---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002923"
title: "Overhead conveying vehicle"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:16:10.092694Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002923"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g47/42"
  - "b65g47/42"
  - "h10p72/3221"
  - "h10p72/3222"
  - "b65g1/04"
  - "b65g1/04"
---

# Overhead conveying vehicle

## Abstract

An overhead transport vehicle includes a transfer section to transfer an article to and from a load port included in equipment, sensors to emit detection waves downwardly to detect presence or absence of an obstacle, the sensors having different detection ranges from each other, and a controller configured or programmed to control the overhead transport vehicle. The transfer section includes a gripping section, a rotating section, and a lifting section. The controller, during transferring of the article by the transfer section, is configured or programmed to control the rotating section in accordance with a direction of accessing onto the load port such that the article is transferred in a specified direction and does not perform detection processing of one or more of the sensors having the detection ranges in which the equipment is included.