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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Inventor:
Kay Fürstenberg, Waldkirch, DE;
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transport system for products comprising a plurality of driverless transport units that move in a travel zone not accessible to persons and that do not have a sensor system for a reliable avoidance of accidents with persons. In this respect, at least one driverless transport unit is configured as an escort vehicle that has at least one sensor for a safe detection of sensor data to safely escort a person in the non-accessible travel zone.