| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 414227000 | APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING A FACILITY COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SITES FOR THE PARKING OF WHEELED VEHICLES | 58 |
| 20080206025 | Garage for multi-level parking of cars - The invention pertains to the area of warehousing of goods with certain dimensions, such as, for example, containerss or open platforms loaded with goods, the storage being done in multi-level sections following each other in a line or in several parallel lines, with the take-in of the platforms at one end of each line (the entrance point) and take-out of the goods either at the opposite end of each line (the exit point), or at both the entrance and the exit points, simultaneously. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090081010 | Inclined Conveyance for Multi-storied Automotive Parking - Automobiles parking method and apparatus comprising a multi storied building with an inclined hoist way located diagonally along the vertical profile linking all parking floors in order to park and retrieve automobiles carried by the elevator lifted along rails situated in the inclined hoist way by means of over head traction cables powered by motor. During parking process automobile is driven in to horizontally positioned platform of the elevator brought down to loading station, so that the elevator is moved along rails on wheels by overhead traction cables to desired parking floor for automobile to drive in to desired parking place and vice versa. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100040443 | Parking arrangement for motor vehicles - In a parking arrangement for motor vehicles, having at least one platform for receiving a motor vehicle that is mounted in a vertically displaceable manner on a guide and can be raised and lowered by means of a lifting device, having a stop for limiting the lowering movement of the platform and having a synchronizing device for generating a similar raising and lowering movement at opposite sides of the platform, in order to obtain a construction that is as simple as possible yet fully functional, it is proposed that the lifting device acts upon only one side of the platform and the stop is disposed only on the opposite side of the platform. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20130078062 | MODULAR MULTISTOREY ROBOTIZED CAR PARK - The invention relates to the field of construction and relates to the design of a modular multi-storey car park for vehicles in urban environments. Such car parks can be built and used in environments where there is dense existing urban development. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140294543 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE PARKING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides an automated vehicle parking system. The automated vehicle parking system includes at least one parking facility structure including a plurality of vehicle storage cells, a vehicle entrance/exit arrangement, and a vehicle transporting mechanism. The vehicle transporting mechanism transports one or more vehicles between the entrance/exit arrangement and the at least one parking facility. The vehicle transporting mechanism is operable to redistribute the one or more vehicles between the storage cells within the at least one parking facility structure so that the one or more vehicles are more rapidly accessible when they are required to be delivered to the entrance/exit arrangement for collection thereat. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140341683 | REMOTE STORAGE SYSTEM - A remote storage system for items includes contact areas at different locations for the collection of the items individually, a storage area for secure storage of the items received from the contact areas, and transportation vehicles for receiving and offloading the items at the contact areas and one or more conveying vehicles for transporting the items to and from the storage area, wherein the transportation vehicles circulate between the contact areas so that each of the contact areas exists for a discrete time period dependent on the arrival of a transportation vehicle. | 11-20-2014 |
| 414228000 | Facility includes structure (e.g., ramp, angularly related successive locations for a vehicle, etc.) necessitating self-propellability or steerability of vehicle | 9 |
| 20080267748 | Wholly Automated Mobile Device and Corresponding Fast, Economical and Compact Method for Parking Private Vehicles - The patent claim concerns an automatic parking system for passenger cars, comprising six independent claims with various building parts and methods thereto. These comprise a dismountable construction consisting of one or more automatic parking ramps whereon the driver leaves his/her vehicle, the vehicle being then positioned, mechanically centred, gripped and electronically measured, automatically, so that the vehicle can be displaced by computer and compactly stored. Said device consists essentially of a push system (tractor, | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090028674 | Vertical integrated parking system - A vertically integrated parking system whereby the parking spots are attached to certain apartments or offices in a residential or commercial building. The parking system provides in the residential building parking spots for certain residential apartments such that the parking spot is located on the same floor as the apartment. The parking system includes various safety precaution devices such as carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide detectors to protect residents of the building and an infrared detector system is used to guide and avoid damage to the automobiles. