181 |
Intelligent POD Management and Transport |
US16028084 |
2018-07-05 |
US20180320402A1 |
2018-11-08 |
Michael Steward Evans |
An exchange station has openings for drones, a passenger check-in/check-out bay for processing passengers, a drone connect/release bay, having apparatus adapted to manage passenger pods mounted on smart chassis, and a computerized control system in wireless communication with control circuitry in the drones and smart chassis, guiding smart chassis with mounted passenger pods and drones, to make the exchange of pods from the smart chassis to drones. A passenger entering the passenger check-in bay is loaded into a pod mounted on a smart chassis, the pod with passenger is transported to the drone-connect/release bay, and the pod is there joined to a bare drone and disconnected from the smart chassis, the drone leaving with the passenger pod to a destination, and the smart chassis traveling away from the drone connect-release bay. |
182 |
FIXED GUIDEWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HAVING LOWER COST OF OWNERSHIP AND OPTIMIZED BENEFITS |
US15799781 |
2017-10-31 |
US20180319416A1 |
2018-11-08 |
Eugene Iwao NISHINAGA; Kevin Kohei NISHINAGA; Harry BURT; Neil SINCLAIR; Dexter VIZINAU |
The present invention relates generally to ground transportation systems, and more particularly to a fixed guideway transportation system that achieves a superior ratio of benefits per cost, is lower in net present cost and thus more easily justified for lower density corridors, and can provide passenger carrying capacities appropriate for higher density corridors serviced by mass rapid transit systems today. |
183 |
Intelligent POD Management and Transport |
US15982339 |
2018-05-17 |
US20180265098A1 |
2018-09-20 |
Michael Steward Evans |
A transport system has a first set of substantially parallel rails supported above ground level by support structures, a trolley having wheels mounted to a frame with the wheels engaging the rails, at least one wheel powered to move the trolley along the set of rails, a portion of the frame depending between the rails to a level below the rails, and a downward-facing latching interface on the depending portion of the frame, and a pod enabled to carry a passenger or parcels, or both, engaged by an upward-facing latching interface to the downward-facing latching interface of the trolley, such that, as the trolley travels along the rail set, the pod is carried along below the rail set. |
184 |
MULTIPLE TIER ELEVATED LIGHT TRAIN |
US15904410 |
2018-02-25 |
US20180178816A1 |
2018-06-28 |
Emil Jacob |
A method for enabling elevated trains to travel both above as well as below a vertically-tiered pair of tracks by having wheels both in the upper and lower area of the train with the ability to switch from traveling on the upper tracks using lower wheels to traveling on the lower track using tipper wheels, where the said method of switching between upper and lower tracks enables trains to be moved between multiple levels serving as passing loops as well as vertical depots. |
185 |
Express Train System |
US15267474 |
2016-09-16 |
US20180079436A1 |
2018-03-22 |
Robert W. Fifield |
A train system has a locomotive traveling at a controlled speed on a main track, with passenger cars capable of locomotion and of automatic coupling and decoupling, forming a train on the main track. Appropriate passenger cars are decoupled and switched onto a side track at stations to unload passengers while the rest of the train passes the stations without stopping. Passenger cars loaded with passengers at these stations are then deployed to couple-up with the train after it has passed the station. This combines local service with express service. Operation in most cases is guided by a central computer system. |
186 |
Platform landing door casement comprising a glass pane and associated methods for fitting and removing the glass pane from the platform |
US15196259 |
2016-06-29 |
US09903151B2 |
2018-02-27 |
Bruno Bourbon |
A platform landing door casement includes a platform face; a casement frame with first and second lateral uprights separated from one another by cross members to delimit a glazing opening; a glass pane mounted in the glazing opening by being received in the lateral uprights and the cross members; a glazing bead mounted removably on one of the lateral uprights by reversible fixing means; and a glazing bead cover mounted removably on the glazing bead. The glazing bead and the glazing bead cover being mounted on the platform face side and the casement further including, on the platform face side, a protective trim for locking and securing the glazing bead cover on the glazing bead. |
187 |
AERIAL CABLEWAY SYSTEM |
US15527869 |
2015-11-19 |
US20180029613A1 |
2018-02-01 |
ANDREAS NATTER; MARIO BENZER |
An aerial cableway system has at least two stations between which vehicles, such as gondola cars, travel as they are pulled by a cable. The stations include a boarding zone for passengers to board the vehicles and a disembarking zone, where passengers disembark from the vehicles. A sensor can be activated by a vehicle entering a station. At least one restricted area with at least one restrictor is located in the station and the restrictor has a controller which can be activated by the sensor. |
188 |
Cable car system for transporting people |
US15311956 |
2015-05-18 |
