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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Cynthia M. Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);
Somak Datta Gupta, Canton, MI (US);
Brad Alan Ignaczak, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A container includes a transportation section and a drone section. The drone section has a drone place holder and a door. The drone place holder is accessible when the door is in an open position. The container includes a processor that is programmed to actuate the door to the open position, actuate a drone, fittable in the drone place holder, to fly out of the container, and actuate the drone to transport the container to a destination.
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