Patents by Inventor Michael Schuler

Michael Schuler 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: 12293408
    Abstract: A method for processing requests to consolidate loans includes receiving, from one or more third party electronic computing devices, information regarding outstanding loans for a user that are issued by one or more third party lenders. The information is sent to a user electronic computing device. A selection is received of loans the user wishes to refinance or consolidate. A benefits analysis is performed for the loans. Based on the benefits analysis, a determination is made of whether any of the outstanding loans can be consolidated, and whether any of the loans are excluded from being consolidated. Consolidated loan information is sent to the user electronic computing device regarding a consolidated loan for any of the loans that can be consolidated. Exclusion information is sent to the user electronic computing device regarding any of the loans that are excluded from being consolidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Hayes Patrick Reed, Jason Michael Reiter, Steven Michael Schuler, Donna Syrovatka, Jane Turpin, Aaron John Ziegler
  • Patent number: 12264054
    Abstract: A base plate for an autonomously guided industrial truck having a longitudinal direction and a width direction, the base plate being provided to form a base plate arrangement and to downward delimit a vehicle body of the industrial truck in sections. The base plate comprises a plate body to define, at least in sections, an outline of the base plate arrangement. The base plate comprises an opening central in relation to the width direction and provided for accommodating a drive wheel of the industrial truck. The base plate comprises at least one recess offset in the width direction in relation to a longitudinal center axis for accommodating a support wheel arrangement of the industrial truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Helmut Lohmann, Holger Brunckhorst, Marcel Krenzin
  • Publication number: 20250083933
    Abstract: An industrial truck including a drive section and a load section. The load section includes a load wheel lift including a support element, a load arm, and at least one load wheel positioned on the load arm. The at least one load wheel is structured to be pivoted via the load wheel lift into a folded-out position and into a folded-in position. The support element is structured to support the load arm in the folded-in position of the at least one load wheel. The support element supports the load arm when the load arm enters a pallet in the folded-in position and without the at least one load wheel being supported on the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Helmut Lohmann, Holger Brunckhorst, Marcel Krenzin
  • Patent number: 12215011
    Abstract: An autonomously guided industrial truck comprising a vehicle body and a pair of support arms extending from the vehicle body. The vehicle body defines a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the industrial truck in sections in plan view of the industrial truck. Each of the support arms extending from the vehicle body has at least one load wheel. The industrial truck includes a pair of support wheels or drive wheels located underneath the vehicle body on a driving surface and opposite one another relative to the width direction. The industrial truck includes a pair of scanner units arranged vertically above the support wheels or drive wheels. The pair of scanning units defines a scanning plane with respective scanning regions each scanning unit of the pair of scanning units, and wherein the respective scanning units are symmetrically opposite one another within an outline of the vehicle body in the width direction of the industrial truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Helmut Lohmann, Holger Brunckhorst, Marcel Krenzin
  • Patent number: 12195071
    Abstract: An industrial truck includes a vehicle frame and a drive unit. The drive unit includes a drive wheel movably mounted to the vehicle frame and a spring unit. The spring unit includes a hydraulic cylinder positioned between the vehicle frame and the drive unit and a switchable valve configured to define a blocked state. The spring unit is configured to pretension the drive wheel against a ground surface. When the switchable valve is in the blocked state, a one-sided movement of the hydraulic cylinder is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Richard Schwarz, Melanie Schefner, Marcel Krenzin
  • Patent number: 12103835
    Abstract: An industrial truck comprises a load part comprises a load-carrying means including at least one load wheel and a drive part including a vehicle frame defining an opening. A steerable drive wheel and at least one support wheel are arranged on the vehicle frame. The at least one support wheel is arranged on a side of the drive wheel that faces away from the load part and is mounted as a trailing wheel that swivels about a vertical axis. The at least one support wheel is configured to at least partially protrude through the opening defined in the vehicle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Helmut Lohmann, Holger Brunckhorst, Marcel Krenzin
  • Patent number: 12034291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuating apparatus for triggering at least one pyrofuse, comprising a supply voltage connection for connection to a supply voltage, at least one triggering output for connecting the at least one pyrofuse and applying a triggering current to the pyrofuse, a signal input for receiving a triggering signal which indicates a state which extends the triggering, and at least one actuating circuit, which can be connected to the supply connection, for providing the triggering current at the triggering outlet in accordance with the received triggering signal, wherein said actuating circuit comprises a field-effect transistor stage for connecting the supply voltage through to the triggering output in accordance with the received triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Schuler
