102results about "Vehicle with removable loading" patented technology

Alignment system for approaching a vehicle (10) to a spatially spaced target object (40), comprising an object recognition means (20) attached to the vehicle (10) and a connecting element (30) with which the target object (40) is releasably held in an end position, wherein the object recognition means (20) is aligned in the direction of the target object (40) and an image is generated using the data of the object recognition means (20) in which the target object (40) is shown together with a guide marker (50) during the approach of the vehicle (10), characterized in that the guide marker (50) is applied to at least one component (11) of the vehicle (10) arranged in an entry area (31) of the connecting element (30).

Modular container delivery systems and methods are described herein. A modular container delivery system may be implemented to facilitate autonomous delivery of packages to customers. A modular container, as described in greater detail below, may be attached to a battery operated electric vehicle (BEV) and autonomous driving platform chassis. The container system itself contains a package sorting mechanism that is configured to move packages inside the vehicle, organize them into separate section of the vehicle and retrieve packages for delivery on as needed.

Transport system (1) for internal material transport comprising a tugger train (2) comprising a towing vehicle and at least one tugger train trailer (4a; 4b; 4c; 4d), and at least one trolley wagon (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d), wherein the tugger train trailer (4a; 4b; 4c; 4d) is designed to carry the at least one trolley wagon (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d), wherein the trolley wagon (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) has at least one longitudinal strut (L1; L2), characterized in that the transport system (1) comprises an autonomous transport robot (10) which is designed to unload the trolley wagon (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) from the tugger train trailer (4a; 4b; 4c; 4d) and / or to transport the tugger train trailer (4a; 4b; 4c; 4d) with the trolley wagon (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) to load, wherein the autonomous transport robot (10) has a coupling device (11) designed to be coupled to the longitudinal strut (L1; L2) of the trolley trolley (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d).

The invention relates to the technical field of transportation equipment, and discloses an assembly type lifting device for achieving rapid separation and combination of a container and an automobile chassis, at least four deviation rectifying lifting structures used for being fixed to the four corners of the container correspondingly, and the automobile chassis matched with the deviation rectifying lifting structures for container loading and unloading. The framework is arranged on the automobile chassis and used for bearing the container; the deviation rectifying lifting structure comprises a vertically-arranged outer cylinder, a first fixing frame arranged at the upper end of the outer cylinder and a second fixing frame arranged below the first fixing frame. The at least four deviation rectifying lifting structures which can ascend and descend and can move autonomously are positioned to the four corners of the compartment, the compartment is taken down from the vehicle chassis, and the purposes of being convenient to operate, improving efficiency, enhancing safety and reducing cost are achieved.

The invention relates to a transfer vehicle (10) for transferring a transferable object weighing 2-50 t, preferably 3-30 t, wherein the transfer vehicle includes a frame a cargo space (40) attached to the frame for a transferable object (20) to be loaded onto the transfer vehicle (10), - wheels (32) suspended in the frame for supporting the frame on a substrate (100), lifting means (35) for lowering the cargo space (40) in order to transfer the transferable object (20) into the cargo space ( 40 ), wherein the suspension of a wheel (32) comprises a supporting arm (60), wherein the wheel (32) is attached in an articulated manner to a first end (61) of the supporting arm (60), and wherein a second end (62) of the supporting arm (60) is attached in an articulated manner to the frame, a height adjustment cylinder (70), wherein a first end (71) of the height adjustment cylinder (70) is attached in an articulated manner to the frame, a damping element (80), wherein a first end (81) of the damping element (80) is attached in an articulated manner to the first end (61) of the supporting arm (60), a linking element (90) with a first support point (91), a second support point (92) and a third support point (93), wherein the second end (72) is attached in an articulated manner to the first support point (91), the second end (82) is attached in an articulated manner to the second support point (92), and the linking element (90) is attached in an articulated manner by the third support point (93) to the supporting arm (60). The invention also relates to a system and to a method for loading a transferable object (20) into a cargo space (40) of a transfer vehicle (10).

The present invention relates to a gas purchase attachment (1) for transporting gas on a transport vehicle (2) and / or for storing gas, - with a frame (3) in / on which at least one gas tank (4, 4a, 4b) is fixed, - with a CNG, OMB or LPG refueling nozzle (5), - with at least two customer points (7), to each of which at least one customer can be connected. This makes gas transport and the provision of gas at a construction site significantly easier and more cost-effective.

A vehicle for package delivery is provided. The vehicle includes one or more processors; a tile floor system connected to the one or more processors, the tile floor system comprising a plurality of tiles with actuators that individually move containers thereon, and in a first arrangement a first tile is associated with a first container; at least one imaging device; and a memory. The processors determine an identifier for a package, receive first image data associated with the package from the imaging device, determine a first association of the package with the first container based on the first image data, determine a first delivery route that includes a first stop associated with the identifier for the package, and rearrange the containers by the tile floor system into a second arrangement based on the first delivery route prior to the first stop of the first delivery route.

