IP Library Granted Patent US 12,090,907
Granted Patent B2
US 12,090,907 · App. 17/603,871 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Method for operating a storage system of a motor vehicle for a product and storage system

Inventor: Momme Rakow (Neu-Ulm, DE)
Assignee: Daimler AG
B60N3/105G06Q30/0621B60R7/04
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Patent No.
US 12,090,907
App. No.
17/603,871
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a storage system of a motor vehicle for a product includes outputting a piece of product information for the product from a service provider external to the motor vehicle on an output device of the storage system. The method further includes transferring a selection of the product by a user of the storage system to the service provider by a transmission device of the storage system and adjusting a shape of a storage device of the storage system for the product by a shifting actuating mechanism of the storage device depending on the product.

Claims (17)

1. A method for operating a storage system of a motor vehicle for a product from a service provider external to the motor vehicle, wherein the storage system comprises: an output device, a transmission device, and a shifting actuating mechanism that adjusts the shape of a storage device each controlled by a computing unit so as to execute the method. the method comprising the steps of:

outputting a piece of product information for the product on the output device;

transferring a selection of the product by a user to the service provider; and

adjusting the shape of the storage device by the shifting actuating mechanism in response to the product selection.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of paying for the product via the storage system.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of displaying the product depending on a position of the motor vehicle or on a planned driving route of the motor vehicle or on an input by the user.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the output device is an optical output device or an acoustic output device.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting depends on a position of the motor vehicle or on a journey time to a collection location of the product.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shifting actuating mechanism is a matrix shifting actuating mechanism with adjustable end geometries for adjusting the shape of the storage device.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a flexible membrane of the storage device is adjusted by the shifting actuating mechanism for adjusting the shape of the storage device.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the shape of the storage device of the storage system is additionally performed by a vacuum device of the storage device.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the shape of the storage device depends on an outer shape of the product or on a type of the product.

10. A storage system of a motor vehicle for a product, comprising:

an output device;

a transmission device; and

a storage device;

wherein the storage system is configured to perform the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2021
From: RAKOW, MOMME
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 057799/0190 →