US 12,084,283 B2
Article transport vehicle
Kazuharu Yoshinaga, Hinocho (JP); and Takashi Akiyama, Hinocho (JP)
Assigned to Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,456.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-143927 (JP), filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0072839 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 17/12 (2006.01); B60P 1/28 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 17/12 (2013.01) [B60P 1/283 (2013.01); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B62D 63/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article transport vehicle configured to transport an article, comprising:
a vehicle body frame;
a vehicle body cover;
a wheel supported to be rotatable relative to the vehicle body frame;
a wheel drive source configured to drive the wheel;
a placement body including a placement surface on which the article is placeable; and
a transfer drive mechanism configured to drive the placement body to transfer the article,
wherein the transfer drive mechanism comprises:
a transfer drive source; and
a transmission mechanism configured to transmit driving force from the transfer drive source to the placement body,
wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
an output member coupled to an output shaft of the transfer drive source; and
a driven member configured to be driven by the output member,
the placement body moves in conjunction with the driven member, and
wherein:
the driven member is uncoupled from the output member and is configured to operate by being pressed by the output member,
the wheel drive source, the transfer drive source, and the output member are supported by the vehicle body frame,
the placement body and the driven member are supported by the vehicle body cover, and
the vehicle body cover covers the wheel drive source and the transfer drive source and is detachably attached to the vehicle body frame.