Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated guided vehicle and method of controlling automated guided vehicle
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Application No.: US17596877Application Date: 2019-06-26
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Publication No.: US12030467B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Jonatan Blom , Jonas Larsson
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Whitmyer IP Group LLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/067051 2019.06.26
- International Announcement: WO2020/259829A 2020.12.30
- Date entered country: 2021-12-20
- Main IPC: B60S9/04
- IPC: B60S9/04 ; B60B33/00 ; B62D63/02

Abstract:
An AGV including a support structure and at least one drive unit connected to the support structure, wherein each drive unit includes a wheel rotatable about a wheel axis and about a steering axis perpendicular to the wheel axis; a wheel motor arranged to drive the wheel about the wheel axis; and a steering motor arranged to drive the wheel about the steering axis; wherein the AGV further includes at least one actuation member movable in an additional degree of freedom; and wherein the at least one actuation member is arranged to be driven by the wheel motor and/or the steering motor of at least one drive unit in the additional degree of freedom. A method of controlling an AGV is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220306051A1 Automated Guided Vehicle And Method Of Controlling Automated Guided Vehicle Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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