The invention discloses a modular wine bottle safety transfer device and a combined carriage, the device comprises a combined carriage main body which is a lightweight frame structure formed by splicing connecting pieces, and the bottom of the combined carriage main body is provided with a quick-release connecting mechanism for quick butt joint and locking with different carrying platforms; the fixed wine rack is installed on the bottom plate through a damping device, an extensible flocking wine cage array is arranged in the fixed wine rack, and the array is formed by splicing a plurality of single flocking wine cage assemblies with flexible buffering linings on the inner walls; and the drawing module is in sliding connection with the bottom plate through a sliding rail and can be drawn out of the carriage. Through the integrated design of the modularized reconfigurable carriage, the multi-stage collaborative damping system, the flocking wine cage array and the drawing module, the problems that in the prior art, a carriage cannot be flexibly reconfigured, a carrying platform is lack of a standardized interface, and a wine bottle protection mechanism is incomplete are solved; the method is particularly suitable for distribution of high-value fragile products at the tail end of a city and in a width-limited road scene.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of mining trucks, and discloses a mining multifunctional quick-change service truck which comprises a truck head and a truck chassis which are arranged front and back, a tilting cart frame is rotatably installed on the truck chassis, a quick-change controller is detachably installed at the front end of the truck chassis through a quick-release mechanism, and the quick-change controller is connected with the truck chassis through a telescopic connecting rope. The external controller is adopted, the operation visual field is good, the loading and unloading work of the loading unit can be completed by a single person, and the purposes of saving labor cost and saving loading and unloading time are achieved.

A cargo tray for a vehicle cargo bed includes a deck formed by elongated planks arranged side-by-side and interconnected along their lengths. Transverse front and rear support members are positioned at opposite deck ends. Tension members or flat bars span between the support members to draw them together and maintain the planks as a flat unit, enabling smooth sliding without rollers. The planks are hollow polymer extrusions having internal ribs and a low-friction surface. A handle assembly is mounted to the front support for pushing or pulling the cargo tray toward the front or back end of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the planks are pre-joined by an integral web so the deck can be folded into a bundle, which has the dimensions of the flattened cargo tray when unfolded and easily shipped for assembly. The rear support member can include an upright backstop flange and apertures for tethers.

A loading and unloading device is disclosed, wherein the loading and unloading device comprises an electric cable winch that is mounted on the front wall of the cargo container with a 5 / 16 inch diameter cable passing through a pulley, which is additionally attached to the front wall of the cargo container. Further, the cable is attached to a pallet wheeled dolly using a commercial U-style hook. The cable can be expanded and connected to several wheeled pallet dollies, all connected by U-style hooks. The cable is then used to pull the wheeled pallet dolly train out the back end of the cargo container onto the loading dock. Cargo is placed on the wheeled pallet dollies, and once loaded, the wheeled dollies are winched into the cargo container. The doors are secured, and the cargo container is transferred to its destination.

A casket transport system for installation in a transport vehicle, and a method of loading eight or more caskets into the transport vehicle. The invention includes a plurality of shelves configured for mounting within a transport vehicle and receiving caskets in a lateral or sideways direction. A lift mechanism is mounted at the rear of the transport vehicle. The lift mechanism includes a base support member vertically movable along a vertical track between a lower position for loading caskets laterally and at least one raised position for moving the caskets laterally into the transport vehicle. At least one support arm is mounted to the base support member and configured to support a casket in a lateral direction as it is raised and lowered. An extension arm is pivotally mounted to the support arm and movable between a raised position and a lowered bridging position to facilitate sliding a casket laterally into the transport vehicle. In this way, at least eight or more caskets can be loaded into vehicle.

The invention relates to the technical field of transportation equipment, and discloses a balance supporting leg lifting device of a detachable carriage, which comprises a first lifting structure positioned at the front end of the carriage, a second lifting structure positioned at the rear end of the carriage, and a lifting mechanism arranged on a chassis and used for supporting the carriage; the second lifting structure comprises two second lifting mechanisms arranged on the left side and the right side of the rear portion of the cargo compartment correspondingly. The second lifting mechanism comprises a fixed cylinder which is vertically arranged and is connected with the cargo compartment, and a second supporting leg balance mechanism which is connected with the fixed cylinder; and the second supporting leg balancing mechanism comprises a spring or a pulley which is rotatably arranged on the fixed cylinder. The first lifting structure and the second lifting structure are arranged at the front end and the rear end of the cargo compartment correspondingly, the first lifting structure and the second lifting structure control lifting and supporting of the supporting legs by installing the supporting leg balance mechanism and the fixing mechanism, and the cost is greatly reduced.

