US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Insulated cargo bay on robotic transport vehicle" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,303, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Insulated cargo bay on robotic transport vehicle" was invented by Amy Margaret Curneen (Seattle), Travis Glover (Seattle), Patrick Chow (Issaquah, Wash.), Nicholas Mendenhall (Kirkland, Wash.), Nicholas Paul Rush (Bremerton, Wash.) and Ryan F Conroy (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic delivery vehicle may be capable of providing sufficient insulation for perishable items without sacrificing the delivery robotic delivery vehicles' travel range by using passive cooling configurations. Passive cooling configurations may include improving the insul...