Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Container handling vehicle with first and second sections and lifting device motor in second section
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Application No.: US17805169Application Date: 2022-06-02
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Publication No.: US11891246B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Trond Austrheim
- Applicant: Autostore Technology AS
- Applicant Address: NO Nedre Vats
- Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
- Current Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Nedre Vats
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Priority: NO 180589 2018.04.25 NO 180590 2018.04.25 NO 180591 2018.04.25
- Main IPC: B65G1/04
- IPC: B65G1/04 ; B65G1/06 ; B65G1/137

Abstract:
A container handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system includes a first set of wheels for moving the vehicle along an X direction on a rail system of the grid; and a second set of wheels for moving the vehicle along a Y direction on the rail system of the grid. The Y direction is perpendicular to the X direction. The container handling vehicle includes a vehicle body having a vehicle body footprint defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a first section and a second section. The first section has a first footprint and the second section has a second footprint. The first and second footprints are defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the first and second sections, respectively. The container handling vehicle includes a lifting device for lifting storage containers from the storage system; and a lifting device motor arranged to drive the lifting device when lifting storage containers from the storage system. The first section and the second section are arranged side-by-side such that a total area of the first and second footprints equals a total area of the vehicle body footprint, and a centre point of the first footprint is arranged off centre relative a centre point of the vehicle body footprint. The first section defines a storage container receiving space which is configured to accommodate a storage container. The first section accommodates the lifting device for lifting a storage container from the storage system. The lifting device motor is accommodated in the second section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220289477A1 CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS AND LIFTING DEVICE MOTOR IN SECOND SECTION Public/Granted day:2022-09-15
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