An alignment mechanism for a robotic parking device is described. The device includes a number of stacks of containers, the stacks being positioned within a frame structure having uprights and a horizontal grid disposed above the stacks, the grid having substantially perpendicular rails on which load handling devices can run. Cars or vehicles are positioned in containers that are moved in to and out of the stacks by the robotic handling devices. The cars are put in to the grid at entry points that can be positioned at points under the stacks. The alignment mechanism includes a series of belts moveable relative to each other and relative to the container, the belts acting to align a long axis of a vehicle with a long axis of the container in to which the vehicle is to be placed.

An elevator system can include an elevator car comprising an elevator floor, the elevator car connected to a control system, wherein the elevator floor is configured to enable a rolling device to roll from a floor level onto the elevator floor, an elevator wireless communication module connected to the control system, an elevator framework in which the elevator car is configured and an elevator motor configured to raise and lower the elevator car as instructed by a mobile robot and as controlled by the control system according to instructions to the elevator system received via the elevator wireless communication module. The elevator system can be attached to a rack of shelves and be used to autonomously move mobile robots up and down to or from respective shelfs and/or a floor level.

An alignment mechanism for a robotic parking device is described. The device includes a number of stacks of containers, the stacks being positioned within a frame structure having uprights and a horizontal grid disposed above the stacks, the grid having substantially perpendicular rails on which load handling devices can run. Cars or vehicles are positioned in containers that are moved in to and out of the stacks by the robotic handling devices. The cars are put in to the grid at entry points that can be positioned at points under the stacks. The alignment mechanism includes a series of belts moveable relative to each other and relative to the container, the belts acting to align a long axis of a vehicle with a long axis of the container in to which the vehicle is to be placed.

A device for parking vehicles includes a platform a synchronization traction element on each side on the platform. One end of each traction element is fixed in a first region of the platform, and another end of each traction element is fixed in an opposite second region of the platform. Each traction element has a first part in the first region of the platform, a second part along the platform, and a third part in the second region of the platform. Each traction element is guided by a roller, and the rollers are connected by a synchronization shaft.

The disclosure relates to a device for parking a plurality of vehicles or the like above one another, wherein at least one platform is provided, which can be raised and lowered by a lifting device, and a constant velocity traction element is provided on each side of the platform. Each constant velocity traction element is guided at least through a roller on the platform and the rollers of two constant velocity traction elements are connected for rotation by a constant velocity shaft.

A parking garage for motor vehicles that can be easily, quickly and cost-effectively erected, and makes efficient use of limited space, in particular a multistory garage, is proposed, comprising a ground floor level and at least one parking floor level located above the ground floor level, a support structure with a shaft, at least one conveyor for the essentially vertical transport of motor vehicles, the conveyor being situated in the shaft of the support structure, the at least one parking floor level comprising at least one parking place for at least one motor vehicle, the parking garage being designed for transferring a motor vehicle between the conveyor and a parking position on the at least one parking place, the transfer being powered by the motor vehicle itself, such that a first side of at least one of the parking floor levels is located on the support structure.

In a parking system having movable parking platforms, at least a part of the parking platforms of a front row, when viewed in the direction of entry, has a roof spanning the parking platform. The parking platforms provided with a roof can optionally be vertically adjusted to different positions, i.e., to an entry/exit position, in which the parking platform is on an entry level which allows a vehicle to be driven over in order to be parked, or to a drive-over position, in which the roof is located on the entry level and can be driven over by a vehicle driving in to reach a parking platform located in the row behind it, as well as in a parking position which is lowered in relation to the drive-over position and in which a further parking platform can be moved transversely over the roof.

The disclosure relates to a parking system comprising a first row of parking spaces and a second row of parking spaces. Access to the first row is from an entrance at an entrance level. Access to the second row is by means of a movable feeder platform that bridges a parking space gap in the first row. The feeder platform can be lifted by means of a lifting mechanism from a lowered home position to a crossing position at a passage level.

The present invention relates to a vehicles parking in multiple levels (1), which comprises a parking box (2); a base structure (3) and a lifting system (4); allowing the storing of vehicles in different levels in relation to the ground level, optimizing the use of the space; and to a method for managing maneuvering consisting of a system for optimizing the parking space and the vehicles parking in multiple levels (1).

A parking garage for motor vehicles that can be easily, quickly and cost-effectively erected, and makes efficient use of limited space, in particular a multistory garage, is proposed, comprising a ground floor level and at least one parking floor level located above the ground floor level, a support structure with a shaft, at least one conveyor for the essentially vertical transport of motor vehicles, the conveyor being situated in the shaft of the support structure, the at least one parking floor level comprising at least one parking place for at least one motor vehicle, the parking garage being designed for transferring a motor vehicle between the conveyor and a parking position on the at least one parking place, the transfer being powered by the motor vehicle itself, such that a first side of at least one of the parking floor levels is located on the support structure.