ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,523, issued on April 15, was assigned to Tulips Corp..

"Materials delivery container with battery system therein" was invented by Eric Fosgard (Milwaukie, Ore.) and Jack C. Cornelius (Tigard, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Combined container and battery system, materials delivery vehicle, and battery system charging system, adapted for charging a container battery system within rated specifications for accomplishing materials delivery of container contents depending on a determined power budget determined relative to such parameters as chosen vehicle weight, whether e-cargo delivery bike or autonomous delivery vehicle, chosen veh...