Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

David Longin

Mark Gijbels

Robin Celis

Gunther Cuypers

Johnathan Andrew Line

Joseph Michael Kish

Keith Allen Godin

Jimmy Moua

Marcel Grein

Detlef Kuck

Nicole Leonarda Wilhelmina Eikelenberg

Jeroen Lem

Eduard De Jong

Roel Hannes

Nicole Eikelenberg

A rack system for a commercial vehicle including at least one guide rail fixable to at least one vehicle structure of the commercial vehicle, and at least one rack slidingly supported by the guide rail back and forth in a lateral direction of the commercial vehicle. To laterally balance a loading of the commercial vehicle the rack system comprises at least one fixing unit for temporary fixing the rack selectively in one of several fixing positions disposed along the guide rail by fixing the rack to the guide rail and/or to the vehicle structure.

Rack system for a commercial vehicle and method for laterally balancing and loading of a commercial vehicle

A system for delivering articles () from a start point () to a destination point (), having at least one drone (), which a) has a flight control unit () configured for autonomous flying, b) has at least one flight motor realized as an electric motor (), c) has a battery () that supplies the flight motor with voltage, d) has a programmable control () unit, and e) on its underside has a coupling () for electrical, and preferably also mechanical, connection, having a control center (), which is wirelessly connected to the control unit () of the drone (), having a mobility network consisting of a fleet of vehicles (), in particular road vehicles, each vehicle having a drone carrier (), which has a mating coupling () that acts in combination with the coupling (), and having a digital mobility platform (), which is wirelessly connected to the fleet of vehicles () and which is informed about their travel schedules, drone carriers () and current locations of the vehicles (), and is connected to the control center ().

System and method for delivering articles from a start point to a destination point by means of drones

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle is provided, wherein the steering wheel includes a steering-wheel rim, a steering-wheel center, at least one steering-wheel spoke connecting the steering-wheel rim and the steering-wheel center, and an air duct. The air duct is designed to duct an air flow, generated by a ventilation system of the motor vehicle. The air duct comprises at least one air outlet, which is designed in such a way that in the fitted state of the steering wheel the air flow emerging from the air outlet meets a windshield of the motor vehicle. A motor vehicle having the steering wheel is furthermore provided.

Steering wheel and motor vehicle

The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus to automatically maneuver a wheelchair relative to a vehicle. The vehicle has a first sensor arrangement comprising at least one sensor, and the wheelchair has a second sensor arrangement comprising at least one sensor. The automatic maneuver is carried out both on the basis of sensor signals from the first sensor arrangement and on the basis of sensor signals from the second sensor arrangement.

Apparatus that automatically maneuvers a wheelchair relative to a vehicle

A lifting device for lifting a wheelchair into and out of a rear loading space of a motor vehicle includes lifting assemblies, fastened within a loading space of the vehicle, each having a pivot bearing; a telescopic lifting arm, connected to the pivot bearings to pivot about an axis in the vehicle transverse direction; a transverse stay which runs in the vehicle transverse direction, connected to free end portions of the lifting arms; and a coupling unit disposed on the transverse stay and configured to couple at least indirectly to the wheelchair.

Lifting device for a wheelchair, and motor vehicle

The present disclosure relates to an autonomous rail transport system with the aid of a rail network. The rail transport system according to the disclosure comprises at least one autonomous goods-carrying rail vehicle and at least two autonomous goods terminals. The goods-carrying rail vehicle is designed to transport at least one item of goods while the goods terminals are each designed to receive and/or release at least one item of goods. The item of goods is transported autonomously from a first goods terminal to a second goods terminal with the aid of the goods-carrying rail vehicle on the rail network. The rail network of the rail transport system according to the disclosure is a streetcar-line network.

Method to transport goods, goods-carrying rail vehicle, and goods terminal

The disclosure relates to a method for determining the accuracy of a satellite-based navigation system for a vehicle during operation on a test route. The method includes providing a light beam propagating essentially perpendicularly to the direction of travel along the test route at each of two selected measurement points on the test route. Upon detection of the light beams impacting the vehicle perpendicularly to the direction of travel, a detection of the position and the direction of travel measured by a receiver of the satellite-based navigation system is triggered by means of an optical triggering device fastened on the vehicle. Finally, an accuracy of the satellite-based navigation system is determined on the basis of the two detected positions and directions of travel and position coordinates of the two selected measurement points. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding system for determining the accuracy of a satellite-based navigation system.

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David Longin