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US 8,607,709 B2Granted
Intersection navigation system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Hoon Lee, Sung Hak Kim
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Abstract
An intersection navigation system for a hoist to prevent a hoist unit of the hoist from falling when the hoist unit passes an intersection may include a hoist unit including an auxiliary mover and a railway on which the hoist unit travels. The railway may include an intersection having auxiliary rails on which the auxiliary mover moves. Furthermore, the auxiliary mover may be configured to prevent the hoist unit from falling when the hoist unit passes through the intersection.
Claims15
An intersection navigation system comprising:
- a hoist unit including a mover and an auxiliary mover, the mover having driving wheels and the auxiliary mover having auxiliary wheels;
- a railway on which the mover moves, the railway including a plurality of straight rails and an intersection;
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- auxiliary rails on which the auxiliary mover moves being arranged at the intersection of the railway;
- wherein four or more intersection connectors connect the plurality of straight rails to one another and each of the four or more intersection connectors are separately located at each of the four or more corners of the intersection, and
- wherein the auxiliary mover is configured to prevent the hoist unit from falling when the hoist unit passes through the intersection.
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An intersection navigation system comprising:
- a hoist unit including a mover and an auxiliary mover, the mover having driving wheels and the auxiliary mover having auxiliary wheels;
- a railway on which the mover moves, the railway including an intersection;
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- auxiliary rails on which the auxiliary mover moves being arranged at the intersection of the railway;
- wherein the auxiliary mover is configured to prevent the hoist unit from falling when the hoist unit passes through the intersection,
- the mover includes a first mover at a front side thereof, and a second mover behind the first mover to move on the railway together with the first mover, and
- the auxiliary mover includes a first auxiliary mover coupled to the first mover and arranged in an opposite direction of the second mover, and a second auxiliary mover coupled to the second mover and arranged in an opposite direction of the first mover,
- wherein the first mover and the second mover are connected to each other via magnets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.