Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Tschierse

Karl-Heinz Tschierse 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).

  • Container crane, and method of determining and correcting a misalignment between a load-carrying frame and a transport vehicle
    Patent number: 7289876
    Abstract: A container crane includes a movable trolley and a load-carrying frame pendantly connected to the trolley and comprised of a spreader and a head block, for transfer of a container from or to a transport vehicle. Plural optical detectors are mounted on the trolley for identifying longitudinal and transversal edges of the head block or spreader and the transport vehicle. Operatively connected to the detectors is a processing device for determining a spatial position of the edges and calculating a position of longitudinal and transversal center lines of the head block or spreader and the transport vehicle and their spatial positions in relation to one another. In this way a possible offset of the center lines of the head block or spreader with regard to those of the transport vehicle in longitudinal and transversal directions as well as a rotation angle of the center lines can be determined, whereby a detected offset or rotation angle is compensated by displacing the spreader relative to the head block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Lüssen, Ernst Sparenborg, Karl-Heinz Tschierse, Stephan Wöbse
  • Container crane, and method of determining and correcting a misalignment between a load-carrying frame and a transport vehicle
    Publication number: 20050281644
    Abstract: A container crane includes a movable trolley and a load-carrying frame pendantly connected to the trolley and comprised of a spreader and a head block, for transfer of a container from or to a transport vehicle. Plural optical detectors are mounted on the trolley for identifying longitudinal and transversal edges of the head block or spreader and the transport vehicle. Operatively connected to the detectors is a processing device for determining a spatial position of the edges and calculating a position of longitudinal and transversal center lines of the head block or spreader and the transport vehicle and their spatial positions in relation to one another. In this way a possible offset of the center lines of the head block or spreader with regard to those of the transport vehicle in longitudinal and transversal directions as well as a rotation angle of the center lines can be determined, whereby a detected offset or rotation angle is compensated by displacing the spreader relative to the head block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sven Lussen, Ernst Sparenborg, Karl-Heinz Tschierse, Stephan Wobse