Abstract: A warehouse management system is provided for controlling a picking operation with at least one order picking trolley for storing items of a set of picking orders, at least one storage unit with storage areas for storing the items, and with at least one access station for accessing the items by an order picker. The order picking trolley and the access station are each provided with an eye-catching transmitter and at least one of the eye-catching transmitters has a display area (37, 55) with a remotely switchable color. The warehouse management system is configured to automatically switch the color of the at least one remotely switchable eye-catching transmitter to the color of the other eye-catching transmitter when it has been detected that the item is positioned ready for access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: KARDEX PRODUKTION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Emmanuel Harder
  • Patent number: 11999567
    Abstract: The invention refers to a picking device, in particular a storage lift, comprising at least one removal point for storage products and/or storage products carriers. In order to increase the efficiency of the operation of a picking device, it is provided according to the invention that the picking device is connected to at least one remaining time calculating device with which the remaining time until the arrival of a storage product and/or storage product carrier transported in the picking device at the at least one removal point can be calculated, wherein the picking device has at least one display device on which an image that represents the remaining time can be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KARDEX PRODUKTION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Jungbluth, Emmanuel Harder, Pavel Kraus, Bohumil Tejnicky
  • Publication number: 20220144545
    Abstract: The invention refers to a warehouse management system (6), an order picking and warehouse system (1) as well as an order picking method and a computer program product (77).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Emmanuel Harder
  • Publication number: 20200307910
    Abstract: The invention refers to a picking device, in particular a storage lift, comprising at least one removal point for storage products and/or storage products carriers. In order to increase the efficiency of the operation of a picking device, it is provided according to the invention that the picking device is connected to at least one remaining time calculating device with which the remaining time until the arrival of a storage product and/or storage product carrier transported in the picking device at the at least one removal point can be calculated, wherein the picking device has at least one display device on which an image that represents the remaining time can be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Volker Jungbluth, Emmanuel Harder, Pavel Kraus, Bohumil Tejnicky