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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darren L Krahn, Mentor, OH (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Industrial Inc., Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414274 ; 414275 ; 414786 ; 414667 ; 901 46 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controllably moving the carriage assembly of a automated load handling vehicle vertically and horizontally. The carriage assembly includes load detecting sensors which detect the opening in the load during movement of the carriage assembly. Once the opening is located, a controller positions the carriage assembly at vertical and horizontal target positions, and moves the carriage assembly into the opening.