Crane, crane body, and mobile unit

{
  "publication_number": "US12344401B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Crane, crane body, and mobile unit",
  "abstract": "There is provided a crane including a crane body, and a mobile unit moving around the crane body. The crane body includes a power supply unit, and includes a power supply path member connected to the mobile unit and supplying power to the mobile unit from the power supply unit.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A crane comprising: a crane body; and a mobile unit moving around the crane body, wherein the crane body includes a front attachment capable of derricking, a hook suspended by a rope extending from the front attachment, a power supply unit, and a power supply path member connected to the mobile unit and supplying power to the mobile unit from the power supply unit, and the power supply path member is a separate member from the rope suspending the hook, is fixed to the front attachment, and extends from the front attachment toward the mobile unit.",
    "2. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the power supply unit supplies power to a controller that controls an operation of the crane, and the power supply unit increases or decreases a voltage of the power supplied to the mobile unit relative to a voltage of the power used to control the operation of the crane.",
    "3. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the power supply path member is fixed to a boom of the crane body.",
    "4. The crane according to claim 1, further comprising: a sensor for detecting a state of the crane, which is provided on the front attachment of the crane body, wherein the power supply path member is fixed to a boom together with a wire of the sensor for detecting the state of the crane.",
    "5. The crane according to claim 1, wherein an information transmission path member connecting the mobile unit and the crane body is provided separately from the power supply path member.",
    "6. The crane according to claim 1, wherein a fall prevention wire rod that connects the mobile unit and the crane body to prevent the mobile unit from falling is provided separately from the power supply path member.",
    "7. The crane according to claim 1, further comprising: a winding mechanism for feeding and winding the power supply path member, wherein the winding mechanism feeds and winds the power supply path member according to a position of the mobile unit.",
    "8. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the mobile unit includes an imaging unit that images at least a portion of the crane body.",
    "9. The crane according to claim 8, wherein the imaging unit images at least a portion of the crane body in a state where the mobile unit has moved below an uppermost part of the crane body.",
    "10. The crane according to claim 6, further comprising a winding mechanism for feeding and winding the power supply path member, wherein the fall prevention wire rod is provided between the winding mechanism and the mobile unit.",
    "11. The crane according to claim 10, wherein the crane body includes a lower traveling body and a rotating platform mounted on the lower traveling body to be capable of turning, and the fall prevention wire rod is not provided between the rotating platform and the winding mechanism.",
    "12. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the crane body includes a rail-shaped guide member, the rail-shaped guide member movably supports the mobile unit along a rail-shaped portion, and the rail-shaped guide member is provided with the power supply path member.",
    "13. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the mobile unit includes a drive unit that outputs a thrust force for a movement operation of the mobile unit and a battery that supplies power to the drive unit, and the battery supplies power to the drive unit in a case where the power supply from the power supply unit is abnormal.",
    "14. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the mobile unit is a drone that includes a gripping device capable of gripping an assist rope.",
    "15. The crane according to claim 1, wherein the crane body includes a rotatable rotating platform, the front attachment includes a boom that is derrickable relative to the rotating platform, and a foot pin provided on the rotating platform of the boom, and the power supply path member is wired to an outside of the rotating platform through an inside of the foot pin.",
    "16. A crane body comprising: a power supply unit that supplies power to a mobile unit moving around the crane body; a rotating platform that is capable of turning; a front attachment that is capable of derricking with respect to the rotating platform; a hook suspended by a rope extending from the front attachment; and a power supply path member connected to the mobile unit and supplying power to the mobile unit from the power supply unit, wherein the power supply path member is a separate member from the rope suspending the hook, is fixed to the front attachment, and extends from the front attachment toward the mobile unit.",
    "17. The crane according to claim 16, wherein the crane body is imaged by an imaging unit of the mobile unit in a state where the mobile unit has moved below an uppermost part of the crane body.",
    "18. A mobile unit moving around a crane body to carry out auxiliary work, wherein the mobile unit is connected to a power supply unit provided in the crane body via a power supply path member, and receives power supplied from the power supply unit, and the power supply path member is a separate member from a rope suspending a hook of the crane body, is fixed to a front attachment of the crane body, and extends from the front attachment.",
    "19. The crane according to claim 18, further comprising: an imaging unit that images at least a portion of the crane body in a state where the mobile unit has moved below an uppermost part of the crane body."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a crane, a crane body, and a mobile unit.\n\nIn order to ensure satisfactory visibility of a work machine, there is a technique for acquiring an image around the work machine by a mobile unit moving independently of the work machine (for example, refer to the related art).\n\nAccording to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a crane including a crane body, and a mobile unit moving around the crane body. The crane body includes a power supply unit, and includes a power supply path member connected to the mobile unit and supplying power to the mobile unit from the power supply unit.\n\nAccording to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a crane body including a power supply that supplies power to a mobile unit moving around the crane body, and a power supply path member connected to the mobile unit and supplying the power to the mobile unit from the power supply unit.\n\nAccording to still another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a mobile unit moving around a crane body to carry out auxiliary work. The mobile unit is connected to a power supply unit provided in the crane body via a power supply path member, and receives the power supplied from the power supply unit.\n\nFIG. 1 is a view for describing a schematic configuration of a crane according to an embodiment of the present invention.\n\nFIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of a mobile unit.\n\nFIG. 3 is a side surface view of a crane body.",
  "cpc": [
    "B64F 3/02",
    "B64U 10/13",
    "B64U 2101/30",
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    "B64U 2201/202",
    "B64U 50/19",
    "B64U 50/34",
    "B66C 13/12",
    "B66C 13/46"
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  "ipc": [
    "B64F 3/02",
    "B64U 10/13",
    "B64U 101/30",
    "B64U 50/19",
    "B64U 50/34"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Minoru Toida",
    "Kohei Honjo",
    "Katuaki Kamashima"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2021-10-26",
  "publication_date": "2025-07-01",
  "grant_date": "2025-07-01",
  "priority_date": "2019-04-26",
  "application_number": "US-202117511105-A",
  "family_id": "72942037",
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