公开(公告)号：US20220397231A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-15

申请号：US17775476

申请日：2020-09-01

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tomoya TSUTSUI ,  Eiji FUJITA

IPC: F16M11/20 ,  F16M11/22

Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes: an upper unit that includes a spherical body, a retainer part that retains the spherical body, and an upper plate part provided on the retainer part and adapted to carry a carried object; a lower unit that includes a lower plate part on which the upper unit is mounted and a guide part that marks a region of movement of the upper unit on the lower plate part; and a tilting structure that tilts the region of movement relative to a horizontal plane and guides the upper unit, on which the carried object is not mounted, toward a reference position located on a lower side of a tilt.