| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 104287000 | CAR-CARRIED PROPULSION SYSTEM | 28 |
| 20090283009 | PASSENGER RAIL CAR - A passenger rail car includes a lower passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. The passenger rail car also includes an upper passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. A control cab for a rail car operator is elevated above the floor of the lower passenger compartment, and is located forward of the passenger seats and behind the crash energy management region. The front end of the passenger rail car may be slanted to provide a greater field of view for the rail car operator. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110088586 | Velocity control and terrain selection for gravity moderation - A system, method, and apparatus is described for providing a reduced or moderated gravity environment in a terrestrial payload. The system includes the evaluation of terrain to support an appropriately shaped vehicle guide, the construction of a vehicle guide, the provision of a high-speed vehicle and a control system adapted to control a motion of the vehicle across the vehicle guide with a specific velocity profile so as to produce a moderated gravity environment. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110120341 | RAILWAY SERVICE VEHICLE HAVING WHEELCHAIR RESTRAINT - A railway service vehicle for transporting material into or wheelchair-bound or injured persons away from train accident sites or tunnels includes a body having a platform. Wheels rotatably connected to the body support the body on first and second rails of a railroad track system for non-self propelled movement of the body. At least one mounting device is connected to the platform. A hold-down member releasably connected to the mounting device restrains a wheelchair supported by the platform. A storage/tool container is supported by the platform. At least one passenger seat is connected to the storage/tool container. Opposed first and second containment members are connected to the platform outboard of the mounting device. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110203479 | TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT TRAVELS BY THE FORCE OF GRAVITY - The present invention relates to a transportation system wherein transportation means travel simply through the principle of a free fall by gravity, without using power, to carry or transport objects such as humans or freight. The transportation system of the present invention comprises a heavy object load station, a rail and transportation means. The heavy object load station is formed on undulating ground to easily utilize the force of gravity, and supplies heavy objects to provide the force for drawing the heavy objects in one direction in which gravity pulls. The rail supports vehicle wheels to reduce the running resistance of the vehicle wheels. The transportation means include vehicle wheels arranged in the lower portion thereof to travel along the rail, an operation compartment formed on the inside thereof, a heavy object compartment for loading the heavy object supplied from the heavy object load station, and a passenger compartment formed in rear of the heavy object compartment to carry passengers or freight. The transportation means travel over the undulating ground by gravity. [Keywords] gravity, sliding, transportation system. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20130186298 | GLASS SUBSTRATE TRANSPORTING APPARATUS - A glass substrate transporting apparatus aims to load or unload a quartz bracket into or from multiple reactors. It includes a track, a carriage, a rotary element and a telescopic fetching rack. The reactors are located at two sides of the track. The carriage has four track wheels movable on the track and multiple motors to synchronously drive the four track wheels. The rotary element is located on the carriage. The telescopic fetching rack is located on the rotary element. Through movement of the carriage on the track and rotation of the rotary element, the telescopic fetching rack can sequentially align and enter the reactors to load or unload the quartz bracket, thus amount of the reactors to be utilized is increased and utilization efficiency of the glass substrate transporting apparatus is improved. Moreover, as the carriage can move quickly on the track, production is also increased. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140331889 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF LARGE-SCALE MISSILE HARDWARE - A cradle drive system includes a cradle drive sled. The sled includes a pin configured to mechanically couple the sled to a cradle. The cradle is configured to hold a hardware load for movement along a factory rail. The sled also includes a power interface configured to provide torque to move a hardware load. The sled further includes processing circuitry configured to, in response to determining that the sled is mechanically coupled to the cradle, transfer the cradle and hardware load longitudinally along the factory rail. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20160058635 | MOBILITY DEVICE - A device for moving a person with reduced mobility about an area to be traversed is described and comprises: a base for supporting the weight of the person to be moved; a vertical support extending upwards from the base for supporting the upper body weight of the person to be moved; at least one guide means provided along a predetermined route about the area to be traversed, wherein the base is moveable along the route determined by the guide means; wherein movement of the base along the guides means moves the person from a first location to a subsequent location. | 03-03-2016 |
