Method of intelligently managing pressure within an evacuated transportation system

    公开(公告)号:US11492020B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16867049

    申请日:2020-05-05

    摘要: A high-speed transportation system comprises an evacuated travel conduit divided into a plurality of segments by closable gates, and associated with corresponding segment pumps that maintain operating vacuums within the segments when vehicles are present. When a segment is unoccupied, energy is saved by closing the adjoining gates and deactivating the associated segment pump, thereby deactivating the segment and allowing the segment's internal pressure to rise due to leakage. As a vehicle approaches, the segment pump is reactivated, lowering the internal pressure to the operating vacuum, and the gates are opened. Embodiments include a boom-tank system that can accelerate re-evacuation of a segment having an increased internal pressure by establishing fluid communication with at least one recently deactivated segment having a lower internal pressure. As a vehicle transits the conduit, a rolling, contiguous group of activated segments surrounding and in advance of the vehicle can be maintained.

    Passive lateral stability for a maglev type vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11447157B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16868436

    申请日:2020-05-06

    IPC分类号: B60L13/08 B61B13/08 B60L13/04

    摘要: A passive lateral stability system maintains the position of a vehicle relative to a guideway. The system includes first and second guide assemblies that urge the vehicle away from first and second electrically conductive guide walls, respectively. The first guide assembly includes a wheel configured to reciprocate toward and away from the first guide wall. A biasing element bias biases the wheel toward the first guide wall. The system further includes a magnetic element associated with the wheel, wherein movement of the magnetic element relative to the first guide wall produces a magnetic force that biases the wheel away from the first guide wall. A second guide assembly is mounted to the vehicle and urges the vehicle away from the second guide wall.

    Contactless driving module and transfer apparatus having the same

    公开(公告)号:US11413967B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16933435

    申请日:2020-07-20

    申请人: SEMES CO., LTD.

    IPC分类号: B60L13/04 B61B13/12 B61B13/08

    摘要: A transfer apparatus includes a guide rails extending parallel with each other, a vehicle configured to be movable along the guide rails, and a contactless driving module mounted to the vehicle. The contactless driving module includes a pair of running rails extending parallel with the guide rails and comprising a plurality of first permanent magnets and a plurality of second permanent magnets arranged in a extending direction, respectively, a driving wheel disposed between the running rails to be spaced apart from the running rails and comprising a plurality of third permanent magnets arranged in a circumferential direction, and a driving unit for rotating the driving wheel. Particularly, at least one of the third permanent magnets is disposed between the first permanent magnets and the second permanent magnets.

    System and Method for an Inland Port Using Hyperloop

    公开(公告)号:US20220212887A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17495039

    申请日:2021-10-06

    发明人: Dapeng Zhang

    摘要: The disclosed solution provides for an inland port that is configured to load and unload cargo using autonomous systems (including autonomous tractors). The inland port may be serviced by a hyperloop network (of hyperloop routes) between the seaport and the inland port. The disclosed solution may rely on autonomous hyperloop vehicles in the hyperloop network to transport the cargo containers between the seaport and the inland port. At both the seaport and the inland port, autonomous tractors may, in some implementations, be utilized to load and unload the cargo that will be carried by the hyperloop vehicle and/or the truck.

    Vacuum tube railway system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11346059B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US17438191

    申请日:2020-03-14

    摘要: Vacuum tube railway system comprising a vacuum tube mounted on a ground support, a magnetic levitation railway track mounted inside a wall forming the vacuum tube for guiding a magnetic levitation railway vehicle, the vacuum tube assembled in sections along the ground support, at least some of a plurality of sections of vacuum tube being coupled together by a dilatation joint configured for hermetically sealing a dilatation gap between said sections of tube. The dilatation joint comprises at least first and second support plates mounted on an outer surface of the tube wall, a first support plate fixed to a first section of vacuum tube and a second support plate being fixed to a second section of vacuum tube, the support plates extending longitudinally over the dilatation gap over a length (L1) greater than a maximum dilatation gap (G).

    Active control deflection neutralizer

    公开(公告)号:US11312398B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16262642

    申请日:2019-01-30

    IPC分类号: B61B13/08 E01B35/12 B61B5/00

    摘要: Neutralizing deflection in a transportation system comprising connecting a number of support structures to ground. A tube is coupled to the support structures via a number of actuators, wherein the tube defines an interior enclosure through which a vehicle can travel. Utilizing a number of sensors, directional displacement of the support structures can be sensed, and the actuators are controller to counter the sensed displacement of the support structures by producing a directionally-opposite displacement of the tube relative to the support structures.

    Magnetically Powered Vehicle and Electromagnetic Roadway

    公开(公告)号:US20220118858A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17497395

    申请日:2021-10-08

    IPC分类号: B60L13/10 B60L13/04 B61B13/08

    摘要: This invention powers road transportation vehicles with an electromagnetic roadway by means of magnetic propulsion. The vehicle contains an on-board magnet, and the roadway contains an array of electromagnets and an electrical power source. The vehicle is propelled in motion by the interaction between the vehicles on-board magnet and the activated electromagnets in the roadway. The electromagnets in the roadway are normally idle, and only activate when a vehicle signals that it is in range. Sequential electromagnetic activation can be viewed as electromagnetic pulses along the path of the vehicle in motion. The energy to activate the electromagnets can come from a rechargeable power source that can be charged via solar, making it very energy conscious.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING LINE RUNNING STATE OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION (MAGLEV)

    公开(公告)号:US20220115965A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17555895

    申请日:2021-12-20

    IPC分类号: H02N15/00 B60L13/06 B61B13/08

    摘要: This application relates to simulation equipment, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for simulating a line running state of magnetic levitation. The apparatus includes a levitation-guidance mechanism, a moving mechanism and a magnetic guideway fluctuation simulated mechanism. The levitation-guidance mechanism is configured to detect a force on a single Dewar of a maglev train to be simulated. The moving mechanism is configured to move the levitation-guidance mechanism. The magnetic guideway fluctuation simulated mechanism is arranged below the levitation-guidance mechanism, and is configured to apply a variable force to the levitation-guidance mechanism. The variable force is configured to simulate a constantly-variable electromagnetic force applied to the levitation-guidance mechanism by a real track.