Delivery vehicle and method for delivering consignments at different locations on a delivery route

US10990910B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

• Heike Bischoff · Cologne, DE
• Sandra Drees · Rübhausen, DE
• Boris Trendafilov · Sankt Augustin, DE
• Holger Schneebeck · Cologne, DE
• Antje Huber · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 27, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/60
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a delivery vehicle for delivering consignments at different locations on a delivery route, having at least one receiving device for receiving the consignment, having at least one sensor device for separately capturing delivery information for the consignments received via the receiving device, having at least one storage device for storing the received consignments during the delivery of other consignments, and having at least one conveying device for conveying the received consignments from the receiving device to storage positions in the storage device and from the storage positions in the storage device to a dispensing device for dispensing the consignments at the particular location for delivery of the consignments.