Transportation system
AssigneeHyperloop Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBrogan Bambrogan, Joshua Giegel
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Abstract
A cargo container loading and unloading system for a transportation system, the cargo container loading and unloading system including a loading zone; and at least one opening connecting the loading zone to a transportation tube of the transportation system.
Claims17
A cargo container loading and unloading system for a transportation vehicle of a transportation system, the transportation vehicle having a closeable cargo accommodation space, the cargo container loading and unloading system comprising:
- a loading zone for accommodating the transportation vehicle to be at least one of loaded and unloaded of cargo containers from the closeable cargo accommodation space within the transportation vehicle;
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- at least one opening connecting the loading zone to an enclosed transportation tube of the transportation system in which the transportation vehicle traverses,
- wherein the transportation vehicle is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the transportation vehicle traversing the enclosed transportation tube and the enclosed transportation tube is operable to maintain an internal environment within the enclosed transportation tube.
A method of operating a cargo container loading and unloading system for a transportation vehicle of a transportation system, the transportation vehicle having a closeable cargo accommodation space, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of cargo containers in a loading zone for accommodating the transportation vehicle to be at least one of loaded and unloaded of cargo containers, the loading zone having at least one opening connecting the loading zone to an enclosed transportation tube of the transportation system;
- arranging at least one of the cargo containers for insertion into the transportation vehicle arranged in the loading zone;
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- inserting the at least one of the cargo containers into the closeable cargo accommodation space of the transportation vehicle, while the transportation vehicle is arranged in the loading zone,
- wherein the transportation vehicle is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the transportation vehicle traversing the enclosed transportation tube and the enclosed transportation tube is operable to maintain an internal environment within the enclosed transportation tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.