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100178140 | Parking Device for Bicycle - A parking device for a bicycle includes a main control unit ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20130142598 | MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING INSTALLATION - This electric motor vehicle parking installation comprises a tower above ground and includes vehicle parking places and at least one vehicle entry and/or exit area. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140112745 | STORAGE SYSTEMS - Parking solutions and storage solutions are provided. In particular there is provided a system for storing at least one vehicle, the system comprising a storage area for storing at least one vehicle and means for moving the at least one vehicle within the storage area, wherein the storage area is marginally larger than the size of the vehicle. The means for moving the at least one vehicle moved into the storage area includes a platform adapted to receive the vehicle. Provided are also systems for parking vehicle, in particular, peripheral parking systems and undercroft parking systems as well as a storage system for items. | 04-24-2014 |
| 414229000 | Upwardly inclined, pivotable parking site for receiving driven vehicle | 4 |
| 20090053024 | VEHICLE LIFT DEVICE INCLUDING SCISSOR LIFT AND TELESCOPIC UPPER PLATFORM - A vehicle lift device and method are provided wherein the lift device has upper and lower platforms that may receive vehicles for parking or storage. The lower platform may be selectively raised or lowered between two levels of a parking structure. The upper platform is mounted on telescoping supports. When the car lift device is raised to place the lower platform at the upper level of the parking structure, the telescoping posts retract allowing the upper platform to lower, thereby providing clearance between the upper platform and a ceiling of the parking structure. The posts retract by the weight of the upper platform, and no hydraulic assist is required. When the lift device is lowered to place the lower platform at the lower level of the parking structure, the upper platform engages the floor of the upper level of the parking structure and thereby covers the opening in the floor. The telescoping posts then extend as the lower platform travels to its lowered position at the lower level. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090053025 | Multi Level Automated Car Parking System - A multi-level, automated car parking unit ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090081011 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARKING VEHICLES - Set forth are systems and methods for moving objects in a modular structure, and particularly to parking vehicles within a parking structure. A system may include a pallet configured to receive an object, e.g., a vehicle; a structure including a plurality of modules configured to receive the pallet with the object, wherein the modules include multi-directional pallet transfer systems, the pallet transfer systems configured to transfer the pallet with the object to adjacent modules in any one of four orthogonal directions. The modules including sensing and control, may be remotely constructed, and assembled as units on site. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100014950 | MODULAR PARKING SYSTEMS WITH TILTING RAMPED TRAYS - A parking garage sub-module includes at least one parking pod, the parking pod including a first column, a second column, and a third column. Each parking pod includes a plurality of parking slots, wherein each of the first column, the second column and the third column each include a plurality of parking slots and wherein each slot includes at least one tilting platform associated therewith. Further, at least one of the parking slots associated with the second column includes at least one transfer slot, the transfer slot including at least one transfer platform configured to move first and second ends between raised and lowered positions to exchange trays between adjacent parking slots and to shift trays parallel to an axis about which the transfer platform rotates to move between the raised and lowered positions. | 01-21-2010 |
| 414231000 | With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions | 14 |