US09873439B2 |
2018-01-23 |
Johannes Moritzhuber; Markus Beck; Peter Luger |
A cable car system for transporting people includes at least one vehicle to be coupled along a line to a transport cable, to be moved by the cable in stations and to be moved past at least one embarkation or disembarkation area in which passengers board or leave the vehicle. A conveyor is provided in the embarkation or disembarkation area. A screen is provided for the passengers between the motion path of the vehicle and the embarkation and disembarkation area, to protect the passengers against climatic and acoustic conditions prevailing outside the station building. The screen has at least one opening through which the passengers move to the at least one vehicle or to the disembarkation area. The conveyor is located within the opening and extends only over a part of the length of the opening in the motion direction of the vehicle. |
189 |
Fixed guideway transportation systems having lower cost of ownership and optimized benefits |
US13218422 |
2011-08-25 |
US09802633B1 |
2017-10-31 |
Eugene Iwao Nishinaga; Kevin Kohei Nishinaga; Neil Sinclair; Harry Burt; Dexter Vizinau |
The present invention relates generally to ground transportation systems, and more particularly to a fixed guideway transportation system that achieves a superior ratio of benefits per cost, is lower in net present cost and thus more easily justified for lower density corridors, and can provide passenger carrying capacities appropriate for higher density corridors serviced by mass rapid transit systems today. |
190 |
CABLEWAY INSTALLATION |
US15376235 |
2016-12-12 |
US20170166227A1 |
2017-06-15 |
Sébastien MARTIN |
Cableway installation including at least one vehicle designed to be hauled by the cable, a loading terminal including a boarding area where passengers are positioned to board the vehicle, a drive motor of the vehicle in the boarding area, image acquisition device generating at least one image representative of the vehicle and of the passengers in the boarding area, and an electronic control unit configured to determine a surveillance area around the vehicle and the positions of the passengers, in the at least one representative image, and to generate a speed setpoint for the motor according to the positions of the passengers in the surveillance area. |
191 |
Impact resisting column assembly of a train station |
US15030912 |
2014-01-03 |
US09567744B2 |
2017-02-14 |
Xinzheng Lu; Qing Jiang |
An impact resisting column assembly of train station is provided. The column assembly includes: a column (2); an encasing steel plate (8) wrapping about the column (2); a rigid jacket (3) having a rectangular cross-section, fitted over the encasing steel plate (8) and spaced apart from the encasing steel plate (8); and mild steel energy dissipators (7) disposed between a first side (81) of the encasing steel plate (8) and a first side (31) of the rigid jacket (3), and between a second side (82) of the encasing steel plate (8) and a second side (31) of the rigid jacket (3), in which the first and second sides (81, 82) are parallel with each other and perpendicular to an extension direction of a railway (1) in the train station, and the first and second sides (31, 32) are parallel with each other and perpendicular to the extension direction. |
192 |
Transportation system |
US15007822 |
2016-01-27 |
US09511959B2 |
2016-12-06 |
Brogan Bambrogan; Joshua Giegel |
A high-speed transportation system including at least one transportation tube having at least one track, at least one capsule configured for travel through the at least one tube along a travel path between stations, a propulsion system adapted to propel the at least one capsule through the tube, and a levitation system adapted to levitate the capsule within the tube. At least a portion of the travel path is arranged over or in a body of water. |
193 |
MULTIPLE TIER ELEVATED LIGHT TRAIN |
US15231722 |
2016-08-08 |
US20160347330A1 |
2016-12-01 |
Emil Jacob |
A method for enabling elevated trains for travel both above as well as below a vertically-tiered pair of tracks by having wheels both in the upper and lower area of the train with the ability to switch from traveling on the upper tracks using lower wheels to traveling on the lower track using upper wheels, where the said method of switching between upper and lower tracks enables trains to be moved between multiple levels serving as passing loops as well as vertical depots. |
194 |
Railway Passenger Gate Assembly |
US14670460 |
2015-03-27 |
US20160280237A1 |
2016-09-29 |
Kenneth I. Thompson |
A railway passenger gate assembly includes a platform having a well extending into a surface thereof. A housing is positioned within the well and has an open apex flush with the upper surface. A pair of vertically oriented cylinders is positioned within the housing. A conduit is in fluid communication with each of the cylinders. Each of the cylinders has one of a pair of pistons positioned therein. The pistons each have a bottom end and a top end. Each of the top ends has one of a pair of posts attached thereto. A railing is attached to and extends between the posts. The pistons are movable from a stored position with the railing being approximately flush with the upper surface or in a deployed position positioned above the upper surface. A pump in fluid communication with the cylinders forces fluid into the cylinders to urge the pistons upwardly. |
