US 12,280,815 B2
Systems for pod movers
John F. Daly, Frisco, TX (US); Adrian Lombard, Saline, MI (US); Satoshi Nagashima, New York, NY (US); Trinell Ball, Stamford, CT (US); Brent Bowen, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Vic Hoffman, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,328.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034604 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B62B 5/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/64 (2006.01); B60P 3/06 (2006.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 5/0086 (2013.01) [B60P 1/6445 (2013.01); B60P 3/06 (2013.01); B62D 63/025 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/075 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a main vehicle;
a secondary vehicle configured to couple to the main vehicle, the secondary vehicle comprising:
a wheel configured to move the secondary vehicle; and
a body coupled to the wheel, the body comprising:
a set of apertures, each of the apertures defining a vertically elongated oval shape; and
a first set of retractable bars, configured to:
extend into receivers of the main vehicle in a deactivated state;
translate vertically within the apertures;
be disposed in the body in a retracted state; and
extend into a pod and lift the pod in an attached state.