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US 12,497,273 B2Granted
Object lowering device and object raising and lowering device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHironari Taya, Keita Mizuguchi, Norihisa Aoki, Shinichiro Noda
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Abstract
The object lowering device comprises a pedestal and a swing. The swing includes a seat plate on which an object is placed, and is disposed on the pedestal. The pedestal is tilted with the lower corner of one side in the swinging direction of the pedestal as an axis, and the seat plate of the swing moves down to the ground, whereby the object is lowered to the ground.
Claims9
An object lowering device, comprising:
- a pedestal;
- and
- a swing that includes a seat plate on which an object is placed and that is disposed on the pedestal, wherein
- when the pedestal is tilted with a lower corner of one side of the pedestal in a swinging direction of the swing as an axis, and the seat plate of the swing is lowered to a ground, the object is lowered to the ground;
- the pedestal is a rocket that lands on a lunar surface;
- and
- when the rocket is tilted on the lunar surface and the seat plate of the swing is lowered to the lunar surface, the object is lowered to the lunar surface.
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An object raising and lowering device, comprising;
- an object lowering device including
- a pedestal;
- and
- a swing that includes a seat plate on which an object is placed and that is disposed on the pedestal, wherein:
- when the pedestal is tilted with a lower corner of one side of the pedestal in a swinging direction of the swing as an axis, and the seat plate of the swing is lowered to a ground, the object is lowered to the ground;
- the pedestal is a rocket that lands on a lunar surface;
- when the rocket is tilted on the lunar surface, and the seat plate of the swing is lowered to the lunar surface, the object is lowered to the lunar surface;
- the object lowering device functions as the object raising and lowering device;
- and
- when the seat plate of the swing is placed on the ground in a state where the pedestal is tilted, the object is placed on the seat plate, and the pedestal is raised with the lower corner of the one side of the pedestal in the swinging direction of the swing as the axis, the object is raised on the pedestal.
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An object lowering device, comprising:
- a pedestal;
- and
- a swing that includes a seat plate on which an object is placed and that is disposed on the pedestal, wherein
- when the pedestal is tilted with a lower corner of one side of the pedestal in a swinging direction of the swing as an axis, and the seat plate of the swing is lowered to a ground, the object is lowered to the ground;
- and
- the object lowering device further comprises:
- a beam for supporting the seat plate of the swing on an upper side via a hanging portion;
- and
- a beam raising mechanism for raising the beam with respect to an upper surface of the pedestal before the pedestal is tilted and increasing a distance between the upper surface of the pedestal and the seat plate of the swing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.