Global Patent Index - EP 3747827 A1

EP 3747827 A1 20201209 - MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE

Title (en)

MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE

Title (de)

MATERIALHANDHABUNGSFAHRZEUG

Title (fr)

VÉHICULE DE MANUTENTION DE MATÉRIAUX

Publication

EP 3747827 A1 20201209 (EN)

Application

EP 19178211 A 20190604

Priority

EP 19178211 A 20190604

Abstract (en)

Material handling vehicle (1), comprising, a load carrier (2), preferably a pair of forks, a drive motor (3), a hydraulic motor (4) powering an hydraulic pump (5), a hydraulic system (6) pressurized by said pump, an energy source (23) for powering the vehicle and its motors, a control unit (7), wherein said load carrier (2) is arranged by means of the hydraulic system can lift a load, the material handling vehicle (1) have a longitudinal direction (8) and a transversal direction (16), a first side (9) extending parallel with the longitudinal direction, a second side (10) extending in parallel with the longitudinal direction, a back side (11) transversal to the longitudinal direction, a front side (17) transversal to the longitudinal direction, wherein the material handling vehicle (1) comprises detecting devices (18, 19, 20, 21; 24, 25) on the first side (9) and the second side (10), wherein said detecting devices (18, 19, 20, 21; 24, 25) are arranged such that they can detect and follow an aisle (11) in a warehouse, wherein the detecting devices (18, 19, 20, 21; 24, 25) are arranged such that they can detect a wall-ribbon (12, 13) that extend in parallel with a warehouse rack (14, 15), and detect the distance (32, 33) to said wall-ribbon (12, 13) from at least one of the first side (9) or the second side (10) to the wall-ribbon (12, 13) .The disclosure also related to a warehouse rack, a warehouse system, a method for operating a material handling vehicle, a computer software and a computer program product.

IPC 8 full level

B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/14 (2006.01); G01D 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 9/149 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

US 2011153139 A1 20110623 - ERB FRANK [DE], et al

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3747827 A1 20201209

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19178211 A 20190604