US Patent Issued to Gebhardt Fordertechnik on Sept. 29 for "Transfer unit for a load carrier and methods for transferring a load carrier" (German, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,146, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Gebhardt Fordertechnik GmbH (Sinsheim, Germany).

"Transfer unit for a load carrier and methods for transferring a load carrier" was invented by Marco Gebhardt (Sinsheim, Germany), Fabian Branner (Waibstadt, Germany) and Gunther Napetschnig (Hohenems, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer unit for the transfer of a load carrier from a first vehicle to a second vehicle and vice versa, or from a first vehicle to a conveyor and vice versa, is disclosed. The transfer unit includes a first entrance that allows the entry of a first vehicle, and the transfer unit opposite the first entran...