A parking robot includes a lifting rail, a wheel clamp, and a lift motor. The wheel clamp is disposed on the lifting rail and is moveable from a first position to a second position along the lifting rail. The lift motor is operatively connected to the lifting rail and moves the wheel clamp from the first position to the second position.

A method for operating a vehicle, the vehicle driving autonomously in a parking lot and emitting at least one signal to its environment during its autonomous travel to signal to the environment that it is driving autonomously. The invention furthermore relates to a method for operating a parking lot, to a device for operating a vehicle, a device for operating a parking lot, to a vehicle, a device, a parking lot, and to a computer program.

Lift and slide parking systems employ a plurality of novel trolley apparatus. Each trolley includes a rectangular frame from which a platform may be raised and lowered via cables coupled to lifting bars positioned at each of four corners of the platform. On one side of the frame a slide rail and trolley sliding assembly includes hydraulic cylinders coupled with cables routed through sheaves arranged to enable movement of the trolley horizontally a necessary distance. The slide rail may include grooves in which a sliding block may be slidably retained. On the side opposite the slide rail is a lift rail and platform lift assembly which includes a hydraulic cylinder coupled with one or more belts routed through rollers to a lifting block coupled with cables routed through sheaves and coupled to lifting bars arranged to enable vertical movement of the platform. The lift rail may include grooves in which a cylinder block and lift block are slidably retained. A sliding roller at each corner of the frame is positioned to engage in tracks attached to the superstructure which run the width of the parking system.

A pole mounting system can be configured as a center drawn mounting system which allows the user to securely mount and adjust the inner stanchion in various rotational orientations about the vertical axis. The system also allows any electrical wiring or other conduit to be run up inside of the pole. Once the inner stanchion is fastened in place, the outer stanchion fits over top with a first disc on the outer stanchion interlocking with a disc recess on the inner stanchion, thereby preventing the outer stanchion from twisting with respect to the inner stanchion. Once a locking bolt is in place, the parking meter is fastened to the top of the outer stanchion. The present system is tamper resistant because the electrical wiring or conduit and the mounting hardware are not externally accessible once installation is completed.

A power supplying facility includes: a power supply device installed in a building that has a power supply space for supplying power to an electric vehicle having a battery, and supplying power wirelessly to the battery of the electric vehicle parked in the power supply space by means of an automatic parking function, and a building air conditioner communicatively connected to the power supply device, and conditioning air inside of the building based on an operating state of the power supply device.

A safety barrier assembly is provided for a parking garage is positioned in proximity to an opening for a VRC and includes a horizontal AGV safety beam and upper and lower pedestrian barriers having horizontal railings and vertical legs. The vertical legs are telescoped into openings at opposite ends of the AGV safety beam. The vertical legs of the upper pedestrian barrier are longer than those of the lower pedestrian barrier. The AGV safety beam can be moved vertically between a lower position where the AGV safety beam is substantially adjacent a floor of the parking garage and an upper position where the AGV safety beam is elevated from the floor. The horizontal railings of the pedestrian barriers are parallel to and spaced above the AGV safety beam in the lower position. However, the horizontal railings abut the AGV safety beam in the upper position.

A safety barrier assembly is provided for a parking garage is positioned in proximity to an opening for a VRC and includes a horizontal AGV safety beam and upper and lower pedestrian barriers having horizontal railings and vertical legs. The vertical legs are telescoped into openings at opposite ends of the AGV safety beam. The vertical legs of the upper pedestrian barrier are longer than those of the lower pedestrian barrier. The AGV safety beam can be moved vertically between a lower position where the AGV safety beam is substantially adjacent a floor of the parking garage and an upper position where the AGV safety beam is elevated from the floor. The horizontal railings of the pedestrian barriers are parallel to and spaced above the AGV safety beam in the lower position. However, the horizontal railings abut the AGV safety beam in the upper position.

A hydrodynamic water blocking device for an underground garage includes a water blocking plate assembly and side rail assemblies, wherein the water blocking plate assembly includes a first water blocking element, one end of the first water blocking element is rotationally connected with a base, the other end of the first water blocking element is rotationally connected with one end of a second water blocking element, the first and second water blocking elements have foamed layers, the base has grooves capable of accommodating the embedded foamed layers, water inlets formed in the base communicate with the grooves, each of the side rail assemblies includes a side plate with an ascending rail including a horizontally disposed linear rail and an arc-shaped lifting rail, the second water blocking element has a walking assembly embedded in the ascending rail which is connected with a driving mechanism installed at the second water blocking element.

A hydrodynamic water blocking device for an underground garage includes a water blocking plate assembly and side rail assemblies, wherein the water blocking plate assembly includes a first water blocking element, one end of the first water blocking element is rotationally connected with a base, the other end of the first water blocking element is rotationally connected with one end of a second water blocking element, the first and second water blocking elements have foamed layers, the base has grooves capable of accommodating the embedded foamed layers, water inlets formed in the base communicate with the grooves, each of the side rail assemblies includes a side plate with an ascending rail including a horizontally disposed linear rail and an arc-shaped lifting rail, the second water blocking element has a walking assembly embedded in the ascending rail which is connected with a driving mechanism installed at the second water blocking element.

An object of the instant application is to provide a vehicle that can minimize parking space and a parking facility that can efficiently park a large number of vehicles in a predetermined parking space. The vehicle 1 includes a bottom flap 7 arranged on a bottom surface of a vehicle body and vertically rotatable around a lower rear end of the vehicle body, a rear flap 8, and geared motors 9, 11 for respectively rotating the bottom flap 7 and the rear flap 8. The parking facility 20 for a vehicle 1′ is configured to include an erecting mechanism (a rotating member 22, an electric motor 23, and a link mechanism 24) for erecting the vehicle 1′ upright with a rear surface facing down, and a transfer mechanism (belt conveyor) 25 for transferring the vehicle 1′ erected by the erecting mechanism to a predetermined position.