Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Knauss

Hans-Peter Knauss 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: 5746291
    Abstract: A floor conveyor vehicle, particularly a stacker, has a brake device and an adjustable floor panel guided in the vertical direction by way of a device and is held in several working positions by a locking device. The floor panel is guided in the vertical direction by a lifting frame on a column arranged on one side of the vehicle. The floor panel is constructed as an operating plate for a parking brake and, with a pedal plate for a service brake, is swivellably linked to the lifting frame on axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Knauss, Hartmut Mayer, Bernhard Goetz
  • Patent number: 4604915
    Abstract: A drive system for a rotary-, pivot- and propelling-drive of a vehicle especially for an excavating machine with a planetary gear transmission and a brake installation that includes a brake disk with brake surfaces which are arranged between brake lamellae. A support of the brake lamellae takes place by way of teeth for the planet wheels of the transmission which are already present on the inside of the housing (in a ring gear) whereby the hub of the brake disk is axially displaceably retained in already present teeth of the sun gear of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Friedhelm Soffge, Hans-Peter Knauss