Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drone-based goods transportation
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Application No.: US16485944Application Date: 2017-02-17
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Publication No.: US11447245B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Cynthia M. Neubecker , Somak Datta Gupta , Brad Alan Ignaczak
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Brandon Hicks
- International Application: PCT/US2017/018290 WO 20170217
- International Announcement: WO2018/151729 WO 20180823
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02 ; E05F15/70 ; B64F1/36

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200017210A1 DRONE-BASED GOODS TRANSPORTATION Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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