716results 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.

An autonomous transport system is disclosed, formed by four main subsystems: a channel subsystem; a vehicle subsystem; a wheel guide subsystem and central control station subsystem. The system is designed for the transportation of people or goods, to be used in tall buildings and in small and large scale urban environments. It comprises unitary vehicles that may move in different directions: horizontal, steeply sloped and also vertical tracks, thanks to novel traction wheel assemblies that roll on carefully designed wheel tracks. The system's cabin maintains the horizontal level / position regardless of the changes of track direction or slanting thanks to pendulum based automatic level control and may rotate up to 180° under normal conditions and even a full 360° turn respect to the wheel assembly in space restricted positions. The cabin is mounted on a cantilever, thereby displacing its center of gravity respect of the wheel guides. Thus, a lever action is established, which presses the wheels against the wheel tracks and therefore enough frictional resistance is obtained so as to avoid wheel slippage on the wheel tracks. The vehicles are moved by non-polluting, electric drives that move and stop them with high energy savings. The vehicle runways are designed taking in account safety features against fire hazards. Several vehicles may be used at the same time and on the same track and may run individually or in groups, conforming a train. The system allows for vehicles to be parked in bypassed positions or else they may be disengaged from the convoy to be used individually.

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.

An autonomous transport system is disclosed, formed by four main subsystems: a channel subsystem; a vehicle subsystem; a wheel guide subsystem and central control station subsystem. The system is designed for the transportation of people or goods, to be used in tall buildings and in small and large scale urban environments. It comprises unitary vehicles that may move in different directions: horizontal, steeply sloped and also vertical tracks, thanks to novel traction wheel assemblies that roll on carefully designed wheel tracks. The system's cabin maintains the horizontal level / position regardless of the changes of track direction or slanting thanks to pendulum based automatic level control and may rotate up to 180° under normal conditions and even a full 360° turn respect to the wheel assembly in space restricted positions. The cabin is mounted on a cantilever, thereby displacing its center of gravity respect of the wheel guides. Thus, a lever action is established, which presses the wheels against the wheel tracks and therefore enough frictional resistance is obtained so as to avoid wheel slippage on the wheel tracks. The vehicles are moved by non-polluting, electric drives that move and stop them with high energy savings. The vehicle runways are designed taking in account safety features against fire hazards. Several vehicles may be used at the same time and on the same track and may run individually or in groups, conforming a train. The system allows for vehicles to be parked in bypassed positions or else they may be disengaged from the convoy to be used individually.

The invention relates to an urban railway operating vehicle and particularly relates to a straddle type single-track operating vehicle with a four-wheel-pair structure. The problems of heavy carriage, complex driving mode, low driving efficiency, heavy bogie, and the like, of the present operating vehicle are solved. The straddle type single-track operating vehicle comprises a carriage, a front bogie, a rear bogie, an I position wheel pair, an II position wheel pair, an III position wheel pair and an IV position wheel pair, wherein each bogie comprises a frame, a vehicle body supporting device and a dragging device; the whole frame has an II-shaped all-steel welded plate type box structure and comprises a lateral beam, an end beam, a central beam and a longitudinal beam; a motor bracket is fixed between the upper part of the lateral beam and the longitudinal beam; the I position wheel pair and the II position wheel pair are mounted on the motor bracket of the rear bogie; the III position wheel pair and the IV position wheel pair are mounted on the motor bracket of the front bogie; a guide wheel assembly is mounted in the middle of the lateral beam; a stable wheel assembly is mounted on the lower part of the lateral beam. The line demand on a single rail PC beam is reasonably met; the safety factor is high; the traction performance is excellent; the structure is simple; the repairing is easy; the vehicle running is stable; the braking performance is excellent.

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 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.

A personal transportation and freight delivery system that can be operated as a fully automated driverless land transportation system consisting of vehicles that move on their own propulsion on a pair of overhead parallel steel rails that form a single track and allows people to go anywhere the tracks can take them and delivery of freight anywhere along the tracks. Passengers and freight are transported inside a module that hangs from a propulsion dolly with in-line wheels to roll along such tracks. Electric motors are used for propulsion with power supplied at the tracks assembly; however, the system is also suited for internal combustion engines. There's no need for track switches to route vehicles to its destination as each vehicle has a steering mechanism. Rubber bumpers at each end of the propulsion dollies allow the vehicles to fit bumper-to-bumper along the tracks.

A power generation assembly for use in generating electrical power from air or water currents includes a tiered rail system forming elongated loops, a vane assembly having a frame and at least one vain, and car assemblies sidably mounted to each rail, including linkage portions coupled to the frame of the vane assembly and a power-take-off arrangement includes an element that is operatively coupled to the car assembly and a drive wheel coupled to a generator and configured to take power off the moving car assembly by the drive wheels being rotated by the passing power-take-off element or a power-take-off system using a cable and clamps.