| 20090148259 | Automated Vehicle Parking Garage with Catwalk Installation - An automated parking garage includes a three-dimensional warehousing facility for receiving a vehicle at a delivery bay, storing the vehicle in a parking area, and retrieving the vehicle from the parking area. The parking garage includes mechanical elements for transporting the vehicle between the delivery bay and the parking space, namely, at least one shuttle vehicle and at least one elevator. A central computer is in electrical communication with each of the mechanical elements to control the movement of the corresponding elements in the facility. A main catwalk extends the length of the facility to define parking spaces in the parking area to receive at least two vehicles, each vehicle having a front end and a rear end, with the desired end of each vehicle adjacent the main catwalk. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100183409 | AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT VEHICLE - An automated storage system for vehicles or the like is provided with a guidance system that interacts with a remote-controlled transport system that transports a vehicle between an access location, such a drive-up location, and a storage location. More particularly, in one embodiment, an omni-directional, battery-powered, wirelessly-controlled, transport system or so-called automated guided vehicle (“AGV”) is designed to follow magnetic field generating wires and RFID chips on the floors of the parking facility to move forward, backward and side to side underneath cars that are parked on a flat surface. In one embodiment, the AGV automatically contracts and expands its body to slide its arms under the wheelbase of a car, lift the car, and roll with speed and precision in any direction on to a waiting lift, that will then raise and lower the AGV and its automobile payload toward its ultimate destination. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110182703 | Automated parking system - An automated parking system for a parking structure includes a controller which receives a vehicle loading request from a vehicle customer. A loading bay accepts the vehicle and transfers to the parking system. Equipment is provided for transferring the vehicle horizontally and vertically through the parking system. The vehicle parking system includes a rack structure that is integrated as part of the parking structure. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110268539 | MULTILAYERED MECHANICAL PARKING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to multilayered, mechanical parking systems. Specifically, the present invention is a new parking system which facilitates installation and maintenance by compartmentalization. The main structure of a conventional mechanical parking system loads a vehicle on a pallet and parks the vehicle on a required spot, regardless of parking style such as horizontal circulation type, vertical circulation type, or mixed type. Such a pallet system comprises: a pallet structure which loads the vehicle and circulates vertically or horizontally in addition to an existing parking pallet; and a complex apparatus for operation to enable the pallet structure to unload or load the vehicle onto a required place. Particularly, the pallet is pulled or released by a wire in order to load and convey the vehicle while keeping the pallet balanced horizontally. Accordingly, if winding and releasing the wire cannot be controlled precisely, or if a sensor or a motor malfunctions, a serious problem may occur. To improve on the disadvantages mentioned above, the present inventor uses a conveyor belt to move the vehicle horizontally and vertically to park the vehicle into a targeted place in Korean patent Application No. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110274523 | AUTOMATIC LOAD-PARKING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an automatic load-parking system comprising:—a plurality of storage locations placed at different levels;—at each level, at least one main aisle enabling access to the storage locations;—at least one shuttle configured to carry the load to be parked and to move the latter horizontally into the storage locations;—at least one carrier configured to carry the shuttle and move the latter horizontally into the main aisle;—at least one elevator configured to carry the shuttle and/or the carrier and move them vertically from one level to the other in a vertical shaft; and—a control unit enabling the automatic management of the movement of the shuttle, the carrier, and the elevator so as to move the loads between a transfer area and the storage locations. The invention is characterized in that the storage locations ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120039693 | Automated Automotive Vehicle Parking /Storage System - A system and method for optimizing the parking and storage capacity of a vehicle parking garage wherein rows of vertical columns of parking spaces or cubicles are spaced in opposing relationship with one another such that at least one automatic guided and self propelled vehicle (AGV), with or without a vehicle support tray mounted thereon, is vertically movable in engagement with the opposing racks or chains that extend on opposite sides of the vertical columns of parking cubicles so that a vehicle may be loaded onto the AGV and thereafter transferred to, and later removed from a parking cubicles and transferred to an exit of the garage. If tray are used on the AGV, additional trays are stored in storage spaces adjacent each parking cubicle. