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Granted Patent B2
US 12,729,099 · App. 17/918,566 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Industrial truck with a load receiving element for receiving elongated goods

Inventor: Juergen Keller (Grossenlueder, DE)
Assignee: HUBTEX MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG
B66F9/18B66F9/0755
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Patent No.
US 12,729,099
App. No.
17/918,566
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An industrial truck includes a load-receiving element which receives elongated-goods, an elongated-goods detection device which detects the elongated-goods, and a safety controller having at least one monitoring sensor. The safety controller forms at least one protection field together with the at least one monitoring sensor. The safety controller is operatively connected to the elongated-goods detection device and influences the at least one protection field as a function of the elongated-goods detected by the elongated-goods detection device.

Claims (34)

1 . An industrial truck comprising:

a load-receiving element which is configured to receive elongated-goods;

an elongated-goods detection device which is configured to detect the elongated-goods received on the load-receiving element; and

a safety controller comprising at least one monitoring sensor, the safety controller forming at least one protection field together with the at least one monitoring sensor,

wherein,

the safety controller is operatively connected to the elongated-goods detection device and is configured to influence the at least one protection field as a function of the elongated-goods detected by the elongated-goods detection device.

2 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , wherein the industrial truck is a driverless transport vehicle which is designed as a side loader.

3 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , wherein the safety controller is further configured to adapt the at least one protection field to an overall outline resulting from the industrial truck and the elongated goods received.

4 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , wherein,

the at least one protection field includes protection fields which differ in at least one of a size, a shape and a position relative to the industrial truck, and

the safety controller is further configured to switch between the protection fields as a function of the elongated goods detected by the elongated-goods detection device.

5 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a lift mast which comprises an upper region and a lifting fork,

wherein,

the elongated-goods detection device comprises a laser scanner which comprises a scanner detection region, the laser scanner being arranged on the upper region of the lift mast so that the scanner detection region is directed obliquely downward onto the lifting fork.

6 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a lift mast which comprises an upper region and a lifting fork,

wherein,

the elongated-goods detection device comprises a camera which comprises a camera detection region, the camera being arranged on the upper region of the lift mast so that the camera detection region is directed obliquely downward onto the lifting fork.

7 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , wherein,

the safety controller comprises two of the at least one monitoring sensor, the two monitoring sensors being arranged on the industrial truck in diagonally opposite sensor positions, and

each of the two monitoring sensors comprises a monitoring-sensor detection region which extends over 270°.

8 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a lift mast which is designed as a reach mast; and

wheel arms,

wherein,

the safety controller forms the at least one protection field as a rear-area protection field which is arranged on a side of the reach mast facing away from the load-receiving element and between the wheel arms.

9 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 8 , wherein the reach mast is configured to be repeatedly extendable and retractable.

10 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a load-carrier recognition device which is configured to at least one of detect and measure a load-carrier so that the industrial truck can at least one of measure, identify and receive the load-carrier.

11 . The industrial truck as recited in claim 10 , further comprising:

a lifting fork comprising prongs,

wherein,

the load-carrier recognition device comprises a load-carrier recognition camera which is arranged between the prongs of the lifting fork.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: KELLER, JUERGEN, MR.
To: HUBTEX MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 061506/0191 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 110 180.5 · Apr 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230135834A1 · May 4, 2023
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