Patents by Inventor Roland Muller
Roland Muller 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).
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Patent number: 12269367Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body, a leading face, and an electrical socket on the leading face of the removable battery assembly; the battery receiving space includes an electrical connector; the leading face of the removable battery assembly rests on a bottom surface of the battery receiving space with the electrical socket engaged with the electrical connector; and the electrical socket, the electrical connector, the battery body, and the battery receiving space are configured to define a standoff gap between opposing surfaces of the electrical socket and the electrical connector, with the leading face of the removable battery assembly resting on the bottom surface of the battery receiving space.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Patent number: 12252381Abstract: A tiller head for an industrial truck is shown which comprises a central portion, a left handle portion that is attached to a left side of the central portion and a right handle portion that is attached to a right side of the central portion, which is opposite to its left side, and an actuating element. The handle portions and the central portion define a front side of the tiller head and a back side of the tiller head, which is opposite to its front side. The front side of the tiller head and the back side of the tiller head extend transverse to the left side of the central portion and the right side of the central portion. The actuating element has an operable front surface and an operable back surface, and the actuating element is mounted to a front side of the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Roland Müller, Luying Sun, Christoph Babel
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Patent number: 12246956Abstract: A pallet truck includes a drive frame on which a drive wheel support is pivotably supported, a load frame, which is liftable with respect to the drive frame in a lifting direction, and a hydraulic lift module, which interconnects the drive frame and the load frame. The hydraulic lift module includes a hydraulic lift cylinder, which includes a cylinder barrel and a piston rod, wherein the cylinder barrel includes a cap end at one end portion of the cylinder barrel and a rod end at the other end portion of the cylinder barrel, wherein the piston rod extends outwards from the cylinder barrel at the rod end of the cylinder barrel and wherein a free end of the piston rod is accommodated in the drive frame. In the lifting direction, the cap end of the cylinder barrel is arranged above the rod end of the cylinder barrel.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Susanne Kuffner, Roland Müller, Bruce Xia, Andy Chen, Martin Ma, Andrew Pan, Terry Feng, Charlie Hu
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Publication number: 20250059014Abstract: Battery management systems, removable battery assemblies with integrated battery management systems, and vehicles are provided for implementing the various runtime calculations disclosed herein. A vehicle, which may be a materials handling vehicle, is provided comprising a drive subsystem, a removable battery assembly, and vehicle control hardware. The battery assembly comprises a battery management system programmed to input or generate a state of charge signal representing a state of charge SOC of the battery assembly, implement a first EWMA signal filter F1 to calculate a succession of contemporary current calculations IC, implement a second EWMA signal filter F2 to calculate a runtime current IR, wherein the runtime current calculation IR comprises the contemporary current calculations IC from the first EWMA signal filter F1, and implement a remaining runtime calculation such that the vehicle control hardware responds functionally to the runtime calculation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Muller, Mingzhi Ma, Bin Feng Sha
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Publication number: 20250018991Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly and the battery receiving space define an axis; the removable battery assembly comprises a battery-side connector assembly and a vehicle-side connector assembly, each configured to electrically couple the removable battery assembly and an electrical system of the materials handling vehicle; the battery-side and vehicle-side connector assemblies each comprises a connector housing and an electrical coupler; the respective electrical coupler of each connector assembly are configured to couple together electrically; the electrical coupler of the battery-side connector assembly or the vehicle-side connector assembly is an omnidirectional biasing coupler, wherein the omnidirectional biasing coupler comprises an omnidirectional biasing element which secures the omnidirectional biasing coupler against the respective connector housing of the omnidirectional biasing coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Muller, Mingzhi Ma
