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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Minoru Koga, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiromitsu Akae, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuki Honda, Fukuoka, JP;
Mina Orii, Fukuoka, JP;
Go Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Sohei Oga, Fukuoka, JP;
Hidenori Hara, Fukuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A conveying system includes at least one guide unit and a carrier. The guide unit includes a traveling surface, at least one guide rail, and a magnetic member formed of a soft magnetic material and including a plurality of salient poles aligned along a conveying path. The carrier includes at least one roller coming in contact with the guide rail from a side direction, at least one wheel coming in contact with the traveling surface, and a plurality of coils provided to overlap with the magnetic member in plan view, and configured to generate thrust along the conveying path and attraction toward the magnetic member by generating a moving magnetic field acting on the magnetic member in accordance with supply of power.