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.

The invention discloses a suspended train rail. The suspended train rail comprises a main body beam, a rail beam and a cover, wherein the rail beam is connected with the lower end of the main body beam, the cross section of the rail beam is in an inverted T shape, the cover can cover the rail beam, and the bottom of the cover is completely open. The invention also provides a suspended bogie. The suspended bogie comprises a framework, the framework comprises a U-shaped beam and cantilever beams horizontally extending from tops of two sides of the U-shaped beam respectively in the longitudinal direction; traveling wheels are symmetrically mounted on the cantilever beams and are opposite, and surfaces of the traveling wheels are in the vertical direction. According to the brand-new suspended train rail, the suspended bogie and a train system comprising the suspended train rail and the suspended bogie, the structural composition of the suspended train rail is completely different from that of an existing suspended train rail, the cover of the suspended train rail is completely open, and maintenance of equipment in the rail, cooling of the bogie and cleaning are facilitated. The advantages that damage to the rail is avoided, the cost is low, the structure is compact, running is stable and reliable and the like are realized.

The invention discloses a straddling type mono-rail bogie without a primary spring. The straddling type mono-rail bogie comprises a frame and further comprises a traction device, a basic braking device, a vibration reducing device, a gear case, stabilizing wheels, guiding wheels and walking wheels, and the traction device, the basic braking device, the vibration reducing device, the gear case, the stabilizing wheels, the guiding wheels and the walking wheels are arranged on the frame. A traction motor longitudinally arranged and the gear case are directly hung on the outer side of the frame in a rigidity manner. An output shaft of the gear case is connected with an axle through a split coupling. The frame is provided with a split type shaft box composed of an upper shaft box body and a lower shaft box body. The upper shaft box body and the lower shaft box body are detachably and fixedly connected. The upper shaft box body is fixed to the frame and used for installing the basic braking device. Wheel replacing is achieved without vehicle erecting, and daily maintaining work of a vehicle is greatly improved.

The invention provides a suspension type monorail traffic system, which comprises a rail beam, an upright post for supporting the rail beam, a truck frame arranged on the rail beam, a carriage suspended below the truck frame, and a driving wheel and a guide wheel which are arranged on the truck frame, wherein the rail beam is a transverse H-shaped beam; the transverse H-shaped beam comprises an upper wing plate and a lower wing plate which are arranged at an interval; the upper wing plate is parallel to the lower wing plate or is at an included angle to but not intersected with the lower wing plate, and a webplate is connected between the upper wing plate and the lower wing plate; and the lower wing plate provides a rolling rail for the driving wheel, and the webplate provides the rolling rail for the guide wheel. The suspension type monorail traffic system has the advantages of compact structure, low cost, simple installation and convenient maintenance.

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.

An individual transportation system (10) includes a track system (12), including a primary track section (14), a switching track section (16) and loading / unloading section (18). The transportation system (10) additionally includes a plurality of carriages (20) supported by the track system (12), and a plurality of underslung passenger vehicles (22) each matably engageable with one of the carriages, and adapted to hold at least one passenger therein. The transportation system (10) further includes a storage facility (24) for storing the vehicles (22) when they are disengaged from the carriage, whereby a carriage and vehicle combination traveling on the primary track can be switched between primary track section (14) via an associated switching track section (16), and can be switched to the loading / unloading track (18), wherein the vehicle may be disengaged from carriage (20) and stored in the storage facility (24).

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.

A traction control assembly for connection between a monorail bogie frame and a monorail car. The traction control assembly comprising a first traction link pivotally connected to a first bell crank mechanism and a second traction link pivotally connected to a second bell crank mechanism. The first traction link and the second traction link are capable of absorbing traction forces applied to the monorail bogie. The traction control assembly further comprises a cross link interconnecting the first bell crank mechanism and the second bell crank mechanism and a passive steering assist device interconnecting the first bell crank mechanism and the second bell crank mechanism.; The steering assist device causes the traction control assembly to insert shear forces on the monorail bogie during travel of the monorail bogie over a curved section of monorail track for facilitating rotational motion between the monorail bogie and the monorail car.

It is the pallet conveying mechanism to move a pallet P arrived at an end point 17b of a friction conveyer FC2 to a starting point 7a of a friction conveyer FC1 in just as it is the direction without turning. The pallet conveying mechanism is comprised of rollers 34 having a flange portion 34a to contact with the pallet P by arranging along a main frame 31 provided so as to connect the friction conveyer FC 1 and FC 2 with each other and a drive mechanism 35 for driving rollers 34.