US 12,103,795 B2
System and method for transporting goods
Maximilian Winter, Heidelberg (DE); Friedrich Lagier, Karlsruhe (DE); Frank Schönung, Graben-Neudorf (DE); and Josef Schmidt, Graben-Neudorf (DE)
Assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG, Bruchsal (DE)
Appl. No. 17/768,390
Filed by SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG, Bruchsal (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/025440
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/073771, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019007151.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294935 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 67/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 67/02 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A method for transporting goods, comprising:
locking a locking device of a transport container to a first locking unit of a driverless transport vehicle;
transporting the transport container by the driverless transport vehicle to a transfer station;
unlocking the locking device of the transport container from the first locking unit of the driverless transport vehicle; and
locking the locking device of the transport container to a second locking unit of the transfer station;
wherein the driverless transport vehicle includes a control unit adapted to unlock the locking device from the first locking unit and to unlock the locking device from the second locking unit; and
wherein the locking device is adapted to automatically lock to the first locking unit or the second locking unit in the absence of the control unit.