Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Frank Wolf

Michael Schreiber

Ingmar Langer

Bahman Moarefi

Stefan Hoffmann

Vincent Laurent

Jelle Tjebbes

Manfredo Agresti

Gerrit De Graag

Lukas Gass

Seonok Lee

Balaji Sevanan Kari

Dirk Kuxhausen

Lukas Gaß

Uwe Meinz

Saif Mudhafar

Baris Dönmez

Marco Favilli

Holger Bartelmeß

Eduardo Rates Garcia

Dennis Fleischmann

Nico Munkler

Joel Dammel

Johannes Heichel

Vitto Bonnemayers

Humayun Yousofzy

Martin Eschle

A parcel station including a housing having a front cover which is slidable along at least one side of the housing which further includes a plurality of segments, and wherein the front cover is configured so that two neighboring segments among the plurality of segments are separable from each other to form an opening in the front; and a plurality of storage plates, which are arranged one above the other in the interior space of the housing with respect to planar extensions thereof and which is movable in a direction perpendicular to the planar extensions and in the upper direction and/or the lower direction, wherein the opening extends between at least two neighboring storage plates among the plurality of storage plates and at current positions thereof.

Parcel station, parcel system and method for operating a parcel station

A cargo detection system for detecting overhanging cargo on a motor vehicle comprises a sensor system configured to provide cargo measurement data for cargo loaded onto the motor vehicle by measuring at least one of exterior dimensions of cargo protruding over an outer edge of the motor vehicle and an opening condition of a tailgate of the motor vehicle. The system further comprises a control device configured to assess, based on the cargo measurement data of the sensor system, whether cargo is overhanging from the motor vehicle and to calculate an updated vehicle length and/or vehicle width for the motor vehicle accounting for the overhanging cargo.

Cargo detection system and method for detecting overhanging cargo on a motor vehicle

A system for vending consumer goods in a vehicle includes a container for storing consumable units of at least one sort of consumer goods, a sensor system including at least one first sensor configured to detect removal of a consumable unit from the container by a consumer, and a computer system connected to the sensor system via a data network. The computer system includes a user database storing a user account assigned to the consumer and a service database storing a price for each consumable unit. Each user account comprises a service payment account listing services and a corresponding amount of money due for each service. The computer system is configured to retrieve from the service database a price for the removed consumable unit and to charge the service payment account of the consumer with an amount of money corresponding to the price of the removed consumable unit.

System and method for vending consumer goods in a vehicle

An electric vehicle charging cable system is provided. The system includes a charging cable assembly having an electric cable and a connector device coupled thereto. The connector device includes a connector housing and a first electric contact arrangement therein. A cable storage device stores the electric cable, and a retainer device includes a retainer housing having a first receiving opening for receiving the connector device and a socket portion arranged adjacent to the first receiving opening for receiving a DC-charging plug of a charging plug. The first receiving opening defines a cross-section corresponding to an outer contact surface of the connector housing. The connector device is positionable in a stowage position in which the connector housing is received within the first receiving opening, and in a detached position to clear the first receiving opening. The socket portion defines a second receiving opening which accommodates a second electric contact arrangement.

Charging cable system for an electric vehicle, electric vehicle, and methods for charging an electric vehicle

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Dreieich-Sprendlingen, Germany

Frank Wolf