Vehicle transporting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12103454-B2
Application number	US-202217713605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	Jun 23, 2021
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle transporting device includes a bogie frame, a device main body, and an upright frame. The upright frame connects a tip portion of the bogie frame and the device main body. The bogie frame includes two frame members and at least two pipes, which are disposed parallel to a longitudinal direction of the bogie frame. The two frame members are disposed parallel to the at least two pipes at a position outside the at least two pipes in a width direction of the bogie frame. The at least two pipes include two pipes facing each other in the width direction. A reinforcing member extending in the width direction is provided at the tip portion of the bogie frame and between the two facing pipes. The two frame members, the reinforcing member, and the upright frame are connected to each other at the tip portion of the bogie frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle transporting device that transports a four-wheeled vehicle, the vehicle transporting device comprising:
a bogie frame inserted into a space below a vehicle body from front or rear of the four-wheeled vehicle;
a device main body that raises, lowers, and tows the bogie frame, the device main body includes a motor and an elevating device, the motor is configured to drive a pair of bogie front wheels to tow the bogie frame, and the elevating device includes one of an air spring or a hydraulic cylinder to raise and lower the bogie frame;
an upright frame that is provided perpendicular to a plane defined by the bogie frame and that connects the bogie frame and the device main body at a tip portion of the bogie frame, wherein:
the bogie frame includes at least two pipes disposed parallel to a longitudinal direction of the bogie frame and two frame members disposed parallel to the at least two pipes at a position outside the at least two pipes in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction;
the at least two pipes include two pipes spaced apart from each other in the orthogonal direction;
the vehicle transporting device further includes a reinforcing member extending in the orthogonal direction at the tip portion and between the two pipes facing each other;
the two frame members, the reinforcing member, and the upright frame are connected to each other at the tip portion; and
the vehicle transporting device further comprises:
a first additional reinforcing member provided in parallel with the reinforcing member at a position rearward of the tip portion in a front-rear direction of the bogie frame and between the two pipes facing each other; and
a second additional reinforcing member connected to the first additional reinforcing member and provided in parallel with the longitudinal direction between the two pipes spaced apart from each other in the orthogonal direction, the second additional reinforcing member spaced apart from the two pipes spaced apart from each other in the orthogonal direction.

2. The vehicle transporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the two pipes spaced apart from each other in the orthogonal direction and the reinforcing member are connected by welding.

3. The vehicle transporting device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the two pipes spaced apart from each other in the orthogonal direction and the first additional reinforcing member are connected by welding; and
the first additional reinforcing member and the second additional reinforcing member are connected by welding.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kitajima Toshiki
• Watanabe Norinao
• Nakamura Yutaka
• Kajita Naoya
• Nakano Kenji
• Sannomiya Takafumi
• Shimizu Yasutada
• Yasuda Kohei

Classifications

• B60P1/02

  with parallel up-and-down movement of load supporting or containing element (in combination with tipping B60P1/34; devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes, movable on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/06 {; suspensions with electronic levelling control during loading or unloading B60G17/0157}) · CPC title

• B66F7/0625

  with wheels for moving around the floor · CPC title

• B60P3/07

  for carrying road vehicles · CPC title

• E04H6/34

  characterised by use of movable platforms · CPC title

• B60P3/073 Primary

  Vehicle retainers {(specially adapted for fixing semi-trailers on railway vehicles B61D45/004)} · CPC title