Patents by Inventor Mathias SCHERLE

Mathias SCHERLE 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).

  • Driver-free transport vehicle for the safe transportation of heavy loads
    Patent number: 10202061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver-free transport vehicle and to a method for the safe transportation of heavy loads which are in the form of loaded carriages which can be moved on castors, said vehicle having the following characteristics: a) vehicle housing having a central lifting mandrel for receiving and transporting a carriage by means of a docking traverse, with two drive wheels arranged on both sides of the vehicle housing, and in the center thereof, and at least one laser scanner system which is installed in the outer area of the vehicle housing; b) a drive motor for driving a hub spindle which presses, by means of a compression spring, the central lifting mandrel in a central opening of the docking traverse, and a system for supplying energy of the transport vehicle via inductive lines laid in the ground, by means of an induction current collector, is provided; c) an emergency stop system which comprises an emergency switch on the transport vehicle, the activation on the emergency stop switches trigg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias Scherle, Sigfried Mecklinger
  • DRIVER-FREE TRANSPORT VEHICLE FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORTATION OF HEAVY LOADS
    Publication number: 20160288687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver-free transport vehicle and to a method for the safe transportation of heavy loads which are in the form of loaded carriages which can be moved on castors, said vehicle having the following characteristics: a) vehicle housing having a central lifting mandrel for receiving and transporting a carriage by means of a docking traverse, with two drive wheels arranged on both sides of the vehicle housing, and in the centre thereof, and at least one laser scanner system which is installed in the outer area of the vehicle housing; b) a drive motor for driving a hub spindle which presses, by means of a compression spring, the central lifting mandrel in a central opening of the docking traverse, and a system for supplying energy of the transport vehicle via inductive lines laid in the ground, by means of an induction current collector, is provided; c) an emergency stop system which comprises an emergency switch on the transport vehicle, the activation on the emergency stop switches trigg
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias SCHERLE, Sigfried MECKLINGER