Automatic guided vehicle

• US 10,001,779 B1
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2017
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Hai-Jian, Wang, Da-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hau V
• Application Number:
  US15/649,735
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/283 for unmanned vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 7/026 characterised by comprising more than one bogie, e.g. situated in more than one plane transversal to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0212 with means for defining a desired trajectory involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287

Abstract

An automatic guided vehicle comprises a vehicle body, a swerving portion, a controlling portion and a driving portion. The vehicle body comprises two front wheels, a front wheel shaft connecting between the two front wheels, two back wheels and a back wheel shaft connecting between the two back wheels. The swerving portion comprises a front swerving shaft, a front gear, a back swerving shaft, a first back gear, a swerving driver and a conveying belt. The controlling portion drives the swerving driver to rotate. The driving portion is installed to the back wheel shaft and driving the back wheel shaft to rotate.

Claims

1. An automatic guided vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body comprising;

two front wheels;

a front wheel shaft connecting between the two front wheels;

two back wheels; and

a back wheel shaft connecting between the two back wheels;

a swerving portion comprising;

a front swerving shaft being installed at a center of the front wheel shaft, and a center axis of the front swerving shaft being perpendicular to the front wheel shaft, a front gear being installed and coupled to the front swerving shaft;

a back swerving shaft being installed at a center of the back wheel shaft, a center axis of the back swerving shaft being perpendicular to the back wheel shaft, a first back gear being installed and coupled to the back swerving shaft;

a swerving driver comprising a driving shaft, a driving gear being installed and entangling to the driving shaft; and

a conveying belt being installed and entangling to the front gear, the first back gear and the driving gear, and the front gear, the first back gear and the driving gear abutting an inside surface of the conveying belt;

a controlling portion driving the driving gear to rotate; and

a driving portion being installed to the back wheel shaft and driving the back wheel shaft to rotate.

2. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 1, wherein the center axis of the front swerving shaft, the center axis of the back swerving shaft, and a center axis of the driving shaft are parallel to each other.

3. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 1, wherein the front gear, the first back gear and the driving gear are placed in one horizontal plane.

4. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 1, wherein a triangle is defined by three lines among the front gear, the first back gear and the driving gear, the front gear, the first back gear and the driving gear are placed in three corners of the triangle.

5. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 4, wherein the swerving portion further comprises two driven shafts and two driven gears being installed and coupled to the two driven shafts respectively.

6. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 5, wherein the two driven gear abut an outside surface of the conveying belt.

7. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 6, wherein the two driven gears are placed in the triangle defined by three lines among the front gear, the first back gear and the driving gear.

8. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 7, wherein one driven gear is placed in one side of the driving gear near the front gear, and another driven gear is placed in another side of the driving gear near the first back gear.

9. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 1 further comprises a front guiding portion, the front guiding portion comprises a front supporter and a front inductor, one end of the front supporter connects the front swerving shaft, and another end of the front supporter connects the front inductor.

10. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 9, wherein a shaft sleeve is installed and coupled to the front swerving shaft, the front supporter connects the shaft sleeve.

11. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 10, wherein the shaft sleeve is placed under the front gear or on the front gear.

12. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 1 further comprises a back guiding portion, wherein the back guiding portion comprises a back supporter and a back inductor, one end of the back supporter connects the back swerving shaft, and another end of the back supporter connects the back inductor.

13. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 12, wherein a second back gear is installed and coupled to the back swerving shaft.

14. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 13, wherein the second back gear is placed on the first back gear or under the first back gear.

15. The automatic guided vehicle of claim 13, wherein the back guiding portion further comprises a guiding shaft and a guiding gear, the guiding gear is installed and coupled to the guiding shaft, the back supporter connects the guiding shaft, the guiding gear engages with the second back gear.