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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhisa Ito, Ise, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 49/07 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B65G 49/07 (2013.01); H01L 21/677 (2013.01); H01L 21/67724 (2013.01); H01L 21/67727 (2013.01); H01L 21/6773 (2013.01); H01L 21/67733 (2013.01); H01L 21/67736 (2013.01);
Abstract
An overhead transport vehicle includes: an article holding unit configured to hold an article; a linear drive unit configured to drive the article holding unit to move linearly; a pivoting drive unit configured to drive the article holding unit to pivot horizontally; and a control unit configured to control the pivoting drive unit in accordance with orientation of the article held by the article holding unit and orientation of a load port on which the article is placed.