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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7217192 | Game machine and game system A game apparatus that has a game machine for advancing a game according to a program and a mobile unit moving based on information data from the game machine. Further, a game system for a game player to play a game using a controller and a toy, comprising a storage ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6980894 | Method of managing interference during delay recovery on a train system The present invention provides methods for preventing low train voltages and managing interference, thereby improving the efficiency, reliability, and passenger comfort associated with commuter trains. An algorithm implementing neural network technology is used to p... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6927697 | Remote control system, transmitter and peripheral unit for the use of the system A remote control system for operating a drive unit 2 and a peripheral unit 3 to be used together with the drive unit by remote control, has a transmitter 1 that generates data repeatedly including a first control information for a specific opera... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6681161 | Voltage control on a train system The present invention provides methods for preventing low train voltages and managing interference, thereby improving the efficiency, reliability, and passenger comfort associated with commuter trains. An algorithm implementing neural network technology i... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6320346 | DCC decoder for model railroad An apparatus for controlling a model railroad locomotive includes a Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and a power switch. The power switch selectively connects the railroad locomotive's motor to either the decoder or directly to an energy source, such... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5970882 | Interactive slot car systems An interactive slot car game having a multiple lane slot car track for electrically powered slot cars. The trackway has a pit lane which is positioned on the same side of the track for all cars, with a pit position for all cars, with each pit position loc... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5857413 | Method and apparatus for automated powered pallet A powered pallet assembly (10) for use on two intersecting trackways (11 and 13). The pallet assembly (10) includes: a pallet frame (23) having an upwardly facing surface (12) formed for support of a load thereon; a first plurality of load-supporting whee... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5634565 | Method for anticollision method and apparatus for cranes movable on a common path To prevent a collision between first and second mobiles, such as travelling cranes, on a common movement path, a method implemented in the first mobile entails measuring a first distance between the first mobile and an origin in a fixed system of axes and... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5346163 | Power supply regulation system for a railway A railway control system for controllably suppressing the maximum output of a railway substation for energy saving in a densified operation territory and, in which a predetermined upper limit value is established in the output of a substation. The output ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5305693 | System and method for externally controlled spacing of self propelled vehicles along a rail A system and method for movement of self-propelled vehicles in-line along a rail under external control is intended to ensure safe spacing between vehicles to avoid collisions. Each vehicle is driven by its own variable speed motor. The speed of the vehic... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5288040 | Device for exchanging data between movable units and a central unit A device for exchanging data between a plurality of rail-supported movable automatic manipulating units for operating a plurality of textile machines with multiple workstations and a common central unit comprises a rail system and a lead system connected ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5125347 | Power supply system for a linear motor type transportation system A power supply system for a linear motor type transportation system includes a series of driving coils disposed along a railroad track for producing a moving magnetic field to drive a train, a plurality of feeding blocks disposed along the railroad track ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4665833 | Miniature electric track and train A miniature electric track and train system which provides a simple and inexpensive arrangement for the simultaneous independent operation of at least two electric engines on the same track.... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4620280 | Intelligent driverless vehicle An intelligent driverless vehicle rolls on a track and has a pair of drive wheels which engage with a rotating drive shaft. The angular position of the drive wheels relative to the drive shaft determines the speed of the vehicle. Each vehicle has a microc... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4345522 | Aerial transport system Disclosed is an aerial transport system which comprises an aerial track having therealong a pair of electric current-carrying cables in a parallel relationship with respect to one another and with respect to the track, and self-propelled carriages. Each c... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4341982 | Simultaneous independent control system for electric motors A system for simultaneously and independently controlling a plurality of electric motors from a number of dispersed stations. The system operates by transmission of duty cycle modulated selected frequencies superimposed on a DC track voltage on a common p... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4335381 | Remote control of electrical devices A remote control system for use e.g. in controlling the locomotives and ancillary devices of a model train layout comprises a transmitter and a number of receivers incorporated in the devices to be controlled. A composite waveform is applied across the tr... | 06/15/1982 |
| 3994237 | Power supply for realistic control of model railroad engines A power supply for realistically controlling a model railroad engine. For engine acceleration, the power supply provides an output signal having a linear ramp with pulses superimposed thereon. For constant speed operation, the supply produces a constant o... | 11/30/1976 |
