Autonomously guided industrial truck having a pair of scanner units

US12215011B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Jungheinrich AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Schuler · Westerburg, DE
• Helmut Lohmann · Krefeld, DE
• Holger Brunckhorst · Norderstedt, DE
• Marcel Krenzin · Bad Bramstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66F9/07586
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An autonomously guided industrial truck comprising a vehicle body and a pair of support arms extending from the vehicle body. The vehicle body defines a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the industrial truck in sections in plan view of the industrial truck. Each of the support arms extending from the vehicle body has at least one load wheel. The industrial truck includes a pair of support wheels or drive wheels located underneath the vehicle body on a driving surface and opposite one another relative to the width direction. The industrial truck includes a pair of scanner units arranged vertically above the support wheels or drive wheels. The pair of scanning units defines a scanning plane with respective scanning regions each scanning unit of the pair of scanning units, and wherein the respective scanning units are symmetrically opposite one another within an outline of the vehicle body in the width direction of the industrial truck.