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US 2006/0213387 A1Published application
Rail transportation system and method of designing same
AssigneeFasTranTransit, Inc.
InventorEnnis Sullivan
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Abstract
A transportation system and a method of designing same, according to which a car travels along a track and is located relative to the track so that the composite center of gravity of the car is offset from the track in a lateral and longitudinal direction.
Claims18
A method of designing a transportation system including a car that travels along at least one track;
- the method comprising;
- determining the composite center of gravity for the car;
- and
- locating the car relative to the track so that the composite center of gravity is offset from the track in a lateral and longitudinal direction.
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A transportation system comprising:
- a guide way defining at least one surface;
- at least one track mounted on the surface;
- a car comprising a cabin for receiving passengers and adapted to engage the track and travel over the track;
- the vertical axis of the car being laterally offset from the guide way;
- and
- the center of gravity of the car being laterally and longitudinally offset from the track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.