Production vehicle for tritrack transportation system

• US 7,334,524 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Issued: 02/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jerry M. Roane
• Original Assignee: Jerry M. Roane
• Inventors: Roane, Jerry M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Mark T.
• Application Number:
  US11/553,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 104/2, 104/118, 104/124, 104/307, 104/15, 722/26, 723/68, 425/63, 425/64, 105/72.2, 238/122, 264/320, 264/33, 264/31, 264/34, 404/105, 404/75, 404/84.05
• US Class Current: 104/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60F 1/04 with rail and road wheels on different axles
• CPC Class Codes: B60F 1/043 Vehicles comprising own propelling units
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/60 using power supplied by batteries in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 10/04 with vehicles rolling trackless on the ground
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 13/04 Monorail systems
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 15/00 Combinations of railway systems
• CPC Class Codes: E01B 25/22 Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails
• 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 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 30/00 Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

Abstract

A rail system for transporting dual use vehicles includes a network of multiple non-interconnected rails where each rail comprises an extruded triangular shell and a support material. The rails are supported by a system of support structures where each support structure includes a base with a rail adjustment actuator for selectively adjusting the position of the supported rail. Each rail is sized to support a standardized dual use passenger vehicle adapted for roadway and rail travel.

Claims

1. A track production vehicle for manufacturing a triangular track for the transport of dual use vehicles comprising:

an all-terrain vehicle base;

an extrusion apparatus associated with the vehicle base, the extrusion apparatus forming a continuous triangular rail shell; and

a roller assembly proximate the extrusion apparatus forming the extruded triangular shell into a selected shape according to a prescribed design layout.

2. The track production vehicle of claim 1 further comprising the roller assembly operable to form the triangular shell to the selected shaped based on anticipated weight and shrink effects from rail fill material.

3. The track production vehicle of claim 1 further comprising the extrusion apparatus and roller assemblies operable to continuously manufacture a rail shell along a predetermined trajectory.

4. The track production vehicle of claim 3 further comprising the predetermined trajectory selected to correspond with a selected rail vehicle passenger heartline trajectory.