Patents by Inventor Gunther Lukas

Gunther Lukas 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: 7909559
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for operating storage units. The inventive system enables quick storage and removal therefrom and exhibits an optimum redundancy capacity. In order to counteract shortfalls in individual shelf operation devices, the inventive load receiving means acts as a support for a system for operating storage units, especially high shelf storage units, comprising means for mechanical connection to shelf unit, a lift device and a device arranged thereon for the transversal movement of loads, whereby the means for connection to a shelf unit has an electric drive unit with a pinion gear, driving a toothed rack and the toothed rack is arranged and embodied in such a way that when the pinion gear is rotated said toothed rack moves laterally outside the load receiving means, and the toothed racks are respectively provided with means which protrude from the ends thereof above the load receiving means, engaging into corresponding receiving devices on the shelf units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Westfalia Intralogistic GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Lukas, Arnold Krusche, Anton Hafeneder
  • Publication number: 20060239801
    Abstract: A system for the dynamical providing of storing units with goods contained therein consists at least of: a storage area consisting of at least one rack module composed of at least two rack plates separated from each other by an alley, for storing the storing units in rack shelves; a floor-bound transport system with at least one vehicle; a store feeding system working floor-free and comprising at least one storing device that is designed and suited to take storing units with goods out of the rack shelves and to transport same above a driving track of said at least one vehicle in hanging to at least one commissioning shelf for the floor-bound transport system and, as the case may be, to transport other storing units back from this commissioning shelf; a control system that is designed such that it collects at least the occupancy data of the storing places and the movement and/or position data of the floor-bound vehicles and of the floor-free storing devices and that, by using this information, coordinates and
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: KRUSCHE, LAGERTECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Timm Gudehus, Gunther Lukas
  • Patent number: 6962091
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a system and a method which surmounts the problems of prior art. According to the inventive system and method for measuring horizontal deviation of a load receiving element in relation to a position of a hoist traveling trolley, the load receiving element is suspendedly arranged on a plurality of supporting cables on the hoist traveling trolley and least two cable length sensors are provided, the sensors being operatively connected to a data processing device, preferably a processor. The cables of the at least two cable length sensors are disposed between the hoist traveling trolley and the load receiving element in such a way that a computer unit which is connected to the data processing device determines the horizontal deviation of the load receiving element in relation to the position of the hoist traveling trolley for the length of the respective cables of the cable length sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Krusche Lagertechnik AG
    Inventor: Gunther Lukas
  • Publication number: 20040149056
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a system and a method which surmounts the problems of prior art. According to the inventive system and method for measuring horizontal deviation of a load receiving element in relation to a position of a hoist traveling trolley, the load receiving element is suspendedly arranged on a plurality of supporting cables on said hoist traveling trolley and least two cable length sensors are provided, said sensors being operatively connected to a data processing means, preferably a processor. The cables of the at least two cable length sensors are disposed between the hoist traveling trolley and the load receiving element in such a way that a computer unit which is connected to the data processing means determines the horizontal deviation of the load receiving element in relation to the position of the hoist traveling trolley for the length of the respective cables of the cable length sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Gunther Lukas