ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,487, issued on April 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Moving body" was invented by Koji Hasegawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving body includes: a vehicle which includes a front wheel and rear wheels and which a passenger gets on; an unmanned carrier vehicle which is arranged at the back side of the vehicle, and includes a wheel and a driving unit which drives the wheel; and a coupler which couples the vehicle and the unmanned carrier vehicle. The coupler includes a biasing mechanism which biases a rear part of the vehicle toward an upper side of the vehicle, the biasing mechanism include...