IP Library Granted Patent US 11,214,976
Granted Patent B2
US 11,214,976 · App. 16/757,427 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Intelligent vehicle transport robot for single-level parking lot having no drive aisles

Inventors: Min Seo Cho (Bucheon-si, KR); Hyeon Hui Kim (Bucheon-si, KR)
Assignee: Min Seo Cho
E04H6/36B60P3/073E04H6/305G08G1/144G08G1/145
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,214,976
App. No.
16/757,427
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention can provide an intelligent vehicle transport robot for a single-level parking lot, wherein: parking lines for indicating parking locations of respective vehicles are marked on a parking lot formed at a single level; the parking lines are marked in a checkerboard pattern so as to exclude drive aisles for vehicle movements and thus increase the number of vehicles that can be accommodated in parking spaces; and a vehicle transport robot ( 10 ) is provided in the parking lot, which performs vehicle parking and retrieval by moving a vehicle above parked vehicles, whereby due to exclusion of drive aisles, the number of vehicles that can be accommodated in parking spaces is increased as compared to a conventional parking lot having the same area, and thus the parking efficiency of the parking lot can be improved.

Claims (34)

1. An intelligent vehicle transport robot of a flat parking lot, wherein

parking lines indicating vehicle positions where individual vehicles are parked are marked in the flat parking lot formed on one plane, and

as the parking lines are marked in a checkerboard shape and remove driveways, through which the vehicles move, the number of parking vehicles is increased, and

as the vehicle transport robot ( 10 ) is provided in the parking lot to perform parking and exit operation of the vehicles by moving a vehicle to a space above a parked vehicle, parking efficiency is enhanced as the number of parking vehicles is increased in the same area by removing driveways, through which the vehicles move,

wherein the vehicle transport robot ( 10 ) includes:

a frame unit ( 100 ) for maintaining an external form;

a driving unit ( 400 ) for moving the vehicle transport robot ( 10 );

a lifting unit ( 200 ) for moving a vehicle to an upper position; and

a clamping unit ( 300 ) for loading the vehicle,

wherein the loaded vehicle is lifted to the upper position through the lifting unit ( 200 ) after the vehicle is loaded by the clamping unit ( 300 ),

wherein the lifting unit ( 200 ) includes:

two left side guide units ( 211 ) parallel to the leg units ( 110 ) and fixed by connecting a long side top supporter ( 121 ) a long side middle supporter ( 131 ) of the left side;

two right side guide units ( 212 ) parallel to the leg units ( 110 ) and fixed to a long side top supporter ( 122 ) and a long side middle supporter ( 132 ) of the right side;

two left side lifting units ( 221 ) guided by the two left side guide units ( 211 ); and

two right side lifting units ( 222 ) guided by the two right side guide units ( 212 ),

wherein the left side lifting unit ( 221 ) and the right side lifting unit ( 222 ) ascend upward or descend downward.

2. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the frame unit ( 100 ) includes:

four leg units ( 110 ) disposed to be perpendicular to the ground, and formed to configure a quadrangular frame while being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; and

a top supporter ( 120 ) formed to configure a rectangle by connecting top ends of the four leg units ( 110 ), wherein

four sides of a left side, a right side, a front side, and a rear side are formed by the four leg units ( 110 ), and the top supporter ( 120 ) is divided into two long side top supporters ( 121 ) and ( 122 ) included in the left side and the right side, and two short side top supporters ( 125 ) and ( 126 ) included in the front side and the rear side, and

the long side middle supporters ( 131 ) and ( 132 ) are provided in the middle of the left side and the right side under the two long side top supporters ( 121 ) and ( 122 ) constituting the left side and the right side to connect middle portions of the leg units ( 110 ).

3. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the lifting unit ( 200 ) further includes:

a left side wire ( 241 ) connected to the left side lifting hook unit ( 231 );

a left side pulley ( 251 ) for winding the left side wire ( 241 );

a left side motor ( 261 ) for transferring rotation force to the left side pulley ( 251 );

a right side lifting hook unit ( 232 ) disposed at a predetermined position of the right side lifting unit ( 222 );

a right side wire ( 242 ) connected to the right side lifting hook unit ( 232 );

a right side pulley ( 252 ) for winding the right side wire ( 242 ); and

a right side motor ( 262 ) for transferring rotation force to the right side pulley ( 252 ),

wherein the left side lifting unit ( 221 ) and the right side lifting unit ( 222 ) ascend upward or descend downward as the left side pulley ( 251 ) and the right side pulley ( 252 ) rotate.

4. The robot according to claim 3 , wherein

a left side clamp unit ( 311 ) capable of holding a wheel of the vehicle is provided under the left side lifting unit ( 221 ), and

a right side clamp unit ( 312 ) capable of holding a wheel of the vehicle is provided under the right side lifting unit ( 222 ), and

when the left and right side lifting units ( 221 ) and ( 222 ) ascend or descend, the left and right side clamp units ( 311 ) and ( 312 ) hold the wheels of the vehicle and perform ascending and descending.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: CHO, MIN SEO; KIM, HYEON HUI
To: CHO, MIN SEO
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0138539 · Oct 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200340263A1 · Oct 29, 2020
Cited By (1)
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