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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 10, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Detlef Kuck, Inden NRW, DE;
James Neugebauer, Chelmsford Essex, GB;
Torsten Gerhardt, London, GB;
Mark Gijbels, Binkom Vlaams-brabant, BE;
Tobias Ricke, Cologne NRW, DE;
Alexandra Holz, Aachen NRW, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for delivering and/or picking up items comprising a container, which is closable via an openable/closable door and has access protection, and a standardized coupling mechanism for the option of fastening on a delivery vehicle, a mobile mini-vehicle or a stationary upright, wherein the coupling mechanism comprises a receiving means on the holder and comprises an engagement means, which is for engagement in the receiving means and is arranged on the delivery vehicle, on the mobile mini-vehicle and on the stationary upright such that the container is securable in a releasable manner optionally on the delivery vehicle, on the mobile mini-vehicle or on the stationary upright, and a corresponding method.