312 results about "Ground transportation" patented technology

A hybrid fixed wing aircraft converts into a roadworthy vehicle in a matter of seconds therefore operating efficiently in both air and ground transportation systems. The single piece wing is mounted on a skewed pivot that is on the lower portion of the fuselage and is operated by a pushbutton operating system. The aircraft includes telescopic twin boom tail design that when extended allows good pitch stability and damping. The aircraft's wing area may be increased with additional telescopic wing tip segments. This allows an increase in aspect ratio, hence improving efficiency at high loads. This feature will also creates a reduction in induced drag at cruise speed by simply retracting the tips in flight. The vehicle has a unique synchronized control system that switches from flight to ground mode without input from the operator, thereby providing a natural interface for the operator.

A system and method for integrating air and ground transportation of passengers and cargo. The system comprises a plurality of universal passenger containers. The system further comprises a plurality of universal cargo containers. An airplane is provided with a hollow fuselage adapted to be loaded with a plurality of passenger and/or cargo containers. A flatbed trailer can be provided to carry a passenger or a cargo container. A tractor vehicle can be provided to transport flatbed trailers between airplanes, locations within the airport, and points of origin and destination outside the airport complex. A system can be provided to load and unload passenger and cargo containers into and out of airplanes at the airport. A system is provided comprised of an airport complex including take-off and landing runways, taxiways, airplane staging areas, apparatus for detection of weapons in passenger and cargo containers, and air terminals with arrival and departure gates and baggage handling conveyors. A system is also provided comprised of remote air terminals at strategic locations a distance from the airport complex.

The invention discloses a method for filling solid and recovering and fully mechanizing room type coal pillars, comprising the following steps of: reinforcing and supporting a coal pillar and a coal room top plate in a pre-recovering room type coal pillar area and suspending and hanging a wind curtain to form a solid substance haulage drift and a coal haulage drift which are connected with a large haulage drift; recovering the coal pillars by the conventional method, starting matching equipment after cutting a coal interval and transporting the solid substances to a goaf from the ground for filing and tamping; and cutting coal of next coal interval and filling the goaf, repeating the steps until finishing the recovery of all room type coal pillars. The method not only solves the problems that unstable coal pillar causes the safety accidents due to the superposition of stress of the front part and two sides of a workface because of the recovery of the traditional coal pillar, but also eliminates the potential safety trouble caused by the hurricane, large-area sinking and the like caused by the spontaneous combustion of the room type coal pillar and the large-area caving of hard top plates in the goaf. The invention has simple method, high production efficiency, low cost and over 85 percent of the recovery rate of the coal pillars.

Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only for music that they choose to playback for their enjoyment. An antipiracy WID tag” is woven into the recorded music so that any illegal copies therefrom may be traced to the purchase transaction. Music is transmitted on a fixed schedule or through an active scheduling process that monitors music requests from all or a subset of satellite receivers and adjust scheduling according to demand for various CD's. Receivers store selections that are likely to be preferred by a specific customer. In those instances where weather conditions, motion of atmospheric layers or dish obstructions result in data loss, the system downloads the next transmission of the requested CD and uses both transmissions to produce a “good copy”. In conjunction 20 with the blanket transmission of more popular music, an automated CD manufacturing facility may be provided to manufacture CD's that are not frequently requested and distribute them by ground transportation.

Systems and methods for platforms designed to be loaded with pre-loaded 463L pallets or other pallets configured for use in a transport aircraft. The truck platform, once loaded with 463L pallets, is then loaded onto a truck (in particular a PLS truck or other truck utilizing a hook system such as those used to load traditional CROPs or flatracks) for ground transport.

The invention discloses an air-ground combined agricultural spraying device and application of the air-ground combined agricultural spraying device. The air-ground combined agricultural spraying device comprises an aircraft, connecting pipelines, a winch mechanism, a winch mechanism supporting rod, a power system, a liquid pesticide storage tank, a transport vehicle, a pressure pump, an inner passage, a propeller, a propeller beam, a propeller drive motor, an aircraft bracket and spray heads. According to the air-ground combined agricultural spraying device, the large-size heavy liquid pesticide tank, the pressure pump and the power system are installed on the transport vehicle, a spraying mechanism is installed on the small unmanned rotorcraft, and an air device and a ground device are connected through hoses and wires. In this way, aerial spraying in a limited area within ultra-long auto-hover time is achieved, and meanwhile long-distance ground transportation of an aircraft is achieved.

