Patents by Inventor Winfried Schroer

Winfried Schroer 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: 10450136
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating vehicle for transporting a storage container along a storage rack, comprising a vehicle frame having two longitudinal sides located opposite from one another, transverse sides extending transversely thereto, a receiving space for receiving the storage container, and a passage each located at at least one of the longitudinal sides, through which a storage container can be inserted into the receiving space in a receiving space insertion direction, and from which the storage container can be removed in a receiving space removal direction. The vehicle may comprise: Two pairs of drive crawlers extending along the longitudinal sides for supporting the operating vehicle on support devices mounted on the storage rack, of which one pair each of the drive crawlers is arranged in an articulated manner on each longitudinal side of the operating vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventor: Winfried Schroer
  • Publication number: 20170101263
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating vehicle for transporting a storage container along a storage rack, comprising a vehicle frame having two longitudinal sides located opposite from one another, transverse sides extending transversely thereto, a receiving space for receiving the storage container, and a passage each located at at least one of the longitudinal sides, through which a storage container can be inserted into the receiving space in a receiving space insertion direction, and from which the storage container can be removed in a receiving space removal direction. The vehicle may comprise: Two pairs of drive crawlers extending along the longitudinal sides for supporting the operating vehicle on support devices mounted on the storage rack, of which one pair each of the drive crawlers is arranged in an articulated manner on each longitudinal side of the operating vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Winfried Schroer
  • Publication number: 20040069572
    Abstract: A solution is to be created with a device for storing and transferring products in small packets as an independent, tower-like structure to be set up in traffic areas, with which a compact interim storage area can be made available at any desired location, particularly in the region of generally accessible traffic areas, for example pedestrian shopping zones or the like, whereby the loading position does not necessarily have to agree with the removal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Anke Jaspers, Lars Siebel, Winfried Schroer