IP Library Granted Patent US 12662205
Granted Patent B2
US 12662205 · App. 18/005,268 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Lifting system for a semitrailer of an articulated lorry, logistics depot for a lorry fleet, as well as a logistics system

Inventors: Kristina Van Cappelle (Stuttgart, DE); Wolfgang Kob (Waiblingen, DE); Ulrich Voegele (Denkendorf, DE); Ralf Oberfell (Asperg, DE); Sebastian Beckmann (Stuttgart, DE); Fridtjof Stein (Ostfildern, DE); Tobias Schwalb (Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE)
Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
B62D53/0857B66B9/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12662205
App. No.
18/005,268
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lifting system for a semitrailer of an articulated lorry includes a lifting device where the semitrailer is adjustable by the lifting device in relation to a surface of a base element on which the semitrailer is positioned between a coupling position, in which a coupling element of the semitrailer is arranged at a coupling height above the surface of the base element, and a decoupling position, in which the coupling element is arranged at a decoupling height above the surface of the base element. The lifting device is associated with a surface segment of the base element where the surface segment is height-adjustable by the lifting device such that the semitrailer is adjustable between the coupling position and the decoupling position by an adjustment of the surface segment.

Claims (15)

1 . A lifting system ( 1 ) for a semitrailer ( 5 ) of an articulated lorry ( 4 ), comprising:

a first lifting device ( 11 ), wherein the semitrailer ( 5 ) is adjustable by the first lifting device ( 11 ) in relation to a surface ( 7 ) of a base element ( 8 ) on which the semitrailer ( 5 ) is positioned between a coupling position, in which a coupling element ( 15 ) of the semitrailer ( 5 ) is arranged at a coupling height above the surface ( 7 ) of the base element ( 8 ), and a decoupling position, in which the coupling element ( 15 ) is arranged at a decoupling height above the surface ( 7 ) of the base element ( 8 );

wherein the first lifting device ( 11 ) is associated with a surface segment ( 10 ) of the base element ( 8 ) and wherein the surface segment ( 10 ) is height-adjustable by the first lifting device ( 11 ) such that the semitrailer ( 5 ) is adjustable between the coupling position and the decoupling position by an adjustment of the surface segment ( 10 ); and

a position sensor system ( 18 ), wherein a current position of a support assembly ( 12 ) of the semitrailer ( 5 ) is detectable in relation to the first lifting device ( 11 ) by the position sensor system ( 18 ) and wherein an adjustment of the first lifting device ( 11 ) is releasable and/or lockable by the lifting system ( 1 ) based on the current position of the support assembly ( 12 ) in relation to the first lifting device ( 11 ).

2 . The lifting system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the position sensor system ( 18 ) is arrangeable at least partially on an articulated-lorry cab ( 6 ) of the articulated lorry ( 4 ).

3 . The lifting system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the position sensor system ( 18 ) is arrangeable at least partially on the first lifting device ( 11 ).

4 . The lifting system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a second lifting device ( 26 ), wherein the base element ( 8 ) is height-adjustable between a first road surface level ( 27 ) and a second road surface level ( 28 ) by the second lifting device ( 26 ).

5 . The lifting system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a unit for providing signals ( 22 ), wherein a status signal ( 23 , 24 , 25 ) that characterizes a current status of the lifting system ( 1 ) is providable to an articulated-lorry cab ( 6 ) of the articulated lorry ( 4 ) by the unit for providing signals ( 22 ).

6 . A logistics operating facility ( 2 ) for a lorry fleet, comprising:

the lifting system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 .

7 . The logistics operating facility according to claim 6 , further comprising a first floor ( 29 ) and a second floor ( 30 ), wherein the lifting system ( 1 ) has a second lifting device ( 26 ) and wherein the base element ( 8 ) is adjustable between the first floor ( 29 ) and the second floor ( 30 ) by the second lifting device ( 26 ).

8 . The logistics operating facility ( 2 ) according to claim 7 , wherein a trailer vehicle ( 5 ) and a first towing vehicle ( 6 ) of the lorry fleet are decoupleable from each other by the first lifting device ( 11 ) on the first floor ( 29 ), wherein the trailer vehicle ( 5 ) is adjustable onto the second floor ( 30 ) by the second lifting device ( 26 ), wherein a second towing vehicle ( 33 ) and the trailer vehicle ( 5 ) are coupleable onto each other on the second floor ( 30 ), and wherein at least one of the first and second towing vehicles ( 6 ; 33 ) is only associated with the logistics operating facility ( 2 ).

9 . A logistics system ( 3 ), comprising:

a lorry fleet; and

a logistics operating facility ( 2 ), wherein the logistics operating facility ( 2 ) comprises the lifting system ( 1 ) according to claim 1 .