Lifting, Positioning & Manipulation
Equipment that raises, orients and holds loads, including balancers, manipulators and lift tables.
Category CAT-000000154
Subcategories
Publications
- OT-2026-000001175
A connection assembly for modular construction includes an upper junction connector coupled to an upper end of a column. The upper junction connector includes an upper end that has a planar upper surface, a recessed surface, and at least one connector sidewall extending between the upper surface and the recessed surfac
- OT-2026-000001170
An autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload, autonomous transport robot including, frame with integral payload support that has a payload seat surface defining a payload datum position that determines predetermined payload position relative to autonomous transport robot, transfer arm connected to the frame
- OT-2026-000001162
A crane, in particular a revolving tower crane, having a hoist rope that runs off from a crane boom and carries a load suspension means; having drive devices for moving a plurality of crane elements and for traveling the load suspension means; having a control device for controlling the drive devices such that the load
- OT-2026-000001161
Method for lifting a wind turbine component The present invention relates to a method for lifting a wind turbine component, such as a rotor blade (2), gearbox or a rotor, with a lifting yoke (10) comprising a first structural body (20) comprising a crane hook attachment point (21), a first connection point (22) and a s
- OT-2026-000001155
A lift apparatus comprising a lift adapter suitable to engage and support a variety of vehicle components. The lift adapter comprises a number of support arms, each of the support arms being rotationally adjustable with respect to a support body of the lift adapter. A number of bracket assemblies mount interface adapte
- OT-2026-000001152
Methods are described for extending a crane tower (200) along a wind turbine, assembling a crane tower (200), shortening a crane tower (200), and constructing a wind turbine tower (100), in addition to various related apparatus. In certain examples, a crane tower (200) is supported upon the wind turbine tower (100) and
- OT-2026-000001139
Disclosed is a mobile articulated crane having a boom for carrying a load when the crane is stationary and while the crane is mobile. The boom has an end for engaging with a load and an opposed end. The crane further comprises a counterweight attached to the boom at or close to the opposed end of the boom. A rear body
- OT-2026-000001119
A slewing control device includes an attachment information acquisition unit, an angular velocity setting unit and a slewing control unit. The attachment information acquisition unit acquires attachment information for setting the maximum slewing angular velocity based on the transverse load acting on an attachment. Th
- OT-2026-000001093
A spreader beam and related method provide a simplified repair or rebuilding capability for wear parts of the spreader beam. The disclosed spreader beam includes removable sheave nests containing sheaves, which are the wear parts in a spreader beam. The disclosed spreader beam saves time and costs since an entire sprea
- OT-2026-000001081
A package coupling apparatus for securing a package to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The package coupling apparatus includes a support plate configured to be secured to an upper surface of the package and a handle extending up from the support plate. The handle includes a handle opening and a bridge tha
- OT-2026-000001070
A saddle and removable extension for a floor jack having a storage assembly is disclosed. A saddle and extension assembly of the floor jack includes a jack saddle fastened to a mounting bracket of a lifting arm and an extension having a flange and an extension saddle. To withstand off-center loading conditions when the
- OT-2026-000001065
A vacuum lifter of this disclosure includes a spreader bar having a lifting lug at a top end and pad hanger locations at a bottom end; a pair of legs rotatably connected at a corresponding end of the spreader bar, each leg including a foot at a lower end of the leg; each leg having a first locking position in which the
- OT-2026-000001064
The invention relates to a mobile lifting column, a lifting system including one or more of such lifting columns, and a method for lifting a vehicle. The mobile lifting column includes a frame with a moveable carrier. The carrier includes a carrier part and a guiding part with the carrier configured for carrying the ve
- OT-2026-000001049
An operator control system is provided for a materials handling vehicle, the materials handling vehicle including an operator station having a support structure. The operator control system includes an operator control assembly having a housing mounted to or integral with the support structure, and at least one control
- OT-2026-000001028
A cargo handling system in which an industrial vehicle performs cargo handling operation includes the industrial vehicle, a work site where the industrial vehicle performs cargo handling operation, a monitoring unit configured to monitor a state at a transition position where one process transitions to another process
- OT-2026-000001015
