US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Autonomous vehicle passenger access systems and methods" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,028, issued on May 26.

"Autonomous vehicle passenger access systems and methods" was invented by David W. Carroll (Grantsburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "AV passenger access systems and methods for providing access to an interior of a passenger pod or body of the AV that is otherwise connected to a power platform. As part of a passenger access operation, a surface of a slidable door of the passenger pod is brought into contact with a tire of the platform. The tire is then rotated by a motor, causing the door to slide or move between an opened position and a closed position. In some embodiments, one or more components of a sus...