Patent ID: 6543591
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B60L

Abstract:
An automated guided vehicle system, comprising:a conveyor vehicle having a plurality of power pickup units; a track along which the conveyor vehicle is held and travels; a power supply; and a feeder line of a plurality of feeder lines connected to the power supply disposed on both sides of a part of the track and disposed on only one of the remainder of the track, wherein at least one pick-up unit of the plurality of power pickup units is disposed so as to supply the power to the conveyor vehicle in a physically non-contact state from any one of the feeder lines laid on both sides of the track, and only in said part of the track where said feeder line of the plurality of feeder lines is on both sides of the track, the power is supplied from the pick-up unit in the side, whose power is larger than a load in the part of that feeder line disposed in the both sides of the track.