US 11,891,254 B2
Automated guided vehicle with multistage loading structure
Bosung Kim, Chungcheongnam-do (KR); Gwanho Kim, Chungcheongnam-do (KR); Seonghoon Park, Seoul (KR); and Jaenam Lee, Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/218,357.
Application 17/218,357 is a division of application No. 16/167,178, filed on Oct. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,994,950.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0025255 (KR), filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214171 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/673 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/907 (2013.01) [B65G 65/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/67346 (2013.01); H01L 21/67724 (2013.01); H01L 21/67736 (2013.01); H01L 21/67778 (2013.01); H01L 21/67781 (2013.01); H01L 21/68707 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0297 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated guided vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body; and
a loader in the vehicle body, the loader configured to receive and support articles in a multistage manner,
wherein the loader comprises a loading unit configured to position and support a first article within the loader,
wherein the loading unit is is movable up and down with the first article supported thereon over a second article located below the loading unit, and is configured to press down on the second article to clamp the second article in position within the loader during transfer by the vehicle body,
wherein the loading unit is one of a plurality of loading units each having a same configuration and each configured to position and support a respective article within the loader,
wherein the plurality of loading units are arranged along an extending direction of a longitudinal frame of the loader.