# US 11,993,194 B2 · Delivery vehicle

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- Number: US 11,993,194 B2
- Document ID: US11993194B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/411,058
- Filed: 2021-08-25
- Published: 2022-03-31
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2020-09-29
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hiroaki Kiyokami
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993194B2

## CPC

- B60P 3/007: {for delivery of small articles, e.g. milk, frozen articles}
- B60J 7/041: {for utility vehicles, e.g. with slidable and foldable rigid panels}
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

## Abstract

A delivery vehicle includes a vehicle body, a first opening that is provided at the vehicle body and that places a cabin interior and a cabin exterior in communication with each other, a second opening that is provided at the vehicle body at a different position from the first opening, and that places the cabin interior and the cabin exterior in communication with each other, a housing unit that is configured to accommodate a package in the cabin interior, that has one end disposed at a side corresponding to the first opening, and that has another end positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the one end such that the housing unit is inclined in a vehicle downward direction from the one end toward the other end, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the package between the housing unit and the second opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A delivery vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a first opening that is provided at the vehicle body and that places a cabin interior and a cabin exterior in communication with each other, wherein the first opening is provided at a rear end section of the vehicle body;
a second opening that is provided at the vehicle body at a different position from the first opening, and that places the cabin interior and the cabin exterior in communication with each other, wherein the second opening is provided on at least one of two side sections of the vehicle body;
a housing unit that is configured to accommodate a package in the cabin interior, that has one end disposed at a side corresponding to the first opening, and that has another end positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the one end such that the housing unit is inclined in a vehicle downward direction from the one end toward the other end; and
a transfer unit configured to transfer the package between the housing unit and the second opening, wherein the transfer unit includes:
a rail provided at a floor of the cabin interior, wherein the rail extends in a vehicle width direction,
a support column capable of moving along the rail, and
a loading platform capable of being raised and lowered along the support column in a vertical direction;
a third opening that is provided at the vehicle body at a different position from the first opening and the second opening, and that places the cabin interior and the cabin exterior in communication with each other, wherein the third opening is provided at a roof section of the vehicle body; and
a cargo handling section configured to carry the package from the third opening to the one end side of the housing unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The delivery vehicle of claim 1, wherein the transfer unit is further configured to transfer the package between the housing unit and the third opening.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The delivery vehicle of claim 1, wherein the cargo handling section comprises a drone.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The delivery vehicle of claim 1, wherein the cargo handling section comprise:
a combination of a front-rear direction movable bar that moves along the vehicle front-rear direction above the roof section; and
a vehicle width direction movable bar that moves along the vehicle width direction above the roof section.