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Underground distribution system for the distribution of goods in an urban environment

US11014580B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VINCI CONSTRUCTION · FR

Inventors

Jerome Stubler · Paris, FR
Jean-Serge Boissavit · Paris, FR
Maxime TROCME · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2017
Grant date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A30/60
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Underground distribution system for the distribution of goods in an urban environment including at least one micro-tunnel forming at least one loop, extending under the foundations of preexisting surface buildings and/or infrastructures, in which goods, the transportation of which is automated, circulate, and a plurality of exchange stations exchanging with the surface, each including a shaft allowing goods to be lowered down to the micro-tunnel and raised back up after they have been transported within the micro-tunnel.

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