Patent attributes
An automatic guided vehicle drive device includes a top plate member, a drive unit, a holding plate member and a turning shaft mechanism. The drive unit has left and right wheel axles attached to left and right wheels, respectively. The holding plate member is coupled between the top plate member and the drive unit to pivotally hold the drive unit with respect to a movement direction. The turning shaft mechanism is coupled between the top plate member and the holding plate member to turnably support the drive unit about a vertical line passing through an intersection between an axial centerline of the wheel axles and a middle line oriented in the movement direction and passes through an approximate middle position between the wheel axles while exerting a force along the vertical line in a direction of separating the drive unit from the top plate member via the holding plate member.
