Patents by Inventor Friedemann Kullmann

Friedemann Kullmann 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: 5954210
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transloading apparatus for transcontainers such as freight containers, interchangeable containers and semi-trailers including a crane trolley adapted to travel on a crane or portal, to which, by way of a lifting means, a load receiving means is fitted in a manner for raising and lowering.In order to enable the load receiving means to be guided and aligned more accurately in relation to the transcontainer, provision is made to connect to the load receiving apparatus two horizontally movable columns or lifting structures at a distance from one another which is fixed or can be adjusted in a defined manner and to render these vertically displaceable. Preferably each of the columns or each of the two lifting structures can be connected by way of a pendulum suspension to the load receiving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Friedemann Kullmann, Burkhard Mende, Andreas Baumann
  • Patent number: 5727702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transloading apparatus for transcontainers such as freight containers, interchangeable containers and semi-trailers including a crane trolley adapted to travel on a crane or portal, to which, by way of a lifting means, a load receiving means is fitted in a manner for raising and lowering.In order to enable the load receiving means to be guided and aligned more accurately in relation to the transcontainer, provision is made to connect to the load receiving apparatus two horizontally movable columns or lifting structures at a distance from one another which is fixed or can be adjusted in a defined manner and to reader these vertically displaceable. Preferably each of the columns or each of the two lifting structures can be connected by way of a pendulum suspension to the load receiving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Friedemann Kullmann, Burkhard Mende, Andreas Baumann