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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109214 | Platform screen doors An apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a screen door system. The apparatus includes a first transceiver adapted to be mounted on a train, a second transceiver adapted to be mounted on either a train platform or a portion of the platform screen door... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7784406 | Train-to-platform gap mitigator An improved gap filler in the form of a single plate or a plurality of plates attached to the train car exterior or emanating from below train car vestibule floor which permits transit line system operator to utilize one device to obtain any desired gap minimization... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7721653 | Combined subway wall and door assembly and associated method A combined wall and door assembly includes a static wall assembly including a segmented support frame with a rectilinear shape. The static wall assembly further includes a plurality of transparent fiberglass panels directly coupled to the support frame and spaced al... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7681505 | Station design for personal rapid transport systems A station (2) in a personal rapid transit system has a platform (14), the edge of which defines bays (20) for parked vehicles (10). The parked vehicles are out of the path of travelling vehicles moving in a transit path extending between ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677178 | Device for controlling a platform door located on the guideway of a track-bound vehicle A device for controlling a platform door (14) located at the guideway (1) of a vehicle (2) is described. According to the invention, the device comprises, a sensor unit (17), which is mounted at the guideway (1) and which serves to... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7327986 | System and method for vehicle delay notification using a mobile telecommunications network A system and method of vehicle delay notification. The method includes determining a vehicle delay, determining that the vehicle delay meets or exceeds a delay threshold, determining one or more affected mobile telecommunications subscribers, and sending a message t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7246559 | Elevated bus rapid transit system An elevated public transit bus system that increases the passenger capacity and decreases the passenger trip time of a fixed route bus service traveling in traffic on a city street to provide a high capacity rapid transit system. The high capacity buses are suspende... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213685 | Control device and control method for elevator An elevator control device which realizes, in a multi-car system, operation control superior in transportation efficiency. A first shunting device outputs a first shunting command for moving a car which has responded to a call request to a shunting floor. A blocked ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7122979 | Method and apparatus for selective operation of a hybrid electric vehicle in various driving modes A hybrid electric vehicle and method that stores an upper energy storage limit and a lower energy storage limit for an energy storage system for each of a plurality of predetermined driving modes, determines a currently selected driving mode from the plurality of pr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7083100 | Drawing, writing and pointing device Drawing, writing or pointing device (1) for use with data presentations, computer supported work or other interactive use of a computer. The device (1) comprises one or more code patterns (3). Each code pattern (3) is adapted to be detect... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7047888 | Transit system A point-to-point transit system for riders includes an elongate guideway, a plurality of autonomous vehicles disposed in the guideway, a plurality of selectively actuable rider access portals in the side of the guideway, and a control system, configured to automatic... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6997303 | Carrier conveyor system The present invention is directed to a carrier and conveyor system that permits the carrier to be driven by at least two different types of conveyors or drive assemblies, including a power and free conveyor. The system includes a plurality of carriers, first and sec... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6923124 | Tritrack system of mass transit A rail system for transporting dual use vehicles includes a network of multiple non-interconnected rails where each rail comprises an extruded triangular shell and a support material. The rails are supported by a system of support structures where each support struc... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6837167 | Elevated open-center transit guideway with open-mesh screen emergency walkway An elevated transit system has a pair of spaced apart guideways for supporting a vehicle. The guideways are supported on vertical columns above the ground. An emergency walkway extends between the guideways The walkway has a plurality of apertures to allow the passa... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6729241 | Aerial cableway system with at least one load-bearing and conveying cable moving between a valley station and a mountain station An aerial cableway system has at least one load-bearing and conveying cable that is moved between a valley station and a mountain station, which is guided over deflection pulleys in the stations, and transportation devices that can be coupled to the load-bearing and... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6684793 | Viaduct for a railway line or the like Beams extend transversely outwards from at least one side of each span beyond the corresponding side flange and shelf. Each beam is of a length in the transverse direction and of strength that are predetermined to be sufficient for enabling additional str... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6494145 | Automatic crossbar on ski chair-lift for facilitating passenger dismount An automatic crossbar on a ski chair-lift for containing seated passengers and facilitating dismounting passengers. A vertically elongated bar (20) with a cross (20a) attached at its base is pivotably suspended from a passenger chair, positioning the cros... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6427601 | Installation for conveying persons The installation conveys persons from a valley station to a mountain station and for carries individuals from the mountain station to the valley station via carriages that are guided along a track formed by a running rail. The installation has a cableway ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6389980 | Chair lift with improved boarding A station for boarding a chairlift for continuously moving ropeway transport. The chairlift includes several seats, either fixed or detachably coupled at regular intervals. Each seat is taken in turn by successive ramps, an arrival, a turnaround and a dep... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6374746 | Magnetic levitation transportation system and method A ground-based capsule pipeline with greatly improved speed, energy efficiency, and cost for transportation of freight and/or people. Passive magnetic levitation is used to suspend inert, rugged capsules within an air-evacuated pipeline, where they are pr... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6352034 | Installation for amusement park, installation referred to as roller coaster The installation for amusement park, referred to as roller coaster, comprises a circuit made up of rails (6), mounted on supports (10), themselves fixed on a carrier beam (11), on which one or more vehicles run, designed to run on the rails, as opposed to... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6341563 | Door opening control apparatus A platform sensing and control system including a wireless sensor (10, 12) for sensing at least the presence of a platform (26) opposite a door (32) of a railcar and providing an output indication of at least a platform presence in response thereto, and a... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6321657 | Rail transit system A monorail transit system includes transit drive units for supporting a transit car body on a beam and propelling the body along the beam. Improvements to the transit system include a quiet steel rail with vibration isolation for the beam, a vehicle braki... | 11/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6202563 | Loading and unloading procedure for cars at stations of an aerial cable transport installation A process for both storing vehicles of an aerial cable transport installation and taking vehicles from stored stock in a station. The vehicles are suspended by disengagable coupling clamps to the cable. The installation is shut down by braking and stoppin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6105905 | Railway gate system A railway gate system comprising a railway station having an elevated platform area for passengers to stand and a recessed area with a track and a train movable therealong. A gate has a continuous upper restraining rail along its length. A plurality of cy... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5950543 | Evacuated tube transport An evacuated tube transport (ETT) system comprises: Evacuated tubes (200) along a travel route (100) for both directions; capsules (300) to transport occupants or cargo within the tubes; equipment (700) providing continuous transfer to tube while preservi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5873310 | Aerial transporter having two pickup spots A loading station of a detachable chair-lift comprises two spots 22, 29 for alternate pickup of skiers 21. To give the skiers easy access to the pickup spots, the distance between the chairs is increased by grouping them in pairs in the access zones. The ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5836251 | Roll on--roll off bimodal terminal system System and method for loading and unloading highway vehicles for transportation over railroad lines. The system has a number of railroad vehicles, each having a deck for highway vehicles. The deck extends from a central portion of the vehicle to one or bo... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5813349 | Transport system comprising a dual-mode vehicle and platform layout for said system A transport system comprises a number of dual-mode vehicles (11) and a number of station systems (31). Each of the dual-mode vehicles (11) accommodates a number of passengers, such as, for example ten passengers. Each station system (31) comprises a numbe... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5797330 | Mass transit system A mass transit system provides an on-demand transportation system including private vehicles to provide point to point non-stop transport from a first passenger station to a second station within an area serviced by the system. The system includes a plura... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5669307 | Transportation vehicle having doors with doorsills at different levels A motor vehicle includes a vehicle body supported above ground level by wheels. A first door on the vehicle body curb side has a doorsill at one level. A door on the vehicle body street side has a doorsill at a different level, spaced by a greater distanc... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5669588 | Motion barrier A safety device for train passengers which permits barriers to rise and lower as trains (66) pass. Ridge posts (58) are secured by ridge post mounts (64) on a train undercarriage (68). Ridge wheels (60) spins on the ridge posts (58). As the train (66) mov... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664499 | Ski lift loader and unloader An apparatus for loading skiers on a ski lift consisting of a plurality of rollers the rollers being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the ski lift at least during the portion of its length past the loading point. The rollers rotate, thereby acc... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5626078 | Cable car system with passenger carriers suspended from a suspension and traction cable guided around two deflection pulleys A cable car system has a suspension and traction cable carrying passenger rriers, such as lift chairs. The cable is guided around two deflection pulleys. A conveyor device conveys passengers from an entrance gate to a boarding point at which the passenger... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5619930 | High speed transportation system A transportation system for transporting vehicles between destinations, including a self-supporting tunnel connecting automated loading and unloading yards, and a non-wheeled tubular vehicle including a ram drive. The vehicle is provided with anti-frictio... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5570637 | Garage for a continuous cable railway A garage for storing vehicles of a continuous cable railway system. The garage has a plurality of side tracks arranged parallel or substantially parallel to one another to form preferably a rectangular shape. The garage is loaded with vehicles from the st... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5485347 | Riding situation guiding management system A riding situation guiding management system includes, in each of plural cars constituting a train, an up/down counter for counting passengers getting on and off each car with passenger sensor/counter units provided at doorways and passways of the cars, a... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5454327 | Loading system for chairlift A fixed grip chairlift comprises a continuously moving conveyor for transporting the skiers to the loading point, where they are catched up by the chair which moves at a higher speed. The chair impact is thus reduced and the chairlift speed may be increas... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454326 | Chairlift with conveyor loading A fixed grip chairlift comprises a continuously moving conveyor belt for transporting the skiers to the loading point where they are met by a chair which moves at a higher speed. The chair impact is thus reduced and the chairlift speed may be increased. A... | 10/03/1995 |