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Publication number: 20240400359Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes lateral battery faces, each including a longitudinal guide structure; the battery receiving space includes opposing guide blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each including a securement portion and a replaceable portion; the replaceable portion of each guide block including a friction-inducing surface and a guiding surface; each friction-inducing surface facing an opposing one of the lateral battery faces; and each guiding surface facing an opposing surface of the longitudinal guide structure, with the removable battery assembly seated in the battery receiving space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Publication number: 20240339713Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body and a battery locking mechanism; the battery locking mechanism includes a spring-loaded battery handle and a spring-loaded locking pin; the battery receiving space includes a battery latch positioned to receive the spring-loaded locking pin; the spring-loaded battery handle includes a planar handle cam surface and the spring-loaded locking pin includes a planar pin cam surface such that the handle cam surface engages the pin cam surface with movement of the battery handle relative to the battery body; the spring-loaded battery handle is spring-biased in a locked position; and the spring-loaded locking pin is spring-biased in an extended position and is movable to a retracted position in response to movement of the battery handle from the locked position to an unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Patent number: 12098064Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes lateral battery faces, each including a longitudinal guide structure; the battery receiving space includes opposing guide blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each including a securement portion and a replaceable portion; the replaceable portion of each guide block including a friction-inducing surface and a guiding surface; each friction-inducing surface facing an opposing one of the lateral battery faces; and each guiding surface facing an opposing surface of the longitudinal guide structure, with the removable battery assembly seated in the battery receiving space.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Patent number: 12068497Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body and a battery locking mechanism; the battery locking mechanism includes a spring-loaded battery handle and a spring-loaded locking pin; the battery receiving space includes a battery latch positioned to receive the spring-loaded locking pin; the spring-loaded battery handle includes a planar handle cam surface and the spring-loaded locking pin includes a planar pin cam surface such that the handle cam surface engages the pin cam surface with movement of the battery handle relative to the battery body; the spring-loaded battery handle is spring-biased in a locked position; and the spring-loaded locking pin is spring-biased in an extended position and is movable to a retracted position in response to movement of the battery handle from the locked position to an unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Patent number: 12049398Abstract: Battery management systems, removable battery assemblies with integrated battery management systems, and vehicles are provided for implementing the various runtime calculations disclosed herein. A vehicle, which may be a materials handling vehicle, is provided comprising a drive subsystem, a removable battery assembly, and vehicle control hardware. The battery assembly comprises a battery management system programmed to input or generate a state of charge signal representing a state of charge SOC of the battery assembly, implement a first EWMA signal filter F1 to calculate a succession of contemporary current calculations IC, implement a second EWMA signal filter F2 to calculate a runtime current IR, wherein the runtime current calculation IR comprises the contemporary current calculations IC from the first EWMA signal filter F1, and implement a remaining runtime calculation such that the vehicle control hardware responds functionally to the runtime calculation.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Roland Muller, Mingzhi Ma, Bin Feng Sha
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Patent number: 11996577Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes lateral battery faces, each including a longitudinal guide structure; the battery receiving space includes opposing retention blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each comprising a retention lever including a fixed end and a distal end; and the longitudinal guide structure of each lateral battery face includes a lever-receiving detent that is configured to receive the distal end of one of the retention levers.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Crown Equipment CorporationInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Patent number: 11692025Abstract: The present invention provides a single domain specific binding molecule having the structure FW1-CDR1-FW2-HV2-FW3a-HV4-FW3b-CDR3-FW4 in which the Framework Regions FW1, FW2, FW3a, FW3b, and FW4, the Complementarity Determining Regions CDR1 and CDR3, and the Hypervariable Regions HV2, and HV4 have amino acid sequences as defined which provide a high affinity anti-human serum albumin (HSA) binding domain.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: ELASMOGEN LIMITEDInventors: Caroline Barelle, Mischa Roland Muller, Valerie Calabro, Jack Bikker, John Steven, Lioudmila Tchistiakova, Oleg Kovalenko, Andrea Olland
