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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eike Schmidt, Cologne, DE;
Maximilian Julius Engelke, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 61/08 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/07 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 61/08 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); B60P 3/07 (2013.01); B60R 11/0217 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01); B60L 2200/36 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microtransporter system includes a plurality of microtransporters and a housing. The microtransporters each include a rigid base structure, three wheels rotatably mounted in the base structure, an electric motor drivingly connected to one of the wheels, and a load support surface connected to the base structure. The housing includes a storage chamber sized to store a plurality of microtransporters, and a passageway connecting the chamber to an outside of the housing.