High throughput transportation system with seamless carriage switching between tracks along the vertical plane

A transport system, comprising:

• one or more tracks (20L, 20R, 22L, 22R);
• in order to keep terminology consistent and eliminate indefiniteness issues
• one or more vehicle units (100) with chassis including a wheel-axle assembly;
• a central controller (101) in network communication with a vehicle unit;
• one or more ingress and egress locations along the primary track (20);
• wherein the vehicle chassis configuration with a wheel-axle assembly comprises a pair of axles consisting a pair of vehicle wheels (2W), one or more guide wheels (4iw, 4ow), comprising inner guide wheels (4iw) and outer guide wheels (4ow),
• set of contractible axles fixed to the vehicle wheels (2W), comprising of a common axle linear slide (07) fixed on an axle suspension frame (15) fixed to the chassis (30), and wheel block pairs (05, 06) comprising a pair of right slide blocks (05) and left slide blocks (06);
• wherein the inner guide wheels (4iw) are mounted on the wheel block pairs (05, 06) a contractor guide linear slide (08), a compression spring (12) and a swing synchronizer sliding push rod (13),
• wherein the inner guide wheels (4iw) are mounted on swinging arms (14), an in-wheel motor drive (01) paired with an in-wheel brake drive (03) on each axle;
• a linear motor actuator (09) connected to a push and pull link rod (10) connected to the front and rear swing arms of the left and right guide wheels through the swing synchronizer sliding push rod (13);
• a set of compression springs (12) that hold the wheel block pairs (05, 06) in an expanded position at all times;
• a scissor mechanism assembly (11);
• a scissor guide linear slide (08);
• a set of horizontal electronic distance sensors (17);
• and
• an electronic control means,
• wherein the contraction and expansion of track-width is enabled by the inner guide wheels (4iw), where the forces required to do so along the axle is derived from inner guide wheels (4iw) rolling over the converging or diverging edge flange (26) when actuated into the required position using the linear motor actuator (09) and related electronic controls, and
• wherein asynchronous contraction and expansion of the front and rear axles is made possible using the swing synchronizer sliding push rod (13) enabling the front and rear swing inner guide wheel arms to contract and expand differentially automatically,
• wherein the expanding forces from the compression springs (12) between the wheel block pairs (05, 06) keeping the vehicle continuously aligned along a central plane of the primary track (20) at all times, and
• wherein a safe central trajectory is automatically offered integrally by design without need to maintain synchronicity between front and rear axles.