Station with loop configuration for hyperloop transportation system
AssigneeHyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc.
InventorYayun Zhou
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Abstract
A station for a hyperloop transportation system includes a tube comprising a low-pressure environment, a plurality of tracks within the tube, each track adapted to carry a hyperloop capsule, and a turntable joined to an end of the tube, adapted to rotate a capsule one hundred and eighty degrees. The station also includes a platform disposed on a side of the tube, adapted to hold a plurality of people, and a plurality of gates disposed in one side of the tube. Each gate includes a door forming a barrier between the low-pressure environment of the tube and an exterior of the tube, and a sealing mechanism adapted to form a seal with a hyperloop capsule.
Claims5
A station for a hyperloop transportation system comprising:
- a platform adapted to hold a plurality of people waiting to enter a hyperloop capsule, the platform having a rounded shape with a rounded edge;
- a tube comprising a low-pressure environment;
- a plurality of gates disposed in one side of the tube, each gate comprising a door forming a barrier between the low-pressure environment of the tube and an exterior of the tube, and a sealing mechanism adapted to form a seal with a hyperloop capsule;
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- a plurality of tracks disposed within the tube, each of the tracks being adapted to carry a hyperloop capsule, the plurality of tracks comprising:
- a first track for use by hyperloop capsules docking at one or more gates;
- a second track for use by malfunctioning hyperloop capsules;
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- a third track for express movement;
- wherein the tube enters the station on a side of the station, carrying capsule traffic moving toward the station, follows a path around the rounded edge of a platform, and exits the station on the same side of the station on which the tube enters, carrying capsule traffic moving away from the station.
A method of transporting people, the method comprising:
- moving a capsule adapted to hold a plurality of people on a selected track through a tube using magnetic levitation, the tube including a plurality of tracks disposed within the tube, each of the tracks being adapted to carry a hyperloop capsule, the plurality of tracks comprising a first track for use by hyperloop capsules docking at one or more gates, a second track for use by malfunctioning hyperloop capsules, and a third track for express movement;
- moving the capsule to the first track when the capsule approaches a gate disposed in a side of the tube;
- docking the capsule at the gate, while the capsule is on the first track;
- causing a component of the gate to form a seal with a surface of the capsule;
- opening a door in the gate;
- allowing people to enter the capsule;
- moving the capsule to the third track;
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- moving the capsule in an express movement mode, while the capsule is on the third track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.