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).

  • Patent number: 12269367
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 12252381
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Roland Müller, Luying Sun, Christoph Babel
  • Patent number: 12246956
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Susanne Kuffner, Roland Müller, Bruce Xia, Andy Chen, Martin Ma, Andrew Pan, Terry Feng, Charlie Hu
  • Publication number: 20250059014
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Muller, Mingzhi Ma, Bin Feng Sha
  • Publication number: 20250018991
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Muller, Mingzhi Ma
  • Publication number: 20240400359
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Publication number: 20240339713
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 12098064
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 12068497
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 12049398
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Muller, Mingzhi Ma, Bin Feng Sha
  • Patent number: 11996577
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 11692025
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ELASMOGEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Caroline Barelle, Mischa Roland Muller, Valerie Calabro, Jack Bikker, John Steven, Lioudmila Tchistiakova, Oleg Kovalenko, Andrea Olland
  • Publication number: 20230129896
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Publication number: 20230131139
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Publication number: 20230131492
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Publication number: 20230129917
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Publication number: 20230131857
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susanne Kuffner, Roland Müller, Bruce Xia, Andy Chen, Martin Ma, Andrew Pan, Terry Feng, Charlie Hu
  • Publication number: 20230129162
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Publication number: 20220340402
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Roland Müller, Luying Sun, Christoph Babel
  • Publication number: 20220242973
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ulrike FIEDLER, Clara METZ, Misha Roland MULLER, Dan SNELL