Patent ID: 11926492
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. The linear transport apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
a base on which the rail is placed;
a mover provided on the transport cart;
a stator provided on the base to form a linear motor together with the mover;
a position detector provided on one of the base and the transport cart; and
a position detection target provided on another of the base and the transport cart, where a position of the position detection target is detected by the position detector, wherein
the mover, the stator, the position detector. and the position detection target are provided on side surfaces on which the base and the transport cart face each other, the side surfaces being parallel to a tangential direction of the first rotation shaft and the rail.