| 104288000 | Electric | 21 |
| 20090013899 | Transport System - A transport system, including a rail system and carriages movably disposed thereon, the rails being encompassed by a primary conductor system to which at least one secondary coil, included by the carriage, is inductively coupled for the contactless transfer of electrical energy and/or information. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120312188 | Article Transport Facility - An article transport facility in which electricity can be supplied properly from an electricity supply line to a power receiving portion even in a curved portion of a predetermined travel path without providing the power receiving portion to a connecting shaft. An article transport vehicle includes a travel portion having a guide wheel and a travel wheel that contacts the travel rail and is driven. The travel portion is connected to the vehicle main body by a connecting shaft. The power receiving portion is supported by the vehicle main body such that the power receiving portion can be moved in the lateral direction of the article transport vehicle. The article transport vehicle includes means for moving the power receiving portion outwardly of the curved portion of the article transport vehicle in association with the rotation of the connecting shaft when the travel portion rotates while traveling in the curved portion. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20140130704 | SUSPENDED COACH TRANSIT SYSTEM - A suspended coach transit system comprising suspended coaches incorporating self-contained emergency evacuation means, dynamically balanced sway control for passenger comfort, system-wide communications for autonomous movement, radiant passenger heating and cooling and aerodynamic drag reduction for maximization of energy efficiency which serve to make the related products more comfortable, faster, safer and more energy efficient. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140261058 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ANTICIPATING AND DELIVERING MEDICATIONS FROM A CENTRAL PHARMACY TO A PATIENT USING A TRACK BASED TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Provided herein are various apparatuses, systems, and methods for transporting medication within a healthcare facility. Examples of the invention may include a car for a track-based transport system. The car may include a payload platform configured to support a payload on a payload surface; a first tilt bracket rotatably coupled to the payload platform and rotatable relative to the payload platform about a first axis orthogonal to a plane defined by the payload surface; a first bogie pivotably coupled to the tilt bracket, where the bogie is configured to pivot about a first pivot axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and perpendicular to a direction of travel of the car; and a first electric motor coupled to the first bogie and configured to receive electric power through a bus bar disposed along a track on which the car rides. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160001798 | Railroad Vehicle - The present invention provides a railroad vehicle which makes it possible: not only to separate a high-voltage cable involving a point of problem and sound high-voltage cables from each other without an operator climbing onto the roof of a vehicle; but also to automatically conduct the separating work without necessity for any special work. The railroad vehicle of the present invention is formed by dispersedly mounting a plurality of vehicles with main power devices that are supplied with power from a power supply line through a pantograph and constitute power supply units. The railroad vehicle includes: a plurality of vehicle units in which respective vehicles are coupled; a cable placed astride the vehicles to connect the power supply unit of each vehicle unit; and a disconnector that is installed at some midpoint in the cable and electrically separates the vehicle units from one another. | 01-07-2016 |
| 104289000 | With regenerative energy means | 1 |
| 20100186619 | RAIL VEHICLE SYSTEM - A rail vehicle system includes a locomotive and a plurality of load units (freight cars) attached to the locomotive for movement along a railroad track. The load units may be tanker cars, box cars, and/or flatbed cars. Each load unit includes a traction motor (connected to one or more wheels of the load unit), an electrical energy storage system onboard the load unit for providing electrical power to the load unit traction motor; and a load unit engine onboard the load unit that provides charging electric energy to the electrical energy storage system. (Alternatively or in addition, the electrical energy storage system may be charged through dynamic braking.) In a train formed of only the locomotive(s) and load units, all rail vehicles of the train, even freight cars, provide tractive effort. | 07-29-2010 |
| 104290000 | Linear motor | 13 |