  • Patent number: 11889649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy storage device, comprising a switchgear cabinet housing in which a plurality of receiving spaces are provided, in which receiving spaces at least one control device and a variable number of electrical storage blocks are accommodated in an exchangeable manner, wherein the storage blocks can be selectively interconnected in series or in parallel and are connected to power connections by means of a current controller. Therefore, it is initially proposed to form the control device which is installed in the switchgear cabinet housing and the associated power electronics components themselves in a reconfigurable or variable manner in order to allow the controller and power electronics to be matched to another mode of operation or another application, without having to exchange the control and power electronics module and provide corresponding wiring for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Welser, Harald Wanner, Daniel Ried, Michael Schuler, Markus Eichler, Dietmar Sigg
  • Patent number: 11822502
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bus-capable device having an input interface and an output interface for connecting to a serial bus, particularly a CAN bus, wherein the input interface and the output interface each have at least one signal line connection, and further having a terminating resistor for terminating the bus and a switch apparatus for switching the terminating resistor active as a function of the connection status of the input and output interfaces, wherein the input interface and the output interface each having a supply voltage connection for providing a supply voltage to the output and/or input interfaces of a respective next bus-capable device and a feedback connection for receiving the supply voltage from an output and/or input interface of a respective next bus-capable device, wherein the switch apparatus has an evaluation circuit for determining the presence of the supply voltage at the feedback connections of the input and output interfaces and an activation circuit for switching the terminati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Schuler
  • Patent number: 11764718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy storage device, comprising power terminals for connecting to a voltage circuit of power electronics of a drive system, which drive system can be controlled by an external system controller as well as at least one electrical storage block; at least one power converter for connecting the voltage circuit of the power electronics of the drive system to an internal voltage circuit of the storage block; and a control device for controlling the at least one power converter. Said control device has a controller board having output and/or feed-in control means for controlling the power converter for the outputting of current from/feeding of current into the storage block, and/or voltage closed-loop and/or open-loop control means for the closed-loop and/or open-loop control of the output voltage of the energy storage device. According to the invention, said control device has an adaptation board, which is connected to the controller board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Engst, Harald Wanner, Sven Welser, Michael Schuler, Josef Gleinser
  • Publication number: 20230047245
    Abstract: An autonomously-guided industrial truck comprising a vehicle frame defining, in a plan view, a vehicle contour in sections. The vehicle frame comprises three structural levels, arranged one above the other in a vertical direction, each with its own contour. The three structural levels include a lower structural level in which a base structure is attached, an upper structural level with a covering, and a middle structural level comprising a frame structure for connecting the lower structural level and the upper structural level. The industrial truck includes at least one drive wheel assigned to the vehicle frame to stand below the vehicle frame on a driving surface and at least one scanner unit arranged completely within the vehicle contour such that a scanning plane of the at least one scanner unit lies at least in sections vertically in a region of the middle structural level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael SCHÜLER, Helmut LOHMANN, Holger BRUNCKHORST, Marcel KRENZIN
  • Publication number: 20230050260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a base plate (10) for an autonomously guided industrial truck with a longitudinal direction (L) and a width direction (B), which is provided to form a base plate arrangement and to downward delimit a vehicle body of the industrial truck in sections, comprising a plate body (12), which is provided to define an outline of the base plate arrangement at least in sections. Here, the base plate (10) according to the invention has an opening (14) which is central in relation to the width direction (B) and is provided for accommodating a drive wheel of the industrial truck, and at least one recess (16a, 16b) which is offset in relation to a longitudinal center axis (L) in the width direction (B) and is provided for accommodating a support wheel arrangement of the industrial truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael SCHÜLER, Helmut LOHMANN, Holger BRUNCKHORST, Marcel KRENZIN
  • Publication number: 20230046303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a load part (10) for an autonomously-guided industrial truck having a longitudinal direction and a width direction (B), comprising a pair of fork prongs (12a, 12b) extending substantially horizontally and arranged next to one another in the width direction (B), or a mono fork extending substantially horizontally and having two extension sections and a connecting section, and a load stop (14) connected to the pair of fork prongs (12a, 12b) or the extension sections and extending substantially in the vertical direction above the fork prongs (12a, 12b) or the mono fork. According to the invention, the load stop (14) has a cutout (22a, 22b) on at least one of its outer sides in the width direction (B) adjacent to the corresponding fork prongs (12a, 12b) or extension section. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an industrial truck equipped with such a load part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael SCHÜLER, Marcel KRENZIN, Arne ROTH