195 |
Platform screen gate system |
US14275148 |
2014-05-12 |
US09452761B2 |
2016-09-27 |
Federico Romero |
A platform screen gate system having a tower, a gate secured to the tower. The gate is movable between an open position, to facilitate access to and from the platform, and a closed position, to block access to and from the platform. The system further includes at least one roller secured to the tower and a track secured to the gate. The track is supported by and movable on the least one roller such that the door cantilevers from the tower and remains above the platform when the door is moved between the open and closed positions. |
196 |
IMPACT RESISTING COLUMN ASSEMBLY OF TRAIN STATION |
US15030912 |
2014-01-03 |
US20160244965A1 |
2016-08-25 |
XINZHENG LU; QING JIANG |
An impact resisting column assembly of train station is provided. The column assembly includes: a column (2); an encasing steel plate (8) wrapping about the column (2); a rigid jacket (3) having a rectangular cross-section, fitted over the encasing steel plate (8) and spaced apart from the encasing steel plate (8); and mild steel energy dissipators (7) disposed between a first side (81) of the encasing steel plate (8) and a first side (31) of the rigid jacket (3), and between a second side (82) of the encasing steel plate (8) and a second side (31) of the rigid jacket (3), in which the first and second sides (81, 82) are parallel with each other and perpendicular to an extension direction of a railway (1) in the train station, and the first and second sides (31, 32) are parallel with each other and perpendicular to the extension direction. |
197 |
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM |
US15007883 |
2016-01-27 |
US20160229416A1 |
2016-08-11 |
Brogan BAMBROGAN; Joshua GIEGEL |
A high-speed transportation system includes at least one transportation structure having at least one track, at least one capsule configured for travel through the at least one structure between a plurality of stations, a propulsion system adapted to propel the at least one capsule through the structure, and a levitation system adapted to levitate the capsule within the structure. At least one track is positioned to provide balancing force vectors to achieve stability for the capsule. |
198 |
CABLEWAY SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING PERSONS |
US14317428 |
2014-06-27 |
US20150075403A1 |
2015-03-19 |
JOHANNES MORITZHUBER |
A cableway system for the transport of persons has one or a plurality of vehicles, such a gondolas, that are moved along a route between stations. En route the vehicles are coupled to a conveying or traction cable. In the stations the vehicles are decoupled from the conveying or traction cable, moved through the station, where they are moved past or halted at one or more embarkation or disembarkation points adjoining an entry or exit region for the passengers, where the passengers board or vacate the vehicles. Then the vehicles are once more coupled to the conveying or traction cable and moved out of the station. In at least one of the stations there is provided a screen or wall between the movement path of the vehicle and the entry or exit region for the passengers. The wall is formed with a passage opening for the passengers at the embarkation or disembarkation point. |
199 |
Chair-lift station having a high flow and small dimensions |
US13759489 |
2013-02-05 |
US08960096B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Julien Veyrat |
Disengageable chair-lift station having a transfer way made up of a first longitudinal part extending in alignment with the line of the carrying-hauling cable, and of a second transversal part extending perpendicular to the first part. The driving or return pulley is placed between the sections of the first part, and the disembarkation and embarkation platforms are shifted from one another in the second part, so that the disembarkation and embarkation of the skiers are performed on the same side of the station, in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the line. |
200 |
CROSS STREET TRANSIT AND MULTIMODAL MULTI-LEVEL STATION AND PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED INTERCHANGE |
US13907085 |
2013-05-31 |
US20140352229A1 |
2014-12-04 |
Thomas F. Gustafson; Naphtali Rishe; Ramon Trias; Kenneth Stapleton |
A cross street station and interchange for use at the intersection of a local traffic artery with significant pedestrian-oriented improvements and features that runs between but not through two communities and a primary traffic artery that divides two dissimilar communities. It uses a variable bi-level regional mass transit platform for ticketed passengers lowered from the upper level of the cross street station and interchange to the street level and provide a platform level with the regional mass transit vehicle floor and a ramp to the height elevation of the sidewalk to disembark arriving regional mass transit passengers and allow for the boarding of the new mass transit passengers. The cross street station and interchange includes in close proximity to this platform a metropolitan mass transit stop on the primary traffic artery and local community transit services stop on the local traffic artery that can also accommodate paratransit passengers. |