Automated Vehicle Parking Garage with Catwalk Installation

a technology of automatic vehicle parking and installation, which is applied in the direction of parking, conveyer parts, electrical equipment, etc., can solve the problems that the safety of the person maintaining the facility, the access to some elements of the system may require severe safety considerations, etc., and achieve safe and fast, convenient physical access of parked vehicles, and maximize the number of available parking places

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-06-11
SHANI HAIM
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[0007]An automated vehicle parking system having a catwalk structure or bridge installed within the vehicle storage area is described herein. The parking system facilitates the physical access of parked vehicles on different floors by fire abatement teams equipped with fire abatement equipment, as well as the access of maintenance personnel, to each stored vehicle within the system, in a safe and fast way. The main catwalk is positioned proximate the parking area and will maximize the number of available parking places and make efficient use of the space. This garage does not require any increase of the total footprint and land requirements of the system over conventional systems.

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Automated parking systems such as those described above are designed to provide automated and unattended storage and retrieval of vehicles, and therefore only automatic conveying devices have access to the storage area, and access is not provided to the area where the vehicles are stored.
Another problem that arises from the structure of the automated garage is the safety of the persons that are to maintain the facility.
Due to the nature of the automated parking solution, access to some of the elements in the system may require severe safety considerations.

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[0027]Each floor L1-L4a of the first embodiment, other than the bottom or ground floor L0 of FIG. 1a, has a layout as illustrated in FIG. 2. Each parking space 16 on floor level L1 and L1a-L4a is identified by a floor number, a row number, and a rank number. As shown in FIG. 2, each parking space 16 is specifically identified as an outer space P1-P31 or an inner space P1a-P31a. An aisle 22 extends along the length of the parking garage 10 between the first set of inner spaces P1a-P16a and the second set of inner spaces P17a-P31a. In the embodiment illustrated, the length of the housing 11 from space P1 to space P16 is approximately 140 feet, and the width of the housing 11 is substantially 107 feet.

[0028]The elevators 30 are located along the aisle 22. The shuttle vehicles 34 on ground floor L0 move along aisle 22 between the elevators 30 in order to deliver vehicles 12 from the elevators 30 to the parking spaces 16, such as the vehicle 12 from elevator 30 to the parking space 16 or...

third embodiment

[0042]In a third embodiment shown in FIGS. 6-8b, vehicles 12 are stored in a double-deep storage system of parking spaces 16. However, rather the main catwalk 40 is not positioned between the inner row of parking spaces and outer row of parking spaces as with the previous embodiments. Rather, the main 15. catwalk 40 is replaced with an outer catwalk 40o (or walkway or bridge) and an inner catwalk 40i (or walkway or bridge) that extend along opposite sides of the parking area 14, with the outer catwalk 40o and inner catwalk 40i each being more narrow than the main catwalk 40. While this embodiment is not as efficient in usage of space, it provides additional channels to access the vehicles store in the garage 10. The advantage of this embodiment is a better ability to service the shuttle cars 34 that operate horizontally on the main aisle 22.

[0043]Looking to FIG. 8a, the vehicles 12 are parked in a direction opposite the previous embodiments. Namely, the front of one vehicle 12 will ...

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Abstract

An automated parking garage includes a three-dimensional warehousing facility for receiving a vehicle at a delivery bay, storing the vehicle in a parking area, and retrieving the vehicle from the parking area. The parking garage includes mechanical elements for transporting the vehicle between the delivery bay and the parking space, namely, at least one shuttle vehicle and at least one elevator. A central computer is in electrical communication with each of the mechanical elements to control the movement of the corresponding elements in the facility. A main catwalk extends the length of the facility to define parking spaces in the parking area to receive at least two vehicles, each vehicle having a front end and a rear end, with the desired end of each vehicle adjacent the main catwalk.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 978,581 filed Oct. 9, 2007, which is incorporated herein in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to an automated system and an automated method for storing items in a three-dimensional warehousing facility, having a catwalk for accessing vehicles.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In a conventional three-dimensional automated vehicle parking garage, mechanical elements or motorized conveyances, such as lifts (elevators), cranes, shuttle vehicles (moving platforms), turntables, and other mechanical elements are used to transport a vehicle from an entry / exit station at the arrival / departure level of the parking garage to a parking space in the parking garage and then retrieve the vehicle from the parking space and transport the vehicle to the entry / exit station, without human assistance.[0004]In general, a typical automated vehicle parking garage cons...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04H6/00E04H6/06E04H6/28
CPCE04H6/183
Inventor SHANI, HAIM
Owner SHANI HAIM
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