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Granted Patent B2
US 10,953,783 · App. 16/170,697 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Vehicle

Inventors: Zekai Qiu (Nisshin, JP); Hironobu Kitaoka (Nisshin, JP); Naoki Yamamuro (Nagoya, JP); Kozo Kosho (Toyota, JP); Hiroaki Sugiyama (Nagoya, JP); Makoto Ikegami (Obu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60P3/20B60R16/023B60R25/20E05F15/77E05Y2900/546
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Patent No.
US 10,953,783
App. No.
16/170,697
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a vehicle main body having a passenger compartment and a rear compartment located more rearward than the passenger compartment; a rear hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the rear compartment; a cooling box disposed in the rear compartment; a first communication device configured to communicate with an external server; a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device; a locking device configured to lock the rear hatch; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive information about an opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the rear hatch when the processor receives the opening signal through the second communication device.

Claims (30)

1. A delivery system including a vehicle, a deliverer terminal, and a user terminal,

the vehicle including,

a vehicle main body having a passenger compartment and a rear compartment located more rearward than the passenger compartment;

a rear hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the rear compartment;

a cooling box disposed in the rear compartment;

a first communication device configured to communicate with an external server;

a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device;

a locking device configured to lock the rear hatch; and

a processor,

the deliverer terminal including a display and a third communication device,

the deliverer terminal receiving registered vehicle information and an opening signal from the server,

the registered vehicle information including information about a type and a color of the vehicle,

the third communication unit being capable to transmit the opening signal to the second communication unit,

the processor being configured to receive information about the opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the rear hatch when the processor receives the opening signal through the second communication device.

2. The delivery system-according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooling box is disposed closer to the rear hatch than the passenger compartment.

3. The delivery system-according to claim 1 , further comprising

a front-row seat and a rear-row seat disposed more rearward than the front-row seat, wherein

the front-row seat and the rear-row seat are disposed in the passenger compartment,

the passenger compartment and the rear compartment are separated by the rear-row seat, and

by deforming at least a part of the rear-row seat, an object contained in the cooling box can be taken out from the passenger compartment.

4. The delivery system-according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first side surface and a second side surface arranged in a width direction;

a first rear wheel disposed more rearward than a center in a front-back direction of the vehicle main body and on the first side surface side; and

a second rear wheel disposed more rearward than the center and on the second side surface side, wherein

the cooling box is disposed between the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel.

5. The delivery system-according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooling box is disposed at a center in a width direction of the vehicle main body.

6. The delivery system-according to claim 1 , wherein

the cooling box is provided so as to be movable in a front-back direction of the vehicle main body within the rear compartment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2018
From: QIU, ZEKAI; KITAOKA, HIRONOBU; YAMAMURO, NAOKI; KOSHO, KOZO; SUGIYAMA, HIROAKI; IKEGAMI, MAKOTO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047313/0213 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-209355 · Oct 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190126807A1 · May 2, 2019