Vehicle for travelling along a linear route guideway
AssigneeTranspod Inc.
InventorRyan Janzen
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Abstract
A vehicle for travelling along a linear route guideway, comprising a body configured to accommodate cargo, equipment or passenger(s); traction engines on the body of the vehicle configured to orient the body within relative to the linear route guideway; and a controller for actuating at least one of the traction engines as a function of a desired orientation of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway. A controller system for a vehicle for travelling along a linear route guideway is also disclosed.
Claims20
A vehicle for travelling along a linear route guideway, comprising
- a body configured to accommodate cargo, equipment or passenger(s);
- at least one traction engine on the body of the vehicle configured to orient the body relative to the linear route guideway;
- and
- a controller for actuating the at least one traction engine as a function of a desired orientation of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway, the controller actuating the at least one traction engine as a function of a desired yaw, roll, pitch, and/or a position of the vehicle, the position taken in a direction being normal to a direction of travel of the vehicle.
A controller system for a vehicle for travelling along a linear route guideway, comprising:
- sensors for determining a position and an orientation of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway;
- a levitation control module for operating at least one traction engine on the body of the vehicle to control the position of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway, as a function of a desired position of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway;
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- an orientation control module for operating the at least one traction engine to adjust the orientation of a body of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway, as a function of a desired pitch, yaw and/or roll of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway.
A vehicle for travelling along a linear route guideway, comprising
- a body configured to accommodate cargo, equipment or passenger(s);
- at least one traction engine on the body of the vehicle configured to orient the body relative to the linear route guideway;
- and
- a controller for actuating the at least one traction engine as a function of a desired orientation of the vehicle relative to the linear route guideway, the at least one traction engine being engaged by at least one actuator operatively connected to the controller, the controller operable to control the actuator to adjust a distance between the at least one traction engine and the body of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.