Patents by Inventor Heiko Schulz

Heiko Schulz 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: 11940778
    Abstract: A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network includes: a) connecting a field device to an industrial system network; c) providing information about the field device, the information including functional information for the field device; d) utilizing the functional information for the field device to retrieve information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application; f) utilizing capability information relating to a field device type of the field device and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and g) downloading the parameter set to the field device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Roland Braun, Francisco Mendoza, Dirk Schulz, Heiko Koziolek, Andreas Burger
  • Patent number: 11524851
    Abstract: A system for transporting containers using heavy goods vehicles having a separate operating region in which the heavy goods vehicles can be operated includes at least one first lane for at least one external heavy goods vehicle, and at least one second lane for at least one internal heavy goods vehicle are reserved in the separate operating region. The heavy goods vehicles can be operated together in a mixed traffic situation, and the first and second lanes are each guided through a transition region of a handling unit of a storage region and each arranged laterally in relation tothe storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz
  • Patent number: 11338687
    Abstract: A charging station for a container transport vehicle includes a charging device and a contacting unit connected thereto, to establish a connection between the charging station and contacts of a rechargeable battery of a container transport vehicle for battery charging process. The charging station, including the contacting unit and the charging device, is designed as a mobile unit. The contacting unit and the charging device are arranged in a housing, and the housing has an opening through which the contacting unit can be moved for a charging process. Optionally, battery contacts and a funnel-shaped guide are provided, and the contacts are arranged near the guide such that a contacting unit of the charging station can be guided to the battery contacts, by the guide, for a battery charging process. The disclosure also relates to a system including a charging station and a container transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Stefan Aldejohann, Heinz Eichner
  • Patent number: 11269359
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for operating an automatically guided container transport vehicle that can be automatically guided during forward driving and during rearward driving. The transport vehicle includes a towing vehicle and a trailer with a loading surface for at least one container. The transport vehicle has a vehicle control system for controlling a steering system and a travel drive of the transport vehicle in such a way that the transport vehicle follows a nominal route. The nominal route is automatically pre-defined taking into account a trajectory of the transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz-Christoph Eichner, Mohammad Ahmadian
  • Patent number: 11247672
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle for containers has a vehicle controller for automatically driving and controlling the speed of the transportation vehicle. The transportation vehicle includes a sensor apparatus for object identification, with the sensor apparatus interacting with the vehicle controller such that a movement region of the transportation vehicle can be ascertained. The transportation vehicle is configured to come to a standstill within the movement region by a braking process during a braking time, and that a movement region of an object that is identified by the sensor apparatus can be ascertained, with the object being moved within the movement region during the braking time of the transportation vehicle, so that the permissible speed of the transportation vehicle can be automatically reduced by the vehicle controller, and so that the two movement regions do not touch after the reduction in the permissible speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz Eichner
  • Patent number: 11242229
    Abstract: An arrangement of a gantry lifting device for handling containers, in particular ISO containers, having a sensor device for the navigation of the gantry lifting device and having a clearance profile which is formed such that the gantry lifting device can move across a container, and of a row of spaced-apart marking elements such that the gantry lifting device can be moved along the row of marking elements by means of raster navigation, where the row of marking elements can be read by the sensor device of the gantry lifting device. The sensor device, in an operating position, is arranged outside the clearance profile on the gantry lifting device so as, in the operating position, to read the row of marking elements for the navigation of the gantry lifting device, where the row of marking elements is arranged next to the clearance profile of the gantry lifting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Stefan Aldejohann, Heinz-Christoph Eichner, Mohammad Ahmadian
  • Patent number: 11040839
    Abstract: A system for transporting containers using heavy goods vehicles which comprises a separate operating region in which the heavy goods vehicles can be operated, with at least one automated heavy goods vehicle and at least one manually driven heavy goods vehicle being operated together in a mixed traffic situation in the separate operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz Eichner
  • Publication number: 20200307924
    Abstract: A system for transporting containers using heavy goods vehicles having a separate operating region in which the heavy goods vehicles can be operated includes at least one first lane for at least one external heavy goods vehicle, and at least one second lane for at least one internal heavy goods vehicle are reserved in the separate operating region. The heavy goods vehicles can be operated together in a mixed traffic situation, and the first and second lanes are each guided through a transition region of a handling unit of a storage region and each arranged laterally in relation tothe storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz
  • Publication number: 20200156627
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle for containers has a vehicle controller for automatically driving and controlling the speed of the transportation vehicle. The transportation vehicle includes a sensor apparatus for object identification, with the sensor apparatus interacting with the vehicle controller such that a movement region of the transportation vehicle can be ascertained. The transportation vehicle is configured to come to a standstill within the movement region by a braking process during a braking time, and that a movement region of an object that is identified by the sensor apparatus can be ascertained, with the object being moved within the movement region during the braking time of the transportation vehicle, so that the permissible speed of the transportation vehicle can be automatically reduced by the vehicle controller, and so that the two movement regions do not touch after the reduction in the permissible speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz Eichner
  • Publication number: 20200150686
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for operating an automatically guided container transport vehicle that can be automatically guided during forward driving and during rearward driving. The transport vehicle includes a towing vehicle and a trailer with a loading surface for at least one container. The transport vehicle has a vehicle control system for controlling a steering system and a travel drive of the transport vehicle in such a way that the transport vehicle follows a nominal route. The nominal route is automatically pre-defined taking into account a trajectory of the transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz-Christoph Eichner, Mohammad Ahmadian
  • Patent number: 10644753
