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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7895951 | Apparatus and method utilizing the linear induction motor, LIM, to augment muscle-powered vehicle travel Persons on a bicycle or other muscle-powered vehicle, equipped through an attachment means, with a reaction plate secondary of a linear induction motor, LIM, receive intermittent, augmenting propulsion forces from a sequence of spaced LIM primary coil assemblies, po... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7610861 | Magnetic and inertial propulsion system A propulsion system that uses an alternating series of magnetic forces, inertia, and gravitational drops to propel a magnetic object along a pathway. The pathway can be an undulating track that can retain an object thereon. A plurality of magnet pairs are placed alo... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7334525 | Modular guideway for a magnetic levitation vehicle and method for manufacturing a guideway module A MAGLEV guideway module which can be supported by vertical columns to create a section of an elevated MAGLEV guideway is disclosed. The module includes a deck and an elongated box beam that are form cast together in a unitary monolithic construction and made of lig... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303054 | Popular amusement device with switchable eddy-current brake The invention relates to a popular amusement device with a personal transportation device, moving along a guide track arrangement (14), and eddy-current braking device (10, 70), comprising a magnet arrangement (10) and an induction body (70 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287749 | Transport system in a machine that processes printing material A transport system is configured for a machine that processes printing material. The transport system has a guide device with one or more diverters and one or more runners that travel along the guide device. An electric linear drive of the transport system has a pri... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7271509 | Polygonal structure of a linear motor with ring winding A linear motor includes a primary having lamination stacks, which are arranged to realize a polygonal configuration of the primary, and winding coils having windings wrapped about the lamination stacks in parallel relationship to an outer periphery of the primary. E... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245093 | Turn-on interlock for propelling a vehicle, in particular a magnetic levitation train, along a track and a drive with a corresponding turn-on interlock A turn-on interlock for propelling a vehicle, in particular a magnetic levitation train (maglev), along a track is disclosed, as well as a drive incorporating the turn-on interlock. A stator of a linear motor forming the drive and extending along the track is divide... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7173387 | Arrangement having at least one long-stator linear motor, for operating magnetically levitated vehicles The invention relates to an arrangement for operating a magnetically levitated vehicle by means of an arrangement having at least one long-stator linear motor. The linear motors are sub-divided, longitudinally of a track, into individual motor regions (A) in each of... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164211 | Vehicle assisted power generator A system and method whereby power pods having multiple permanent magnets or coils of wire with a very low voltage charge create a multiple magnetic fields within frequently traveled roadways and other surfaces so that voltage is created when vehicles carrying ferrou... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137769 | Workpiece feeding apparatus A plurality of working blocks (A, B) are connected by rails (18). A branched transporting mechanism (100) is disposed at the intersections of the rails (18). A transportation vehicle (300) of non-self-propelled type moves on the rails ( | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134258 | Packaging apparatus and methods A packaging system includes a transport defined by a linear motor driving independent elements in a path to carry out a packaging function. The elements are driven independently of other elements in the path and are driven by the linear motor in a section of the pat... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7097024 | Conveying device for conveying articles and use of such a conveying device A conveying device for conveying articles, in particular vehicle bodies, in a known manner comprises at least one skid, which comprises two parallel skid runners and a supporting structure, which connects the skid runners to one another, for the article to be convey... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7026732 | Path arrangement for a multi-track linear motor system and method to control same A path for a linear motor system includes routing system between a trunk of the path and two or more branches. The routing system is operative to couple the trunk with a selected branch to enable a stage to travel between the trunk and the selected branch. The routi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6931304 | Scalable means of supplying power to a remotely controlled, semi-autonomous robot An automated library system having multiple storage cells for storing multiple data cartridges. Rails are provided adjacent to the storage cells to guide one or more robots among the storage cells. Primary coils are disposed proximate the rails. A power supply produ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6917136 | Synchronous machine design and manufacturing Synchronous motors according to the invention operate at higher efficiency, with lower cost, reduced mass and reduced cogging. Magnet dimensions are selected that reduce cogging forces to a negligible amount even though there are fewer slots than normal. Optionally,... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6899037 | Linear motors powered directly by pulsating current Linear electric motors suitable for transportation of one or more vehicles along a road which may be a railroad, having electric coils as powerable motor parts and either nonferous metal plates, superconducting magnets or shorted coils as passive motor parts; employ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6889616 | Track support A track support for the track of a magnetic levitation railway consists of a steel support having a closed hollow trapezoidal or hollow triangular cross section with closed end faces, whose cover plate projects, in the manner of a jib, with its longitudinal edge sec... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6784572 | Path arrangement for a multi-track linear motor system and method to control same A path for a linear motor system includes routing system between a trunk of the path and two or more branches. The routing system is operative to couple the trunk with a selected branch to enable a stage to travel between the trunk and the selected branch. The routi... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6651566 | Transportation system A transportation system includes a guideway lane and a power cable assembly extending along the guideway lane. The system further includes a vehicle configured to travel on the guideway lane. The vehicle includes a self-centering transformer that is movab... