Drift racer
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsKeith Michael McVeen, Eric A. Vance
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Abstract
A ride assembly includes a passenger vehicle having front wheels, rear wheels, a motor, and a steering wheel, where the front and rear wheels are disposed on a surface, the motor is configured to provide power to the front wheels to propel the passenger vehicle, and the steering wheel is configured to adjust a position of the rear wheels and enable the passenger vehicle to drift, a track forming a trough in the surface, and a bogie hingedly coupled to the passenger vehicle, where the bogie is disposed in the trough, and where the bogie is configured to direct movement of the passenger vehicle along the track.
Claims20
A ride assembly, comprising:
- a passenger vehicle comprising a front portion with front wheels, a rear portion with rear wheels, and a steering system,
- wherein the front wheels and rear wheels are configured to travel over a surface,
- wherein the steering system is configured to swing the rear portion along the surface outwardly, such that the front portion and the rear portion are unaligned with respect to a direction of travel of the passenger vehicle;
- a track comprising a junction splitting the track into a first ride path of the track and a second ride path of the track;
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- a guide extending from the passenger vehicle and configured to selectively engage the first ride path or the second ride path to direct the passenger vehicle along the track.
A ride assembly, comprising:
- a passenger vehicle comprising front wheels, rear wheels, and a control system,
- wherein the front wheels and rear wheels are configured to travel over a surface, and
- wherein the control system is configured to adjust the rear wheels to enable the passenger vehicle to drift on the surface;
- a track comprising a junction configured to enable the passenger vehicle to selectively move along a plurality of ride paths of the track;
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- a bogie coupled to the passenger vehicle, wherein the bogie is configured to direct movement of the passenger vehicle along the track, and wherein the bogie comprises a probe configured to enable the passenger vehicle to selectively move along a ride path of the plurality of ride paths.
A ride assembly, comprising:
- a passenger vehicle configured to travel along a track, the track comprising a junction configured to enable the passenger vehicle to selectively move along a plurality of ride paths of the track;
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- a bogie coupled to the passenger vehicle, wherein the bogie is configured to direct movement of the passenger vehicle along the track, and wherein the bogie comprises a probe configured to enable the passenger vehicle to move along a selected ride path of the plurality of ride paths by aligning with and engaging the selected ride path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.