Containerized transportation trailers
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorSimon Kurt Johnston
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for a containerized shipping trailer and an automated module moving apparatus. A containerized shipping trailer may comprise a shipping container having a plurality of compartments configured to store a plurality of modules in an interior of the shipping container. An automated module moving apparatus may comprise a body configured to move horizontally along a rail from a first position to a second position to insert at least one projection into a portal of a module located in a compartment of the shipping container. The module may be removed and placed at a predefined location.
Claims9
A system, comprising:
- a shipping container, comprising:
- a first side and a second side;
- a plurality of compartments positioned longitudinally along the shipping container, the plurality of compartments being defined by a plurality of openings between the first side and the second side of the shipping container;
- a plurality of modules positioned in the plurality of compartments, individual ones of the plurality of compartments being configured to receive the plurality of modules at an interior of the shipping container such that a first side of the plurality of modules is exposed on the first side of the shipping container during transport, and a second side of the plurality of modules is exposed on the second side of the shipping container during transport;
- a sensor;
- processing circuitry coupled to the sensor comprising at least one hardware processor that, through execution of program instructions, is configured to:
- detect a placement of one of the plurality of modules in one of the plurality of compartment using the sensor;
- in response to the placement of the one of the plurality of modules in the one of the plurality of compartments, determine that the one of the plurality of modules requires a resource based at least in part on data corresponding to the one of the plurality of modules;
- and
- provide the resource to the one of the plurality of modules;
- wherein individual ones of the plurality of modules are independently insertable into or removable from a corresponding one of the plurality of compartments of the shipping container, and
- wherein the first side and the second side of the individual ones of the plurality of modules comprise at least one portal configured to receive at least one projection to insert or remove a corresponding one of the plurality of modules into or from a corresponding one of the plurality of compartments from either the first side or the second side of the shipping container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.