SYSTEM, METHOD, AND LAYOUT FOR LOADING, UNLOADING, AND MANAGING SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND PASSENGER CONTAINERS TRANSPORTED BY MONORAIL, MAGLEV LINE, GROOVED PATHWAY, ROADWAY, OR RAIL TRACKS

    公开(公告)号:US20210214174A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17133522

    申请日:2020-12-23

    申请人: WICKEDHYPER, LLC

    发明人: Steven M. PEASLEE

    IPC分类号: B65G63/02 B61D47/00 B61D3/20

    摘要: A transportation system and method for transporting cargo containers and/or passenger containers between one or more locations includes terminal facilities having a small footprint, e.g., three to six acres (12,140.6 to 24, 281.1 square m). Cargo containers and/or passenger containers can be stored at terminal facilities. Cargo and/or passenger container vehicles and automated guidance vehicles can be maintained and recharged at terminal facilities. The transportation system and method preferably combine aspects of hyperloop technology with both monorail and traditional rail technologies and includes an on-demand movement of automated or manual individual vehicles or trainsets carrying shipping containers and/or passenger containers along a dedicated track or transportation line. The system and method can combine automated and manual operations and preferably includes: electrically-powered vehicles that are propelled by magnetic levitation, conventional electric power, and/or linear electric propulsion and designed to transport shipping containers and passenger containers along the same line; load/unload zones; maintenance zones; recharge zones; storage zones, turntables for negotiating tight right-of-way scenarios; forecasting/alleviating ground settlement effects; and refrigerated container movement.

    Modular Railcar Underframe and Top Container

    公开(公告)号:US20210053592A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16965837

    申请日:2019-01-29

    IPC分类号: B61D3/20 B61D3/08 B61F1/08

    摘要: According to some embodiments, a modular railcar comprises: a pair of trucks disposed near each end of the modular railcar; an underframe coupled to the pair of trucks and supported by the pair of trucks. The underframe comprises a plurality of coupling apparatus. The plurality of coupling apparatus are configured to couple a modular top container to the underframe. According to some embodiments, a modular top container comprises: a floor panel configured to transport a lading; and a plurality of coupling apparatus coupled to the floor panel. The plurality of coupling apparatus are configured to couple the modular top container to a modular railcar. The floor panel is configured to support the weight of the lading when detached from the modular railcar.

    Locking device for containers
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10525869B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US15500146

    申请日:2015-09-18

    申请人: JOST-WERKE GMBH

    摘要: A locking device for containers on a vehicle chassis, having a housing, a plug-in pin which is mounted displaceably in the housing and/or a rotary pin which is mounted rotatably in the housing, wherein the plug-in pin and/or the rotary pin can be moved between an open position and a locked position. The invention was based on the problem of providing a locking device for containers which is triggered automatically by way of the loading operation. According to the invention, the problem is solved by the fact that a spring element which interacts with a triggering element acts on the plug-in pin or the rotary pin, wherein the triggering unit has at least one sensing bolt which protrudes out of the housing in the direction of a container fitting in the open position.

    Multi-unit intermodal railroad well car with safety platform and handbrake

    公开(公告)号:US10300931B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15187686

    申请日:2016-06-20

    摘要: A railroad well car includes a spaced trucks grouped in pairs, and a railcar body supported on a pair of the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures. The rail car includes safety platform and handbrake wherein operator walkway platforms are included with co-planer end walkways and running boards, wherein the running boards are above the top chords of the sidewalls of the well car; and a handbrake operated with a hand wheel is mounted on one side of the railroad well car, which hand wheel extends below the top chords of the side walls of the well car whereby the hand wheel is accessible from the side of the railcar via an operator on the ground.

    Cambered frame system for intermodal rail cars
    8.
    发明授权
    Cambered frame system for intermodal rail cars 有权
    用于联运轨道车辆的拱形框架系统

    公开(公告)号:US09308922B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-12

    申请号:US14282291

    申请日:2014-05-20

    CPC分类号: B61D3/20 B61D45/007

    摘要: A method of transporting containers on a rail car is described. The method includes the steps of, first, providing a frame having at least two longitudinal beams and at least two cross beams. The at least two cross beams extend substantially perpendicular to, and interconnect, the at least two longitudinal beams. The two longitudinal beams may be cambered along the length of the beams. Next, the method includes the step of attaching a first container to a first end of the frame. Then, the first container and the frame are loaded into the rail car. Finally, the method includes the step of loading a second container into the rail car and onto a second end of the frame.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在轨道车上运输集装箱的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:首先,提供具有至少两个纵向梁和至少两个横梁的框架。 所述至少两个横梁基本上垂直于所述至少两个纵向梁并且互连。 两个纵向梁可以沿着梁的长度弯曲。 接下来,该方法包括将第一容器附接到框架的第一端的步骤。 然后,将第一容器和框架装载到轨道车厢中。 最后,该方法包括将第二容器装载到轨道车厢中并到达框架的第二端的步骤。

