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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Masayoshi Torazawa, Inuyama, JP;
Masataka Hayashi, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B61B 3/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B61B 3/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0297 (2013.01); H01L 21/67733 (2013.01);
Abstract
An overhead transport vehicle temporarily places a FOUP at a ceiling suspended shelf while transporting the FOUP to a target position by traveling along a rail on a ceiling of a building from which the ceiling suspended is suspended. The ceiling suspended shelf includes an upper shelf including an upper support surface that supports the FOUP. A level of the upper support surface is the same or substantially the same as a level of the rail.