US Patent Issued to Murata Machinery on Feb. 3 for "Overhead transport vehicle and transport vehicle system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,060, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Overhead transport vehicle and transport vehicle system" was invented by Makoto Kobayashi (Ise, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The overhead transport vehicle includes: a winding drum configured to lift and lower a lifting part by winding and paying out a plurality of suspending members; at least one guide roller around which the suspending members paid out from the winding drum are wound; a body part supporting the winding drum and the guide roller; at least one position adjusting part configured to move a portion of each suspending member connected to...