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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258309 | Automatic and guided system for transporting people and method for controlling transport modules running in such a system A system for automatic and guided transport of people, the system including: at least one running track having guide members for guiding transport modules; an electric power supply system comprising a sequence of power supply blocks; electric self-propelled transpor... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7228218 | Power collection switching for automated driverless vehicles Power switching apparatus for an electrically driven vehicle drawing power from a plurality of spaced apart ground disposed busses separated by insulators. The apparatus employs a pair of contacts for routing power from the busses to the vehicle motor, the speed of ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7142957 | Journey event sequencing for automated driverless vehicles An improved system for supplying electric power to and automatically controlling the speed of driverless electrically motivated wheeled vehicles on a guideway utilizing a plurality of guideway disposed power busses, each supplied by a sequentially variable frequency... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6975081 | Path module for a linear motor, modular linear motor system and method to control same A path module for a linear motor system includes a controller coupled to one or more amplifiers that are operative to control associated windings in the module. The controller receives control information via a communications link. The controller controls the amplif... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6782833 | Trackside power distribution systems A trackside power distribution apparatus includes overlapping feeders. A first signal supply unit has an input adapted to receive power from a first electrical power source and an output for supply of power to a feeder. A first portion of feeder is connected to the ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5953995 | System for transport by passive vehicles A transport system for passive vehicles which move by way of wheels on treadways of a track includes guide surfaces for guiding the vehicles along the track. Each vehicle includes at least one drive roller propelling the vehicle through contact with rotar... | 09/21/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5678789 | Model railroad car position indicator A model railroad car position indicator includes a sensor receptive to the presence of a model railroad car on a track. Control circuitry determines the location of the car relative to a predetermined position on the track and approves initiation of a mod... | 10/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5125347 | Power supply system for a linear motor type transportation system A power supply system for a linear motor type transportation system includes a series of driving coils disposed along a railroad track for producing a moving magnetic field to drive a train, a plurality of feeding blocks disposed along the railroad track ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5033391 | Land transportation system A Land transportation system has an unmanned mobile box which rides in a tube from one place to another. Guides are affixed to the center of the tube to cooperate with guide rollers on the box to stabilize the running of the box. Wings are provided on the... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4941555 | Electric monorail conveyor An electric monorail conveyor wherein the vehicles are suspended from and advance along an elongated guide rail. The electric motor of each vehicle receives current from a third rail which is adjacent the guide rail and includes first sections alternating... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4688487 | Vehicle transportation system A vehicle transportation system which includes a self-propelled vehicle for propulsion along a track through a plurality of predefined sequential track zones. The vehicle receives power and control signals from a plurality of electrical buses which are po... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4665831 | Electric power supplying system for a continuous transit system by magnet (CTM) An electric power supplying system for a continuous transit system by magnet (CTM) in which magnets attached to under parts of a certain number of cars comprising the trains and energized regularly are attracted to magnetic belts of a plurality of magneti... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4361301 | Vehicle train tracking apparatus and method A vehicle train tracking apparatus and method are provided for responding to detected occupancies and unoccupancies of each of a plurality of signal blocks of a roadway track system to establish a position or location record of the movement of each vehicl... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4348618 | Feeding system for linear motor type transporting system A feeding system for a linear motor transportation system in which a number of discrete drive coil units or linear motor units are arranged along a track to generate a moving magnetic field for driving trains is disclosed. In the present feeding system, a... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4345522 | Aerial transport system Disclosed is an aerial transport system which comprises an aerial track having therealong a pair of electric current-carrying cables in a parallel relationship with respect to one another and with respect to the track, and self-propelled carriages. Each c... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4301899 | System for automatically controlling an electrically propelled traction vehicle traversing a gap in wayside source of power A plurality of stationary markers (A, B, C, and D) are symmetrically placed at predetermined locations in the right of way of an electrically propelled traction vehicle on opposite sides of a transition point coinciding with a gap (14) between adjacent se... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4245561 | Controllable distributing conveying systems A controllable distributing conveying system for transporting people or goods is provided with stations which are arranged on a passive rail network and which include container loading-on positions, container off-loading positions, and container depots. S... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4202273 | Travelling object control system utilizing power control A control system for automatic operation of travelling objects through a power supply system without using any signal communication systems. Either a DC power source or three-phase AC power source is utilized as a power source. With the system employing a... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4165850 | Safety device for a transport system A safety device for a transport system in which a vehicle travels on a track divided into sequential sections operates to stop the vehicle when a parameter representing the motion of the vehicle exceeds a threshold in the course of travelling over a track... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4095764 | Spot control type automatic train stop system utilizing ground control units common to more than one block signal A spot control type automatic train stop system utilizing ground control units common to more than one block section signal. For at least one particular block section signal, one or more of the ground units positioned in a block section which precedes the... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4068152 | Power supply system for a linear motor In a linear motor system in which the series of driving coils provided along a railway is divided into sections each including a plurality of coils, each section being fed through a power control switch which is closed in a sequential order, a plurality o... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4063699 | Fail-safe block control system for driverless vehicles Driverless vehicles move in one direction along a path divided into blocks. Movement command signals are radiated from plural elongated radiators per block, arranged end-to-end, the last in each block a departure radiator wholly within the block. A receiv... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4013014 | Circuit arrangement for a track-bound propulsion vehicle The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for use with a trackbound propulsion vehicle. The circuit arrangement includes a traveling-field winding which is installed alongside the vehicle roadbed and forms the stator of a linear synchronous motor who... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4002314 | Train vehicle speed control signal providing apparatus The present invention relates to a train vehicle speed control signal providing apparatus operative with a frequency command speed control signal, and relates to the generation of the desired speed code signals in such a frequency rate system. Two separat... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3987734 | Modular rapid transportation system for passengers and freight A modular rapid transportation system is described which features transport modules for carrying passengers and/or freight, high-speed, constant-velocity conveyors for transporting the transport modules from station to station and variable-speed transfer ... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3957236 | Method and apparatus for transitioning diverse power sources to rail vehicles Placed near the transition point between power sources of different voltages or frequencies, is a wayside signal producing device which activates an on-board circuit for disconnecting the on-coming vehicle from the power source. When the vehicle has cross... | 05/18/1976 |
