US 12,246,637 B2
Vehicle for transporting cargo
Jan Behling, Munich (DE); Mathias Rotgeri, Munich (DE); Jan Soeren Emmerich, Munich (DE); Dirk Hoening, Munich (DE); Patrick Klokowski, Munich (DE); Christian Hammermeister, Munich (DE); and Michael Ten Hompel, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/635,055
Filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070407
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032383, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 122 052.1 (DE), filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281375 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60P 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 7/0807 (2013.01) [B60P 7/0892 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle for transporting cargo (1), having a cargo holder (3) that is arranged on a chassis (4), wherein the cargo holder (3) has a retaining element (8) that secures the cargo (1) at the edge of the cargo holder (3), and wherein a vehicle control system is provided,
wherein
the retaining element (8) extends only over a partial region of the circumference of the cargo holder (3) and is configured so as to rotate about a vertical axis (7), wherein the vehicle control system is set up in such a manner that it orients the retaining element (8), on the basis of a current or expected acceleration or deceleration of the chassis (4), in each instance, relative to the current direction of travel, about the vertical axis (7), in such a manner that the retaining element (8) is situated at least on the side of the cargo holder (3) toward which the cargo (1) moves after overcoming the adhesion friction between the surface (3a) of the cargo holder (3) and the contact surface (1a) of the cargo (1).