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a position and/or movement of a rope, in particular of a machine, and/or of a load arranged on the rope, comprising the steps of: determining measurement points by a sensor unit; assigning the measurement points to the rope and/or to the load arranged on the ro
- OT-2026-000001006
A deck apparatus for a lift device includes a frame, a deck, a member, a cable, and a cylinder. The deck is pivotally coupled with the frame. The member is coupled with the frame and configured to translate along the frame in an upwards direction or a downwards direction. The cable is configured to operably couple the
- OT-2026-000001002
A lid locking apparatus and method for open top intermodal transport containers including a pivoting latch for securing the lid to the container, a locking mechanism operable between a locking position which prevents pivoting of the latch from its latched position, and a mechanism actuated to unlock the latch to allow
- OT-2026-000000997
There is provided a method for an autonomous vehicle to scan a load (105) at a location comprising receiving a lifting task including the location of the load (105) on a racking system, scanning a predefined space at the location with a light based scanning device mounted on the autonomous vehicle, processing data acqu
- OT-2026-000000988
A method for operating a hydraulic system. The method including providing a delivered volumetric flow of a hydraulic medium for moving at least one hydraulic cylinder by a hydraulic device having at least one hydraulic pump and which at a minimum rotational speed of the at least one hydraulic pump provides a minimum de
- OT-2026-000000982
A strut structure for a crane comprising a strut arm extending longitudinally along a strut axis and comprising a foot and a top on which a hooking member for a sling is provided, and at least one tie rod including an upper tie rod end fastened to the top of the strut arm, at least one toggle leg mounted on the foot of
- OT-2026-000000973
A forklift safety control system includes a sensor mounted on a fork of a forklift and detecting a distance between the fork and an obstacle, a wireless communication device mounted on the fork, and a safety monitoring device. The wireless communication device includes a first wireless communication module connected to
- OT-2026-000000971
A strut structure for a crane, comprising a strut arm including a foot and a top, wherein the strut arm is divided into an upper strut half-arm to which at least one tie rod is fastened, and a lower strut half-arm to which at least one reinforcing bar is fastened, which are assembled by a detachable intermediate mechan
- OT-2026-000000969
A materials handling vehicle includes a power unit, a load handling assembly and a positioning assistance system that provides assistance to an operator that is driving the vehicle. The assistance provided by the positioning assistance system includes at least one of an audible, tactile, or visual cue to indicate at le
- OT-2026-000000967
A base assembly configured to support a tower mounted crane on a nacelle of the wind turbine, said tower mounted crane being of the kind comprising a base portion and a boom arm, where the boom arm is arranged rotatably about a vertical axis relative to the base portion during normal operation of the tower mounted cran
- OT-2026-000000958
An attachment device is detachably attached to an automatic conveyance device, the attachment device including: a shielding member configured to shield a structural member configured to operate or display an operation state of the automatic conveyance device in a state in which the attachment device is attached to the
- OT-2026-000000954
A deck apparatus for a lift device includes a frame, a deck, a member, and multiple rails. The deck is pivotally coupled with the frame. The member is coupled with the frame and is configured to translate along the frame in an upwards direction or a downwards direction. The rails are coupled to an upper end of the memb
- OT-2026-000000952
A layover bracket system (104, 106) is provided for supporting an industrial vehicle (10) in a horizontal position on a floor surface (19). The layover bracket system includes a base section (104) removably attached to a first portion of the vehicle at a first location, and an extension section (106) removably attached
- OT-2026-000000951
A system and method for lifting a vehicle using compressed air is disclosed herein. The system includes a set of inflatable devices movable into an inflated position to lift the vehicle and an air-line assembly connectable to a compressed air supply and to the set of the inflatable devices to move the set of inflatable
- OT-2026-000000944
A vehicle lift configured to raise and lower a vehicle. The vehicle lift comprises a post, an actuator, and a carriage assembly. The vehicle lift further includes a control system configured to control the actuator to shift the carriage assembly relative to the post. The control system is further configured to perform
- OT-2026-000000940
A material handling vehicle is provided. The material handling vehicle includes a body and a charger assembly. The body defines an outer perimeter. The charger assembly is pivotably and removably mounted to the body. In a closed configuration, the charger assembly is disposed fully within the outer perimeter.
