Abstract: A facility provides an infrastructure service to a vehicle including a first unit that includes a driving wheel and a second unit that has a vehicle cabin space and is separable from the first unit. The facility includes a connection unit that connects to the second unit and a provision unit that provides the infrastructure service to the second unit when the connection unit is connected to the second unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2023
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventors:
Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
Inventors:
Mitchell Edward Auerbach, Rudolph David Gonzalez, Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz, Joseph Edwin Otto, Robert B. Riggs, Robert Paul Scott, Jonathan Allen Wicks
Inventors:
Mitchell Edward Auerbach, Rudolph David Gonzalez, Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz, Joseph Edwin Otto, Robert B. Riggs, Robert Paul Scott, Jonathan Allen Wicks