Patents by Inventor Lars Lubker

Lars Lubker 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).

  • Publication number: 20220194692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor (10) for a container, the floor comprising at least one section (11,11?,11?) is, wherein the floor section (11,11?,11?) is formed from a single sheet element and includes a number of protruding elements (20?, 20?, 20?) and a base (28), the floor section (11,11?,11?) has a polygonal shape with a length (L) extending in a first direction (X) and a width (W) extending in a second direction (Y) being perpendicular to the first direction (X), each protruding element (20, 20?, 20?) includes a base element having two side walls (22,23) extending perpendicularly from a base (28) of the floor section (11,11?,11?). The invention further relates to a method of manufacture of a floor section (11, 11?, 11?) for a container floor (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Lars LÜBKER, Thomas Therkel NIELSEN
  • Publication number: 20220153514
    Abstract: The invention relates to a profile in a container, where a profile (5, 6, 7, 8, 101) comprising a cross section where at least a part of the cross section over a length of the profile is provided with a crumple zone, which crumple zone has a critical buckling load being smaller than the critical buckling load for zones abutting the crumple zone. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a profile for a container, where one or more profiles (5, 6, 7, 8, 101) in the container (1) is provided with a crumple zone, which crumple zone has a critical buckling load being smaller than the rest of the profile (5, 6, 7, 8, 101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Lars LÜBKER, Thomas Therkel NIELSEN, Hans-Erik KIIL
  • Publication number: 20210309451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling container e.g. a refrigerated cargo box of a truck or trailer, a railway container, an intermodal container or a shipping container comprising panels to be connected, having at least one connection between panels (10, 40) comprising a layer of overmoulding material (14), where a panel (10, 40) at least partially is covered on a first side (100) and a second side (200) by the overmoulding material (14). The invention further relates to a method of assembling a cooling container e.g. a refrigerated cargo box of a truck or trailer, a railway container, an intermodal container or a shipping container comprising panels to be connected, where at least one panel (10, 40) is provided with an overmoulding zone (11) comprising a layer of overmoulding material (14) covering at least partially a first side (100) and a second side (200) of the panel (10, 40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hans-Erik KIIL, Lars LÜBKER
  • Patent number: 10577176
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a pair of side walls, a rear end, a front end, a roof, and a base frame. The base frame includes two longitudinal bottom side rails and a plurality of parallel bottom cross members on which a corrugated steel floor is resting and to which the cross members are secured. The steel floor includes a plurality of floor slabs and the steel floor includes corrugations. The corrugations having ridges and grooves running in a lengthwise direction of the container towards an opening for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container. Attachments for lashing are installed in the corrugated steel floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MAERSK CONTAINER INDUSTRY A/S
    Inventors: Gert Jorgensen, Lars Lubker
  • Patent number: 10099852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a corrugated steel floor (1) in a shipping container (20), which steel floor (1) is positioned with corrugations comprising a number of ridges (6) and grooves (7) running towards an opening (21) for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container (20), where a distance between the ridges (6) measured from a substantial vertical one side (8) of a groove (7) to a substantial vertical other side (9) of the groove (7) is shorter than or equal to 40 mm. Further the grooves (7) of the corrugations are flush with or placed on a door sill (14) and the floor (1) can be assembled of a plurality of floor slabs (10). Further the floor (1) can be provided with lashing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industry A/S
    Inventors: Gert Jorgensen, Lars Lubker
  • Publication number: 20180201440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a base frame for a shipping container, comprising a front end and a rear end separated by a bolster, the front end of the base frame comprising a pair of bottom side rails or beams and a pair of gooseneck rails or beams positioned in a longitudinal direction of the container, the rear end of the base frame extending from a door sill to the bolster, where the gooseneck rails extends continuously from a front sill to the bolster and that a number of bows extends continuously from a bottom side rail in one side of the front end of the base frame to a bottom side rail in an opposite side of the front end of the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Lars LUBKER, Merete Kamp ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20180178975
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a pair of side walls, a rear end, a front end, a roof, and a base frame. The base frame includes two longitudinal bottom side rails and a plurality of parallel bottom cross members on which a corrugated steel floor is resting and to which the cross members are secured. The steel floor incliudes a plurality of floor slabs and the steel floor includes corrugations. The corrugations having ridges and grooves running in a lengthwise direction of the container towards an opening for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container. Attachments for lashing are installed in the corrugated steel floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Gert JORGENSEN, Lars LUBKER