- OT-2026-000000938
OPERATOR VEHICLE WITH ASSISTED CENTRING DEVICE Described is an operator vehicle, comprising: a platform (2), equipped with a seat (3); a tower (T), coupled to the seat (3) in a rotatable fashion about a main rotation axis; motor means, arranged to rotate the tower (T) about the main axis; a detector, arranged to detect
- OT-2026-000000933
The invention relates to a sensor apparatus for detecting the travel region of an industrial robot, in particular a crane for moving containers, wherein the sensor apparatus comprises at least one first environmental sensor and one second environmental sensor, wherein the first environmental sensor emits transmission l
- OT-2026-000000914
An access deck assembly is provided for an aerial lift vehicle mobile platform. A base member defines an upper surface to support an operator, and has first and second guides to cooperate with the platform. A locking mechanism is supported by the base member and retains the access deck to the platform. A method of conn
- OT-2026-000000912
The present invention relates to a lifting system ( 1 ) for lifting wooden construction elements e.g. cross laminated timber (CLT) elements, comprising a rod ( 3 ) defining a longitudinal axis, a first end section and a second end section, a lifting element ( 9 ) connected to the rod, the lifting element comprising a l
- OT-2026-000000902
A process is provided for securing access to a materials handling vehicle. The process is carried out by coupling a tablet to a materials handling vehicle via a wired connection for communication via an open standard. The process also includes receiving a first device identification of the tablet over the wired connect
- OT-2026-000000899
A process for modifying operation of a materials handling vehicle is carried out by receiving from a tablet, an electrical signal representing an instruction to modify an operating condition of the materials handling vehicle. The instruction is communicated by the tablet via an open standard communication protocol. The
- OT-2026-000000894
A lifting platform for motor vehicles includes: a platform for receiving a motor vehicle; at least one actuator mounted on the platform; at least two pairs of flexible traction elements, constrained with one end to fixed points and configured to be subjected to traction by the at least one actuator and thus cause the l
- OT-2026-000000883
A system for protecting an operator on an aerial work platform from a crushing hazard includes a sensor, such as opto-electric sensor, positionable adjacent the control panel area. A control system is programmed to control operation of the driving components based on signals from the sensor.
- OT-2026-000000839
This disclosure includes hose supports for masts of material handling vehicles and methods of using the same. Some hose supports include a lower linear portion having a length, an upper linear portion that has a length larger than the length of the lower linear portion and is angularly disposed relative to the lower li
- OT-2026-000000826
This crane is capable of transporting cargo and includes: a feedback control unit for feedback control of the crane or an object to be controlled that is a component of the crane; a learning model that has a weighting factor and learns the characteristics of the object to be controlled in real time by adjusting the wei
- OT-2026-000000788
A robot tool for automatically lifting/lowering a vehicle, including a control system, an image system, a plurality of jacks and a driving device. The image system has aiming devices and can capture images above the jacks. The control system can exchange data with the outside world and store data which includes command
- OT-2026-000000779
An apparatus for removing a battery cell from a rigid housing containing a plurality of contiguous battery cells. The apparatus bridges the housing with a jack that ratchets up a selected battery cell by attachment to undercuts in the terminals. The jack has a hinged connection between the bridge and a manually operate
- OT-2026-000000722
Systems and methods provide assistance to an operator of a material handling vehicle. A training reinforcement assistance device has a frame supporting an optical system, the optical system being configured to display virtual content on a display, and to enable viewing of at least a portion of a surrounding environment
- OT-2026-000000709
A tank carrier includes a base member, a backstop, and a pair of support members. The pair of support members extend between the base member and the backstop to form an angled support to solidify an orientation between the base member and the backstop. A lower saddle strap and an upper saddle strap each extend between
- OT-2026-000000666
An information acquisition system includes a first input acquisition unit that acquires masses of the attachment and the suspended cargo as first input, a second input acquisition unit that acquires information about a posture of the attachment as second input, a position estimation unit that estimates the position of
- OT-2026-000000642
A plurality of portable lifts are dynamically configured to form a lift system for raising and lowering of vehicle. Each portable lift is added to the lift system and communicates wirelessly with a centralized control module. Some systems guide the user through a sequenced association of lifts in particular relative po
- OT-2026-000000637
An oil circuit system applicable for a lifting device comprising: a lifting oil cylinder (110), a tank (800), a first oil feed line (252), a second oil feed line (253), an oil inlet/outlet line (254), a pressure relief line (255), an oil return line (256), a first valve, and a second valve; wherein the first valve is c
- OT-2026-000000635
A fork prong moving system for storage that comprises a vertical mast, a vertical carriage, a side carriage and extensible means. The vertical carriage is mechanically joined to the vertical mast and movable in a vertical direction along said mast. The side carriage is mechanically joined to the vertical carriage by me
- OT-2026-000000634
Module kit for a material handling device, and a material handling device comprising a group of modules. The device comprises a control bar (1a), drive wheel (1b), an upright frame (4) with a pair of forks (5a) to be moved up and down along the upright frame (4), and a pair of support arms (3a, 6a). The module kit comp