A movable, portable, and instantly attachable/detachable battery pack includes batteries enclosed in a case with a ground transportation structure, such as wheels, coasters, and runners. The battery pack can include handles and mating connectors. The ground transportation structure allows the majority of the weight of the battery packs to be supported by the ground during transportation. The person who moves the battery pack only needs to use a minimum force sufficient to move the battery pack in a direction perpendicular to the force of gravity. Battery packs disclosed herein can be easily maneuvered into a building or structures to be recharged or swapped.

The proposed Amlev Self-Regulating System of High Speed Ground Transportation Based on Permanent Magnets and Steel Cores is designated for magnetic levitation, stabilization, and propulsion of vehicles moving without friction. The proposed system comprises subsystems: a Magneto-Dynamic Levitation and Stabilizing Self-Regulating System (MDLSS), and a Permanent Magnet Linear Synchronous Motor (PMLSM). Both systems comprise permanent magnets and steel cores. MDLSS provides levitation and stabilization of vehicle while PMLSM produces propulsion force providing the assigned alternative velocity of the vehicle along the stator winding powered by the current of constant frequency 50 Hz. Each of the subsystems comprises two main parts: a fixed part—guideway/stator including extended steel cores for MDLSS and windings for PMLSM, and moving part—permanent magnets of the levitator for MDLSS and the rotor for PMLSM—both affixed to the moving vehicle. Each of the subsystems is self-regulating and operates without fast response control system. A new model is proposed for measuring destabilizing forces impacting a flying vehicle at its shifts from an assigned trajectory that allows to eliminate the stage of full-scale modeling when designing Amlev system.

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent logistics, and particularly relates to an intelligent logistics picking storage system and a method. The intelligent logistics picking storage system comprises a stereoscopic warehouse, a picking vehicle and a ground transportation unit, wherein the stereoscopic warehouse is used for storing all kinds of goods, the picking vehicle is used for replenishing and delivering from the stereoscopic warehouse, and the ground transportation unit is used for transmitting goods which are loaded on the picking vehicle during delivery to a sorting opening; a plurality of layers of platforms which are used for the picking vehicle to independently walk are arranged on the stereoscopic warehouse in a height direction, and all kinds of goods are stored on each layer of the platform; transition devices which is used for lifting the picking vehicle are arranged at the edges of the plurality of layers of platforms; and the picking vehicle enters any layer of the platform through the transition devices so as to replenish and deliver from the stereoscopic warehouse. According to the intelligent logistics picking storage system, a large quantity of goods can be stored, and the picking vehicle can be operated in any track, so that the goods picking and storage efficiency in intelligent logistics can be effectively improved.

An arrangement in aircraft that provides a single habitat that allows horizontal sleeping postures as well as other comfortable postures for passengers, with space efficiencies with safety arrangements adequate for all stages of flight. The arrangement can be used to extend the transport of the passengers undisturbed in the same habitats to other vehicles including other aircraft and ground transport vehicles. Moreover airport facilities including baggage handling arrangements may be substantially reduced and concurrently provide passengers with high utility in negotiating ground facilities. The arrangement facilitates the incorporation of new and efficient business systems for efficient allocation of passenger aircraft resources.

Systems, methods and apparatuses for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A system for managing ground transportation in a geographical area in accordance with the present invention comprises at least one airborne surveillance platform, a graphical information systems (GIS) database, receiving information from the airborne surveillance platform, the GIS database storing data that represents the geographical area, the GIS database including at least one node representing at least one geographical location within the geographic area and at least one arc representing at least one street within the geographic area, and a routing tool, coupled to the GIS database, wherein the dynamic routing tool accepts data from the GIS database and determines a transportation route for at least one vehicle within the geographical area using at least the data from the GIS database and the information from the airborne surveillance platform.

