US 12,457,726 B2
Work system and feeder carriage transfer method
Tetsushi Ohori, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Uchino, Fukuoka (JP); and Hiroki Yamamoto, Fukuoka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Kadoma (JP)
Filed on Feb. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/591,145.
Application 18/591,145 is a continuation of application No. 17/009,165, filed on Sep. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,950,369.
Application 17/009,165 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/004145, filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-124067 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206142 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 13/00 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/0084 (2013.01) [B66F 9/063 (2013.01); G05B 19/41865 (2013.01); H05K 13/0015 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50393 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A work system configured to transfer a feeder carriage by an unmanned conveyance vehicle, the work system comprising:
a mounting system including a connection mechanism configured to lock the feeder carriage comprising a plurality of part feeders;
a mounting-system processor configured to perform a release operation that causes the connection mechanism to release a lock of the feeder carriage; and
an unmanned conveyance system configured to be in communication with the mounting system,
the unmanned conveyance system comprising a first notifier configured to notify the mounting-system of an arrival notification indicating that the unmanned conveyance vehicle arrives at a position where the feeder carriage can be separated from the mounting system,
the unmanned conveyance system comprising a conveyance-system processor configured to perform conveyance-system operations causing the unmanned conveyance vehicle comprising a capturing mechanism to capture the feeder carriage and the unmanned conveyance vehicle to travel in a direction away from the mounting system,
wherein the mounting-system processor is configured to perform the release operation based on the arrival notification sent to the mounting-system processor from the first notifier of the unmanned conveyance system.