Patents by Inventor Michael Schuchard

Michael Schuchard 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: 7274970
    Abstract: Device for aiding stacking and unstacking for a stacker truck, with the following features: a height measuring device which measures the height of a forklift of the stacker truck, a video camera which is associated with the forklift, a control device for the actuation of the forklift to which the signals of the height measuring device and the video camera are transmitted and which contains a fork elevation height pre-selection menu and a video menu, a screen connected to the control device for the operator of the stacker truck, a pre-selection unit connected to the control device for pre-selecting the fork elevation height of the forklift, whereby the control device automatically drives the forklift via the fork elevation height pre-selection menu to the pre-selected height and produces a display on the screen, the control device switching to the video menu and switching the signal of the video camera to the screen, when the forklift enters a region close to the pre-set height of the forklift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Schuchard
  • Publication number: 20050281657
    Abstract: Device for aiding stacking and unstacking for a stacker truck, with the following features: a height measuring device which measures the height of a forklift of the stacker truck, a video camera which is associated with the forklift, a control device for the actuation of the forklift to which the signals of the height measuring device and the video camera are transmitted and which contains a fork elevation height pre-selection menu and a video menu, a screen connected to the control device for the operator of the stacker truck, a pre-selection unit connected to the control device for pre-selecting the fork elevation height of the forklift, whereby the control device automatically drives the forklift via the fork elevation height pre-selection menu to the pre-selected height and produces a display on the screen, the control device switching to the video menu and switching the signal of the video camera to the screen, when the forklift enters a region close to the pre-set height of the forklift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventor: Michael Schuchard