Materials delivery container with battery system therein
AssigneeTulips Corporation
InventorsEric Fosgard, Jack C. Cornelius
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Abstract
Combined container and battery system, materials delivery vehicle, and battery system charging system, adapted for charging a container battery system within rated specifications for accomplishing materials delivery of container contents depending on a determined power budget determined relative to such parameters as chosen vehicle weight, whether e-cargo delivery bike or autonomous delivery vehicle, chosen vehicle efficiency, battery system capacity, an allowed driver weight and driver efficiency for e-cargo bike deliveries, materials information, materials weight, number of stops, distance between each stop, recipient information, recipient address, and route topology, wherein excess power is indicated as available for auxiliary tasks.
Claims24
A combined container and battery system adapted for materials delivery of container contents using a battery-powered last-mile materials delivery vehicle, comprising:
- a. A container adapted for containing materials to be delivered to one or more locations;
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- b. A battery system in said container and adapted for providing power necessary for the last-mile materials delivery vehicle to accomplish delivery of the contents of said container.
A last-mile materials delivery vehicle adapted for accommodating a container having a battery system adapted for providing power to accomplish delivery of contents of the container, comprising:
- a. A materials delivery vehicle comprising one of a human-operated battery-powered materials e-cargo bike and a computer-operated materials delivery autonomous vehicle (AV);
- b. A physical interconnection of the container to said materials delivery vehicle;
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- c. An electrical interconnection of the container to the materials delivery vehicle.
A battery system charging system adapted for facilitating charging of a container battery system for last-mile delivery of materials contained in a container, comprising:
- a. A control system;
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- b. A charging interface, wherein the control system facilitates fully charging of a container battery system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.