The present invention relates to a container handling system for a transportation vehicle, the container handling system comprising a conveyer belt arranged in a closed loop, and a container holding arrangement comprising a first structure connected to, and movable along, the conveyer belt around the closed loop, and a second structure configured to attach the container holding arrangement to a container, wherein the second structure comprises a hook cover attached to the first structure, and a pair of brackets configured to mechanically connect the second structure to the container, each of the pair of brackets being pivotably movable relative to the hook cover between a released state in which a first portion of the bracket is arranged at a distance from an abutment surface of the hook cover, and a locked state in which the first portion, when subject to a force causing the pivotable movement of the bracket, is arranged in abutment with the abutment surface of the hook cover.

A load unit arrangement (100) has first (101) and second (102) load units to be carried by a vehicle (103). Load units have first and second ends (101A, 101B, 102A, 102B) and they are configured to move in relation to each other in a first direction (115) to connect and disconnect the load units. The arrangement comprises also a guiding device (105) having a first arm (121) for guiding and lowering the first end (101A) of the first load unit (101) to the ground, and a second arm (122) for guiding and lifting the second end (102B) of the second load unit (102) over the top of the first load unit (101).

Freight transport vehicle (1000) for swap bodies (900) with - a container support (1300) for at least partially resting a swap body located in a container transport position (PT) on at least one support surface (1315, 1315') of the container support (1300), and - a transport securing device for fixing swap bodies (900) on the container support (1300), wherein - the cargo transport vehicle (1000) has a vehicle center axle (AF), and - which at least one support surface (1315) is arranged laterally offset to the vehicle's central axis (AF), characterized by the fact that - at least one first internally engaging transport securing device (1400) and at least one first externally engaging transport securing device (1500) are arranged on at least one first support surface (1315) formed by the at least one container support (1300) such that the first internally engaging transport securing device (1400) is arranged on a side of the at least one first support surface (1315) facing the vehicle's central axis (AF) and the first externally engaging transport securing device (1500) is arranged on a side of the at least one first support surface (1315) facing away from the vehicle's central axis (AF), and - that at least one second internally engaging transport securing device (1400') and one second externally engaging transport securing device (1500') are arranged on at least one second support surface (1315') formed by the at least one container support (1300) such that the second internally engaging transport securing device (1400') is arranged on a side of the at least one second support surface (1315') facing the vehicle's central axis (AF) and the second externally engaging transport securing device (1500') is arranged on a side of the at least one second support surface (1315') facing away from the vehicle's central axis (AF).

An apparatus comprises at least one base plate that is selectively attachable to a support surface. Each base plate includes a plurality of mounting apertures configurable to receive mounting feet from one or more accessories, a plurality of bus bars, and at least one power interface aperture. Each base plate includes also includes a plurality of contact openings that are open to the external surface, wherein each contact opening exposes an electrical contact surface of one of the plurality of bus bars.

To achieve both improved turning performance and improved load transferability. [Solution] The bogie body 2 of the bogie 1 is configured to be roughly U-shaped in a plan view, and a four-wheel steering mechanism 20 that steers the front casters 6a, 6b and rear casters 8a, 8b located at the four corners of the bogie body 2 in response to the rotation of a connecting bar 4 for connecting to an automated guided vehicle 80 serving as a towing vehicle is positioned so as not to enter at least the inner region of the bogie body 2. As a result, when transferring a load L between the automated guided vehicle 82 and the bogie 1, the automated guided vehicle 82 can enter the inner region of the bogie body 2, making the transfer of the load L easy and reliable. Furthermore, the inclusion of the four-wheel steering mechanism 20 improves turning ability when being towed by the automated guided vehicle 80.

The invention discloses a hook arm operation device, and relates to the technical field of hook arms. The device comprises a retainer fixed with a frame, a sliding frame nested in the retainer in a sliding manner, a hook arm hinged to the tail end of the sliding frame, an adjusting oil cylinder and an overturning oil cylinder. The adjusting oil cylinder is connected with the tail end of the retainer and the front end of the sliding frame to drive the sliding frame to translate; the overturning oil cylinder is connected with the front end of the sliding frame and the hook arm and drives the hook arm to overturn. Through sequential coordination action of the two oil cylinders, the loading and unloading process of the carriage is divided into three steps of hook translation, overturning lifting and forward moving locking, and a rolling supporting assembly at the tail of the retainer is used for assisting in supporting. The telescopic arm is simple and compact in structure, avoids the complex structure of a traditional telescopic arm, is reasonable in stress, differentiates the limit load, is stable and safe to operate, is particularly suitable for high-load and long-carriage transportation scenes, and is convenient to mount and maintain.

