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US 12,073,960 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 cable system, a carriage supported by a non-electrified static cable, an electrical drive system incorporated into the carriage, the electrical drive system being utilized to move the carriage along the non-electrified static cable, a transconnector configured to supply electrical power to the carriage, and a power distribution panel. Corresponding methods of making and using the system also are disclosed.
Claims7
A transport system comprising:
- an electrified static cable system including an upper conductor and a lower conductor with a first non-conductive material in the middle,
- a transconnector configured to supply electrical power to a carriage, the carriage supported by a non-electrified static cable,
- an electrical drive system for the carriage,
- an electrified rail support system including a tower comprising a pylon and plurality of support arms supporting an electrified rail,
- a turning system comprising an upwardly curved rail supported by the electrified rail support system, the turning system being configured to allow the movement of the transconnector past the tower, a second non-conductive material attached to the lower end of the upwardly curved rail, a mesh conductor connected to the second non-conductive material, and a jumper connecting the lower end of the electrified cable system to the mesh conductor of the turning system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.