706results about "Monorails" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.

A public transportation system includes control by highly distributed communications, ultra-light transit vehicles suspended from single or dual rails and powered by electricity. The electric power supplied independently and supplemented by wind generators and solar panels. The transit vehicles, are suitable to transport from one to four persons. The system includes a plurality interconnected rails with main conduits and station conduits to provide non-stop transportation from one station to another station.

A system for switching a transport vehicle comprising: a guideway, a vehicle that moves along the guideway, and a magnetic field source that creates a force on the vehicle to affect motion in a desired direction at a switch. Once the vehicle has started motion through the switch the guidance can be continued by use of permanent magnets until the normal guidance system is effective. The switching scheme can work with any suspension scheme, including wheels and maglev, and can work with any lateral guidance scheme, including horizontal guide wheels and magnetic guidance. The system can be used with very closely spaced vehicles, such as with Personal Rapid Transit, material handling, and elevators with multiple cabs in the same shaft.

The invention discloses a monorail train and monorail traffic system controllable in adhesive force. The monorail train and monorail traffic system comprises a plurality of carriages and brackets located at the bottom parts of the carriages; each bracket is provided with a wheel; each wheel comprises at least one pair of driving guide wheels with power; the guide wheels are symmetrically arranged below two sides of a rail in pairs, and the radial direction of each guide wheel and the vertical direction of the rail form an upward oblique included angle; each bracket is also provided with a preload control system connected with the corresponding guide wheels. According to the monorail train and monorail traffic system controllable in adhesive force, disclosed by the invention, adhesive weight can be increased during starting and braking, and moreover, the adhesive weight is reduced during running, therefore the goals that the friction action of the rail is increased during starting or braking to rapidly implement acceleration or deceleration, and the friction action of the rail is reduced during constant-speed running to reduce energy consumption are further achieved.

A traveling mechanism for a lifting device, especially for a lifting device having a laterally cantilevering boom, is movable on rails with at least two running wheels. A connection element for attaching a load to said traveling mechanism is supported in the rail by the running wheels which are arranged on both sides of the connection element. The connection element has, at the region projecting down out of the rail, at least one running roller which is freely rotatable about a horizontal axis and rolls on a horizontal outer running surface of the rail. To effectively divert horizontal forces and uniformly distribute the vertical forces to the running wheels, running wheel axles are rigidly connected with a running wheel carrier, and the running wheel carrier and connection element are swivelably connected by a universal type joint. In addition, at least one support roller is rotatably mounted at the connection element in the interior of the rail. The support roller freely rotates about a vertical axis and rolls along at least one of the side surfaces to transmit horizontal forces to the rail.

A transportation system uses a carrier conduit in the form of a long tube or channel in order to drive a vehicle by air pressure. A carrier having end plates obstructs the travel of air through the carrier conduit. Pressure differentials formed within the carrier conduit serve to propel the carrier through the carrier conduit. By rollably supporting the carrier within the carrier conduit, friction is reduced between the carrier conduit and the carrier. The carrier may be magnetically coupled to a vehicle having vanes and a set of track- or rail-engaging wheel assemblies on vanes. The vanes may pivot upon the vehicle and serve to allow the vehicle to rollably or slidably couple to the carrier conduit track. The motion of the carrier serves to propel the vehicle along the carrier conduit track as the vehicle is magnetically coupled to the carrier. Composite materials used to construct the carrier conduit may allow for such magnetic coupling without the interference that might occur through the use of ferromagnetic materials or the like. The carrier conduit may be mounted upon pillars or pylons and sources of pressure may either be present at either end of the carrier conduit, distributed at propitious points there along, or incorporated into the carrier.

The Personal Mass Transit (PMT) system utilizes a removable vehicle conveyance apparatus and method for conveying transit vehicle car-pods and their contents from one transit station to another autonomously. Vehicle conveyance apparatus are stored off-line in storage silos and other areas awaiting on-demand transit system instruction to pickup vehicles at loading points and convey them to different stations as requested by occupants or pre-programmed instructions. The PMT system further utilizes a number of transmitter-receivers nodes and control computers to manage all aspects of operation of the transportation system. Any number of different types of PMT vehicles could ride the transit system when equipped with the correct coupling points and remain under the maximum combined curb weight of any particular area or type of transit track in order to be transported on the PMT system.

