• Patent Title: Container handling vehicle with first and second sections and lifting device motor in second section
  • Application No.: US17048942
    Application Date: 2019-02-14
  • Publication No.: US11377298B2
    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
  • Inventor: Trond Austrheim
  • Applicant: Autostore Technology AS
  • Applicant Address: NO Nedre Vats
  • Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
  • Current Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
  • Current Assignee Address: NO Nedre Vats
  • Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
  • Priority: NO20180589 20180425,NO20180590 20180425,NO20180591 20180425,WOPCT/EP2018/077687 20181011,WOPCT/EP2018/077713 20181011,WOPCT/EP2018/077732 20181011
  • International Application: PCT/EP2019/053672 WO 20190214
  • International Announcement: WO2019/206487 WO 20191031
  • Main IPC: B65G1/04
  • IPC: B65G1/04 B65G1/06 B65G1/137
Container handling vehicle with first and second sections and lifting device motor in second section
Abstract:
A container handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system includes a first set of wheels for moving the vehicle along an X direction on a rail system of the grid; and a second set of wheels for moving the vehicle along a Y direction on the rail system of the grid. The Y direction is perpendicular to the X direction. The container handling vehicle includes a vehicle body having a vehicle body footprint defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a first section and a second section. The first section has a first footprint and the second section has a second footprint. The first and second footprints are defined by horizontal peripheries in the X and Y directions of the first and second sections respectively. The container handling vehicle includes a lifting device for lifting storage containers from the storage system; and a lifting device motor arranged to drive the lifting device when lifting storage containers from the storage system. The first section and the second section are arranged side-by-side such that a total area of the first and second footprints equals a total area of the vehicle body footprint, and a centre point of the first footprint is arranged off centre relative a centre point of the vehicle body footprint. The first section defines a storage container receiving space which is configured to accommodate a storage container. The first section also accommodates the lifting device for lifting a storage container from the storage system. The lifting device motor is accommodated in the second section.
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