  • Publication number: 20230047525
    Abstract: An autonomously guided industrial truck comprising a vehicle body and a pair of support arms extending from the vehicle body. The vehicle body defines a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the industrial truck in sections in plan view of the industrial truck. Each of the support arms extending from the vehicle body has at least one load wheel. The industrial truck includes a pair of support wheels or drive wheels located underneath the vehicle body on a driving surface and opposite one another relative to the width direction. The industrial truck includes a pair of scanner units arranged vertically above the support wheels or drive wheels. The pair of scanning units defines a scanning plane with respective scanning regions each scanning unit of the pair of scanning units, and wherein the respective scanning units are symmetrically opposite one another within an outline of the vehicle body in the width direction of the industrial truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael SCHÜLER, Helmut LOHMANN, Holger BRUNCKHORST, Marcel KRENZIN
  • Publication number: 20220379941
    Abstract: An industrial truck includes a vehicle frame and a drive unit. The drive unit includes a drive wheel movably mounted to the vehicle frame and a spring unit. The spring unit includes a hydraulic cylinder positioned between the vehicle frame and the drive unit and a switchable valve configured to define a blocked state. The spring unit is configured to pretension the drive wheel against a ground surface. When the switchable valve is in the blocked state, a one-sided movement of the hydraulic cylinder is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Richard Schwarz, Melanie Schefner, Marcel Krenzin
  • Publication number: 20220289541
    Abstract: An industrial truck comprises a load part comprises a load-carrying means including at least one load wheel and a drive part including a vehicle frame defining an opening. A steerable drive wheel and at least one support wheel are arranged on the vehicle frame. The at least one support wheel is arranged on a side of the drive wheel that faces away from the load part and is mounted as a trailing wheel that swivels about a vertical axis. The at least one support wheel is configured to at least partially protrude through the opening defined in the vehicle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, II, Helmut Lohmann, Holger Brunckhorst, Marcel Krenzin
  • Publication number: 20220242711
    Abstract: An industrial truck includes a drive part with a drive frame and a load part. The load part includes a lift frame having a load frame, which includes a plate, a load-carrying means connected to the plate, and at least one bearing head configured to receive a lift cylinder. The at least one bearing head is connected to the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Jungheinrich GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schüler, Helmut Lohmann, Holger Brunkhorst, Marcel Krenzin
  • Patent number: 11373236
    Abstract: A method for processing requests to consolidate loans includes receiving, from one or more third party electronic computing devices, information regarding outstanding loans for a user that are issued by one or more third party lenders. The information is sent to a user electronic computing device. A selection is received of loans the user wishes to refinance or consolidate. A benefits analysis is performed for the loans. Based on the benefits analysis, a determination is made of whether any of the outstanding loans can be consolidated, and whether any of the loans are excluded from being consolidated. Consolidated loan information is sent to the user electronic computing device regarding a consolidated loan for any of the loans that can be consolidated. Exclusion information is sent to the user electronic computing device regarding any of the loans that are excluded from being consolidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Hayes Patrick Reed, Jason Michael Reiter, Steven Michael Schuler, Donna Syrovatka, Jane Turpin, Aaron John Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20210382843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bus-capable device having an input interface and an output interface for connecting to a serial bus, particularly a CAN bus, wherein the input interface and the output interface each have at least one signal line connection, and further having a terminating resistor for terminating the bus and a switch apparatus for switching the terminating resistor active as a function of the connection status of the input and output interfaces, wherein the input interface and the output interface each having a supply voltage connection for providing a supply voltage to the output and/or input interfaces of a respective next bus-capable device and a feedback connection for receiving the supply voltage from an output and/or input interface of a respective next bus-capable device, wherein the switch apparatus has an evaluation circuit for determining the presence of the supply voltage at the feedback connections of the input and output interfaces and an activation circuit for switching the terminati
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventor: Michael SCHULER
  • Publication number: 20210344186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuating apparatus for triggering at least one pyrofuse, comprising a supply voltage connection for connection to a supply voltage, at least one triggering output for connecting the at least one pyrofuse and applying a triggering current to the pyrofuse, a signal input for receiving a triggering signal which indicates a state which extends the triggering, and at least one actuating circuit, which can be connected to the supply connection, for providing the triggering current at the triggering outlet in accordance with the received triggering signal, wherein said actuating circuit comprises a field-effect transistor stage for connecting the supply voltage through to the triggering output in accordance with the received triggering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Schuler