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Amusement boat ride featuring linear induction motor drive integrated with guide channel structure

  • US 5,860,364 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1998
  • Issued: 01/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An amusement boat ride for carrying passengers across a watercourse comprising, in combination:

  • a first launch station disposed adjacent one end of the watercourse;

    a second launch station disposed adjacent an opposite end of the watercourse;

    a guide channel structure extending through the watercourse for the first launch station to the second launch station;

    a first array of linear induction motors disposed in alignment with the guide channel structure adjacent the first launch station, each linear induction motor including a linear stator and a longitudinal flux slot;

    a second array of linear induction motors disposed in parallel alignment with the guide channel structure adjacent the second launch station, each linear induction motor including a linear stator and a longitudinal flux slot;

    a carriage assembly including a passenger boat movably coupled to the guide channel structure for forward and return travel across the watercourse; and

    ,first and second magnetically conductive reaction plates attached to the carriage assembly and projecting laterally from opposite sides of the carriage assembly for linear travel through the first and second flux slots, respectively.

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