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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069792 | System and method for capturing energy from a railcar A method and system of using one or more railcar linear electric generators to decelerate a vehicle such as a train consist. In one embodiment, the one of more electric generators are configured to capture deceleration energy and supply the energy to one or more pow... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7402982 | Energy storage type feeder voltage compensation apparatus and method of controlling feeder voltage An energy saving type feeder voltage compensation apparatus improved in availability at low temperatures, wherein when a secondary battery is lower in temperature than a predetermined value, an output voltage output to a feeder side is made equal to or higher than a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7307394 | Control and motor arrangement for use in model train A control and motor arrangement in accordance with the present invention includes a motor configured to generate a locomotive force for propelling the model train. The control and motor arrangement further includes a command control interface configured to receive c... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7240622 | Travel control method for travel vehicle In a conveying cart, a front side wheel (a front wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a travel driving unit (a front wheel inverter and a travel motor), and a rear side wheel (a rear wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a tr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201243 | Storage carts Storage carts for the storage of pallets and other loads that may be moved between an open position into an aisle for access to the load and a closed position out of the aisle when desired. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178660 | Workpiece transport system with independently driven platforms A manufacturing operation having a first production area, a second production area, and a plurality of platforms each having independently controllable drive assemblies for moving the platforms through the production and delivery areas. Adjacent platforms are spaced... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165497 | Track system for mobile storage apparatus The invention provides longitudinally extending track support and track members for a mobile storage unit. The track support's upper surface has at least one protrusion which projects above and extends longitudinally along that upper surface. A mating recess extends... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7114789 | Offset rail splice arrangement for a mobile storage system A splice arrangement for rail sections in a rail-mounted mobile system, such as a mobile storage system. The rail arrangement includes first and second rail sections, each of which has a base member and a support member defining a support surface for supporting the ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7067932 | System for generating electricity by using gravitational mass and/or momentum of moving vehicle A mechano-electrical energy generation system generates electrical energy from the passage of a vehicle over an inclined ramp assembly. This assembly includes an incline ramp that is rotatable about an axis proximate a vehicle roadway surface, and a safety decline r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7004392 | Barcode single laser scanner targeting A robot apparatus and a barcode scanner to be used for collecting positional data parallel to the scan direction in, for example, a library storage system is provided. In one embodiment, the robotic apparatus includes a barcode scanner having a scan path and an atte... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969213 | Roadway for decelerating and/or accelerating a vehicle including an aircraft A roadway upon which a vehicle travels is provided in which the vehicle is decelerated. The roadway includes: a movable surface extending in a direction of the vehicle's travel; and a potential energy storage mechanism operatively connected to the movable surface fo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6892649 | Transportation system with linear motor Transportation system comprising a large number of platforms which can be displaced along guides and a smaller number of displacement devices which can be coupled to and uncoupled from the said platforms. Each displacement device comprises a linear actuator comprisi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6876122 | Circular rail linear induction motor The present invention is directed to an electric motor for rotating an object around a central axis. The electric motor includes a motor casing. A circular segmented rail element is disposed within the motor casing about the central axis. The circular segmented rail... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6494144 | Energy transfer assembly An improved, energy transfer assembly utilizing the available mechanical or kinetic energy of a moving vehicle, such as a train, for conversion into usable electric power. The assembly includes a plurality of pairs of impact members operatively positioned... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6386116 | Propulsion decoupling method and system for multiple track mounted robots of an automated storage library A robotic mechanism for an automated storage library having media cartridge storage cells each housing a media cartridge includes drive wheels operable to ride on tracks of the automated storage library to access the media cartridges in the media cartridg... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5619078 | Primary inductive pathway A primary inductive track or path 450 for a resonant inductive power distribution system is made up from a number of modules 453, each supplied as a pre-built and substantially pre-tuned segment of the track. These modules have more than one capacitor 456... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5007351 | Mobile carriage with center drive A mobile storage system includes mobile carriages that roll on rails embedded in a building floor. The carriages are driven along the rails by at least two flanged wheels that engage a grooved rail. The flanged wheels are preferably mounted in parallel ch... