Title:
CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/056841
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This conveyance system has a configuration in which a travel unit (3) for conveying an article is installed along a travel guide (4) so as to freely travel. A drive source for driving the travel of the travel unit (3) is a linear motor configured from a plurality of individual motors (6) which are arranged along the travel guide (4) and each configured from an armature capable of functioning as an independent armature on the primary side of one linear motor, and a secondary-side mover (7) installed in the travel unit (3). A ferromagnetic body (4K) which is continuously disposed between the adjacent individual motors (6) and serves as a path through which the magnetic flux of the individual motors (6) passes is provided, and the individual motors (6) are installed such that the facing area between the individual motor (6) and the mover (7) does not change.
Inventors:
WATANABE NOBORU (JP)
KADOGUCHI KENJI (JP)
KADOGUCHI KENJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/072002
Publication Date:
May 03, 2012
Filing Date:
September 27, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY LTD (JP)
WATANABE NOBORU (JP)
KADOGUCHI KENJI (JP)
WATANABE NOBORU (JP)
KADOGUCHI KENJI (JP)
International Classes:
B60L13/03; B65G54/02; H02K41/02; H02K41/03
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2006038510A1 | 2006-04-13 |
Foreign References:
| JP2010130740A | 2010-06-10 | |||
| JPH0989783A | 1997-04-04 | |||
| JP2006174605A | 2006-06-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SUGIMOTO, Shuji et al. (JP)
Shuji Sugimoto (JP)
Shuji Sugimoto (JP)
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