US 12,246,757 B2
Safety device for a remotely operated vehicle, a system and a method of improving the operational safety of a grid system
Trond Austrheim, Etne (NO)
Assigned to AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
Appl. No. 17/059,222
Filed by Autostore Technology AS, Nedre Vats (NO)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/065210
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/238676, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20180813 (NO), filed on Jun. 12, 2018; application No. 20181005 (NO), filed on Jul. 19, 2018; and application No. 20181524 (NO), filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086782 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B61B 13/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 47/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01); B65G 57/03 (2006.01); B65G 63/06 (2006.01); B65G 65/23 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/19 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 13/00 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0414 (2013.01); B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/0471 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 47/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01); B65G 57/03 (2013.01); B65G 63/06 (2013.01); B65G 65/23 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/19 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 63/004 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); G05D 1/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0229 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0259 (2013.01); G05D 1/0289 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remotely operated delivery vehicle for transport of a storage container between an automated storage and retrieval grid, which is configured to store a plurality of stacks of storage containers, and an access station for handling of the storage container by at least one of a robotic operator and human operator, the remotely operated delivery vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body comprising a motor for driving a plurality of rolling devices for moving the remotely operated delivery vehicle in a horizontal plane;
a control unit for controlling the remotely operated delivery vehicle; and
a container carrier displaceably mounted to the motorized vehicle body, wherein the container carrier is configured to receive a storage container within the container carrier;
wherein the remotely operated delivery vehicle comprises a safety device which transmits a signal to the control unit such that it performs an action of operating the remotely operated delivery vehicle, in an event that a collision is detected,
wherein the collision is caused by a force acting on the container carrier of the remotely operated delivery vehicle and is detected by a collision mechanism of the safety device, and
wherein the collision mechanism is a container carrier displacement device arranged such that it trips the safety device upon sensing displacement of the container carrier, relative to the motorized vehicle body, from an undisplaced position relative to the motorized vehicle body to a displaced position relative to the motorized vehicle body.