Patents by Inventor Eric Van Gorp

Eric Van Gorp 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).

  • Port lift beam system
    Patent number: 10294044
    Abstract: A system for handling shipping containers includes first and second lifting beams and first and second holding beams. The system further includes a plurality of vertical beams wherein the plurality of vertical beams support the first and second lifting beams and the first and second holding beams. In the system, first and second pluralities of lifting shoes are disposed respectively on each of the first and second lifting beams while first and second pluralities of holding shoes are disposed respectively on each of the first and second holding beams. The system also has a hoisting mechanism that raises and lowers the first and second lifting beams, and the first and second lifting beams, the first and second holding beams, the plurality of vertical beams, and the hoisting mechanism are arranged to form a lift beam system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Mi-Jack Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Lanigan, Sr., Myron Glickman, Ralph Swanson, Eric Van Gorp, Martin Conneally
  • Port Lift Beam System
    Publication number: 20180086577
    Abstract: A system for handling shipping containers includes first and second lifting beams and first and second holding beams. The system further includes a plurality of vertical beams wherein the plurality of vertical beams support the first and second lifting beams and the first and second holding beams. In the system, first and second pluralities of lifting shoes are disposed respectively on each of the first and second lifting beams while first and second pluralities of holding shoes are disposed respectively on each of the first and second holding beams. The system also has a hoisting mechanism that raises and lowers the first and second lifting beams, and the first and second lifting beams, the first and second holding beams, the plurality of vertical beams, and the hoisting mechanism are arranged to form a lift beam system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: John J. Lanigan, SR., Myron Glickman, Ralph Swanson, Eric Van Gorp, Martin Conneally
  • UNIFORM FOOTPRINT MULTI-WHEEL END TRUCK FOR A CRANE
    Publication number: 20160332846
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a supporting truck for a crane comprises a load bearing member and a frame rigidly coupled to the load bearing member. A plurality of substantially equally spaced and substantially equally sized wheels is rigidly journaled in the frame at substantially equal heights such that the wheels have a single degree of freedom comprising rotational movement with respect to the frame and the load bearing member. The load bearing member and the frame have a moment of inertia of at least a particular value to cause the wheels to experience substantially equal loading by forces applied to the load bearing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: John J. Lanigan, Sr., Michael Wisniewski, Robert P. Marcinski, Eric Van Gorp