People & Cargo Transit Systems & Vehicles

• US 20090320713A1
• Filed: 05/21/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ahmad Amiri
• Original Assignee: Ahmad Amiri
• Inventors: AMIRI, AHMAD
• Application Number:
  US12/470,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20090320713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 104/281
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 1/14 directly on road portable devices, e.g. chocks B60T3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 13/00 Other railway systems
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 13/04 Monorail systems
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 13/06 Saddle or like balanced type
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 13/10 Tunnel systems pneumatic tubes conveyors B65G ; B61C15/045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 1/02 General arrangements in sleeping or couchette carriages B61D1/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 1/04 General arrangements of seats B61D1/06 takes precedence; seats per se B61D33/00
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 1/06 with multiple deck arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 13/00 Tramway vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B61F 9/00 Rail vehicles characterised by means for preventing derailing, e.g. by use of guide wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 24/04 Vehicle body mounted on resilient suspension for movement relative to the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/02 Platforms; Open load compartments flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 55/02 with tracks and additional ground wheels for multi-purpose tractors B62D49/0635
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 55/06 with tracks without ground wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 55/18 Tracks self-cleaning track links B62D55/088
• CPC Class Codes: E01B 25/28 Rail tracks for guiding vehicles when running on road or similar surface wheel tracks on roads E01C9/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 30/00 Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

Abstract

The Application discloses People & Cargo Transit Systems & Vehicles (PCTSV), using Narrow Vehicles (NV), which can have the form of a Bus, Train, Tram, Maglev, Mono-Rail or even Car or Truck. A preferred version of which is Single Seat Wide or below 70 cm wide, preferably a Bus type to need no Rail, using Dedicated Narrow Lanes adjacent to Curbside of existing intra-city streets or limits of inter-city roads. Said NV and Lane have Anti-Roll Over Means to stabilize such a narrow vehicle, which also eliminate NV Swaying even when NV is a Bus or Car with has no inherent Sway Limiting. Being Ultra Narrow with No Sway and Running at Curbside results in Negligible or No Blocking of other vehicles by NV.Said Lane/Tack, Anti-Sway & Anti-Roll Structures all Allow being Run Over by other Traffic and have structures not to be damaged, thus can be crossed over at Crossroads and other entrances and exits along said Lane. NV has enough Doors and is Narrow, hence each Passenger can reach a seat or exit, with No Isle inside it to walk along. So it can have Low Profile, like a Sports Car, some 120 cm tall. Hence it is easy to have Covered Trenches at cross roads for non-stop crossing. Trenches can run along most or all the Track, in which case adherence to streets and roads is relieved. Such Narrow and Shallow Trenches take a tiny fraction of time and costs of Skyways or Subways. Each Passenger thus can have her own door, own seat, in a small Cabin, which can be opened and closed to next Cabin, have reclining seats to join to that of next Cabin to sleep on, have laptop tray, etc. All those make PCTSV much more appealing to user'"'"'s, even better than private transport. There are many Variations other than above. There is an NV Car for the last mile and or long distance use, which can integrate with NV Public Transit. Also modifications to NVs for use in Cargo and Parcel Transit.

Claims

1. - A transit system having a number of lane(s) and or track(s) along road(s), within which lanes a number of vehicles run, where:

said vehicles have means to prevent roll over on their side,

said anti roll-over means use at least one of a, b, and or c below;

(a) claws or hooks attached to said vehicles that slidingly grab at least one rail stretched along said lane,

(b) magnets gliding above a steel strip(s) or band(s) doped with iron or other magnet attracting material, which strip and band are laid along the surface of said lane, pulling said vehicle towards the road, at least when potential roll over is sensed by a control mechanism on said vehicle,

(c) walls on at least one side of said vehicle on and along lanes or tracks,

said rails have means and structures to allow and withstand being crossed and run over and by other vehicles, at least at locations where said lane must be crossed by other vehicles,

which crossing vehicles run over at least some of the structures along said lane as they cross over, as opposed to flying over said means or structures,

said locations include at least a number of crossroads, traffic entrances and exits along said lane.

2. - claim 1 where said said vehicle runs independently of imposing its weight onto any rail.

3. - claim 1 where said vehicle imposes its weight on a rail, which rial is chosen from a list of tram-like channel rails and train-like upright rails.

4. - claim 1 where said vehicle is a train and imposes its weight on a rail, which rails have an “

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cross section, said train has claws or hooks with roller fingers slidingly grabbing or hooking to the underside of the top portion of said rail to prevent said train from roll over.

5. - claim 1 where said vehicle is a magnetic levitating train, running on a rail, where:

said rail has means and structures to allow and withstand being run over by other vehicles, at least at locations where it must be crossed by other vehicles, and

said locations include at least a number of crossroads, traffic entrances and exits along said lane.

6. - claim 5 where said train uses rollers instead of repulsion for weight support, anti-roll and or propelling.

9. - claim 1, where said vehicle is below about 110 cm wide.

10. - claim 1 where said vehicle is below about 70 cm wide.

11. - claim 1 with enough doors along its length, on at least one side of said vehicle, and enough isles along the width of said vehicle to enable each passenger to reach a seat inside and exit said vehicle without need for any isle along the length of the vehicle.

12. - claim 11 where said vehicle is below about 110 cm wide.

13. - claim 11 where said vehicle is below about 70 cm wide.

14. - claim 13 where said vehicle has at least one door per row of passengers.

15. - claim 14 where the vehicle height is below about 150 cm.

16. - claims 1 where said vehicle runs inside a trench, at least along a number of locations where its lane needs to be crossed over, which trenches are covered, at least along a said locations, which covers allow and withstand being run over by crossing traffic.

17. - claim 14 where said vehicle runs inside a trench, at least along a number of locations where its lane needs to be crossed over, which trenches are covered, at least along a said locations, which covers allow and withstand being run over by crossing traffic.

18. - claim 1 where said vehicle runs substantially close to the outer limit of the road or close to said limit lane(s) for most locations where at least some of its body or of the structures on its lane are above the road surface blocking other vehicles.

19. - claim 14 where said vehicle runs substantially close to the outer limit of the road or close to said limit lane(s) for most locations where at least some of its body or of the structures on its lane are above the road surface blocking other vehicles.

20. - claim 17 where said vehicle runs substantially close to the outer limit of the road or close to said limit lane(s) for most locations where at least some of its body or of the structures on its lane are above the road surface blocking other vehicles.

7. - A vehicle running along a lane in a direction on a public transit road, where

said vehicle runs independently of imposing its weight onto any rail,

said vehicle has means to reduce the sway allowance in the width of said lane to below a desired span along said direction,

said road has means to assist said anti sway functions,

both said means achieve said task independently of any human driver,

said road means have means and structures to allow and withstand being run over, at least at locations where said lane must be crossed by other vehicles, and

said span is below about 30 cm.

8. - A public transit system having a number of lane(s) and or track(s) along road(s), within which lanes a number of private and or public vehicles run, where:

said vehicles are capable of not rolling over on their side, even at speeds above about 30 kmh,

said lanes and structures within them are capable and have means to allow being run over by other vehicles, at least at locations where said lane must be crossed by other vehicles,

said lane and anti roll means have means and structures to withstand being run over by other vehicles, at least at locations where said lane must be crossed by other vehicles,

which crossing vehicles run over at least some of the structures along said lane as they cross over, as opposed to flying over said means or structures,

said locations include at least a number of crossroads, traffic entrances and exits along said lane, and

said vehicles are below about 110 cm wide.