Vehicle transport system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoto Shikano, Tomoki Murozono, Shuhei Kondo
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Abstract
When it is detected that the charging of a battery is finished, a server transmits transport-out instructions for a vehicle to a vehicle transport apparatus, and when receiving the transport-out instructions transmitted from the server, the vehicle transport apparatus transports the vehicle, for which the charging of the battery is finished, out of a charging space.
Claims9
A vehicle transport system configured to transport a vehicle at a charging spot where a charging apparatus configured to charge a battery of the vehicle is provided to a charging space, the vehicle transport system comprising:
- a vehicle transport apparatus including a first robot configured to enter underneath the vehicle, lift up front wheels of the vehicle, and travel throughout the charging spot and a second robot configured to enter underneath the vehicle, lift up rear wheels of the vehicle, and travel throughout the charging spot;
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- a server configured to monitor and manage a state of charge of the battery of the vehicle stopped in the charging space and manage activity of the vehicle transport apparatus, wherein
- when it is detected that the charging of the battery is finished, the server transmits transport-out instructions for the vehicle, to the vehicle transport apparatus,
- when receiving the transport-out instructions transmitted from the server, the vehicle transport apparatus transports the vehicle, for which the charging of the battery is finished, out of the charging space,
- each of the first robot and the second robot comprises load-bearing mechanisms including lifting arms and loading motors that move the lifting arms rotationally,
- the loading motors are configured to move the lifting arms rotationally to a first position at which the lifting arms contact ground-contact-surfaces of the front wheels or rear wheels, and to move the lifting arms rotationally from the first position to a second position at which the lifting arms lift up the front wheels or the rear wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.