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130183123 | PARKING SYSTEM - A parking system is provided, having a plurality of motor vehicle parking spaces arranged next to and/or on top of one another, each defining a parking position for a motor vehicle, a transfer area defining a transfer position for the motor vehicle for transferring the motor vehicle from the user to the parking system and vice versa, a transporting device for transporting the motor vehicle between the transfer position and the parking position, a control device for controlling the transporting device, and a user operating device in operative communication with the control device. The control device controls the transporting device for transporting the motor vehicle from the parking position as far as a change-of-operation position and vice versa in automatic operation. The transporting device transports the motor vehicle from the change-of-operation position to the transfer position and vice versa in dead man operation upon user actuation of the operating device. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130202391 | PASSENGER AND VEHICLE ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The passenger and vehicle elevator system includes a plurality of elevator cars arrayed substantially equidistantly and equiangularly from a central shaft of the building. Each elevator car includes a housing and at least one door. The housing has a floor, a ceiling, and at least one sidewall. A linearly translating platform is mounted on the floor of each of the housings. The linearly translating platform is adapted for automatically carrying the vehicle and the at least one passenger through the at least one door. Further, the vehicle may be rotated within the housing by driven rotation of the platform or the floor, allowing for selective angular positioning of the vehicle with respect to the housing. The elevator car to ascends and descends within a corresponding elevator shaft in a manner similar to that of a conventional elevator. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130251481 | VEHICLE SHUTTLE - A vehicle shuttle car operable to travel in linear and lateral directions includes a low profile cart including a steerable front section and a rear section, the front section operable to turn left and right relative to the rear section. The rear section is operable to raise and support at least one tire of a vehicle off the ground. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130322993 | PARKING FACILITY - An automated parking facility for motor vehicles is provided. The parking facility is made up of at least two storage grids and at least two transport grids. Motor vehicles are movable along a first direction of movement in each of the transport grids by a transport device. Storage-grid storage locations for storing motor vehicles positioned on storage devices exist in the storage grids. The storage devices are associated with the storage-grid storage locations. The storage devices are movable from the respective storage-grid storage locations into at least one transport grid and vice versa. In the transport grid, the motor vehicles are transferable from the respective transport device to the respective storage device and vice versa by mutual passing. The number of storage devices are greater than the number of the storage-grid storage locations and the excess storage devices are associated with transport-grid storage locations existing in the transport grids. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140186146 | AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEM - An automated parking system for a parking structure includes a controller which receives a vehicle loading request from a vehicle customer. A loading bay accepts the vehicle and transfers to the parking system. Equipment is provided for transferring the vehicle horizontally and vertically through the parking system. The vehicle parking system includes a rack structure that is integrated as part of the parking structure. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140193225 | MODULAR STORAGE SYSTEM - A modular system for storage of cargo units in a designated space. The modular system includes: a plurality of interconnected active cell units, each cell unit including a cell transporting mechanism with at least one active shuttle unit moveable between the plurality of cell units. Each shuttle unit includes a shuttle transporting mechanism adapted to transport at least one pallet of the plurality of pallets to and from one of the plurality of cell units and also to and from at least one shuttle unit. The system also includes a central controller adapted to control the operation of the cell and the shuttle transporting mechanisms, the operation of which is performed in an independent manner via the central controller such that a construction of any arrangement of the cell units is performed to effectively exploit a designated space. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140271062 | PASSENGER AND VEHICLE ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The passenger and vehicle elevator system includes a plurality of elevator cars arrayed substantially equidistantly and equiangularly from a central shaft of the building. Each elevator car includes a housing and at least one door. The housing has a floor, a ceiling, and at least one sidewall. A linearly translating platform is mounted on the floor of each of the housings. The linearly translating platform is adapted for automatically carrying the vehicle and the at least one passenger through the at least one door. Further, the vehicle may be rotated within the housing by driven rotation of the platform or the floor, allowing for selective angular positioning of the vehicle with respect to the housing. The elevator car ascends and descends within a corresponding elevator shaft in a manner similar to that of a conventional elevator. