Patents by Inventor Rolf Boegelein

Rolf Boegelein 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: 8356684
    Abstract: An industrial truck having a battery compartment that accommodates a replaceable battery block, the battery compartment comprising at least one lateral access opening for inserting and for withdrawing the battery block, the base of the battery compartment having at least one guide track in the battery movement direction capable of supporting the battery block such that it can move relative to the battery compartment on the guide track by a support element provided on the battery block. The battery compartment base may have a plurality of roller accommodation openings into which rollers can be inserted. A separate shelf may be arranged at a distance from the battery compartment base by means of spacers, the shelf having a plurality of roller accommodation openings into which rollers can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Boegelein, Christoph Zeidler
  • Patent number: 8281900
    Abstract: In an industrial truck, in particular a fork-lift truck, having a vehicle frame and a load pickup means (16), which can be displaced in relation to the vehicle frame, at least one wheel which is closer to the load pickup means and, at a distance from this, at least one wheel (20) which is further away from the load pickup means being provided on the vehicle frame, the wheel axle (18) of at least one wheel (20) being capable of moving in relation to the vehicle frame along a movement trajectory with a movement component which is orthogonal with respect to the standing area of the industrial truck, in addition a loading force (B), which is caused by the tare weight of the industrial truck and a load (L) which may have been picked up by said industrial truck, acting on the at least one moveable wheel axle (18), which loading force changes operationally, the at least one moveable wheel axle (18) in addition has or can have an arbitrarily variable additional force applied to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Boegelein, Oleg Plastinin, Henrik Schroeder, Ralf Werner, Christoph Zeidler
  • Patent number: 8191688
    Abstract: Industrial truck, in particular fork lift, having an exchangeable battery block (13) and a battery case (3) which accommodates the battery block (13), with the battery case (3) having a lateral access opening (7) to slide the battery block (13) with a first end first into the battery case (3) and pull the battery block (13) with its first end last out of the battery case (3), with the battery block (13) accommodated in the battery case (3) being supported near its first end with at least one independent roller (25) on the battery case bottom (5), characterized in that that on the battery block (13) accommodated in the battery case (3), a projection (21) at the first end opposite the second end of said battery block, which projects over a front edge section (29) of the battery case bottom (5) near the access opening (7) and over the underside of the battery case bottom (5) downward, is provided as lifting abutment for a battery transport device (33), in particular a fork lift device to lift the battery block (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Bögelein, Franz Hatzl, Oleg Plastinin, Ralf Werner, Christoph Zeidler
  • Patent number: 8167069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery changing system comprising an industrial truck and a battery pack, which is or can inserted into a battery compartment of the industrial truck, wherein the battery pack may be inserted into a lateral access opening of the battery compartment with a first end leading into the battery compartment and may be withdrawn from the battery compartment with its first end at the rear, wherein the battery pack accommodated in the battery compartment can be supported in the vicinity of its first end with at least one rolling body on the base of the battery compartment, and at least one transport device, on which the battery pack can be accommodated. The transport device may comprise a changeable adapter, which can be aligned in a predetermined position for a battery changing operation relative to the industrial truck by means of mutually interacting alignment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Boegelein, Christoph Zeidler, Franz Hatzl, Oleg Plastinin
  • Patent number: 7997390
    Abstract: An industrial truck with at least one driven wheel, which is adapted to being braked during traveling operation by means of a service brake and which is adapted to being immobilized by a parking brake, comprises a braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus, which is adapted to generating a braking force and to transmitting it to at least one wheel, preferably a driven wheel, the service brake being actuatable mechanically and/or pneumatically and/or hydraulically, wherein the parking brake is actuatable electromagnetically, and the industrial truck comprises a first armature disk, which is associated with the parking brake, has ferromagnetic material and is movable between an active position, in which it activates the braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus for generating and transmitting a braking force to the at least one wheel, and an inactive position, in which it does not activate the braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Bögelein, Christoph Zeidler
  • Patent number: 7984779
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking mechanism for securing a battery pack (20) which is accommodated in an electrical vehicle (12), in particular in an electrical industrial truck, comprising a vehicle-side plug element (26) and a battery plug element (28), which can be plugged together with said plug element (26) and is connected to the battery pack (20). In this case, it is provided according to the invention that the mechanism comprises a locking element (32), which is arranged on the vehicle (12) and can be moved, in particular pivoted, between a battery release position and a battery locking position, the locking element (32) and the vehicle-side plug element (26) being arranged in relation to one another in such a way that the plug-type connection between the vehicle-side plug element (26) and the battery plug element (28) can be produced and released depending on the position of the locking element (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiegesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Boegelein, Oleg Plastinin
  • Publication number: 20090291358
    Abstract: The invention relates to an industrial truck, in particular a forklift truck, having a replaceable battery block (23) and a battery compartment (12) which accommodates the battery block (23), with the battery compartment (12) comprising at least one lateral access opening for inserting and for withdrawing the battery block (23), with the base (10) of the battery compartment (12) having at least one guide track (16a, 16b) in the battery movement direction (B), it being possible for the battery block (23) to be supported such that it can move relative to the battery compartment (12) on said guide track by a support element which is provided on said battery block. According to the invention, provision is made, in the process, for the battery compartment base (10) to have a plurality of roller accommodation openings (18) into which rollers (20) which are to be associated with the battery compartment base (10) can be inserted as required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf BOEGELEIN, Christoph ZEIDLER
  • Publication number: 20090288898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery changing system, comprising at least one first industrial truck (12), at least one battery pack (14, 20, 42), which is or can be inserted into a battery compartment (16) of the first industrial truck (12), wherein the battery compartment (16) has at least one lateral access opening (18) for inserting the battery pack (14, 20, 42) with a first end (54) leading into the battery compartment (16) and for withdrawing the battery pack (14, 20, 42) with its first end (54) at the rear from the battery compartment (16), wherein the battery pack (14, 20, 42) accommodated in the battery compartment (16) can be supported in the vicinity of its first end (54) with at least one rolling body (52a, 52b) on the base (48) of the battery compartment (16), and at least one transport device (24), on which the battery pack (14, 20, 42) can be accommodated and can be moved away from and towards the industrial truck (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf BOEGELEIN, Christoph ZEIDLER, Franz HATZL, Oleg PLASTININ