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Publication number: 20230129896Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the battery receiving space includes opposing pairs of battery guide pins, each opposing pair arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each opposing pair includes a latching pin and a guiding pin; the removable battery assembly includes a battery locking mechanism; the battery locking mechanism includes spring-loaded locking pins that are spring-biased in extended positions and are movable from the extended positions to respective retracted positions; the latching pin of each opposing pair of battery guide pins includes a recess forming a battery latch that is positioned to receive a leading portion of one of the spring-loaded locking pins in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Publication number: 20230131139Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body and a battery locking mechanism; the battery locking mechanism includes a spring-loaded battery handle and a spring-loaded locking pin; the battery receiving space includes a battery latch positioned to receive the spring-loaded locking pin; the spring-loaded battery handle includes a planar handle cam surface and the spring-loaded locking pin includes a planar pin cam surface such that the handle cam surface engages the pin cam surface with movement of the battery handle relative to the battery body; the spring-loaded battery handle is spring-biased in a locked position; and the spring-loaded locking pin is spring-biased in an extended position and is movable to a retracted position in response to movement of the battery handle from the locked position to an unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Publication number: 20230131492Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body, a leading face, and an electrical socket on the leading face of the removable battery assembly; the battery receiving space includes an electrical connector; the leading face of the removable battery assembly rests on a bottom surface of the battery receiving space with the electrical socket engaged with the electrical connector; and the electrical socket, the electrical connector, the battery body, and the battery receiving space are configured to define a standoff gap between opposing surfaces of the electrical socket and the electrical connector, with the leading face of the removable battery assembly resting on the bottom surface of the battery receiving space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Publication number: 20230129917Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes lateral battery faces, each including a longitudinal guide structure; the battery receiving space includes opposing retention blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each comprising a retention lever including a fixed end and a distal end; and the longitudinal guide structure of each lateral battery face includes a lever-receiving detent that is configured to receive the distal end of one of the retention levers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Publication number: 20230131857Abstract: A pallet truck includes a drive frame on which a drive wheel support is pivotably supported, a load frame, which is liftable with respect to the drive frame in a lifting direction, and a hydraulic lift module, which interconnects the drive frame and the load frame. The hydraulic lift module includes a hydraulic lift cylinder, which includes a cylinder barrel and a piston rod, wherein the cylinder barrel includes a cap end at one end portion of the cylinder barrel and a rod end at the other end portion of the cylinder barrel, wherein the piston rod extends outwards from the cylinder barrel at the rod end of the cylinder barrel and wherein a free end of the piston rod is accommodated in the drive frame. In the lifting direction, the cap end of the cylinder barrel is arranged above the rod end of the cylinder barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Susanne Kuffner, Roland Müller, Bruce Xia, Andy Chen, Martin Ma, Andrew Pan, Terry Feng, Charlie Hu
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Publication number: 20230129162Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes lateral battery faces, each including a longitudinal guide structure; the battery receiving space includes opposing guide blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each including a securement portion and a replaceable portion; the replaceable portion of each guide block including a friction-inducing surface and a guiding surface; each friction-inducing surface facing an opposing one of the lateral battery faces; and each guiding surface facing an opposing surface of the longitudinal guide structure, with the removable battery assembly seated in the battery receiving space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
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Publication number: 20220340402Abstract: A tiller head for an industrial truck is shown which comprises a central portion, a left handle portion that is attached to a left side of the central portion and a right handle portion that is attached to a right side of the central portion, which is opposite to its left side, and an actuating element. The handle portions and the central portion define a front side of the tiller head and a back side of the tiller head, which is opposite to its front side. The front side of the tiller head and the back side of the tiller head extend transverse to the left side of the central portion and the right side of the central portion. The actuating element has an operable front surface and an operable back surface, and the actuating element is mounted to a front side of the central portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Roland Müller, Luying Sun, Christoph Babel
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Publication number: 20220242973Abstract: The present disclosure relates to recombinant binding proteins comprising a designed ankyrin repeat domain with binding specificity for fibroblast activation protein (FAP). In addition, the disclosure relates to nucleic acids encoding such binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such binding proteins or nucleic acids, and the use of such binding proteins, nucleic acids or pharmaceutical compositions in methods for localizing or delivering a biologically active molecule in FAP-expressing tissue, such as tumor tissue, and for treating, diagnosing or imaging diseases, such as cancer, in a mammal, including a human.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Ulrike FIEDLER, Clara METZ, Misha Roland MULLER, Dan SNELL