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4944231 | Mobile storage system with driving assemblies A mobile storage system including a plurality of one-piece track members each defining a guideway and a series of longitudinally spaced holes. The system also includes a carriage rotatably supported on the track members on rollers riding in the guideways.... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4944229 | Automotive carrier type conveying apparatus A conveying carrier is arranged to be self-propelled and move along a conveying passage having a pit formed therebelow. A track covers the top side of the pit flush with the road surface of the conveying passage. A plurality of wheels are attached to the ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4876967 | Transporter for plant trays The transporter has a frame which is fastened to a side rail of a foremost one of a plurality of juxtapositioned plant trays. It has an electric motor mounted thereon, and a gear reducer coupled to the output or power end of the motor. The trays are suppo... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4811669 | Portable drive means supported on a skier A portable drive for coaction with a band is provided with a motor driven drive roller for transporting the drive along the band. The drive roller with coacting structure for maintaining operative coaction with the band are settable to two main positions,... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4604020 | Integrated circuit wafer handling system A system for transfering discs, such as integrated circuit wafers during manufacture, from a location at atmospheric pressure into a vacuum chamber of an electron microscope or the like with a minimum of vacuum loss to the chamber. A wafer is placed on a ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4576099 | Pallet transport apparatus A pallet transport apparatus includes individual pallets which travel in succession on a run way, each of the pallets containing an in-line indexing dual-cam mechanism and a drive motor for the cam mechanism for controlled rotation, and the run way includ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4538522 | Cable gripping apparatus having forward and rearward movement capabilities An improved cable following apparatus especially suitable for use in replacing an existing underground cable is disclosed herein. This apparatus utilizes a telescopically configured main body disposed around a cable in question and front and rear cable gr... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4467924 | Movable aisle storage system A movable aisle storage system is provided having rail and panel connector units which perform the dual functions of forming the rails and interconnecting the deck panels of the system track and deck assembly. Each connector unit has a substantially cylin... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4421365 | Movable storage cabinet A movable storage cabinet includes a plurality of saddles, in the form of inverted channels, and each provided with holes in its opposite lateral sides which receive the shafts of wheels. The saddles extend in the direction of depth of the cabinet, and th... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4417524 | Modular file or the like system For use in a modular cabinet or the like system wherein one or more cabinet modules of unit width have rolling mobility along parallel rails which extend normal to the module-width dimension and at module-width spacing, the invention contemplates a floor-... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4334816 | Device and method for assembling large space structures An automated assembly, maintenance, and repair system for the construction of a large space structure. The space structure comprises a plurality of trusses and truss junctions that in turn are made up of a plurality of individual struts and nodes. The tru... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4256355 | Locking and unlocking device for manually movable wheeled storage rack or the like A locking and unlocking device for a manually movable wheeled storage rack or the like is disclosed wherein a toothed locking wheel is operatively connected to wheels of a storage rack, and a pair of locking and unlocking leverages each including a catch ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4197934 | Belt conveyor transportation system utilizing magnetic attraction A belt conveyor transportation system includes a plurality of belt conveyor units each having an endless belt whose main constituent element consists of a magnetic material so as to be magnetically attractive with magnets, and the conveyor units are conti... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4127094 | Engine This invention is an engine for operating on internal combustion, steam or compressed gases or as a pump and has one or more cam faced pistons which move along a cylinder tube and open and close valve valves which separate lengths of the cylinder into cha... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4023501 | Speed control device A speed control device for controlling the speed of a transport vehicle rolling on a rail track, especially for use in a shelf storage system in which a pair of spaced apart rails form part of the structure of a warehouse shelf and constitutes the support... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4007915 | Jacking apparatus A jacking apparatus comprises a rail having a plurality of pairs of vertical slots longitudinally spaced apart. A sled slides along this rail and has cross members to which are pivotably attached ends of hydraulic cylinders, the other ends of the hydrauli... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3944309 | Manually movable wheeled storage rack or the like A manually movable wheeled storage rack or the like is disclosed which may be moved along a pair of rails when an operator rotates a handwheel attached to one side wall of the storage rack or the like. The storage rack or the like is further provided with... | 03/16/1976 |
