Patents by Inventor Ingo KUHLENKAMP

Ingo KUHLENKAMP 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: 11009877
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle for initiating a fire extinguishing action, the vehicle having: a vehicle sensor unit for detecting a fire parameter KF of a vehicle monitoring region, a vehicle communication unit for receiving an instruction signal SI representing a detected fire, a target location and/or a target region, and a navigation control unit for navigating the vehicle to the target location based on the instruction signal SI. The vehicle is: configured for detecting the fire parameter KF in the form of a verification fire parameter KV of the fire detector monitoring region at the target location by the vehicle sensor unit, configured for determining a verification fire status ZV by evaluating the verification fire parameter KV, and designed and/or configured for initiating a fire extinguishing action if the verification fire status ZV was determined. A system with such a vehicle and a corresponding method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Minimax GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Hofmann, Joachim Boeke, Kurt Lenkeit, Ingo Kuhlenkamp
  • Publication number: 20190314657
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unmanned vehicle (2) for initiating a fire extinguishing action, comprising a vehicle sensor unit (6) for detecting a fire parameter KF of a vehicle monitoring region (8), a signal receiving unit (10) for receiving an instruction signal SI representing a reference fire status ZR for a fire detector monitoring region (12) of a stationary fire detector (14) and a target location (16), and a navigation control unit (18) for navigating the vehicle (2) to the target location (16) based on the instruction signal SI, such that the vehicle monitoring region (8) and the fire detector monitoring region (12) overlap, wherein the vehicle (2) is configured to detect the fire parameter KF at the target location (16) by means of the vehicle sensor unit (6) as a verification fire parameter KV of the fire detector monitoring region (12), wherein the vehicle (2) is configured for determining a verification fire status ZV by evaluating the verification fire parameter KV, wherein the vehicle (2) is co
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus HOFMANN, Joachim BOEKE, Kurt LENKEIT, Ingo KUHLENKAMP
  • Publication number: 20190294165
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an unmanned vehicle (2) for initiating a fire extinguishing action, wherein the vehicle comprises: a vehicle sensor unit (6) for detecting a fire parameter KF of a vehicle monitoring region (8), a vehicle communication unit (10) for receiving an instruction signal SI representing a detected fire, a target location (16) and/or a target region (137), and a navigation control unit (18) for navigating the vehicle (2) to the target location (16) based on the instruction signal SI, wherein the vehicle (2) is configured for detecting the fire parameter KF in the form of a verification fire parameter KV of the fire detector monitoring region (12) at the target location (16) by means of the vehicle sensor unit (6), wherein the vehicle (2) is configured for determining a verification fire status ZV by evaluating the verification fire parameter KV, and wherein the vehicle (2) is designed and/or configured for initiating a fire extinguishing action if the verification fire status ZV was determin
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Minimax GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus HOFMANN, Joachim BOEKE, Kurt LENKEIT, Ingo KUHLENKAMP