Patents by Inventor Heinz Eichner

Heinz Eichner 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 5194334
    Abstract: The use of molding compositions based on unsaturated polyester resins containing specific reactive groups and of sheet metals with a specially selected coating results in sheet metal/duroplast composite elements having excellent adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: DSM N.V.
    Inventors: Walter Uerdingen, Bert Brassat, Karl-Ludwig Noble, Bernhard Hess, Heino Muller, Heinz Eichner