B66C13/00

Crane vehicle
11053105 · 2021-07-06 · ·

A rough terrain crane is equipped with dashboard cameras and digital cameras for capturing bird's-eye view image thereof. The equipment performs, when a load factor reaching 90%, a process of recording start for starting image data recording with the digital camera and a process of storing measurement value for recording a load factor concurrently with the process of recording start. The image data is recorded with the digital camera associated with the above activation condition, among the digital cameras installed in the rough terrain crane.

Crane vehicle
11053105 · 2021-07-06 · ·

A rough terrain crane is equipped with dashboard cameras and digital cameras for capturing bird's-eye view image thereof. The equipment performs, when a load factor reaching 90%, a process of recording start for starting image data recording with the digital camera and a process of storing measurement value for recording a load factor concurrently with the process of recording start. The image data is recorded with the digital camera associated with the above activation condition, among the digital cameras installed in the rough terrain crane.

CRANE
20200399099 · 2020-12-24 ·

A crane includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body that is turnably provided on the lower traveling body, a counterweight that is mounted on the upper turning body, and a ladder for getting on and off the upper turning body. The ladder has an engagement member that is able to be engaged with and disengaged from an engaged portion provided at the upper turning body, a support portion that supports the engagement member, and a following mechanism that is interposed between the engagement member and the support portion. When the engaged portion in a state of being engaged with the engagement member is moved downward with work of mounting the counterweight, the following mechanism causes the engagement member to follow downward movement of the engaged portion.

CRANE
20200399099 · 2020-12-24 ·

A crane includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body that is turnably provided on the lower traveling body, a counterweight that is mounted on the upper turning body, and a ladder for getting on and off the upper turning body. The ladder has an engagement member that is able to be engaged with and disengaged from an engaged portion provided at the upper turning body, a support portion that supports the engagement member, and a following mechanism that is interposed between the engagement member and the support portion. When the engaged portion in a state of being engaged with the engagement member is moved downward with work of mounting the counterweight, the following mechanism causes the engagement member to follow downward movement of the engaged portion.

Servicing a nuclear reactor module
10854345 · 2020-12-01 · ·

A system for servicing a nuclear reactor module comprises a crane operable to attach to the nuclear reactor module, wherein the crane includes provisions for routing signals from one or more sensors of the nuclear reactor module to one or more sensor receivers.

Energy storage system and method
10837429 · 2020-11-17 · ·

An energy storage system includes a crane and a plurality of blocks, where the crane is operable to move blocks from a lower elevation to a higher elevation (via stacking of the blocks) to store electrical energy as potential energy of the blocks, and then operable to move blocks from a higher elevation to a lower elevation (via unstacking of the blocks) to generate electricity based on the kinetic energy of the block when lowered (e.g., by gravity). The energy storage system can, for example, store electricity generated from solar power as potential energy in the stacked blocks during daytime hours when solar power is available, and can convert the potential energy in the stacked blocks into electricity during nighttime hours when solar energy is not available, and deliver the converted electricity to the power grid.

Energy storage system and method
10837429 · 2020-11-17 · ·

An energy storage system includes a crane and a plurality of blocks, where the crane is operable to move blocks from a lower elevation to a higher elevation (via stacking of the blocks) to store electrical energy as potential energy of the blocks, and then operable to move blocks from a higher elevation to a lower elevation (via unstacking of the blocks) to generate electricity based on the kinetic energy of the block when lowered (e.g., by gravity). The energy storage system can, for example, store electricity generated from solar power as potential energy in the stacked blocks during daytime hours when solar power is available, and can convert the potential energy in the stacked blocks into electricity during nighttime hours when solar energy is not available, and deliver the converted electricity to the power grid.

Work Vehicle
20200354001 · 2020-11-12 ·

A first controller of a work vehicle executes a first composition process for composition of a first video imaged by a camera and a second video imaged by a camera and generating composite video data indicating a composite video, and a transmission process for transmitting, to a second controller, the composite video data generated in the first composition process. The second controller of the work vehicle executes a reception process for receiving the composite video data from the first controller, and a display process for displaying the composite video indicated by the composite video data received in the reception process on a display.

Work Vehicle
20200354001 · 2020-11-12 ·

A first controller of a work vehicle executes a first composition process for composition of a first video imaged by a camera and a second video imaged by a camera and generating composite video data indicating a composite video, and a transmission process for transmitting, to a second controller, the composite video data generated in the first composition process. The second controller of the work vehicle executes a reception process for receiving the composite video data from the first controller, and a display process for displaying the composite video indicated by the composite video data received in the reception process on a display.

Method to optimize an anti-sway function

For optimizing an anti-sway algorithm for the transport of a load by a hoisting appliance spanning a hoisting area and comprising a trolley, a reeving system and a tool handling the load, a control device is able to: create a first table giving angle offsets of the trolley, depending on physical characteristics of the load and on mechanical parameters related to the trolley, the angle offsets being determined by measurements of inclination angles of the trolley, create a second table giving probabilities of a secondary sway of the load depending on physical characteristics of the load, on mechanical parameters related to the reeving system and on measurements of acceleration and angular position of the tool, and transport the load in the hoisting area by using an anti-sway algorithm taking into account the first table and the second table, wherein anti-sway algorithm takes as inputs dynamic parameters of hoisting appliance comprising the current position of the trolley, the load and the current angle of the load with respect to the trolley.