US 12,643,778 B2Granted

Attachments for industrial material handling equipment

AssigneeCascade Corporation

InventorsJian Yang, Jacob Ammon Adams, Glenn Steven Prentice

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Abstract

Attachment assemblies for industrial material handling equipment are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the attachment assembly includes a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator fixedly attached to the carriage. The carriage is mountable to industrial material handling equipment. The attachment assembly additionally includes a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage. The attachment assembly further includes a faceplate assembly fixedly attached to the frame assembly. The faceplate assembly is configured to receive one or more support members for supporting a load. The faceplate assembly includes one or more load cells configured to measure horizontal and vertical forces applied to the one or more support members. The linear actuator slides the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An attachment assembly, comprising:

a carriage assembly having a carriage and a linear actuator fixedly attached to the carriage, the carriage being mountable to industrial material handling equipment;
a frame assembly slidably connected to the carriage, the frame assembly having upper and lower transverse frame members and end vertical frame members connecting the upper and lower transverse frame members in a spaced relationship to define a frame central cavity therebetween, wherein the linear actuator is disposed within the frame central cavity such that the ends of the piston rods contact the end vertical frame members allowing the linear actuator to slide the frame assembly laterally relative to the carriage assembly;
and
a faceplate assembly fixedly attached to the frame assembly, the faceplate assembly is configured to receive one or more support members for supporting a load, wherein the faceplate assembly includes one or more load cells configured to measure horizontal and vertical forces applied to the one or more support members and includes upper and lower transverse faceplate members and end vertical faceplate members connecting the upper and lower transverse faceplate members in a spaced relationship to define a faceplate central cavity therebetween.

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Facts

Application: 17/843,125Filed 17 Jun 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 8 Jan 2020
Published: US 2022/0315403 A16 Oct 2022
Granted: 2 Jun 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B66F 9/148
Whole unit including fork support moves relative to mast: whole unit including fork support moves sideways
B66F 9/142
Laterally movable, e.g. swingable, for slewing or transverse movements: movements of forks either individually or relative to each other
B66F 9/143
Movements of forks either individually or relative to each other: movements of forks relative to each other - symmetric
B66F 17/003
Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force: for fork-lift trucks

Family

Application16/737,664Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Jan 2020
Application17/144,968Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Jan 2021
US 11,130,660 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Sep 2021
US 2022/0315403 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Oct 2022
US 11,365,104 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2021/0206608 A1Published application
US 2021/0206609 A1Published application
US 12,643,778 B2This patent

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