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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
John William Glatfelter, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Brian Dale Laughlin, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/32 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/08 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/22 (2006.01); B62D 31/02 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 3/32 (2013.01); B60F 5/02 (2013.01); B60H 1/00207 (2013.01); B62D 31/025 (2013.01); B64C 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 37/00 (2013.01); B64D 11/00 (2013.01); B64D 13/08 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00228 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0046 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0603 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transportation system that includes one or more pods that include an interior space configured to house one or more travelers. The pods can be attached to and transported by multiple different vehicles. The different vehicles can provide for different modes of transportation. The pods are configured to supply one or more utility functions to the interior space. One or more of the utility functions to be supplied from the vehicles to the pods when the pods are attached to the vehicles.