US Patent Issued on Sept. 8 for "Systems and methods for automated loading and unloading for delivery vehicles" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,786, issued on Sept. 8.

"Systems and methods for automated loading and unloading for delivery vehicles" was invented by Meghna Menon (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Geoffrey Horowitz (Birmingham, Mich.), Sarah Garrow (Coral Gables, Fla.), Jason Snow (Ferndale, Mich.), John Vincent (Livonia, Mich.), Yifan Chen (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kevin Hwang (Northville, Mich.), Kurt Lundeen (Novi, Mich.), Timothy Feldkamp (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Smruti Panigrahi (Novi, Mich.) and Sam Hoff (Hazel Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a plurality of first motorized tiles and a vehicle elevator is disclosed. The plurality of first motorized til...