US 12,334,378 B2
Traveling vehicle system
Hidetoshi Fujiwara, Ise (JP)
Assigned to MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/636,049
Filed by MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/025892
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/039105, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-157169 (JP), filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344189 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 21/677 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 21/67733 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); G05D 1/02 (2013.01); H01L 21/67276 (2013.01); H01L 21/67727 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0297 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traveling vehicle system comprising:
a power feed track including a power feeder to supply electric power to a traveling driver of a traveling vehicle;
a non-power feed track connected to the power feed track and having no power feeder;
a mover to move the traveling vehicle between a first position on the power feed track and the non-power feed track; and
a controller configured or programmed to control at least the traveling vehicle and the mover; wherein
the controller configured or programmed transmit to the traveling vehicle a first command to travel to the first position, transmit to the traveling vehicle stopped at the first position a second command to adopt a state in which the traveling vehicle is movable by the mover and simultaneously or thereafter transmit to the mover a third command to move the traveling vehicle stopped at the first position to the non-power feed track; and
the controller is configured or programmed to transmit to the traveling vehicle the second command to disable control from outside at least in the traveling driver.