    Abstract: A method for producing, especially configuring, a system is provided, including a contact wire and an apparatus, and device for carrying out the method. The apparatus is able to be supplied with energy with the aid of the contact wire, and information is transmittable from and/or receivable by the apparatus via the contact wire. The contact wire has at least a first, second, fourth and fifth contact conductor that are connected to one respective connector element of the apparatus. The first and second contact conductors have one respective phase of the AC voltage supplying the apparatus. The fourth contact conductor is provided for transmitting information and the fifth contact conductor is provided for receiving information. One of the phases, thus especially the phase acting as signaling phase, is connected electrically to a first connector element, in particular, the first connector element is provided with a corresponding marking or identification when producing the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Schulz, Ronny Enenkel, Martin Bund, Claus Schöpfer
  • Publication number: 20200102162
    Abstract: A storage area for containers having at least one storage region arranged between two travel paths for the gantry crane, such that the gantry crane can be moved over the storage region on the travel paths, and where a transfer region is arranged between the travel paths at an end of the storage region pointing in the travel direction of the gantry crane, which can be reached by the gantry crane and a transport vehicle to transfer containers into and out of the storage area. An intermediate region is provided between the transfer region and the storage region; the transfer region and the intermediate region are designed and arranged such that a passage through the transfer region and travel in the intermediate region is possible for a transport vehicle, and the travel in the intermediate region is possible before or after the passage through the transfer region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz-Christoph Eichner
  • Publication number: 20200001733
    Abstract: A charging station for a container transport vehicle includes a charging device and a contacting unit connected thereto, to establish a connection between the charging station and contacts of a rechargeable battery of a container transport vehicle for battery charging process. The charging station, including the contacting unit and the charging device, is designed as a mobile unit. The contacting unit and the charging device are arranged in a housing, and the housing has an opening through which the contacting unit can be moved for a charging process. Optionally, battery contacts and a funnel-shaped guide are provided, and the contacts are arranged near the guide such that a contacting unit of the charging station can be guided to the battery contacts, by the guide, for a battery charging process. The disclosure also relates to a system including a charging station and a container transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Stefan Aldejohann, Heinz Eichner
  • Publication number: 20190248629
    Abstract: An arrangement of a gantry lifting device for handling containers, in particular ISO containers, having a sensor device for the navigation of the gantry lifting device and having a clearance profile which is formed such that the gantry lifting device can move across a container, and of a row of spaced-apart marking elements such that the gantry lifting device can be moved along the row of marking elements by means of raster navigation, where the row of marking elements can be read by the sensor device of the gantry lifting device. The sensor device, in an operating position, is arranged outside the clearance profile on the gantry lifting device so as, in the operating position, to read the row of marking elements for the navigation of the gantry lifting device, where the row of marking elements is arranged next to the clearance profile of the gantry lifting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Stefan Aldejohann, Heinz-Christoph Eichner, Mohammad Ahmadian
  • Publication number: 20190193959
    Abstract: A system for transporting containers using heavy goods vehicles which comprises a separate operating region in which the heavy goods vehicles can be operated, with at least one automated heavy goods vehicle and at least one manually driven heavy goods vehicle being operated together in a mixed traffic situation in the separate operating region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Phillipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz Eichner
  • Publication number: 20160200217
    Abstract: A method for producing, especially configuring, a system is provided, including a contact wire and an apparatus, and device for carrying out the method. The apparatus is able to be supplied with energy with the aid of the contact wire, and information is transmittable from and/or receivable by the apparatus via the contact wire. The contact wire has at least a first, second, fourth and fifth contact conductor that are connected to one respective connector element of the apparatus. The first and second contact conductors have one respective phase of the AC voltage supplying the apparatus. The fourth contact conductor is provided for transmitting information and the fifth contact conductor is provided for receiving information. One of the phases, thus especially the phase acting as signaling phase, is connected electrically to a first connector element, in particular, the first connector element is provided with a corresponding marking or identification when producing the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Heiko Schulz, Ronny Enenkel, Martin Bund, Claus Schöpfer
  • Patent number: 9217431
    Abstract: A vane cell pump having an over vane pump associated with a first consumer and an under vane pump including an under vane pressure area and an under vane suction area which is connected to the over vane pump. The under vane pressure area is separated from the under vane suction area and is associated with a second consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ixetic Bad Homburg GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Schulz-Andres, Christian Böhm
  • Patent number: 8965615
    Abstract: A method for operating a floor-bound heavy-duty transportation vehicle that can be displaced on rubber tires, such as a heavy-duty transportation vehicle that may be operated without a driver, comprising an electric drive having at least two electric motors. In order to improve the overall efficiency of the electric drive of a floor-bound heavy-duty transportation vehicle, the at least two electric motors are operated using optimized variables by a drive control and according to the operational conditions of the heavy-duty transportation vehicle and its performance requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Terex MHPS GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Brandenstein, Uwe Brucherseifer, Branislav Lalik, Heiko Schulz
  • Publication number: 20130204475
    Abstract: A method for operating a floor-bound heavy-duty transportation vehicle that can be displaced on rubber tires, such as a heavy-duty transportation vehicle that may be operated without a driver, comprising an electric drive having at least two electric motors. In order to improve the overall efficiency of the electric drive of a floor-bound heavy-duty transportation vehicle, the at least two electric motors are operated using optimized variables by a drive control and according to the operational conditions of the heavy-duty transportation vehicle and its performance requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: GOTTWALD PORT TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Brandenstein, Uwe Brucherseifer, Branislav Lalik, Heiko Schulz
  • Patent number: 8425204
    Abstract: Pump, for example for pumping lubricating oil in an internal combustion engine, more particularly a multi-stroke vane cell pump, with a rotor and vanes which can slide at least radially in rotor slots and have vane heads that slide along a stroke contour, the stroke contour having a radial outlet that can be closed by a valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: LuK Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Schulz-Andres, Dirk Kamarys, Kornelia Frowein