IP Library Granted Patent US 12,630,197
Granted Patent B2
US 12,630,197 · App. 18/105,904 · Granted May 19, 2026

Overhead transport vehicle system

Inventor: Hidekazu Atake (Ise, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
B61B3/00B61B1/00
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Patent No.
US 12,630,197
App. No.
18/105,904
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An overhead transport vehicle system includes an upper track, a lower track below the upper track in the vertical direction, and a transport vehicle to travel along the upper track and the lower track. The overhead transport vehicle system includes a placement portion on the upper surface of the lower track and to which an article can be transported from the transport vehicle stopped on the upper track.

Claims (16)

1 . An overhead transport vehicle system comprising:

an upper track;

a lower track below the upper track in a vertical direction;

an overhead transport vehicle to travel along the upper track and the lower track; and

the overhead transport vehicle system including a placement portion on an upper surface of the lower track and to which an article is transferable from the overhead transport vehicle stopped on the upper track; wherein

the upper surface of the lower track includes a protrusion to position the article at a placement position; and

the protrusion is attached to a groove extending along an extending direction of the lower track on the upper surface of the lower track.

2 . The overhead transport vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein the lower track does not overlap with the upper track in plan view as viewed from the vertical direction.

3 . The overhead transport vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein the lower track includes:

a pair of bottom plates spaced from each other in a width direction orthogonal to both an extending direction and a vertical direction of the track;

a pair of side plates extending from the pair of bottom plates; respectively; and

an upper plate that connects the pair of side plates in the width direction and defines the upper surface; and

a traveling portion of the overhead transport vehicle is operable to travel in a space surrounded by the pair of bottom plates, the pair of side plates, and the upper plate.

4 . The overhead transport vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein the lower track is attached to a hanger that hangs and supports the lower track via an inclination adjustment tool.

5 . The overhead transport vehicle system according to claim 1 , wherein the lower track is attached to a hanger that hangs and supports the lower track via an elastic body.

6 . The overhead transport vehicle system according to claim 1 , further comprising a fall prevention fence that extends laterally relative to the article placed on the upper surface of the lower track and along an extending direction of the lower track, and is attached to the lower track.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: ATAKE, HIDEKAZU
To: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062594/0236 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-022073 · Feb 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230257004A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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