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US 11,211,185 B2Granted
Electrified-cable system for transit and method of making same
AssigneeAirbornway Corporation
InventorRodger L. Gibson
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a transport system, comprising an electrified static cable system, a carriage supported by a non-electrified static cable, an electrical drive system incorporated into the carriage—wherein the electrical drive system is utilized to move the carriage along the pair of parallel non-electrified cables, a transconnector configured to supply electrical power to the carriage, and a cabin mounted to the carriage. Corresponding methods of making and using the system also are disclosed.
Claims17
A transport system, comprising:
- an electrified static cable system,
- a carriage supported by a non-electrified static cable,
- an electrical drive system incorporated into the carriage, wherein the electrical drive system is utilized to move the carriage along the non-electrified static cable,
- a transconnector configured to supply electrical power to the carriage,
- a cabin mounted to the carriage with vertically extendable cables, and an elevator system incorporated into the carriage and configured to raise and lower the cabin using the vertically extendable cables.
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