Overhead transport vehicle

An overhead transport vehicle comprising:

• a body to travel along a track;
• and
• an elevator including a gripper to grip an article, and to be raised and lowered with respect to the body by a plurality of suspensions;
• wherein
• the elevator includes:
• a base including the gripper;
• and
• a plurality of shock absorbers each including a support to support the base to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction via a vibration isolator, and to each of which at least one of the plurality of suspensions is attached;
• the shock absorbers are connected by a link;
• and
• the link operates to ensure similarity of respective distances between the base and the support connected to each other in each of the shock absorbers.