公开(公告)号：US20220003116A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US17310641

申请日：2020-02-14

申请人： BeWimo Pty Ltd

发明人： Benjamin William MOORE ,  Timothy Scott MASON

IPC分类号： E21F13/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

摘要： The specification discloses a driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45) for use within an underground mining operation including a unitary support chassis (11) having a first end section (15), a second end section (16) and a central section (50) located between said first and said second end sections (15,16), haulage vehicle transport means (51) including a first wheel assembly (52), associated with and supporting the first end section (15), a second wheel assembly (53) associated with and supporting said second end section (16) of the unitary support chassis (11), and a third wheel assembly (54) associated with and supporting the central section (50) of the unitary support chassis (11), steerage means (55) carried on said driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45) for directing said vehicle along a transport path with an underground mine, the steerage means (55) including said first wheel assembly (52) and said second wheel assembly (53), said steerage means (55) further including a sensor set from which sensor data is generated representing internal status of the driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45), and/or environmental status within which the driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45) is operating, and controllable activators (27) to control steering movements of said first wheel assembly (52) and said second wheel assembly (53) whereby driving steering, wheels (13) of the first wheel assembly (52) are directed oppositely to wheels (13) of the second wheel assembly (53).