The invention discloses a non-adhesion driving structure for a straddle type railway vehicle. The structure comprises a monorail runway track and a bogie which are matched with each other, and is improved in that: the two sides of the monorail runway track are provided with an induction plate respectively; the two sides of the bogie are provided with a linear motor respectively; and the linear motors and the induction plates correspond one to one, and are arranged opposite. The non-adhesion driving structure has the advantages that: the adhesion driving of the conventional straddle type railway vehicle is changed into non-adhesion driving, and the braking and acceleration of the vehicle are finished by an interaction force between the linear motors and the induction plates, so the load of a traveling wheel is decreased, the stability of the structure is improved and the running cost of the vehicle is decreased.

The invention is hollow structural members, a rail system based thereon and method of manufacturing such hollow structural members. Embodiments of the structural members may be hollow triangular prism-shaped with a cross-section that is triangular, isosceles, hexagonal or otherwise. Embodiments of rail systems based on hollow structural members are also disclosed. Embodiments of the rail systems disclosed herein may also include reaction assemblies for local dissipation of stresses due to thermal expansion of track materials.

The vehicle delivery device of the present invention includes a plurality of vehicles and a vehicle running line. Each vehicle includes: a vehicle floor having a main transmission friction surface, the friction surface being a side formed on or close to at least one of the left and right sides of the vehicle floor, which is parallel to the direction of travel of the vehicle; A rod extending along the centerline of the vehicle floor, the centerline being parallel to the direction of travel, the rod has a side forming a friction surface for an auxiliary drive. The running line includes a main conveyor line as a linear conveyor line or an auxiliary conveyor line. The main conveyor line is equipped with a transmission device used as a main driving force. drive wheel. The auxiliary conveying line is equipped with a plurality of transmission devices used as auxiliary driving force, and each transmission device includes a friction drive wheel for pressure contact with the friction surface of the vehicle. The transmissions are arranged at intervals in the direction of travel.

A single main steel wheel rides on a single main steel rail of a guideway to support and drive a carrier and to facilitate steering and provide a simplified, more compact and less costly construction. The carrier can support a car through a platform having elements and chocks for locking contact with a front bumper and front wheels of the car Auxiliary wheels and rails cooperate to cause nearly all weight to be carried through the single main wheel. Traction is increased when necessary through application of increased upward forces to undersides of auxiliary rails and/or through developing magnetic forces between the steel wheel and steel rail. An AC induction motor is a main source of drive power. Acceleration and braking are assisted through epicyclic gearing, braking means and a DC motor/generator that is connected to a battery and that drives the carrier if supply of AC fails.

An in-vehicle switch mechanism for guiding a vehicle along a guideway at converging and diverging points of the guide rails in a guided vehicle system includes a support frame; a pivot assembly; a switch arm assembly pivotably mounted at its proximate end to the pivot assembly; a switch wheel rotatably mounted to the switch arm assembly at its distal end; an actuator for moving the switch arm between a deployed position in which the switch wheel engages a guide rail and a stowed position in which the switch wheel is free of the guide rail; and a biasing device interconnected between the support frame and pivot assembly for pre-loading the switch wheel against the guide rail when the switch wheel is deployed as the vehicle approaches the point of divergence; and an in-vehicle switch system which uses such in-vehicle switch mechanisms.

A bogie (2) for a track-guided vehicle (1) traveling on a predetermined track (3). The bogie (2) is provided with an axle (5) to which steerable travel wheels (6) are mounted, a guide frame (10) provided below the axle (5), a first pair of guide wheels (14) rotatably mounted to a vehicle end section-side end portion (10a) of the guide frame (10), a second pair of guide wheels (16) rotatably mounted to a vehicle center-side portion (10b) of the guide frame (10), a pair of tie rod arms (18) mounted to the axle (5) and formed so as to extend from the axle (5) toward the vehicle center side, and a pair of tie rods (19), each tie rod (19) interconnecting the guide frame (10) and each of the pair of tie rod arms (18).

