Configurable vehicle

US11087267B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. · US

Inventors

• David Hatch · Daly City, US
• Muhammad Farukh Munir · Pittsburg, US
• Aaron Francis Colfax Petrik · Alameda, US
• Darrell L. Suen · San Ramon, US
• Suzanne M. Fisi · Clayton, US
• Ryan J. Wyler · Gilbert, US
• Nancy B. Zimmerman · Fairfax, US
• Simone O. Harvey · Berkeley, US
• Timothy R. Ward · Mesa, US
• Steven J. Wirt · Oakland, US
• Jennifer L. Copeland · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60P3/423
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular vehicle system includes a plurality of vehicle modules with at least one autonomous vehicle module. A request from a user located at a user location specifies a plurality of the vehicle modules. The user location is specified, and a module location is determined for each of the specified vehicle modules. Based on the request, the specified modules are retrieved from the module locations, and assembled into a configured vehicle. The configured vehicle is located at a dispatch location. The configured vehicle is then dispatched from the dispatch location to the user location.