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160079103 | TRANSFER SYSTEM - In a transfer system, at least one of a plurality of process apparatuses is connected to a station as a connected process apparatus. A station control unit controls a transfer device provided in the station through a communication with a process apparatus control unit to load the processing object to the connected process apparatus from the station and to unload the processing object from the connected process apparatus to the station. The station control unit controls the transfer device to begin unloading of the processing object from the connected process apparatus to the station after receiving a signal indicative of a presence of the processing object to be unloaded from the process apparatus control unit. | 03-17-2016 |
| 414232000 | With means to sense condition of site | 2 |
| 20100086385 | Shuttle Cars for Use in Automated Parking - A system of shuttle cars for transporting a vehicle in an automated parking facility. Each shuttle car includes an x-shuttle that supports two z-shuttles. The z-shuttles move from the x-shuttle and under the vehicle for transport. The z-shuttles locate and engage the front and rear tires of a vehicle to lift the vehicle from the floor. Once the z-shuttles have engage the vehicle tires, the z-shuttles return to the x-shuttle so that the x-shuttle can transport the vehicle (and the z-shuttles) to and from the appropriate parking space. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20120128453 | BICYCLE PARKING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a bicycle parking apparatus. The disclosed bicycle parking apparatus comprises: a rotational driving member providing driving power; a rotating storage unit consisting of multiple levels, rotated by the driving power from the rotational driving member, and partitioned so as to store bicycles in a radial configuration; an elevating unit, provided at a peripheral side of the rotating storage unit, for raising and lowering loaded bicycles; and a loading/unloading unit, provided at the elevating unit, for grasping and loading a bicycle from the outside onto the elevating unit or unloading a bicycle from the elevating unit to the outside. | 05-24-2012 |
| 414233000 | Including one or more movable sites | 15 |
| 20100272545 | VERTICAL PARKING LIFT SYSTEM - An improved multilevel parking system includes platforms having an angled cross section member disposed at an end thereof, which facilitates close nesting of, and lateral support for, the platforms. A drive-on ramp may be attached to a lower-most platform, facilitating movement of vehicles onto the platforms. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110286821 | Parking Deck Structure of Non-Dodging Three-Dimensional Parking Garage - A parking deck structure for a non-dodging three-dimensional (3D) parking garage is provided. The parking deck structure includes a parking deck, a parking deck column, a rotary column, and rollers for supporting upward and downward movement of the parking deck along the rotary column. Two wing plates are connected to two opposing sides of the parking deck column. With this arrangement, the parking deck structure is simple in structure and low in cost, and has high bending resistance and a better capability to support the rollers. Furthermore, an end surface connecting plate extending outward is disposed at a lower end of the parking deck column, and the parking deck column is joined to the parking deck by the end surface connecting plate. Accordingly, the parking deck structure is easy to assemble and transport. | 11-24-2011 |
| 414234000 | Vehicle assigned to particular supporting member (e.g., platform, dolly, cage, etc.) having some degree of independence either as to means, time, or direction of movement | 13 |
| 20100284771 | ROOF-TOP PARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A roof-top parking system and method for automatically parking and retrieving a vehicle on a roof. The system includes a communication system adapted to receive a parking request or a retrieval request, and a vehicle positioning device which positions a vehicle a queuing space on the ground adjacent a building and a parking space assigned to the vehicle on the roof of the building. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20140321952 | FACILITY FOR PARKING AND RECHARGING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES - Facility for parking and recharging electrical vehicles. It comprises platforms ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 414235000 | Supporting member separable from endless, member-transporting carrier, or disengageable from endless drive means, and movable away therefrom for receiving, discharging, or storing vehicle | 2 |
| 20140219751 | STORAGE STRUCTURES - A storage structure ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160251867 | VEHICLES PARKING IN MULTIPLE LEVELS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MANEUVERING | 09-01-2016 |
| 414239000 | One or more separate supporting members and means to impart independent, linear or partly linear, movement thereto | 9 |