    Multi-unit intermodal railroad well car with safety platform and handbrake
    9.
    发明授权
    Multi-unit intermodal railroad well car with safety platform and handbrake 有权
    多单位多式联运轨道车,带安全平台和手刹

    公开(公告)号:US08950341B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-10

    申请号:US13624872

    申请日:2012-09-21

    IPC分类号: B61D3/20 B61D3/12

    摘要: A railroad well car includes a spaced trucks grouped in pairs, and a railcar body supported on a pair of the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures. The rail car includes safety platform and handbrake wherein operator walkway platforms are included with co-planer end walkways and running boards, wherein the running boards are above the top chords of the sidewalls of the well car; and a handbrake operated with a hand wheel is mounted on one side of the railroad well car, which hand wheel extends below the top chords of the side walls of the well car whereby the hand wheel is accessible from the side of the railcar via an operator on the ground.

    摘要翻译: 铁路车厢包括成对分组的间隔开的卡车,以及支撑在一对卡车上的轨道车体,该车身包括一对间隔的端部结构,每个端部结构支撑在一个卡车上,以及在结束之间延伸的井结构 结构。 井结构包括在端部结构之间延伸的一对顶弦构件; 在端部结构之间延伸的一对侧梁。 轨道车包括安全平台和手制动器,其中操作人员走道平台包括在共刨床端道和行驶板中,其中行驶板位于井车的侧壁的顶部弦杆之上; 并且用手轮操作的手制动器安装在铁路车辆的一侧上,该手轮在井壁的侧壁的顶部弦杆的下方延伸,由此手轮可以经由操作者从轨道车辆的侧面接近 在地上。

    Platform step and foothold arrangement for railcar end structure
    10.
    发明授权
    Platform step and foothold arrangement for railcar end structure 失效
    轨道车辆结构的平台步骤和立足点

    公开(公告)号:US5743191A

    公开(公告)日:1998-04-28

    申请号:US642226

    申请日:1996-04-30

    申请人: Ilario A. Coslovi

    发明人: Ilario A. Coslovi

    IPC分类号: B61D3/20 B61D3/00

    CPC分类号: B61D3/20

    摘要: A platform arrangement for an end structure of a railway well car having a well portion defined by spaced apart side structures, opposing end structures and a floor structure extending between the side structures. Each of the end structures has spaced apart sidewalls, with a horizontally disposed shear plate extending between and connecting to the sidewalls. Each of the end structures further includes (i) an upper bolster extending upwardly from the shear plate and connecting to the sidewalls; (ii) a bulkhead depending from an inboard end of the shear plate, which extends into the well portion and between the sidewalls to connect to them; and (iii) a stub centre sill positioned below the shear plate. The platform arrangement itself comprises (i) a first horizontal platform surface; (ii) a second horizontal platform surface; (iii) an outboard intermediate horizontal platform surface; (iv) an inboard intermediate horizontal platform surface: and (v) a foothold provided with the bulkhead. The first and second horizontal platforms surface extend transversely of the well car. The first is disposed at a position outboard of the upper bolster; the second is disposed immediately above the upper bolster. The outboard intermediate platform is disposed above the first platform and below the second platform at a position outboard of the upper bolster. The inboard intermediate platform is disposed below the second platform and above the shear plate at a position inboard of the upper bolster member. The foothold is located at a vertical position intermediate of the shear plate and the floor structure. The platform arrangement constitutes means for accessing the well portion of the well car from ground level by successively stepping onto the first platform, the outboard intermediate platform, the second platform, the inboard intermediate platform, the shear plate and the foothold.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于铁路井车的端部结构的平台装置,其具有由间隔开的侧面结构限定的井口部分,相对的端部结构和在侧面结构之间延伸的地板结构。 每个端部结构具有间隔开的侧壁,其中水平设置的剪切板在侧壁之间延伸并连接到侧壁。 每个端部结构还包括(i)从剪切板向上延伸并连接到侧壁的上垫板; (ii)从剪力板的内侧端部延伸的隔板,其延伸到井口部分和侧壁之间以连接到它们; 和(iii)位于剪切板下方的短截线中心梁。 平台装置本身包括(i)第一水平平台表面; (ii)第二水平平台表面; (iii)舷外中间水平平台表面; (iv)内侧中间水平平台表面;和(v)设有隔板的立足点。 第一和第二水平平台的表面横向延伸到井车。 第一个设置在上垫板外侧的位置; 第二个紧靠上垫板的上方。 外侧中间平台设置在第一平台的上方,并在第二平台的下方位于上垫板外侧的位置。 内侧中间平台设置在第二平台的下方,并且在上垫板构件的内侧的位置处设置在剪切板之上。 脚凳位于剪切板和地板结构中间的垂直位置。 平台装置构成通过连续地踏入第一平台,舷外中间平台,第二平台,内侧中间平台,剪切板和脚踏座,从地平面访问井车的井部的装置。