Heavy-duty ground transportation vehicle, in particular an unmanned heavy-duty transportation vehicle for ISO containers

US8789635B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gottwald Port Technology GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Franzen · Rheydt, DE
• Armin Wieschemann · Oberhausen, DE
• Mike Hegewald · Düsseldorf, DE
• Jannis Moutsokapas · Monheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a heavy-duty ground transportation vehicle, in particular an unmanned guided heavy-duty transportation vehicle for ISO containers, which is environmentally friendly. This is achieved by arranging a battery in the heavy-duty transportation vehicle to supply power to a travelling drive of the vehicle. The battery is typically a lead battery of considerable weight, and is releasably connected to the transport vehicle in a manner that permits changing the battery (e.g., exchanging a depleted battery for a fresh battery) and recharging the depleted battery at a location outside the vehicle. The battery can be moved into and out of transport vehicle transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.