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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966943 | Mass transit vehicle system A transport system for providing increased capacity to move individuals and freight while still accommodating the individual needs of passengers and freight movers to travel to unique destinations. The transit system including a car including a set of switching whee... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7827917 | Redundant steering system for guideway vehicle A guideway system and method of operating a guideway is included comprising a guideway with entrance and exit ramps and vehicles having both a smooth, servo-based primary steering systems based upon proximity sensing of the side of the guideway and a backup mechanic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7624685 | Guideway and chassis system for wheel based rail running vehicle A guideway and chassis system of wheel-based, rail running vehicles includes a guideway system having substantially horizontal bases, two parallel rails, and mainly vertical guide rails extending along both sides of the rails, with mainly horizontal inward flanges i... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7581502 | Rail vehicle system and transportation method of using the rail vehicle system In a branch section 1 or a merge section of a rail vehicle system, an auxiliary travel surface 17 on the straight lane side includes a deformed portion 54 where the height is increased for supporting an auxiliary wheel 6 of a traveling ve... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7426424 | Moving body system It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving body system which can determine the moving position of a vehicle, stacker crane, or other moving body wherever on a moving path having a branching portion or a joining portion the moving body is, the syste... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7392747 | Rail guide for a suspended and guided sliding component A rail guide having first and second guiding rails disposed in a mirror-inverted relationship with regard to one another. At least one pair of spaced leading and following carriages are displaceably mounted to the guiding rails so as to engage and transport a slidin... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7281608 | Loading/unloading device for shelving The invention relates to a rack serving device (1) with a load-bearing means (4) displaceable in the height direction of a mast (2), the mast (2) being guided by means of bogie assemblies (7, 8) on bottom and top guide tracks and m... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243604 | Hidden-rail and dual-attraction balancing compensation type permanent magnetic levitation train and railway system A hidden-rail dual-attraction balancing compensation type permanent magnetic levitation train and railway system are provided. The hidden rails are provided inside two underground tubes, and each tube is communicated with the ground via a rail through silt. A magnet... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7107911 | Overhead transport apparatus An overhead transport apparatus includes a guide rail unit having a main rail having a pair of rail members, and a branch rail branching off the main rail; an auxiliary guide rail provided along the branch rail at an upper part of a branching region in which the bra... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6971318 | Passive monorail switch for a box shaped track A monorail switching arrangement is disclosed for switching the travel of a vehicle to either a continued-travel monorail section or a change-of-direction switched-travel monorail section, characterized by the provision of a plurality of vertically displaceable hori... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935244 | Transport system A transport system has at least one track, preferably hung on supports or hanging from cables, on which transport cars may travel, by at east one trolley. Several running wheels are provided in the trolley and the trolley may be actively rotated about the axis of th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931996 | Conveyance system A pair of rail members have upward wheel supporting surfaces and inward roller guide surfaces, respectively. A fixed path includes linear path portions and a branching-and-joining path portion. Linear-side guide members extending along the linear path portions and a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6857374 | Guideway and vehicle for transportation system The guideway-based transportation system includes a guideway and a mating vehicle. The guideway includes a main guideway section that may branch at a branch point into two separate branch sections. The guideway has a suitable geometry to support and guide the vehicl... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6564721 | Rail transport system The rail transport system may generally be an elevated rail system that may be located along existing transportation right of ways such as roads, railroads, rivers, etc. While the system is generally structured for elevated roadways, it may also have surf... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6418856 | Passive steering assembly for a guided vehicle A passive steering assembly for a guided vehicle movable along a guideway includes a vehicle including at least one axle structure; a pivot joint at each end of the axle structure; a wheel mounting pivotably engaged with each pivot joint; a hub for rotata... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6382107 | Rail-mounted transporting device for ultra-heavy loads A rail-mounted transport device for ultra-heavy loads, in particular for changing steel mill converters includes a vehicle which accepts the load independently and is guided on tracks to a delivery station via a turning station where the transport directi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6357358 | Magnetic levitation transport system A transport system has a pair of levitating rails, each of the levitating rails has a core with a plurality of coils extending circumferentially around each of the cores. The coils are perpendicular to the lengths of the levitating rails. Each of the levi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6332405 | Switchgear for a suspended conveyor device A diverter for a suspended conveying apparatus in which conveyable-article carriers provided with running rollers are guided on running rails. A diverter tongue is connected to a running-rail section via an articulated arrangement so as to be pivotable be... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6263799 | Vehicle guideway adaptor for a personal rapid transit system A transportation system, generically known as Personal Rapid Transit, employs conventional electric or hybrid automobiles (18) underwhich are mounted electro-mechanical adaptors (24) which permits them to operate autonomously on an elevated guideway (16) ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6155766 | Small library robotics guidance mechanism A robotic guidance mechanism for transporting storage media cartridges along linear and curved routes within a data storage library. The guidance mechanism includes a robotic assembly operating on a guide rail. Two guides of the robotic assembly move in t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6095054 | Transport system A transport system has a track provided along a transport route forming a main route and at least one branch route connected to the main route at a branch point. A first power supply line is provided along the main route; a second power supply line is pro... