Traveling body system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11926246-B2
Application number	US-201816628047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Priority date	Jul 6, 2017
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

In a local cart traveling system, a frame track includes first and second metal rails each with an L-shaped cross section and facing each other. A local cart is within the frame track, and includes a first electricity receiving tire and a second electricity receiving tire to travel on horizontal travel surfaces of the rails. A voltage supplier supplies an AC voltage to the travel surfaces, so that the first metal rail and a first electricity receiving tire define a first capacitor and the second metal rail and the second electricity receiving tire define a second capacitor. The local cart includes a power receiver to receive AC power, and a travel motor that receives power after the AC power is rectified. The frame track includes a connecting plate as an electrical insulator covering portions of the surfaces of vertical walls of the first metal rail and the second metal rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A traveling body system comprising:
a frame track including at least one metal rail, an electrical insulator disposed on a travel surface of the at least one metal rail, and two conductors, the two conductors being provided to the electrical insulator and supplied with an AC voltage;
a traveling body disposed within the frame track and provided with a first wheel and a second wheel, so as to travel on the two conductors; and
a voltage supplier to supply an AC voltage to each of the two conductors, so that a first of the two conductors and the first wheel define a first capacitor and a second of the two conductors and the second wheel define a second capacitor; wherein
the traveling body includes a power receiver to receive AC power from the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and a travel drive motor to directly or indirectly receive power after the AC power received by the power receiver is rectified; and
the two conductors are parallel or substantially parallel to a gap in a width direction, and the AC power is differentially transmitted to the two conductors.

2. The traveling body system according to claim 1 , wherein
the frame track further includes another electrical insulator disposed on the two conductors; and
the first wheel and the second wheel travel on the another electrical insulator.

3. The traveling body system according to claim 2 , wherein the another electrical insulator is a resin substrate, and the conductor is a metal thin film on the resin substrate.

4. The traveling body system according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling body includes total four wheels including the first wheel and the second wheel.

5. A traveling body system comprising:
a frame track including a first metal rail and a second metal rail, the first metal rail and the second metal rail having an L-shaped cross section and being in parallel or substantially in parallel to face each other;
a traveling body disposed within the frame track and provided with a first wheel and a second wheel, so as to travel on horizontal travel surfaces of the first metal rail and the second metal rail; and
a voltage supplier to supply an AC voltage to at least the travel surfaces of the first metal rail and the second metal rail, so that the first metal rail and the first wheel define a first capacitor and the second metal rail and the second wheel define a second capacitor; wherein
the traveling body includes a power receiver to receive AC power from the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and a travel drive motor to directly or indirectly receive power after the AC power received by the power receiver is rectified; and
the frame track includes an electrical insulator covering at least a portion of vertical wall surfaces of the first metal rail and the second metal rail.

Assignees

• Murata Machinery Ltd
• National Univ Corporation Toyohashi Univ Of Technology

Inventors

• Mizutani Minoru
• Ishikawa Kazuhiro
• Hayakawa Masafumi
• Ohira Takashi
• Sakai Naoki
• Kuniyoshi Hiroki
• Teramoto Makoto

Classifications

• H10P72/3221

  Overhead conveying · CPC title

• H10P72/3214

  by means of a cart or a vehicle · CPC title

• H10P72/3218

  Conveying cassettes, containers or carriers · CPC title

• H10P72/3202 Primary

  Mechanical details, e.g. rollers or belts · CPC title

• B60L9/12 Primary

  with static converters · CPC title