Patents by Inventor Rupert Koch

Rupert Koch 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).

  • Device and method for automatically laterally storing a motor vehicle in a storing device
    Patent number: 9702159
    Abstract: Device for storing an automotive vehicle transversely relative to its longitudinal axis on a parking space of a storage facility, having a surface-manoeuvrable, driverless vehicle transporter which is disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automotive vehicle when receiving the automotive vehicle and has horizontally extending pairs of forks which are disposed thereon at one side and perpendicularly, the forks of the pairs of forks being displaceable individually horizontally along the vehicle transporter and the pairs of forks moving under wheels respectively of a vehicle axle from one side of the automotive vehicle in order to grip the wheels by displacing the individual forks horizontally towards each other, whereupon the automotive vehicle is lifted for transporting, surface-manoeuvrable supports (4) being disposed on the vehicle transporter (1) respectively at the end-side, which supports extend horizontally and parallel to the pairs of forks (3) and, when the pairs of forks (3) move under the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SERVA TRANSPORT SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Leopold Meirer, Rupert Koch, Tomas Cary Bellaflor
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LATERALLY STORING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A STORING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130280018
    Abstract: Device for storing an automotive vehicle transversely relative to its longitudinal axis on a parking space of a storage facility, having a surface-maneuverable, driverless transporting means which is disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automotive vehicle when receiving the automotive vehicle and has horizontally extending pairs of forks which are disposed thereon at one side and perpendicularly, the forks of the pairs of forks being displaceable individually horizontally along the transporting means and the pairs of forks moving under wheels respectively of a vehicle axle from one side of the automotive vehicle in order to grip the wheels by displacing the individual forks horizontally towards each other, whereupon the automotive vehicle is lifted for transporting, surface-maneuverable supports (4) being disposed on the transporting means (1) respectively at the end-side, which supports extend horizontally and parallel to the pairs of forks (3) and, when the pairs of forks (3) move under the whe
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SERVA TRANSPORT SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Leopold Meirer, Rupert Koch, Cary Tomas Bellaflor