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OT-2026-000001629

Overhead transport vehicle

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Material Handling › Conveying Systems
Inventors
SHIMIZU YUJI, YAMAGAMI SEIJI
Assignee
MURATA MACHINERY LTD
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US-12588468-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 24 March 2026
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Abstract

An overhead transport vehicle includes: a holding unit that is provided to be liftable and lowerable and configured to hold an article; a three-dimensional ranging sensor that has a detection range to include surroundings of a lower space formed directly below the article held by the holding unit; and a control device that is configured to determine presence or absence of an obstacle based on a detection result of the three-dimensional ranging sensor.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001629, “Overhead transport vehicle,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:07:08 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001629.

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