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6044313 | Method and apparatus for monitoring ton-miles-per-hour for tires on a mobile machine A method and apparatus to monitor ton-miles-per-hour on a plurality of tires on a mobile machine as the mobile machine hauls a load by determining the weight of the load on the tires, determining the ground speed of the mobile machine, and compensating fo... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5979334 | System for automated transport of automobile platforms, passenger cabins and other loads A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guide ways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. The connections are m... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5794535 | Switching mechanism for transit modules An electromagnetic switching mechanism for use in a transit system employing automated, self-propelled transit modules travelling on a guideway. The switching mechanism can be selectively activated by an on-board computer to move into magnetic engagement ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791253 | Toy vehicle track A toy vehicle track includes a riding surface that has one or more intersections. The direction the vehicle travels through an intersection is controlled by recessed channels and raised guideways. The track includes hinged portions that enable the track t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5778796 | Switch system for personal rapid transit An electromagnetic switching system for use in a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system having a personal rapid transit vehicle with an attached chassis operating over a network of interconnected guideways. The electromagnetic switching system comprises an e... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5706735 | System for automated transport of automobile platforms, passenger cabins and other loads A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. Front and rear bogies ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5671680 | Guidance device for a track-following vehicle and method of guiding a track-following vehicle The invention is a guidance device for a railway vehicle and, more generally, is a guidance device for any track-following vehicle. The guidance device has a guide wheel which is complementary with a substantially circular guide rail, and which is capable... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5598783 | Integrated transportation system including transfer vehicles A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. The connections may in... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5590604 | Transportation system with high speed vehicles and automatic control A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. Front and rear bogies ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590603 | Transportation system including elevated guideway A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry passenger cabins, freight loads and automobile platforms to desired destinations. The connections are ma... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5450797 | Transporting system with a floor conveyor device guided on guide rails A transporting system including, guide rails which laterally define a travel path that has branches, a floor conveyor vehicle which is guided by the guide rails and has two longitudinal sides, a pair of guide rollers which are arranged at each of the long... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5277124 | Direction control assembly for a material handling car having pivoted divert aims engaging tracks for guidance in switch area Direction control assembly for a material handling car having travel wheels mounted thereon and adapted to operate on parallel rails, the control assembly comprising a ramp assembly adapted to receive and respond to a signal from a computer to direct a ne... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5138952 | Transit system for roads and guideway with pivotal arm mounted traction wheel for engagement of undersurface of guideway A transit system employing multiple modes of operation. The system includes a guideway having a portion over which a vehicle traverses from one location to another, the traverse portion having a longitudinally-extending slot formed generally centrally the... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5074220 | Overhead monorail transit system employing carriage with upper guide wheel and guideway with concave upper surface A preferred embodiment of an overhead monorail rapid transit system (10) has a tubular enclosed guideway (12) that is supported above ground level by elevational supports (14). At various locations the guideway splits from a mainline guideway (16) to a se... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5060575 | Turn controller for suspended personal transport vehicle An overhead suspended track mounted vehicle guidance system having an active on board station selection system and a passive non switching track. The slotted track includes an interiorly depending turn vane for guiding the guide wheel of the vehicle mount... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5005488 | Method for the transfer of an overhead conveyor carriage from one track onto another and an overhead conveyor system A device for the transfer of an overhead conveyor carriage (1) from one track (4) onto another track (4A) in an overhead conveyor system. The transfer takes place by altering the height positions of the wheels in relation to the track (4). An overhead con... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4924776 | Switch for a floor transportation system A switch for a floor transportation system is described, whereby a guide rail is provided below the floor level. A guide pin extends into this guide rail. In front of this guide pin, a guide shoe of ferromagnetic material is pivotally provided. In the are... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4919056 | Shelf conveying system Shelf conveying system which is guided within one upper track system (8) and one ground track system (7), has driving bogies (3), which are supported by wheels (10) on two bearing surfaces of the track system (7) and are equipped with guide rollers (12), ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4862807 | Passive railway switching system A switching system for a high-speed railway system has no moving parts on the road bed, all of the switching decisions and actions being taken aboard a vehicle travelling on the system. A pair of parallel main running rails commences to diverge at the swi... | 09/05/1989 |
