Inter-floor transport system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeunggyu Kang, Hyunjae Kang, Sangmin Kim, Youngwook Kim, Yong-Jun Ahn, Min Kyun Lee, Sangkyung Lee, Hyunwoo Lee, Jeonghun Lim, Junhyuk Chang
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Abstract
An inter-floor transport system includes an aerial vehicle configured to move vertically and horizontally along a passage and a power assembly including a power supply adjacent to the passage and a guide cable extending along the passage and connected to the power supply, where the aerial vehicle is configured to receive power through the guide cable without contacting the guide cable.
Claims20
An inter-floor transport system comprising:
- an aerial vehicle configured to move vertically and horizontally along a passage;
- and
- a power assembly comprising:
- a power supply adjacent to the passage;
- and
- a guide cable extending along the passage and connected to the power supply,
- wherein the aerial vehicle is configured to receive power through the guide cable without contacting the guide cable, and
- wherein the aerial vehicle comprises:
- a body;
- and
- at least one connection portion on at least one side of the body, the at least one connection portion partially surrounding the guide cable and being configured to contactlessly engage with the guide cable and receive power though the guide cable when contactlessly engaged with the guide cable.
An inter-floor transport system comprising:
- a passage comprising a plurality of sub-passages extending vertically and being connected to each other;
- at least one aerial vehicle configured to move vertically and horizontally along the passage;
- and
- a power assembly comprising:
- a power supply adjacent to the passage, and
- a guide cable extending along each of the plurality of sub-passages and connected to the power supply,
- wherein the at least one aerial vehicle is configured to receive power through the guide cable without contacting the guide cable, and
- wherein the at least one aerial vehicle comprises:
- a body;
- and
- at least one connection portion on at least one side of the body, the at least one connection portion partially surrounding the guide cable and being configured to contactlessly engage with the guide cable and receive power though the guide cable when contactlessly engaged with the guide cable.
An inter-floor transport system comprising:
- a passage comprising:
- a pair of sub-passages that extend vertically and are adjacent to each other;
- and
- a connection passage extending horizontally and interconnecting the pair of sub-passages;
- a power assembly comprising:
- a power supply connected to an external power source and disposed adjacent to the passage;
- and
- a guide cable connected to the power supply and extending along each of the pair of sub-passages;
- and
- at least one aerial vehicle comprising:
- a body comprising a loading space,
- a driver configured to move the body vertically and horizontally,
- a connection portion on a side of the body, the connection portion partially surrounding the guide cable and being configured to:
- contactlessly engage with the guide cable;
- receive power though the guide cable;
- and
- supply power to the driver;
- and
- a battery configured to supply auxiliary power to the driver,
- wherein the at least one aerial vehicle is configured to:
- ascend and descend along a sub-passage of the pair of sub-passages using power received from the guide cable;
- and
- move between the pair of sub-passages using power received from the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.