Patents by Inventor Susanne Kuffner

Susanne Kuffner 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).

  • 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: 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
  • Patent number: D1010971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Luying Sun, Alexander Quednau, Christoph Babel, Bruce Xia
  • Patent number: D1017946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Susanne Kuffner, Jim Kraimer, Luying Sun, Alexander Quednau, Christoph Babel, Bruce Xia