公开(公告)号：US20200086937A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16571450

申请日：2019-09-16

Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Chansoo KIM ,  Haneol CHO ,  Kyung O BAEK

IPC: B62D59/04 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B62D63/02

Abstract: A personal modular trunk and a modular trunk system employing the personal modular trunk for reducing privacy issues and inconveniences that may arise when a vehicle is shared. The personal modular trunk includes: a trunk body; a first communication unit installed in the trunk body and configured to communicate with a vehicle; a first driving unit installed in the trunk body and configured to transport the trunk body; a first engagement unit installed in the trunk body and configured to engage or disengage with a loading space of the vehicle; and a first control unit configured to control the first communication unit to communicate with the vehicle, control the first driving unit to transport the trunk body toward the vehicle, and control the first engagement unit to engage or disengage with the loading space of the vehicle so that the trunk body is coupled to or separated from the vehicle.