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Granted Patent B2
US 11,276,597 · App. 16/774,121 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Transport vehicle

Inventor: Makoto Kobayashi (Ise, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
H01L21/67733B61B3/00B61B12/00B65G1/0457H01L21/6773H01L21/67706H01L21/67724H01L21/68707
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Patent No.
US 11,276,597
App. No.
16/774,121
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An overhead transport vehicle includes a fall prevention mechanism including a first rotary member, a fall prevention member, and a second rotary member. The first rotary member includes a base end portion supported so as to be rotatable about a first rotation shaft extending along direction Y. The fall prevention member is provided in a tip end portion of the first rotary member and is movable to a space below a cassette. The second rotary member includes a base end portion supported so as to be rotatable about a second rotation shaft extending along direction Z, and a tip end portion to which the first rotary member is attached.

Claims (18)

1. A transport vehicle that transports a transport object, the transport vehicle comprising:

a fall prevention mechanism that prevents falling of the transport object by advancing a fall prevention member to a space below the transport object; wherein

the fall prevention mechanism includes:

a first rotary member including a base end portion supported so as to be rotatable about a first rotation shaft extending along a horizontal direction, and a tip end portion provided with the fall prevention member;

a second rotary member including a base end portion supported so as to be rotatable about a second rotation shaft extending along a vertical direction, and a tip end portion to which the first rotary member is attached; and

a stopper provided on the second rotary member;

the first rotary member rotates between a first state and a second state in which the tip end portion of the first rotary member is lifted higher than in the first state;

the fall prevention member advances to the space below the transport object in the second state; and

the stopper restricts rotation of the first rotary member when a force is applied to the first rotary member in the second state.

2. The transport vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first rotary member includes a horizontal shaft extending along an axial direction of the first rotating shaft;

the tip end portion of the second rotary member includes a vertical shaft, and a slide member attached to the vertical shaft so as to be slidable along an axial direction of the vertical shaft; and

the slide member is attached to the horizontal shaft so as to be slidable along an axial direction of the horizontal shaft.

3. The transport vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the slide member is attached to the horizontal shaft, through a slide plate that includes an elongated hole with a longitudinal direction is a vertical direction and a spherical plain bearing.

4. The transport vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when the first rotary member is rotated from the first state to the second state, the second rotary member is in a state in which the second rotary member is rotated in one direction until the tip end portion of the second rotary member is in a position past a dead point.

5. The transport vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the fall prevention mechanism has an elastic member that generates a moment in a direction of rotating the first rotary member from the first state to the second state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2020
From: KOBAYASHI, MAKOTO
To: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-033907 · Feb 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200269882A1 · Aug 27, 2020
Cited By (1)
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