IP Library Granted Patent US 12,281,752
Granted Patent B2
US 12,281,752 · App. 18/152,393 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Hanging mechanism

Inventor: Keisuke Shiroishi (Gamo-gun, JP)
Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
F16M13/027B65G1/02
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Patent No.
US 12,281,752
App. No.
18/152,393
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to facilitate horizontally hanging an object, a hanging mechanism includes: a first hanging shaft to be hung from a ceiling; a second hanging shaft supported so as to be hung from the first hanging shaft; and a connecting section connecting the first hanging shaft and the second hanging shaft. The connecting section includes: a protruding spherical surface of a first connecting member that is provided on the first hanging shaft side; and a recessed surface portion, which is a recessed spherical surface of a second connecting member that is provided on the second hanging shaft side and that is in contact with the spherical surface of the first connecting member.

Claims (37)

1. A hanging mechanism comprising:

a first hanging member to be hung from a support part;

a second hanging member supported so as to be hung from the first hanging member; and

a connecting section connecting the first hanging member and the second hanging member to each other,

the connecting section including:

a first connecting member connected with the first hanging member; and

a second connecting member connected with the second hanging member,

the first connecting member including a first connecting surface,

the second connecting member including a second connecting surface in contact with the first connecting surface,

one of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface being a protruding curved surface, and the other of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface being a recessed curved surface,

one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member which one has the recessed curved surface including a through hole through which a shaft part connected with the other of the first connecting member and the second connecting member is inserted and a cut formed from the through hole to a side surface of the other of the first connecting member and the second connecting member.

2. The hanging mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface is a protruding spherical surface, and the other of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface is a recessed spherical surface.

3. The hanging mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the second hanging member is detachably connected, in the connecting section, to the first hanging member.

4. The hanging mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting surface is a protruding curved surface, and the second connecting surface is a recessed curved surface.

5. The hanging mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting surface is a recessed curved surface, and the second connecting surface is a protruding curved surface.

6. The hanging mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a storage body for accommodating an object is attached to the second hanging member.

7. The hanging mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein:

the support part is a ceiling; and

a rail on which a ceiling carrier travels is attached to the second hanging member.

8. A hanging mechanism comprising:

a first hanging member to be hung from a support part;

a second hanging member supported so as to be hung from the first hanging member; and

a connecting section connecting the first hanging member and the second hanging member to each other,

the connecting section including:

a first connecting member connected with the first hanging member; and

a second connecting member connected with the second hanging member,

the first connecting member including a first connecting surface,

the second connecting member including a second connecting surface in contact with the first connecting surface,

one of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface being a protruding curved surface, and the other of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface being a recessed curved surface, wherein one of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface is a protruding spherical surface, and the other of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface is a recessed spherical surface, and wherein the recessed spherical surface has a larger curvature radius than the protruding spherical surface.

9. A hanging mechanism comprising:

a first hanging member to be hung from a support part;

a second hanging member supported so as to be hung from the first hanging member;

a connecting section connecting the first hanging member and the second hanging member to each other, the connecting section including:

a first connecting surface that is provided on a first hanging member side; and

a second connecting surface that is provided on a second hanging member side and that is in contact with the first connecting surface, one of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface being a protruding curved surface, and the other of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface being a recessed curved surface;

a first height adjustment mechanism for adjusting a height of the first connecting surface with respect to the support part; and

a second height adjustment mechanism for adjusting a height of the second hanging member with respect to the first connecting surface.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST INVENTORS NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 062522 FRAME 0881. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 28, 2023
From: SHIROISHI, KEISUKE
To: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064419/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: SHIOISHI, KEISUKE
To: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062522/0881 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-006757 · Jan 19, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230228375A1 · Jul 20, 2023
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