| 20080273952 | Automatic Parking Lot - The invention concerns a parking lot at least partly automatic comprising at least one floor ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080279661 | Multi-tier parking lot with a waterproof parking space under each ground parking space - A parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces with a waterproof underground structure therebelow as an additional parking space is provided. The underground structure has a first waterproof member mounted around opening. A hydraulically-powered platform is mounted in the underground structure. A hydraulically-powered cover has a peripheral second waterproof member. In response to parking an automobile on the platform the platform is activated to lower and the cover is adapted to close onto the underground structure, and the second waterproof member is sealingly engaged with the first waterproof member when the platform lowers to a stop position in the underground structure. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090016863 | Parking Platform for Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a four post parking platform for motor vehicles, comprising two longitudinally directed platform tracks ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100119338 | MULTI-LEVEL VEHICLE LIFT - A multi-level vehicle lift comprising a first platform mounted for movement between a lowered position and a raised position. A second platform is positioned below the first platform and is coupled to the first platform by a short collapsible lift member such that upward movement of the first platform above a first raised position causes upward movement of the second platform. A third platform is positioned below the second platform and coupled to the first platform by a long collapsible lift member such that upward movement of the first platform above a second raised position causes upward movement of the third platform. In another aspect of the invention, a pit is positioned below the platforms, and at least the lower-most platform is at least partially in the pit when the first platform is in the lowered position. Preferably, the pit is recessed into a ground surface, and an upper surface of the first platform is substantially flush with the ground surface when in the lowered position. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110123302 | Parking system for motor vehicles - In order to enable particularly rapid conveyance of motor vehicles in a parking system for motor vehicles even when it is of complicated construction wherein the parking system comprises a pallet changing mechanism in which two guide means for pallets are arranged one above the other and said pallets are displaceable horizontally into said guide means, and also comprises a lifting device which can raise a pallet from the lower guide means into the upper guide means and conversely lower a pallet from the upper guide means into the lower guide means, it is proposed that the pallet changing mechanism be movable by means of a motorised drive between an entry or an exit position in which a pallet in the upper guide means is respectively aligned with the entrance or exit of the parking system on the one hand and between a pallet transfer station in which both guide means that are arranged one above the other of the pallet changing mechanism are aligned with guide means of a rack conveyor or a parking rack on the other, and in that there be provided a control unit which coordinates the movement of the pallet changing mechanism between the entry or exit position and the pallet transfer station and the activation of the lifting device in such a manner that the raising/lowering movement of the pallets in the pallet changing mechanism occurs during the movement of the pallet changing mechanism between the entry or exit position and the pallet transfer station. | 05-26-2011 |
| 414240000 | Member moving from particular location to discharge and/or receive vehicle, and returning thereto | 4 |
| 20090087290 | Quadruple vehicle parking system - A quadruple parking system configured to store at least four vehicles is provided. The vehicle parking system includes a rigid frame including four vertically upstanding posts, the frame generally defining a rectangular volume; at least three platforms movably disposed in the frame, each platform being configured to support at least one vehicle; the at least three platforms being coupled to each other by a telescopic coupling, wherein in a first position the at least three platforms are nested upon each other and, upon being elevated, each platform raises the platform below each other; and a hoist unit coupled to the telescopic coupling and configured to raise and lower the at least three platforms, wherein upon being fully raised the at least three platforms define four parking positions. The hoist unit employs an electric drive unit for ensuring consistent and smooth operation in various temperature conditions. