IP Library Granted Patent US 8,499,911
Granted Patent B2
US 8,499,911 · App. 13/254,352 · Granted Aug 6, 2013

Power supply system for crane

Inventor: Kinya Ichimura (Oita, JP)
Assignee: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,499,911
App. No.
13/254,352
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a power supply system including a crane and a power supply truck. In the power supply system, a linkage mechanism efficiently transmits a force in a travel direction x to the power supply truck, while not transmitting any force in a transverse direction y or a twisting direction, and has a highly durable configuration. In a power supply system 1 for a crane in which a crane 2 for loading and unloading a container for marine transportation is linked to a power supply truck 3 for supplying power while following the crane 2 , with a linkage mechanism 4 , the linkage mechanism 4 includes a receiving member 10 disposed on the power supply truck 3 , and a pushing member 11 disposed on the crane 2 . The power supply system 1 includes the linkage mechanism 4 configured in a manner that, when the crane 2 moves in a travel direction x, the pushing member 11 comes into contact with the receiving member 10 , to transmit a force of the crane 2 moving in the travel direction x to the power supply truck 3 , and when the crane 2 moves in a transverse direction y intersecting the travel direction x, the receiving member 10 does not disturb move of the pushing member 11 and a force of the crane 2 moving in the transverse direction y is not transmitted to the power supply truck 3.

Claims (25)

1. A power supply system for a crane in which a crane for loading and unloading a container for marine transportation is linked to a power supply truck for supplying power while following the crane, with a linkage mechanism, the power supply system characterized in that

the linkage mechanism includes:

a receiving member disposed on the power supply truck; and

a pushing member disposed on the crane, and

the power supply system includes the linkage mechanism configured in a manner that,

when the crane moves in a travel direction, the pushing member comes into contact with the receiving member to transmit a force of the crane moving in the travel direction to the power supply truck,

when the crane moves in a transverse direction intersecting the travel direction, the receiving member does not disturb move of the pushing member, and thus a force of the crane moving in the transverse direction is not transmitted to the power supply truck, and

when the crane is displaced in a vertical direction, the receiving member does not disturb move of the pushing member, and thus a force of the crane moving in the vertical direction is not transmitted to the power supply truck.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

the receiving member includes two contact bars each extending in a direction intersecting the travel direction while the pushing member includes a rod protruding from the crane, and the rod is arranged between the two contact bars,

when the crane moves in the travel direction, the rod comes into contact with one of the two contact bars to transmit the force in the travel direction, and

when the crane moves in the transverse direction, the rod moves in the direction in which the two contact bars extend, and does not transmit, to the power supply truck, the force of the crane moving in the transverse direction.

3. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein

the receiving member includes: a slide bar extending from the power supply truck in the travel direction; and the contact bars are disposed on the slide bar, and

the pushing member has a portal form in which two rods spaced from each other are disposed on a crossbar extending from the crane.

4. The power supply system according to any one of claim 2 , further comprising

a power supply belt connecting power supply equipment of a container terminal and the power supply truck to each other, wherein

the power supply belt includes:

a bendable articulated belt formed of a plurality of tubular bodies connected together; and

a power supply cable passing inside the articulated belt.

5. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

power supply equipment of a container terminal and the power supply truck are connected to each other with a power supply belt, and

the power supply belt includes:

a bendable articulated belt formed by connecting a plurality of tubular bodies; and

a power supply cable passing inside the articulated belt.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2019
From: MITSUI E&S HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI E&S MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048531/0006 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 23, 2018
From: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI E&S HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047878/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2011
From: ICHIMURA, KINYA
To: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 026849/0453 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-052185 · Mar 5, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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