US 12,215,011 B2
Autonomously guided industrial truck having a pair of scanner units
Michael Schüler, Wakendorf (DE); Helmut Lohmann, Gyhum (DE); Holger Brunckhorst, Norderstedt (DE); and Marcel Krenzin, Bad Bramstedt (DE)
Assigned to Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/819,376.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 121 222.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047525 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 9/0755 (2013.01) [B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/07586 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomously guided industrial truck, comprising:
a vehicle body that defines a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the industrial truck in sections in plan view of the industrial truck;
a pair of support arms extending from the vehicle body, each support arm of the pair of support arms having at least one load wheel;
a pair of wheels located underneath the vehicle body on a driving surface and opposite one another relative to the width direction; and
a pair of scanner units arranged vertically above the wheels, wherein the pair of scanning units defines a scanning plane with respective scanning regions of each scanning unit of the pair of scanning units and, wherein the respective scanning units are symmetrically opposite one another within an outline of the vehicle body in the width direction of the industrial truck,
wherein the vehicle body is formed in a vertical region of the scanning plane in such a way that the pair of scanner units jointly cover the entire surroundings of the industrial truck with the respective scanning regions.