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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia M. Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);
Somak Datta Gupta, Canton, MI (US);
Brad Alan Ignaczak, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2013.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01); B64F 1/364 (2013.01);
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.