Transfer device and ceiling carrier

    公开(公告)号:US11735454B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17433064

    申请日:2019-12-20

    IPC分类号: H01L21/677

    摘要: A transfer device includes a controller configured or programmed to perform at least one of a first control to make a maximum acceleration when moving a FOUP to a front end side smaller than a maximum acceleration when moving to a back end side, a second control to make a maximum deceleration when moving the FOUP to the front end side greater than a maximum deceleration when moving to the back end side, a third control to make the absolute value of the maximum deceleration when moving the FOUP to the front end side greater than the absolute value of the maximum acceleration, and a fourth control to make the absolute value of the maximum acceleration when moving the FOUP to the back end side greater than the absolute value of the maximum deceleration.

    Ceiling carrier
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12106992B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17777404

    申请日:2020-09-15

    发明人: Makoto Kobayashi

    摘要: An overhead transport vehicle includes: a winding drum configured to be driven by one driving motor, and to cause a holding unit to be lifted and lowered by winding and paying out a plurality of belts; at least one second idler roller around which the belt paid out from the winding drum is wound; a base provided on a traveling unit, and configured to support the winding drum and the second idler roller; and a linear motion mechanism configured to move a position of the at least one second idler roller so that a connecting portion of the belt to the holding unit moves in a lifting direction.

    Gripper device, conveyance vehicle, and conveyance method

    公开(公告)号:US12106990B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17910381

    申请日:2021-01-27

    发明人: Makoto Kobayashi

    IPC分类号: H01L21/677 B66C1/28 B66C19/00

    摘要: A gripper device includes: a holding portion that is attached to an elevating section capable of lifting and lowering above a transfer section to hold an article, a first positioning section that is attached to the elevating section and that positions the holding portion in a horizontal direction with respect to the article by contacting the article at two first contact positions in an upper portion of the article, and a second positioning section that is attached to the elevating section and that positions the holding portion in a height direction with respect to the article by contacting the article at three second contact positions that are not located on a straight line in the upper portion of the article.

    Transport vehicle
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11981356B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US16960979

    申请日:2018-12-07

    发明人: Makoto Kobayashi

    摘要: An overhead transport vehicle includes a container accommodation portion sandwiched by a pair of cover portions in a front-and-rear direction in a traveling direction and configured to hold a cassette in a state in which a lid faces in a width direction intersecting the traveling direction and a vertical direction; and a lid-fall prevention member on the cover portion to prevent the lid that has come off from the cassette held in the container accommodation portion from falling. The lid-fall prevention member includes a lower support portion extending along the width direction below the cassette and partially protruding from the lid in a planar view seen from the vertical direction, and a front support portion standing upright in the vertical direction from the lower support portion so as to face at least a portion of the lid. The lower support portion and the front support portion are integrally defined by a unitary structure.

    Transport vehicle
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11276597B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16774121

    申请日:2020-01-28

    发明人: Makoto Kobayashi

    摘要: 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.

    TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240353213A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18686898

    申请日:2022-03-11

    IPC分类号: G01B5/10

    CPC分类号: G01B5/10

    摘要: A traveling vehicle that includes a traveling roller travels on a rail. The traveling vehicle system is provided with a measurement device. The measurement device includes: an upper measurement plate configured to be brought into contact with the traveling roller from above; a lower measurement plate configured to be brought into contact with the traveling roller from below; and a detector configured to detect height positions of the upper measurement plate and the lower measurement plate.

    OVERHEAD CONVEYING VEHICLE
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240317547A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18575283

    申请日:2022-01-27

    摘要: An overhead transport vehicle includes a holding unit adapted to be lifted and lowered and configured to hold an article; a lifting drive section configured to lift and lower the holding unit; a lateral transfer mechanism configured to move the lifting drive section laterally with respect to a body section; a monitoring sensor provided to the lifting drive section and configured to monitor an area below the lifting drive section and be able to change a monitoring range; and a controller configured to change the monitoring range of the monitoring sensor in accordance with information on tilt of the lifting drive section with respect to a horizontal plane.

    Ceiling transport vehicle
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11961751B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US17433062

    申请日:2019-12-11

    发明人: Makoto Kobayashi

    摘要: An overhead transport vehicle includes an elevator including a base and a first support supporting the base to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction through a vibration isolator. The vibration isolator includes a first biasing portion in contact with both of the support and the base to urge a first body and the base in a direction away from each other, and a second biasing portion at one of the first body and the base to come into contact with both of the first body and the base and urge the first body and the base in a direction away from each other when a load equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to the first biasing portion.

    Transport vehicle
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11858539B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US16960977

    申请日:2018-12-07

    发明人: Makoto Kobayashi

    摘要: A moving mechanism moves a swing suppression unit in a traveling direction between an advanced position contacting a FOUP and a retracted position away from the FOUP by a drive of a drive unit. A buffer mechanism that allows the swing suppression unit that has been moved to the advanced position by the drive of the drive unit to move to the traveling direction after stopping the drive of the drive unit. The buffer mechanism includes a first coupling portion and a rod-shaped portion coupled to the swing suppression unit to perform a movement of an operation amount in accordance with an amount of movement of the swing suppression unit to a second position direction, a first bias portion that biases the first coupling portion and the rod-shaped portion so that the swing suppression unit presses the FOUP, and a second bias portion that acts on the first coupling portion and the rod-shaped portion when the operation amount of the first coupling portion and the rod-shaped portion is greater than a predetermined amount and that biases the first coupling portion and the rod-shaped portion so that the swing suppression unit presses the FOUP.