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6637343 | System and method for controlling flow of vehicles A guideway system for conveying vehicles includes a first guideway lane and a plurality of control cells. Each cell includes a particular portion of the first guideway lane and a cell:controller for monitoring and controlling traffic flow on the first gui... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619212 | Method for achieving and maintaining desired speed on a guideway system A method is provided for controlling operation of a vehicle on a guideway system, wherein the vehicle includes a first element of a linear induction motor and an alternate power source, and the guideway system has an acceleration section including a secon... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6591756 | Transport system A transport system includes at least one product carrier which is adapted to be moved along a slide way by means of a linear motor drive unit comprising a primary part and a secondary part. In order to improve the transport system in such a way that basic... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6578495 | Modular linear motor tracks and methods of fabricating same A module for a linear motor propulsion guideway contains a combination of linear motor propulsion, vehicle guidance, position sensing, communication, and vehicle or pallet running surface subcomponents. These are integrated during the manufacturing into a... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6580185 | Integrated system of a permanent magnet excited motor and a non-contact power feeding apparatus The present invention relates to an integrated system in which a bilateral permanent magnet excited synchronous motor part and a non-contact power feeding part are combined in order to generate a linear driving force and to feed an electric power without ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6516257 | Method and system for independent axle control of a variable force damper system The invention provides a method for independent axle control of a variable force damper system by providing at least one axle velocity signal from at least one vehicle sensor. The method then applies an axle control algorithm to the at least one axle velo... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6411049 | Method and apparatus for operating a magnet vehicle A method and an apparatus for operating a magnetically levitated magnet vehicle (5) are described, with a synchronous long stator linear motor, which comprises a plurality of winding sections (3.1 3.5) arranged one after the other in the direction of trav... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6397990 | Materials transport system having inductive power transfer An inductive power transfer apparatus is provided which is especially useful for a semiconductor wafer handling system or other similar type of materials transport system in which one or more cars are moveable along a track. The system includes a pluralit... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6286434 | Propulsion system for a magnetic levitation vehicle A propulsion system for a magnetically levitated vehicle is described. The propulsion system includes a drive and/or suspension magnet arrangement mounted in the vehicle, its drive magnets and/or suspension magnets being arranged with their magnetic axes ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6283039 | Conveying system using linear motor An inexpensive conveying system using a linear motor permits accurate stop positioning and controls generation of dust. The conveying system has a unit including a passive moving assembly and a plurality of sets of fixed coils to perform sending, non-ener... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6252316 | Coil apparatus for a linear-motor railway system A coil apparatus for a linear-motor railway system comprises six superconductive coils mounted on a bogie of a vehicle at a predetermined pitch such that N and S poles are alternately formed; ground coils disposed on either side wall of a guide, each of t... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237499 | Watercraft amusement ride Passenger boats are mounted on an undercarriage assembly that includes rail-mounted centering wheels. The passenger boats are accelerated by linear induction drive motors mounted on a guide rail structure. Thrust is applied to the racing boats by magnetic... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6198993 | Running vehicle control method for automatically controlling a plurality of vehicles running on a road An adjacent vehicle approach prohibition region is set before and after a to-be-converged moving target (MT) on a main line with reference to the to-be-converged MT. The to-be-converged MT corresponds to a converging MT assigned to a converging vehicle wh... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6129025 | Traffic/transportation system In a transportation/logistics system in which a pallet/vehicle with an automobile/container mounted/fixed thereon travels, a normal steering operation is carried out by changing the direction of the wheels (including tires) by an electronically controlled... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6087790 | Section switching process for railway systems with a long stator linear motor The present invention relates to a method for switching over the current between successive stators of a railway system comprising a track and a vehicle and with a long-stator linear motor. The method according to the present invention proceeds from a con... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085663 | System and method for magnetic levitation guideway emplacement on conventional railroad line installations The maglev guideway is to be constructed on railroad ties of existing rail lines so that the rail lines can be used by both maglev vehicles and conventional trains. A plurality of support bars are mounted on the rail ties, and a plurality of guideway pane... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6044770 | Integrated high speed MAGLEV system An integrated MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitated Vehicle) system consists of permanent or preferably superconducting vehicle-mounted magnets which interact with both active and induced track-based currents. The magnets on the vehicle which are used for propulsion... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6039172 | Device for processing a disc-shaped substrate as well as a station suitable for being coupled to such a device A device for processing a disc-shaped substrate, which device comprises a plurality of stations arranged in side-by-side relationship, whereby the substrate can be moved into and out of the device in a first station and be subjected to a processing step i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5974977 | Magnetic propulsion toy system A magnetic propulsion toy system is provided having a track (11), a boost station (12) and a car (14) made of magnetic material. The boost station has control circuit (18) with a battery (19), a wire coil (21), a capacitor (22), a manual triggering switch... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5953996 | System and method for magnetic levitation guideway emplacement on conventional railroad line installations The maglev guideway is to be constructed on railroad ties of existing rail lines so that the rail lines can be used by both maglev vehicles and conventional trains. A plurality of support bars are mounted on the rail ties, and a plurality of guideway pane... | 09/21/1999 |