Loading, shifting, and staging objects in automated or semi-automated fashion including systems, methods, and apparatuses for the same. The embodiments hereof enable automated and / or semi-automated loading, shifting, organizing, staging, and accessing of objects in different environments, e.g., those associated with a logistics network operation. For example, one such environment is a vehicle. In one aspect, a loading mechanism is used to load objects into a storage space of the vehicle. In another aspect, a shifting mechanism is used to shift objects in a storage space of the vehicle. In another aspect, a door assembly allows for automated opening and closing of a door into a storage space of a vehicle. In addition, methods of manufacturing and using the same are provided.

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a vehicle configured to support a vehicle usage profile and a load distribution profile, the vehicle comprising a skateboard chassis and a load unit, the skateboard chassis comprising a first load bearing structure and the load unit comprising a second load bearing structure, the method includes obtaining the vehicle usage profile and the load distribution profile, comparing the vehicle usage profile and the load distribution profile to a first load bearing characteristic of the first load bearing structure, determining a second load bearing characteristic of the second load bearing structure using a result of a previous comparison step, obtaining the skateboard chassis having the first load bearing characteristic, obtaining the load unit having the determined load bearing characteristic, manufacturing the vehicle by mechanically coupling the skateboard chassis to the load unit using a predefined interface.

A method for operating a driverless transport vehicle, for example a swap body truck, a tractor unit or an industrial pallet truck, for picking up a load carrier, for example a swap body or a container, comprises the following process steps: positioning the transport vehicle in a picking position in which a lifting table of a picking unit is located below the load carrier, raising the lifting table at least until the lifting table makes contact with the load carrier, moving at least one locking element from an unlocking position, preferably located under and / or in the lifting table, to a locking position, preferably projecting at least partially from the lifting table,Determining the position of a locking element of at least one locking element using at least one locking sensor device, and determining the position of a load carrier using at least one load carrier sensor device; issuing a travel authorization by a control unit after the control unit has verified that the at least one locking element is in the locking position and the load carrier is in a transport position. Furthermore, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) is described.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle getting-on and getting-off mechanism for a fire fighting truck, and relates to the technical field of fire fighting equipment, the unmanned aerial vehicle getting-on and getting-off mechanism comprises a base plate fixed in a truck cabin, a pneumatic turnover device is installed on the base plate, and the pneumatic turnover device is provided with a telescopic sliding arm; a transfer trolley used for loading the unmanned aerial vehicle is arranged on the guide rail face of the pneumatic turnover device in a sliding mode, the transfer trolley is connected with the sliding arm through a separable connecting device, when the pneumatic turnover device is in an inclined state, the sliding arm can drive the transfer trolley to do linear motion, and after the transfer trolley is released to the ground, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be loaded on the transfer trolley. According to the invention, the transfer trolley for loading the unmanned aerial vehicle is slidably arranged on the guide rail surface of the pneumatic turnover device, so that the convenient operation of getting on and off the unmanned aerial vehicle on the fire fighting truck is realized, the manpower is saved, and the rapid development of fire fighting work is facilitated.

When the vehicle body and the loading platform are connected, the height of the loading platform from the floor can be easily adjusted, improving transportation efficiency during transportation. [Solution] A swap body container vehicle (1) has a body (3) and a loading platform (5), and the body (3) and loading platform (5) can be separated by an air suspension mechanism of the body (3). The loading platform (5) has a plurality of legs (12), each of which has a jack mechanism for raising and lowering the loading platform (5). When the body (3) and loading platform (5) are connected and cargo is transported, the plurality of legs (12) are each removed from the loading platform (5) and left in place.

To provide a cargo handling vehicle and a loading device, capable of performing unloading work by making a bumper retract.SOLUTION: In a cargo handling vehicle, an unloading operation and a storing operation for moving a bumper body to a storing position are cooperatively executed by turning on an automatic unloading switch in an automatic priority state, a specific operation is executable in the unloading operation on condition that the bumper body is at a position that satisfies a predetermined condition, and in a bumper switch enabled state, the bumper body can be moved by operating a bumper switch.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

The present invention provides a safety system for a container transport vehicle and a vehicle-mounted device for manipulating the container. The system provides the ability to quickly and easily stop operation of the vehicle-mounted device and / or the vehicle in an emergency to maintain the safe operation of the device and vehicle.

A first column (155) adapted to be attached to a fifth wheel (130) of a tractor (110), a second column (175) to which a first floating ground support wheel (180) is attached so as to be movable, a third column (200) to which a second floating ground support wheel (205) is attached so as to be movable, a lift device (240, 245, 250, 255, 260, 265, 270, 275, 280, 285) for lifting a container (105), and a lift device (240, 245, 250, 255, 260, 265, 270, 275, 280, 285) for lifting a container (105), and a third column (200) connected to the first column (155) and a connecting device (220, 230, 235) configured to move at least one of the three columns relative to another of the three columns between a first position and a second position, such that the planar footprint of the device in the second position is smaller than the planar footprint of the device in the first position.