The invention relates to a brand-new construction method of a mixed combined girder cable-stayed bridge. After the construction of the main tower, auxiliary piers, side piers, main bridge side span concrete beams and approach bridges, the mid-span steel girder members and prefabricated concrete decks of the cable-stayed bridges are transported from the ground via the approach bridges and main bridge side spans to Midspan. The truck crane also moves from the ground through the approach bridge and the side span of the main bridge to the front end of the completed combined beam in the mid-span, and lifts the components on the girder truck for cantilever construction. The bridge is hung with stay cables and tensioned for the first time. Construct the wet joints of the bridge deck, form the mid-span combined beam of this section, and repeat the construction until the main structure of the cable-stayed bridge is completed, and the bridge deck and the auxiliary structure of the main tower are constructed. The invention adopts the automobile crane, which can adapt to the construction of the wide bridge, and is convenient and flexible in use, and saves labor;

A container storage yard transportation system comprises a container storage yard having at least one container stacking area, at least one container handling cart delivery lane disposed alongside the container storage area, a container handling cart return lane associated with the delivery lane, a plurality of container handling carts disposed in the delivery and return lanes, gate handling equipment for transferring containers from ground transportation vehicles to handling carts in a loading position in the delivery lane such that the containers 1 an be transported to the container stacking area on the handling carts via the delivery lane, one or more yard gantry cranes for transferring the containers from the handling carts to the container stacking area, and cart shifting equipment for shifting empty handling carts between the delivery and return lanes such that the empty carts can be returned to the loading position via the return lane.

Systems, methods and apparatuses for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a graphical information systems (GIS) database that represents the geographical area, wherein the GIS database includes at least one node representing at least one geographical location within the geographic area and at least one arc representing at least one street within the geographic area, a data fusion converter, coupled to the GIS database, for converting external data into a format acceptable to the GIS database, and a dynamic routing tool, coupled to the GIS database, wherein the dynamic routing tool accepts data from the GIS database and determines a transportation route for at least one vehicle within the geographical area using the data from the GIS database.

A locking device for a battery block of a ground transportation vehicle comprises the following components: a battery lock which is used for detachably locking a battery block in a frame of a ground transportation vehicle; and a removing lever which singly supports around an axle that is fixed on the ground transportation vehicle for assisting the battery block removing, wherein the removing lever is provided with a handle section composed of a first lever arm and a lever section composed of a second lever arm. The lever section partially pushes the battery block from the frame in removing.

The invention discloses an ultra-shallow buried tunnel cover-excavation construction method. According to the technical scheme, first, ground transportation for construction is evacuated; fender pile operation is performed on the two sides of an underground project to be implemented; a load-bearing beam and a structural top plate are manufactured on the top of a pile foundation, and then road surface traffic is restored; the position below the structural top plate is excavated to reach the elevation of a structural bottom in a three-step excavation mode, and soil supports between fender piles are constructed at the same time; a cushion layer and a bottom waterproof layer are reinforced; the major structure and the remaining waterproof layer of the underground project are implemented; sand is blown back so that a gap between a cover plate and the major structure can be backfilled with the sand. Compared with the prior art, the time for occupying a road because of construction is shortened, and influences on the external environment of construction are small; the horizontal displacement of the structure is small; the structural plate is used for excavation of a foundation pit so that a temporary support can be omitted; influences caused by external weather are small; the collapse risk of the ultra-shallow section underground project and the loss risk of a third party are avoided.

An automated vehicle transportation system for multiple-segment ground-transportation includes a communications-network, a first-automated-taxi, and a second-automated-taxi. The communications-network is used to send a transportation-request from a client to an automated-taxi-fleet. The transportation-request includes a destination. The first-automated-taxi transports the client along a first-segment of a route toward the destination. The second-automated-taxi transports the client along a second-segment of the route to the destination. The first-segment ends and the second-segment begins at a transfer-point. The system coordinates a first-meet-time of the first-automated-taxi and a second-meet-time of the second-automated-taxi at the transfer-point.

The invention discloses a fuzzy multi-attribute evaluation-based satellite power supply health degree calculation method. The method realizes the health state evaluation after the failure occurrence of a satellite power supply. According to the method, firstly, an evaluation index attribute set and a reasonable evaluation set are established based on the failure analysis result of a satellite power supply failure mode. Secondly, a fuzzy evaluation matrix is obtained through expert evaluation or other methods. Thirdly, based on the analytic hierarchy process, the initial weight of each evaluation index in the same level is determined. Meanwhile, qualitative attributes are quantified, and then a final comprehensive evaluation result is obtained. In the aspect of health management, results can be divided into 5 levels of health, good, attention, deterioration and disease. In this way, the health degree of an evaluated object can be characterized in the above 5 levels. By adopting the method, the health degree of a satellite power supply during the running process can be calculated in real time. Therefore, the on-orbit safety of the satellite power supply can be improved. Meanwhile, adecision is provided to assist the ground transportation personnel to realize the on-orbit operation management of satellites.