The guideway-based transportation system includes a guideway and a mating vehicle. The guideway includes a main guideway section that may branch at a branch point into two separate branch sections. The guideway has a suitable geometry to support and guide the vehicle at any speed reasonably associated with such a transportation system. The vehicle includes both support and guide wheels to support the weight of the vehicle and to maintain contact between the vehicle and the guideway as it moves along the guideway, and may optionally include a switching wheel assembly for switching the path of travel of the vehicle from the main guideway section to either of the branch sections.

A transportation system is provided that accommodates varying angles of slope along the path of its movement, while maintaining a level transportation platform without the need of mechanical leveling devices or systems. The platform may be connected to the rail by wheels, the closest of which to the platform is above the rail, and the other below the rail. Accordingly, the platform is torqued downward to maintain contact between the wheels and the rail. As the slope of the terrain, and thus the rail, increases, the rail is widened to maintain the platform at level. As the slope decreases, the rail is narrowed to the same effect. The platform also may be tilted for loading or unloading by this rail-widening method, as may be desired.

The invention discloses a suspension type monorail trolley and a suspension type monorail traffic system. The suspension type monorail trolley comprises a frame, supporting wheels, a left travelling mechanism and a right travelling mechanism, each travelling mechanism comprises a wheel train and a lifting mechanism, the wheel trains comprises the supporting wheels, and the left travelling mechanism and the right travelling mechanism are arranged on two sides of the frame respectively. The suspension type monorail traffic system comprises rails and the suspension type monorail trolley, the rails include a left rail and a right rail, and the supporting wheels of the left travelling mechanism and the right travelling mechanism move on the left rail and the right rail respectively. Main portions of the wheel trains are arranged above the left rail and the right rail, main portions of the lifting mechanisms are arranged below the left rail and the right rail, and each wheel train is connected with the corresponding lifting mechanism through a gap reserved between the left rail and the right rail. A turnout of the suspension type monorail traffic system does not need to be provided with a movable rail, the wheel train on one side is lifted by the lifting mechanism before the trolley enters the turnout, the wheel train on the other side leads the trolley to move in a selected direction, and thereby automatic steering is realized.

RailPods are an alternative personal rapid transit system that operate on and utilize existing railroad infrastructure. RailPods are one to two passenger vehicles that travel on one rail of a traditional railroad track. RailPods provide on-demand transportation to cities and towns where rail exists or can be built.

The invention discloses a straddle typemonorail train and a double-shaft bogie thereof. The double-shaft bogie comprises a train body connecting device (4) installed above a cross beam of a frameworkbody (2), wherein the train body connecting device (4) comprises a traction pin (41) fixedly connected with a train body, a pin base (42) for installing the traction pin (41) and traction pull rods (43) arranged at two ends of the pin base (42), and two ends of each of the traction pull rods (43) are connected with the framework body (2) and the pin base (42) respectively through rubber nodes. Thedouble-shaft bogie can make the vertical rigidity and transverse rigidity between the train body and the bogie not affected by the traction rods, accordingly a user can obtain good running quality ofthe straddle typemonorail train by setting reasonable secondary spring rigidity parameters.

The invention discloses a directly-driven straddling-type gearless single-rail bogie. The single-rail bogie comprises a frame, a traction device, a basic braking device, a shock reduction device, stabilizing wheels, guiding wheels and walking wheels, wherein the traction device, the basic braking device, the shock reduction device, the stabilizing wheels, the guiding wheels and the walking wheels are installed on the frame. An axle of the walking wheel pair is directly linked with a permanent magnet motor suspended on the frame through a split coupling, a split axle box composed of an upper axle box body and a lower axle box body is installed on the frame, the upper axle box body and the lower axle box body are detachably and fixedly connected, and the upper axle box body is fixed to a side beam of the frame and used for installing the basic braking device. The direct traction transmission technology of the permanent magnet motor is utilized, in this way, the structure is greatly simplified, the weight is reduced, transmission efficiency is improved, and environmental-protection capacity and vehicle dynamics properties are improved.