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20110116901 | Fall Prevention Assembly for Parking Lifts - A fall prevention assembly for vertical lift systems for storage and in particular for parking motor vehicles, the lift system comprising a frame extending upward from a base and at least one platform that is raised vertically within that frame responsive to a lift mechanism upon which a vehicle is parked, the fall prevention assembly comprising a series of metal bars of sufficient size and strength to resist bending attached to the base of the unit and extending upward through a series of bushings mounted strategically on each platform usually at the corners. These bushings can be designed with ridges or teeth inside. As long as the platform or platforms remain level and in proper alignment with the lifting system and within the frame the bushings simply move up and down along the metal bars. In the case of the failure of a lifting means the platform or platforms would become unlevel or tilt and the bushings would bind upon the metal bar. The placement of the bushings on the platform as well as the length of the bushings and the closeness of the fit between the metal bar and the bushing would determine the amount the platform would be allowed to tilt. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20140010619 | Underground protection for active aricrafts - In an airfield with a short bi-directional runway and a long bi-directional runway intersecting with each other perpendicularly a system for storing and launching a plurality of airplanes includes a plurality of platforms, a plurality of rectangular cages and a frame. Onto each platform one airplane may be placed. Each cage has an opening into which one platform and one airplane are inserted through the opening. The frame has a plurality of slots and is disposed in ground beneath the airfield. One rectangular cage may be inserted into one of the slots. An elevator is disposed adjacent to the frame and has a bottom platform and an opening which may be aligned with the opening of one of the slots. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140140793 | Shuttle Cars for Use in Automated Parking - A system of shuttle cars for transporting a vehicle in an automated parking facility. Each shuttle car includes an x-shuttle that supports two z-shuttles. The z-shuttles move from the x-shuttle and under the vehicle for transport. The z-shuttles locate and engage the front and rear tires of a vehicle to lift the vehicle from the floor. Once the z-shuttles have engage the vehicle tires, the z-shuttles return to the x-shuttle so that the x-shuttle can transport the vehicle (and the z-shuttles) to and from the appropriate parking space. | 05-22-2014 |
| 414253000 | With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa | 10 |
| 20100034626 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE ALIGNMENT AND PARKING SYSTEM - A vehicle alignment system including a vehicle alignment base configured to support a vehicle upon entry into the vehicle parking system, the vehicle defining a longitudinal vehicle centerline. A module track is connected to the vehicle alignment base and defines a longitudinal alignment axis. The vehicle is disposable on the entry module track for translational movement along the longitudinal alignment axis. The vehicle alignment system further includes a vehicle sensor configured to detect the position of the vehicle relative to the longitudinal alignment axis. A vehicle alignment member is connected to the vehicle alignment base and is engageable with at least one pair of vehicle wheels. The vehicle alignment member is moveable relative to vehicle alignment base and substantially stationary relative to the vehicle to move the vehicle relative to the vehicle alignment base to dispose the longitudinal vehicle centerline substantially parallel to the longitudinal alignment axis. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100119339 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT IN AN ENCLOSED CONTAINER WITHIN THE HOLD OF A VESSEL - A method and apparatus for permitting construction equipment, and particularly backhoe loaders, to be transported in the hold of a seagoing vessel within the interior of an enclosed cargo container includes front and rear rollers that temporarily replace the wheels of the equipment and allow it to be driven into and out of the container without any disassembly of the equipment. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20130078063 | VEHICLE POSITIONING SYSTEM - An automated vehicle positioning system for use with a transport mechanism of an automated vehicle conveying system comprising one or more position sensors for detecting a position of a vehicle on a rotatable platform; and a controller adapted to control a travel distance of the rotatable platform for directionally aligning the vehicle to a conveying direction of the transport mechanism and for aligning a centerline of the vehicle with a centerline of the transport mechanism. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20150139761 | GARAGE AND CHARGING CONNECTOR DEVICE THEREOF - A garage and a charging connector device thereof are provided. The charging connector device comprises a plug, a mounting seat and a charging socket. The plug is mounted to the mounting seat. The mounting seat has a guide shaft. The charging socket has a guide sleeve engageable with or disengageable from the guide shaft, and the plug is capable of inserting into or pulling out of the charging socket. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20170234023 | LIFT-SLIDE PARKING SYSTEM | 08-17-2017 |
| 414255000 | By exerting upward, in addition to generally horizontal, force | 3 |
