AUTONOMOUS MOVING HIGHWAY
First Claim
1. An autonomous moving highway system, the system comprising:
- an elevated guideway including;
a support pier having a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end;
a pier cap having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an upper portion and a lower portion opposite the upper portion, the lower portion of the pier cap attached to the top end of the support pier;
a first girder located at the first end of the pier cap and a second girder located at the second end of the pier cap; and
,a first magnetically levitated (maglev) transportation track mounted to a bottom of the first girder and a second magnetically levitated (maglev) transportation track mounted to a bottom of the second girder,a plurality of individual transportation pods;
wherein each transportation pod is configured to enclose a vehicle and at least one passenger of the vehicle;
a computer control system, the computer control system configured to;
control power, propulsion, direction and motion of the plurality of transportation pods; and
,automatically guide one of the plurality of transportation pods to a destination selected by a user; and
a system station having a docking bay, the docking bay including a docking platform having a first end configured to receive the one of the plurality of transportation pod and a second end configured to receive the vehicle.
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Abstract
An autonomous moving highway system including an elevated guideway having a support pier with a pier cap having a first end, a second end, an upper portion and a lower portion, where the lower portion of the pier cap is attached to the top end of the support pier, a first girder located at the first end of the pier cap and a second girder located at the second end of the pier cap, a first magnetically levitated (maglev) transportation track mounted to a bottom of the first girder and a second maglev transportation track mounted to a bottom of the second girder, a plurality of individual transportation pods, each transportation pod is configured to enclose a vehicle and at least one passenger of the vehicle, a computer control system configured to control power, propulsion, direction and motion of the plurality of transportation pods.
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1. An autonomous moving highway system, the system comprising:
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an elevated guideway including; a support pier having a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end; a pier cap having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an upper portion and a lower portion opposite the upper portion, the lower portion of the pier cap attached to the top end of the support pier; a first girder located at the first end of the pier cap and a second girder located at the second end of the pier cap; and
,a first magnetically levitated (maglev) transportation track mounted to a bottom of the first girder and a second magnetically levitated (maglev) transportation track mounted to a bottom of the second girder, a plurality of individual transportation pods;
wherein each transportation pod is configured to enclose a vehicle and at least one passenger of the vehicle;a computer control system, the computer control system configured to; control power, propulsion, direction and motion of the plurality of transportation pods; and
,automatically guide one of the plurality of transportation pods to a destination selected by a user; and a system station having a docking bay, the docking bay including a docking platform having a first end configured to receive the one of the plurality of transportation pod and a second end configured to receive the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An individual transportation pod for us in an autonomous moving highway system, the transportation pod comprising:
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a pod body configured to enclose a vehicle and at least one passenger of the vehicle; a nose cone attached to a first end of the pod body and a pair of doors attached to a second end of the pod body that is opposite the first end of the pod body; a maglev sled attached to a top of the pod body, the maglev sled configured to engage with a maglev transportation track of an autonomous moving highway system; and
,a fail safe speed detector-emitter attached to a front surface of the maglev sled. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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