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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:
GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Jon Meador, Fairfield, CA (US);
Alexis De Stasio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/38 (2006.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/38 (2013.01); B60P 3/007 (2013.01); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); B60W 60/00259 (2020.02);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a conveyor system arranged within its main cabin. The conveyor system includes attachment points for attaching transport bags to the conveyor system, and a motor to move the transport bags to different positions along the conveyor system. The AV includes a door that can open and close to provide access to the transport bags. The AV further includes a conveyor system controller that identifies a transport bag associated with a user and issues an instruction to the motor to move the transport bags along the conveyor system.