| 20120251276 | AUTOMATIC STORAGE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - An automatic vehicle storage system includes an adjustable, self-guided vehicle satellite for moving a vehicle between a pick-up and drop-off bay, a vehicle carriage, and a storage bay. The vehicle carriage is typically movable along and by a vehicle crane, which carries the vehicle to a desired storage bay, where the vehicle satellite then moves the vehicle. Once the vehicle is in the storage bay, the satellite and returns back to the carriage at the vehicle crane. The vehicle storage system is also capable of rotating the vehicle, such that the vehicle is forward-facing in the pick-up and drop-off bay when it is retrieved by the user, and to facilitate the simultaneous operation of side-by-side cranes within a storage facility. | 10-04-2012 |
| 414256000 | And forming sole support for vehicle | 2 |
| 20130142599 | AUTOMATIC PARKING STRUCTURE - A mechanism for moving vehicles within a vehicle parking structure comprises a lift platform which can be moved vertically and laterally to positions in register with one or more transfer rooms through which vehicles enter and leave the structure and a selected parking space of the structure. A vehicle transfer mechanism is carried on the platform and includes four self-powered tractors carrying lift arms that can be driven off the platform to engage the tires of a vehicle and to transfer that vehicle onto the platform for transportation between a transfer room and a parking space. The tractors, when deployed, pass outside the vehicle tires with the lift arms folded and can then be operated to extend the arms in a way that engages the tires and lifts the vehicle. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130280018 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LATERALLY STORING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A STORING DEVICE - 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 ( | 10-24-2013 |
| 414258000 | Tiltable or inclined means for supporting vehicle on carrier or site | 1 |
| 20110170992 | Transport Apparatus - Broadly, the present invention is a transport apparatus for manually moving a vehicle along a surface, the transport apparatus including a first planar extension having a first longitudinal axis and a second planar extension having a second longitudinal axis, wherein the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are substantially parallel to one another and the first and second planar extensions are operational to support a vehicle. Further included in the transport apparatus a means for a bi-directional movement of the first and second planar extensions along the surface, wherein the movement is along a single axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes. | 07-14-2011 |
| 414259000 | By exerting generally horizontal force | 1 |
| 414260000 | Comprising component of carrier having both horizontal and vertical paths of travel | 1 |
| 20130259612 | AUTOMATED STORAGE CABINET FOR TROLLEYS, AND AIRCRAFT INCORPORATING SUCH A CABINET - The present invention relates to an automated storage cabinet for trolleys. It includes a device for automatically handling a single trolley with a handling basket including a vertical plate perpendicular to the waiting area, vertically movable between the floor of the waiting area and any one of the levels of the trolley storage cabinet, and two side flanks, connected to the vertical plate and provided with structure for supporting, on either side, two opposite sides of a trolley in the waiting area and for transferring the supported trolley through an opening of the predetermined compartment. The handling device can include structure for inserting the trolley into or extracting the trolley from the predetermined compartment. | 10-03-2013 |
| 414261000 | Carrier-facility-site relationship | 2 |
| 20130183124 | AUTOMATED PARKING GARAGE/SELF-STORAGE APPARATUS - A parking system includes a plurality of trays having a parking platform for supporting a vehicle and legs for keeping the parking platform in an elevated position on a supporting surface of the parking facility. The parking system also has at least one automated guided vehicle for moving the tray with the vehicle thereon between an access location and a specified parking location. The automated guided vehicle has a frame and drive devices mounted on the frame. Each drive device has a turntable rotatable about a vertical axis and two independently driven wheels mounted on the turntable. The automated guided vehicle can fit beneath the parking platform of the tray and can lift the tray for moving the tray and the vehicle between the access location and the specified parking location. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20150139762 | HALL EFFECT SENSOR GRID ARRAY GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A parking system includes automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for moving automobiles to and from parking spaces in a parking facility. Each AGV is provided with a Hall effect sensor array. The parking facility has magnet arrays affixed to the floor of the parking facility. Each magnet array includes a plurality of magnets, with a specified arrangement of positive and negative poles of the magnets in the magnet array. The Hall effect sensor array senses the magnets and guides the AGV through the parking facility based on the position and alignment information determined by the Hall effect sensors. | 05-21-2015 |
