Highway vehicle towing system
OwnerYi-Shan Yaoinventor
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Abstract
A highway vehicle towing system includes a light railroad track embedded in a highway and capable of transmitting electricity from a power supply plant, and a towing tractor movable along the light railroad track to tow a car. The owing tractor has multiple pairs of metal wheels movably supported on the light railroad track, a motor, electrical wires connecting the metal wheels to the motor for transmitting electricity from the light railroad track to the motor, a transmission shaft coupled to and rotatable by the motor, and a differential mechanism coupled between the transmission shaft and the metal wheels for enabling the metal wheels to be rotated along the light railroad track by the motor.
Claims10
A highway vehicle towing system used in a highway for towing cars, comprising:
- a light railroad track embedded in a highway and capable of transmitting electricity from a power supply plant, said light railroad track having a width shorter than the pitch of each pair of wheels of the cars to be towed in said highway;
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- at least one towing tractor movable along said light railroad track to tow a car, each said towing tractor comprising multiple pairs of metal wheels movably supported on said light railroad track, a motor, electrical wires connecting said metal wheels to said motor for transmitting electricity from said light railroad track to said motor, a transmission shaft coupled to and rotatable by said motor, and a differential mechanism coupled between said transmission shaft and said metal wheels for enabling said metal wheels to be rotated along said light railroad track by said motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.