| 20100199877 | Freight Transportation System and Method - According to one embodiment of the invention, a freight transportation system includes a track comprising a pair of rails and a linear motor reaction plate disposed between the rails and a transport vehicle having a universal intermodal container bay configured to accommodate a plurality of containers. The transport vehicle includes one or more suspension systems each having a plurality of steel wheels engaged with the rails. The freight transportation system further includes a linear induction propulsion system coupled to the transport vehicle and operable to work in conjunction with the linear motor reaction plate to move the transport vehicle, and a control system coupled to the linear induction propulsion system and operable to control the movement of the transport vehicle. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120304885 | Automatic Address Transportation System - This invention is based on using rail road system for automatic address transportation of people and cargo. This invention allows usage of existing rail roads, many miles of which are not used or partially used. This invention including design of vehicle that will be using for automatic address transportation. This allows excluding the most complicated part of rail roads—switches, and transform rail road from active to passive system. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130199405 | CIRCULAR TRACK ACTUATOR SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for transferring substrate processing equipment. One embodiment of the present invention includes a track assembly having a continuous guide rail formed from a unitary body. The track assembly also includes vertically arranged stator strips for driving motor coils of a plurality of carriages. The motor coils in the carriages may be modular including coil segments of various lengths. The coil segments and the carriages may be driven individually and jointly. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140137763 | REGENERATIVE ENERGY SYSTEM FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES - Present example embodiments relate generally to a ground transportation system for interacting with one or more vehicles, the vehicle comprising at least one magnetic element fixedly attached to the vehicle, each magnetic element operable to generate a magnetic field having a first magnitude and a first direction, the system comprising a magnetic coil assembly fixedly positioned near an area traversable by the vehicle and comprising a core and a magnetic wire coil wrapped around the core, the magnetic coil assembly operable to generate a magnetic field having a second magnitude and a second direction; and an energy storage unit operable to release energy to and store energy from the magnetic coil assembly. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140158014 | HYBRID PERSONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM - A system and method for hybrid personal transit and a hybrid personal transit vehicle. The vehicle can include an enclosure and a suspension system including a plurality of wheels, the suspension system adapted to control a positioning of the wheels over a range from substantially vertical to substantially horizontal, wherein the positioning of the wheels is substantially vertical for engaging a road surface, and wherein the positioning of the wheels is substantially horizontal for engaging a rail. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140373747 | POWER SOURCE FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM MECHANISM - Power systems for an independent carrier for transport of payloads in an automation system for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) applications. The independent carrier may include an onboard power source and an onboard electrical system electrically connected to the onboard power source for controlling movement of the carrier. The independent carrier may include an onboard propulsion system electrically connected to the onboard power source for propelling the carrier and electrically connected to the onboard electrical system for receiving a command to control the movement of the carrier. Onboard power sources may include: replaceable batteries, rechargeable batteries, induction battery charging, photovoltaic power, Peltier effect power, and external combustion engines. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150027338 | TRANSPORT DEVICE WITH LINEAR-MOTOR DRIVE - The transport device for conveying products has several symmetrically configured, movable carriages having inverted U-shape, each carriage having permanent magnets, also has an endless guide rail for guiding the carriages and a linear-motor drive device to drive the carriages. Each symmetric half of each carriage has three running rollers projecting inwardly from sidepieces of the carriage. The three running rollers of the first half rest on first and second guide surfaces on a first side wall of the guide rail, and the three running rollers of the second half rest on first and second guide surfaces on the second side wall of the guide rail. Each guide surface is arranged at an acute angle to a longitudinal center plane of the transport device, and the two guide surfaces of each side wall are at an angle of 80° to 100° to each other. | 01-29-2015 |
| 104291000 | Suspension between truck and vehicle body | 1 |
| 20140318408 | Drive Apparatus for a Magnetic Levitation Transport System - The present invention relates to a drive apparatus for a magnetic levitation transport system comprising a short-stator linear motor, wherein a primary part of the linear motor is provided with a winding ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 104292000 | Propulsion by active guideway; e.g., linear synchronous motor, etc. | 3 |
