A system and method for operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck is provided. A processor facilitates autonomous movement of the AV yard truck, and connection to and disconnection from trailers. A plurality of sensors are interconnected with the processor that sense terrain/objects and assist in automatically connecting/disconnecting trailers. A server, interconnected, wirelessly with the processor, that tracks movement of the truck around and determines locations for trailer connection and disconnection. A door station unlatches/opens rear doors of the trailer when adjacent thereto, securing them in an opened position via clamps, etc. The system computes a height of the trailer, and/or if landing gear of the trailer is on the ground and interoperates with the fifth wheel to change height, and whether docking is safe, allowing a user to take manual control, and optimum charge time(s). Reversing sensors/safety, automated chocking, and intermodal container organization are also provided.

A fold-out table for a truck bed is disclosed. The fold-out table includes a tabletop configured to extend longitudinally along an inner sidewall of the truck bed. The fold-out table further includes one or more hinges disposed below an upper rim of the inner sidewall of the truck bed. The hinges are configured to couple the tabletop to the inner sidewall of the truck bed so that the tabletop is pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position. The tabletop may be substantially perpendicular to the inner sidewall of the truck bed when the tabletop is in the raised position and substantially parallel to the inner sidewall of the truck bed when the tabletop is in the lowered position.

The invention relates to a concealed pivot hinge assembly [10] suitable for hingedly mounting a door [12] to a frame, particularly, although not exclusively, for connecting doors of storage, shipping and cargo containers, such as those which may be used on ships, rail lines and trucks, to a container in order to protect against theft. The concealed pivot hinge assembly [10] is characterised therein that it comprises a continuous, elongate hinge extending between and pivotably secured at two opposing ends thereof to the frame such that the hinge assembly [10] also constitutes a door post about which the door [12] is swiveled. The hinge assembly [10] comprises an internal axle shaft [18] which is secured at two opposing ends thereof to the frame; and an external load-bearing shaft [20] which extends coaxially with the internal shaft [18] and is pivotally secured at two opposing ends thereof to the frame such that the external shaft [20] is pivotable relative to the internal shaft [18], the arrangement being such that the door [12] is secured to the external shaft [20] so that pivoting of the external shaft [20] swivels the door [12] between a closed and an open position. The invention extends to a door [12] and a container [44] including such a concealed hinge assembly [10]. The invention also includes a remotely operable locking mechanism [56] for use in connection with such doors [12].

A truck is provided that includes a bed section located rear of a cab section. The bed section is bounded on each side by opposing first and second upward-extending sidewalls, respectively. The truck also includes a truck bed cover that sits over the bed section on at least the first and second upward-extending sidewalls, and includes a door portion to create selective accessibility to the bed section of the pickup truck. The door portion is movable with respect to the first and second upward-extending sidewalls between open and closed positons via an automatic bed cover drive assembly that moves the door portion between open and closed positons according to a plurality of velocities within a predetermined variance.

An embodiment lower gate stopper structure includes a stopper unit configured to protrude from an upper end of a groove positioned adjacent to an inner surface of a gate, a rack unit connected to the stopper unit and configured to move longitudinally to cause the stopper unit to protrude, and a controller configured to selectively control protrusion of the stopper unit based on an open or closed state of the gate.

A two-stage open structure of a vehicle door includes a first-stage door configured to be rotated open with respect to a first hinge, a second-stage door configured to be rotated open together with the first-stage door with respect to a second hinge, a cross member, and a motor module positioned on the cross member and configured to apply a driving force to the first hinge and the second hinge individually.

Methods and systems are provided for an automated door system for a vehicle. In one example, the automated door system may include a set of manual actuating devices and a set of hands-free actuating devices for automatically unlocking and opening the doors of a commercial vehicle used for transporting cargo. The manual and hands-free actuating devices may be used in response to the operating state of the vehicle.

An opening and closing structure of a sliding door for a vehicle includes: a sliding door disposed on a side surface of the vehicle and configured to be slidably open and closed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; at least one rail arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on one of a vehicle body of the vehicle and the sliding door; at least one roller arranged on the other one of the vehicle body and the sliding door, the at least one roller configured to slide while being fitted in the at least one rail; and a sliding unit disposed on a side of the vehicle body or the sliding door on which the at least one roller is arranged, the sliding unit configured to slide the at least one roller in a direction in which the sliding door slides. The at least one roller is configured to slide with respect to the vehicle body and the sliding door.

A semi-trailer structure swinging door system having one or more doors capable of swinging on double pivoting joints such that said door or doors can be opened both outward of the cargo containment structure and inward into the cargo containment structure. Various aspects of the joint provide for the joint as an insert and the joint having a sigmoid shape construction; the doors are capable of being secured by a latching mechanism in a closed position.

The present disclosure is directed to commercial vehicle loading and unloading systems, and associated systems, devices, and methods. In one embodiment, a cargo loading and unloading system includes a cargo loading and unloading assembly and/or a cargo repositioning system. The assembly includes a first mechanical arm and a second mechanical arm that are mountable at opposite sides of an opening of the trailer. Each mechanical arm includes a first portion and a second portion pivotally coupled to the first portion. The first portions are configured to vertically raise and lower the second portions and move the second portions laterally along the opening of the trailer. The second portions include rollers and are configured to support cargo on the rollers as the mechanical arms are used to hold the cargo off the ground, and to selectively convey the cargo at least partially into or out of the trailer via the rollers.