Overhead Suspended Personal Transportation and Freight Delivery Land Transportation System

2-A vehicle for such a transportation system of claim 1 comprising:

• a propulsion dolly with bumpers at each end, in-line wheels to roll along a single track formed by two overhead parallel steel rails and other wheels or rollers that glide against said steel rails bottom used to provide stability for the vehicles and a safer ride for passengers and freight;
• a passengers or a freight transportation module that hangs from such a dolly and a hanger used to suspend said modules from such a dolly that allows the modules to swing out in curved track sections so as to diffuse the centrifugal force exerted on the modules when traversing curved track sections and to remain in a horizontal position when the propulsion dolly traverses inclined track sections resulting in a more comfortable ride for passengers that is also used to allow passengers to get in and out of a passengers transportation module and loading and unloading of a freight transportation module at ground level.

3-A pair of overhead parallel steel rails referred to in claims 1 & 2 that form a single track for in-line wheels attached to a propulsion dolly referred to in claims 1 & 2 to roll along such tracks.

4-Other wheels or rollers attached to a propulsion dolly referred to in claims 1 & 2 used to provide stability for the vehicles and a safer ride for passengers and freight of the transportation system of claim 1 as these glide against the bottom of the parallel steel rails of claim 3.

5-A wheel that rolls along a track formed by two parallel overhead steel rails of claim 3 attached to a propulsion dolly referred to in claims 1 & 2 that consists of two sides that rest over such parallel steel rails and a center part that protrudes into the track that provides for vehicle direction at junctions and forks along a tracks network or trackway of the transportation system of claim 1, keeps the wheel inside the track and prevents the dolly from tipping over.

6-Such a wheel of claim 5 split in two similar sections so that a sprocket and chain or a set of pinions used as a propulsion mechanism for a propulsion dolly referred to in claims 1 & 2 can be installed between the two sections and an electric motor inside such a dolly split in two similar sections so that a sprocket and chain or a set of pinions used to transfer torque to such a wheel can be installed between the two sections.

7-A propulsion dolly referred to in claims 1 & 2 from which a passengers or a freight transportation module hangs, with in-line wheels as those of claim 5 attached to it to roll along a track formed by two overhead parallel steel rails of claim 3 that has at least one drive wheel that makes the vehicles of claim 2 move along such tracks and one direction wheel that allows the vehicles to take the corresponding track at forks and junctions along a tracks network or trackway of the transportation system of claim 1 so that a vehicle can get to a programmed destination;

• wherein rubber bumpers attached to each end of the dolly allow them to fit along the tracks bumper-to-bumper touching each other and are also used to push a disabled vehicle to an emergency exit;
• wherein other wheels or rollers attached to the dolly are used to provide stability for the vehicles and a safer ride for passengers and freight as these glide against the bottom of the parallel steel rails of claim 3.

8-Such a propulsion dolly of claim 7 with motorized wheels on top of it used as a propulsion mechanism as these turn against a metal or composite materials band attached to the bottom of a structural steel pipe in the tracks assembly of the transportation system of claim 1, where the use of a drive wheel referred to in claim 7 is optional.

9-A metal or composite materials band attached to the bottom of a structural steel pipe in the tracks assembly of the transportation system of claim 1 that allows motorized wheels on top of a propulsion dolly of claim 8 to provide movement for the vehicles of claim 2 as these turn against such a band.

10-A forked pipe or rod attached to a direction wheel of a propulsion dolly of claims 7 & 8 that has iron flanges at the other end and is used as a steering mechanism for the vehicles of claim 2 as the pipe or rod turns either side when the corresponding electromagnetic coils are energized and attract such flanges so that the vehicles can take the corresponding track at forks along a tracks network or trackway of the transportation system of claim 1 to get to a programmed destination.

11-A hanger referred to in claim 2 used to suspend a passengers or a freight transportation module from the propulsion dolly of claims 7 & 8 that allows the modules to swing out in curved track sections so as to diffuse the centrifugal force exerted on the modules when traversing curved track sections and to remain in a horizontal position when the dolly traverses inclined track sections resulting in a more comfortable ride for passengers of the transportation system of claim 1 that is also used to allow passengers to get in and out of a passengers transportation module and loading and unloading of a freight transportation module at ground level.

12-A passengers or a freight transportation module referred to in claims 1 & 2 that hangs from a propulsion dolly of claims 7 & 8 attached to a hanger such as that of claim 11.