  • Publication number: 20160288992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a corrugated steel floor (1) in a shipping container (20), which steel floor (1) is positioned with corrugations comprising a number of ridges (6) and grooves (7) running towards an opening (21) for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container (20), where a distance between the ridges (6) measured from a substantial vertical one side (8) of a groove (7) to a substantial vertical other side (9) of the groove (7) is shorter than or equal to 40 mm. Further the grooves (7) of the corrugations are flush with or placed on a door sill (14) and the floor (1) can be assembled of a plurality of floor slabs (10). Further the floor (1) can be provided with lashing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gert JORGENSEN, Lars LUBKER
  • Publication number: 20160282033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reefer container for shipping goods placed on pallets, which container comprises a plurality of sidewalls forming the sides, floor and ceiling in the container, a front end comprising cooling and or ventilating means and a rear end comprising an opening to be closed by one or more doors, a reefer machine further comprising one or more evaporators and one or more fans for transporting cooling air into the container, an evaporator (3) is placed above a fan (2) in an air circulating system for cooling the air (4) in the container (14), where air circulating or passing through the reefer machine (1) and guided from the evaporator (3) is divided into ducts (8) at both sides of the container (14). The invention further relates to a method of loading a reefer container (14) with pallets (15, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Gert Jorgensen, Lars Lubker
  • Patent number: 8562399
    Abstract: The invention concerns a ventilation valve arrangement (1) with two valve openings (5, 6) in a valve plate (3), the opening degrees of said openings being controllable by means of a valve element, which is rotatable in relation to the valve plate (3). It is endeavored to create a large range of control opportunities in a cost-efficient manner. For this purpose it is provided that in parallel to at least one valve opening (5, 6) a ventilation channel (9) is arranged, whose flow cross-section is adjustable by means of a motor controlled valve (10). The ventilation valve arrangement (1) can be dimensioned so that at the same time it serves as underpressure valve for a transport container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri AS
    Inventors: Lars Lübker, Gert Joergensen
  • Patent number: 8490423
    Abstract: In a container 1 with an end wall 5, an air treatment system 6 that is arranged in the end wall 5 and comprises an opening 14 on its bottom side, through which it emits an air flow, a floor 2 provided with channels guiding the air flow in a direction away from the end wall 5, and an air guide 15 forming, in an operation position, together with a part of the end wall 5 and a part of the floor 2 an air channel 16 that guides the air flow between the opening 14 and the channels in the floor, it is endeavoured to prevent the air guide from being damaged by the forks of a fork lift truck. This is achieved in that the container 1 comprises a spring arrangement that counteracts a movement of the air guide 15 in the direction of the end wall 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri AS
    Inventors: Gert Joergensen, Lars Lubker
  • Patent number: 7963410
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container floor plate (1), in particular for a refrigerated container, with an upper floor layer (2), a lower floor layer (3) and an intermediate insulating layer (8), support blocks (9) being located between the upper floor layer (2) and the lower floor layer (3). The purpose of the invention is to obtain a good insulation with a small mass. For this purpose, the lower floor layer (3) is provided with several transversal supports (10, 11), each support block (9) being supported on a transversal support (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri AS
    Inventors: Gert Joergensen, Lars Lübker
  • Publication number: 20100300133
    Abstract: In a container 1 with an end wall 5, an air treatment system 6 that is arranged in the end wall 5 and comprises an opening 14 on its bottom side, through which it emits an air flow, a floor 2 provided with channels guiding the air flow in a direction away from the end wall 5, and an air guide 15 forming, in an operation position, together with a part of the end wall 5 and a part of the floor 2 an air channel 16 that guides the air flow between the opening 14 and the channels in the floor, it is endeavoured to prevent the air guide from being damaged by the forks of a fork lift truck. This is achieved in that the container 1 comprises a spring arrangement that counteracts a movement of the air guide 15 in the direction of the end wall 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Joergensen, Lars Lubker
  • Publication number: 20090298409
    Abstract: The invention concerns a ventilation valve arrangement (1) with two valve openings (5, 6) in a valve plate (3), the opening degrees of said openings being controllable by means of a valve element, which is rotatable in relation to the valve plate (3). It is endeavoured to create a large range of control opportunities in a cost-efficient manner. For this purpose it is provided that in parallel to at least one valve opening (5, 6) a ventilation channel (9) is arranged, whose flow cross-section is adjustable by means of a motor controlled valve (10). The ventilation valve arrangement (1) can be dimensioned so that at the same time it serves as underpressure valve for a transport container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: MAERSK CONTAINER INDUSTRI A/S
    Inventors: Lars Lübker, Gert Joergensen
  • Publication number: 20080120933
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container floor plate (1), in particular for a refrigerated container, with an upper floor layer (2), a lower floor layer (3) and an intermediate insulating layer (8), support blocks (9) being located between the upper floor layer (2) and the lower floor layer (3). The purpose of the invention is to obtain a good insulation with a small mass. For this purpose, the lower floor layer (3) is provided with several transversal supports (10, 11), each support block (9) being supported on a transversal support (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Maersk Container Industri AS
    Inventors: Gert Joergensen, Lars Lubker
  • Patent number: D594386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industri A/S
    Inventors: Gert Jorgensen, Lars Lübker