# US 9,038,813 B2 · Device for transporting vehicle bodies > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,813 B2 - Document ID: US9038813B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/821,906 - Filed: 2011-08-19 - Published: 2013-11-28 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2010-09-10 - Assignees: Eisenmann SE - Applicants: Joerg Robbin; Thomas Hennig - Inventors: Joerg Robbin; Thomas Hennig - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038813B2 ## CPC - B65G 17/12: comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element - B62D 65/18: Transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines {(conveyors and haulage in general B65G)} - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract A device for transporting vehicle bodies, on which standardized holding components are provided. A guide device is provided for at least one continuous drive train which having a driving side and a slack side, and having a first return element and at least one second return element around which the at least one continuous drive train circulates. The at least one continuous drive train supports a plurality of coupling elements which are arranged and aligned in such a manner that they can work together with the standardized holding components provided on the vehicle body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for conveying vehicle bodies, on which standardised holding components are present, the device comprising: a) at least one continuous drive train which includes a load-carrying strand and a return strand; b) a guide device for the at least one continuous drive train, which comprises a first deflection element and at least one second deflection element by way of which the at least one continuous drive train revolves, wherein c) the at least one continuous drive train carries a plurality of coupling elements which are arranged and configured such that they are capable of cooperating with the standardised holding components of the vehicle body wherein d) the plurality of coupling elements are connected to the continuous drive train such that the coupling elements are tiltable about an axis; e) a tilting device at a first end of the continuous drive train which tilts the plurality of coupling elements from an operating position into an idle position which is tilted in comparison to the operating position; and, a righting device at a second end of the continuous drive train tilts the plurality of coupling elements from the idle position into the operating position, such that the plurality of coupling elements are carried along by the load-carrying strand in the operating position and by the return strand in the idle position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, comprising: at least two continuous drive trains, whereof the load-carrying strands extend parallel to one another and form a conveying plane-with the coupling elements. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling elements extend vertically upwards beyond the continuous drive train, at least in the region of the load-carrying strand of the continuous drive train. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling elements comprise support pins. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the tilting axis of the coupling elements extends horizontally and perpendicularly to a direction of revolution when the device is in operation, and the tilting device and the righting device comprise rail elements which allows for the coupling elements to carry out the tilting movement in positively driven manner.