Patents by Inventor Gottfried Klinger

Gottfried Klinger 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).

  • System for monitoring the course and for controlling the braking of a freely movable vehicle, particularly an inductively steered vehicle, and vehicle with such a system
    Patent number: 4437533
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the course and braking means of a vehicle are provided, which is freely movable and particularly inductively steered. The vehicles comprise drive means and at least one steerable driven wheel, braking means, and a sensor for scanning a guideline. The system comprises an arrangement (25, 27), in which an emergency braking operation for stopping the vehicle within an emergency stopping distance is generated in dependence on a signal which corresponds to the angle between the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the guideline, and another signal, which corresponds to the lateral departure of the longitudinal center line of the vehicle adjacent to the sensor from the guideline. The emergency stopping distance is shorter than the distance which the vehicle would travel to collide with an obstacle. Limiting values for a maximum or changing steering angle, the contour of the vehicle, the speed of travel and the braking distance under maximum load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Firma Jungheinrich Unternehmensuerwaltung KG
    Inventors: Hartwig Bierkarre, Gottfried Klinger, Jurgen Radeloff, Bernd-Hendrik Rust