US 12,269,720 B2
Unmanned ground-based transport vehicle and method for transporting items
Christian Le Polotec, Hamburg (DE); Thomas Stopp, Heidgraben (DE); and Matthias Kossow, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE); and Capgemini Engineering Deutschland S.A.S. & Co. KG, Munich (DE)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg (DE); and CAPGEMINI ENGINEERING DEUTSCHLAND S.A.S. & CO. KG, Munich (DE)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,983.
Application 17/412,983 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/054990, filed on Feb. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 558.7 (DE), filed on Feb. 26, 2019; and application No. 10 2019 124 706.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024738 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B60G 17/017 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60P 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/42 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/24 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/11 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 9/063 (2013.01) [B60G 17/017 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60P 1/00 (2013.01); B60P 3/42 (2013.01); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 9/24 (2013.01); G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); B60B 19/003 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60P 3/11 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned ground-based transport vehicle (UGV), comprising:
a housing having a base plate and at least one housing side wall that is substantially perpendicular to the base plate;
at least one wheel drive in the housing, wherein the wheel drive comprises at least one wheel suspension and at least one lifting motor;
at least one wheel coupled to the at least one wheel drive and in a recess in the base plate, wherein each wheel is suspended on one wheel suspension, and wherein the at least one lifting motor is provided for each wheel, each lifting motor being kinematically coupled to one wheel to deflect the wheel relative to the housing in the vertical direction;
a plurality of sensors for sensing an environment of the UGV;
a controller for autonomous location and navigation of the UGV based on sensing parameters of the plurality of sensors; and
at least one load-receiving element coupled to the housing side wall and extending outwards from the housing side wall, the at least one load-receiving element comprising a load support surface for supporting an item with respect to a vertical direction which extends transverse to the base plate.