US 12,131,931 B2
Apparatus and method for managing power of article transport vehicle in article transport system
Ki Sub Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Dong Pil Kang, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to SEMES CO., LTD., Cheonan-si (KR)
Filed by SEMES CO., LTD., Cheonan-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/385,040.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0093682 (KR), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0037182 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC H01L 21/67724 (2013.01) [H02J 50/005 (2020.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for managing power of an article transport vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a power receiving unit configured to receive and control a power in a contactless manner from a power supply unit installed along a driving route of the article transport vehicle;
a power storage unit configured to store a portion of the power supplied from the power receiving unit;
a power generating unit coupled to the power receiving unit and the power storage unit and configured to generate a driving power for driving the article transport vehicle by using at least one of a first power supplied from the power receiving unit and a second power supplied from the power storage unit; and
a power control unit configured such that according to an operation state of the article transport vehicle, the at least one of the first power supplied from the power receiving unit and the second power supplied from the power storage unit is supplied to the power generating unit.