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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Ryuya Murakami, Shiga, JP;
Yoshinari Wada, Shiga, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A ceiling guided vehicle includes a travel driving portion, an elevation driving portion, and a control portion that controls the operation of the travel driving portion and the elevation driving portion. An auxiliary unit that supplies, to the ceiling guided vehicle, one or both of power for driving the travel driving portion and the elevation driving portion and a control signal is provided so as to be attachable to and removable from the ceiling guided vehicle. The auxiliary unit includes a supported portion configured to be supported in a suspended state on a supporting portion provided on the ceiling guided vehicle; and an abutment portion configured to abut against the ceiling guided vehicle in a plurality of abutment areas disposed at different positions in plan view, and the abutment areas are provided at positions lower than the supporting portion in a vertical direction.