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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuya Tokumoto, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/22 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/22 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); H01L 21/6773 (2013.01); H01L 21/67733 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rail-guided vehicle system connecting between vertically-spaced floors includes a descending rail to enable a travel vehicle to move downward. The descending rail has a helical structure and includes a rail in a first section where energy is generated when a brake included in the travel vehicle works and a rail in a second section where energy that has been generated when a travel vehicle traveled in the first section is consumed.