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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015925 | Air bus transportation system A transportation system includes a vehicle having wings, a propulsion system, a lifting gear coupling the vehicle to an undercarriage, and a guidance assembly movably connecting the undercarriage to guide rails. The wings generate aerodynamic lift when the vehicle e... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7437998 | Water-ride facility A water ride containing at least one watercraft is described, having at least a floating body and a chassis which is connected thereto in an articulated manner and which serves as a guide unit, and a guide for the chassis which runs in the water, and a drive for the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7318564 | Power line sentry charging A surveillance aircraft recharging system based on energy collection by magnetic induction from the current flowing in a randomly selected alternating current transmission line conductor. The charging energy originates in the magnetic field surrounding the current c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7124692 | Overhead suspended transportation system and method An overhead transportation system includes a support structure positioning a running surface above ground level for operating a truck along the running surface. A car body is suspended from a beam or chassis carried by the truck in such a manner to place a center of... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7086922 | Track for model cars A race track for model cars with series of pressurized air conduits. The track is designed to race at least two cars in a manner similar to a “Drag Race.” Each car has its own lane. The system of pressurized air propels the cars with bursts of air from jets. The... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6992402 | Wind-driven power station The wind-driven power station comprises a closed-loop rail track consisting of sections of gradual ascent and descent. The descent section directed upwind is positioned in an artificial tunnel. Basic elongated sections of the rail track are situated across the predo... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6644209 | All-weather guided vehicle system An all-weather guided vehicle system having a guideway including a single tube or a pair of parallel tubes capable of storing pressurized air. Vehicles are suspended below, above, or beside the tube(s) by way of carriages to which the vehicles are connect... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6553915 | Traffic system and method A traffic system is disclosed to include a passageway defining a moving direction and a vehicle mounted in the passageway and running along the moving direction. In one instance, the passageway has two inner side walls and an inner bottom wall having a tr... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6431077 | Train The invention relates to a train (1) which forms a transport device displaceable along a fixed track (3), comprising a frame with a drive; at least one bogie (6) with a flat sole (10); and at least one supply of a liquid which is suitable for pouring the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5775226 | Underwater and land travel vehicle A pair of travel rails (46) each having an upper surface and a lower surface are laid to extend from on the land (44) into the water (45). Main tires (12) are rotatably disposed on opposite sides of a vehicle body (1), so that they are located between the... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5542356 | Track-guided transport vehicle A track-guided transport vehicle system for transporting high loads along a travel path contains for the drive a synchronous linear drive with a long stator along the travel path and an exciter winding on the vehicle. The long stator generates a travellin... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5535963 | Transportation system employing aircraft guided by rail An aircraft which rolls along a guide rail at low speeds and attains aerodynamically airborne flight guided along the rail at high speeds. The guide rail structure includes I beams suspended end to end from spaced apart arches. The guide rails are mounted... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5409182 | Flight vehicle A flight vehicle includes a base frame in which an accumulating tank is mounted for receiving air. An air entrance device is mounted on the first end of the base frame for introducing air to enter into the accumulating tank. A power supply device is mount... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5222689 | Aircraft having magnetic suspension systems An aircraft having magnetic suspension systems adapted to be used as a winged surface effect aircraft, as a conventional type aircraft and as an aircraft of vertical take-off. A winged surface effect aircraft is provided with a magnetic suspension system ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215015 | Track system and vehicle having both magnetic and aerodynamic levitation, with wings on the vehicle carrying the whole weight at normal operating speeds A track vehicle such as a Maglev train has a body with superconducting coils mounted thereon which superconducting coils interact with vertically extending coils on guideways of a track to generate a propulsive force. The vehicle runs on wheels at low spe... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5170715 | Aeromagnetic control of maglev vehicles with turntable mounted hinged control surface having two degrees of motion Movable aerodynamic control surfaces are mounted to a MAGLEV vehicle. They operate in combination with magnetically actuated coils that are located in the vehicle and cooperate with coils or metallic sheets located along the vehicle guideway. Sensors prov... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5010824 | Linearly movable tool or work handling unit A linearly movable tool or work piece handling unit capable of operation in an abrasive particle atmosphere includes a carriage supported on parallel ways by an air bearing structure.... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4941406 | Magnetic and aerodynamic levitation vehicle A vehicle (10) mounted on a T-shaped rail (100) and having wings (11) providing lift is described. The vehicle uses magnets (18) on the vehicle and materials (101) attracted by the magnet on the rail to provide magnetic levitation. Propulsion is provided ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4899665 | Assembly comprising both a vehicle movable on rails and supporting means for the vehicle comprising the rails Assembly comprising a vehicle movable on rails and a support for the vehicle, wherein at least the lower part of the vehicle is situated under the geometric tangent plane below the wheels. The support is shaped in such a way to provide an empty space suit... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4841871 | Modular transportation system with aerodynamic lift augmented traction vehicles A monorail transportation system utilizing generally inverted channel shaped rail members for supporting personal transit vehicles which are each suspended from the rails by a carriage having traction motor propelled drive wheels engageable with the rail ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4804305 | Movable platform system A movable platform system is provided, comprising a basin, defined by a bottom and a sidewall, the basin containing a liquid; a plurality of support structures, extending upward from the bottom, the support structures being aligned in rows, the rows being... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4703697 | Transportation system A transportation system is disclosed in which passenger carrying coaches are guided along paths defined by a trackway. The trackway has bottom, top and side tracks which limit movement of the coaches orthogonally to the trackway. The coaches proceed, for ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4629143 | Rotating slasher creel A creel assembly and section beam pallet minimize downtime, enhance loading and unloading operations and facilitate automation, in slasher, dyeing, and like textile operations. First and second creels are mounted side-by-side on a frame. Air bearings lift... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4055316 | Method and equipment for aerial transport Method and equipment to aerially transport loads between two sites. A winch is provided at each site and a load carrying balloon is coupled by cables to each winch. Auxiliary balloons are provided to maintain the cables at a height above objects in the li... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4036147 | Rapid transit system A transit system for urban and inter-urban use is provided which comprises a plurality of electrically energized helicopters which are tethered to and powered from a pair of rails. The rails are supported in a track structure which is constructed to exten... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4022403 | Convertible aircraft An aircraft that is designed to additionally be able to travel along a railroad track so that it can get into a heart of a city, instead of terminating at an airport located some distance away from the city; the aircraft including wings which can be folde... | 05/10/1977 |
