Patents by Inventor Hartwig Schnabel

Hartwig Schnabel 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).

  • Combination control grip for two-hand operation or guided-surface industrial trucks
    Patent number: 5361644
    Abstract: A control panel (24) of an industrial truck is provided, on two sides, with combination control grips (2a, 2b), which can both be rotated in the circumferential direction and deflected vertically, and on which control levers (45a, 45b) are arranged. Signal transmitters (51, 52), which can be operated by the fingers, and by means of which various types of movements of an internal load pickup means of the truck can be selected and can be preset as a set value for the control lever (45) of the respective opposite combination control grip (2), are integrated within the control levers (45a, 45b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Wagner Fordertechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Nedele, Hartwig Schnabel