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Granted Patent B2
US 12,591,846 · App. 17/883,714 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Mobile fulfillment system

Inventors: SiWon Kim (Seoul, KR); Won Chol Yeom (Hwaseong-si, KR); Wonseok Choi (Seoul, KR); Jungu Lee (Incheon, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
G06Q10/087B60P1/40B60P1/6445B60P3/20G06Q10/0832B60J5/062B60J5/108
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Patent No.
US 12,591,846
App. No.
17/883,714
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile fulfillment system includes a shipper system that collects and manages customer information and order data input from customers; a fulfillment platform that receives the customer information and order data from the shipper system and controls vehicle control and dispatch accordingly; and a mobile fulfillment center that includes a plurality of vehicles dispatched from the fulfillment platform and delivers products to customers and monitors delivery status according to the customer information and order data.

Claims (28)

1 . A mobile fulfillment system, comprising:

a shipper system that collects and manages customer information and order data input from customers;

a fulfillment platform that receives the customer information and order data from the shipper system and controls vehicle control and dispatch accordingly; and

a mobile fulfillment center that includes a plurality of vehicles dispatched from the fulfillment platform and delivers products to customers and monitors delivery status according to the customer information and order data,

wherein the plurality of vehicles performs automatic sorting and automatic picking inside while moving to a delivery destination by using the order data transmitted from the fulfillment platform,

wherein a plurality of roll containers is provided inside the plurality of vehicles, and each stage of the roll containers is formed of a conveyor belt,

wherein at a front end of the conveyor belt of each stage of the roll containers, a picking conveyor belt of which a vertical height is adjusted and disposed in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor belt of each stage of the roll containers is provided,

wherein each of the conveyor belts is partitioned by item separation membranes,

wherein a reusable shopping cart containing items is disposed on an end side of the picking conveyor belt, and

wherein a direction in which the items move on the picking conveyor belt is perpendicular to a direction in which the items move on the conveyor belt of each stage of the roll containers.

2 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 1 , wherein:

the shipper system receives the customer information and order data input through an application (app) and transmits the order data and payment information to the fulfillment platform.

3 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 1 , wherein:

the fulfillment platform performs vehicle dispatch after checking the order data and payment information and performs inventory management for each dispatched vehicle.

4 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 1 , wherein:

the mobile fulfillment center transfers the order data transmitted from the fulfillment platform to the dispatched vehicle.

5 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of vehicles includes a low-floor combined refrigeration box vehicle.

6 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of vehicles is provided with double-door swing doors on both sides and rear sides, respectively.

7 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 6 , wherein:

the plurality of vehicles are provided with a plurality of three-stage roll containers, respectively, in item storage compartments on both sides and the rear side.

8 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 7 , wherein:

the roll container is provided with a wheel and a wheel fixing device at the lower end.

9 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 8 , wherein:

a protrusion is provided at an edge of a front end of each end of the roll container, and an inclination of each end of the roll container is adjusted.

10 . The mobile fulfillment system of claim 7 , wherein:

in the plurality of vehicles, the item storage compartments on both sides are provided as a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, respectively, and the item storage compartments on the rear side are provided as a refrigerator compartment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: KIM, SIWON; YEOM, WON CHOL; CHOI, WONSEOK; LEE, JUNGU
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060758/0393 →
Continuity (1)
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