US 2013/0153324 A1 · Environment Adaptive Electric Vehicle with Lock On Security and Control Saddle

Abstract

The Environment Adaptive Electric Vehicle (EAEV) is capable of operating in a number of operating environments such as on a conventional highway, or on an elevated mainstream transportation infrastructure and also on a variety of local, low velocity, low volume, automated and semi-automated transportation infrastructures that may serve as collector roads for vehicles to access the mainstream elevated integrated bimodal infrastructures. The EAEV has a variety of sensors, receivers, cameras, monitoring devices, magnetic readers, GPS built into the vehicle. In a typical vehicle all of this information would be interpreted and applied in the same way. In the EAEV the vehicle wants to know what environment it is in. It then uses the software that defines that environment for all of its decisions. As a result, the EAEV uses the same equipment and similar information that is received over the equipment but applies it differently depending on what kind of system the vehicle is travelling on.

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Dependent claims

An electrically powered crash resistant vehicle that is operable upon either a conventional roadway or an automated guide way, the vehicle comprising:

a vehicle center beam extending between front and rear bumper assemblies, a front shock absorber and a series of air bags positioned within the front end of the vehicle, a rear shock absorber positioned within the rear end of the vehicle, a skirt beam surrounding a periphery of the vehicle;
forward and rearward axle assemblies, each axle assembly including an axle pocket into which an axle arm is mounted, a series of wheels rotatably mounted to each of the axle arms, each wheel being powered by an in-wheel motor, whereby each of the wheels is individually powered;
a saddle positioned upon an underside of the vehicle, the saddle being mounted to a saddle piston for raising the saddle up or down, a saddle sensor, whereby the saddle is adapted to removably engage a guide way and wherein the saddle sensor detects the guide way to maneuver the vehicle;
a corrective steering mechanism and a fine steering mechanism, the corrective steering mechanism including associated gears and motors to effect pronounced steering movements, the fine steering mechanism including associated gears and motors to effect less pronounced steering movements.

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Environment Adaptive Electric Vehicle with Lock On Security and Control Saddle

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Environment Adaptive Electric Vehicle with Lock On Security and Control Saddle

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