| 20130008336 | Versatile Control of a Linear Synchronous Motor Propulsion System - Control of Linear Synchronous Motors involves a number of low level issues of motor control—such as sensing precise position, controlling current in stator windings, and obeying commands from high level controllers—and high level vehicle control—such as stopping and starting, switching and merging, limiting speed and acceleration, synchronizing relative motion, preventing collisions and accidents, and dealing with failures. In most cases there is a master controller that directs vehicles based on simple commands but in other cases it is desirable to allow an external agent to provide more detailed control—such as synchronizing motion between a vehicle and a robot or allowing human operator control. This patent describes a versatile control scheme that allows both simplified high level control and, when or where necessary, control by an external agent. The result is a transport system and method that provides efficient and precise movement of vehicles on a guideway. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130152814 | CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE OPERATING METHOD - A cable transportation system has a pull cable; at least one transportation unit moving along a given path and connectable selectively to the pull cable by a coupling device; at least one passenger station where the transportation unit is detached from the pull cable; and an auxiliary drive device having a linear electric motor extending along a portion of the given path to move the transportation unit along the passenger station. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140182478 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM POWERED BY SHORT BLOCK LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS - Aspects of the invention provide a transport system powered by short block Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs). The use of short blocks allows vehicles to move under precise control even when they are in close proximity to each other. The design allows the vehicles to be propelled and guided while negotiating sharp turns and negotiating merge and diverge switches. A coreless LSM can be used to create propulsive force without attractive force so as to allow a relatively high drag vehicle suspension, such as a vehicle sliding on a smooth surface. | 07-03-2014 |
| 104293000 | Including means to control gap | 2 |
| 20090095192 | Guideway Coupling System - According to one embodiment, a pair of guideway engagement members having a controller circuit is configured on a transport vehicle that travels over an elongated guideway. The pair of guideway engagement members have a corresponding pair of bearing members that are each disposed on opposing sides of the guideway. The controller circuit receives a measurement indicative of dynamic movement of the transport vehicle from one or more sensors, and adjusts the stiffness of the pair of guideway engagement members according to the measurements received from the sensors. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20110100252 | LINEAR TRANSPORT DEVICE - Disclosed is a linear transport device. A platform car of the linear transport device is detachably mounted on a rail fixed to a base in an opposing direction along which the platform car faces the mounting surface of the base. A linear motor that drives the platform car is provided. The linear motor includes a stator disposed on the base and a mover disposed on the platform car so as to face the stator. One of the stator and the mover is a permanent magnet, and the other is an electromagnet. A relative position variable mechanism for relatively displacing the stator and the mover so as to reduce the magnetic suction force generated between the stator and the mover is provided. | 05-05-2011 |
| 104295000 | External car control | 2 |
| 20140360399 | WIRELESS MODEL RAILROAD CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system for a model railroad includes a wireless transceiver circuit, associated with a model railroad device, and control software, operable upon a general purpose wireless smart device, comprising programming code for bidirectional wireless communication with the wireless transceiver circuit. The wireless transceiver circuit includes a control circuit, configured for controlling operation of the model railroad device, and a communication unit, configured for bidirectional communication between the wireless transceiver circuit and the general purpose wireless smart device. The control software is configured for allowing user commands entered via the general purpose wireless smart device to control operation of the control circuit. | 12-11-2014 |
| 104300000 | Car-carried speed regulator | 1 |
| 20150306512 | Model Train Control System - A model train control system providing a more realistic modeling of the movement, sound, smoke, and lighting effects of a model train is disclosed. A number of dynamic inputs are used to control such effects. Novel features include providing a dynamic variable speed compensator, a dynamic engine load calculator, automatic dynamic momentum, an adjustable train brake, spectrum control, a velocity controller, pressure sensitive effects, a voice activated dispatcher system, a train location and information reporter network, two digit addressing, a traffic control system, accessory control, a model train Central Control Module, and removable memory modules. | 10-29-2015 |
