IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,673,741
Granted Patent B2
US 11,673,741 · App. 17/425,364 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Storage system

Inventors: Eiji Wada (Inuyama, JP); Kosuke Irino (Inuyama, JP); Yoshiki Yuasa (Inuyama, JP)
Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
B65G1/0457B61B3/02E04B9/006H01L21/67733B65G2201/0297
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Patent No.
US 11,673,741
App. No.
17/425,364
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage system prevents a large load from being applied to a part of the ceiling. The storage system in which a rack is provided by being suspended from a first position of a ceiling by a first suspending member attached to a grid ceiling, a second overhead track is provided by being suspended from a second position of the grid ceiling by a second suspending member attached to the grid ceiling, and the first position and the second position are set to be apart by at least a predetermined distance.

Claims (19)

1. A storage system comprising:

an overhead stocker including a first overhead track, a rack including a plurality of storages arranged vertically, and a crane that travels along the first overhead track and delivers and receives an article to and from the storages; and

an overhead transport vehicle system that includes a second overhead track provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker, and an overhead transport vehicle that travels along the second overhead track and delivers and receives the article to and from a predetermined transfer destination, wherein

the overhead transport vehicle system is arranged so that at least a part of the overhead transport vehicle system overlaps with the overhead stocker in planar view,

the rack is suspended from a first position of a ceiling by a first suspending member attached to the ceiling,

the second overhead track is suspended from a second position of the ceiling by a second suspending member attached to the ceiling,

the first position and the second position are set apart by at least a predetermined distance,

the ceiling is a grid ceiling in which a plurality of squares are in line in each of directions orthogonal in a horizontal direction, and

the unit area is an area of one square.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined distance is a distance that is set so that magnitude of a load per unit area in the ceiling does not exceed a predetermined value.

3. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the first position and the second position are set to the squares different from each other in the grid ceiling.

4. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first overhead track is suspended from a third position of the ceiling by a third suspending member attached to the ceiling, and

one of a plurality of first positions and one of a plurality of third positions are set to one square in the grid ceiling.

5. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the first overhead track and a part of the second overhead track are arranged in an overlapping manner in planar view.

6. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the rack is, in planar view, provided in an area including directly above a processing apparatus that has the predetermined transfer destination.

7. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein

the first overhead track is suspended from a third position of the ceiling by a third suspending member attached to the ceiling, and

one of a plurality of first positions and one of a plurality of third positions are set to one square in the grid ceiling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2021
From: WADA, EIJI; IRINO, KOSUKE; YUASA, YOSHIKI
To: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-011281 · Jan 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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