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Monorail transport system

A transportation system and rail technology, applied in the field of rail transportation, can solve problems such as vehicle congestion with little impact

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-12
B·周
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Although still debatable, the advent of electric vehicles could offer environmental benefits with little impact on vehicle congestion

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[0020] An extremely light rail transportation system 10 is disclosed herein and described in Figure 5 and 6 indicated schematically. System 10 operates using one or more tracks 20 , shown in phantom, forming traffic lane 12 for vehicles 30 mounted on wheels 32 and 33 for rolling along lane 20 . Lane 20 can be as in Figure 4 The steel I-beam shown, and can be designed to carry light loads with a limit of, say, 50 pounds per linear foot. The I-beam may have upper and lower flange portions 26 joined by vertical webs 25 . Lane 20 can be passed as image 3 The flats 21 , 22, and 23 of the track 20 are shown to be mounted and anchored to and fastened to a support structure. Portions of lane 20 are not fixed in place so that they can be pushed laterally for cross-lane coupling as will be described below. The lanes 20 are configured such that they allow a wide bend in the horizontal plane; see Figure 5 and 6 . Torsion and vertical curvature are minimized by the geometry of...

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Abstract

A mass transit monorail uses an I-beam rail structure having an upper flange portion spaced apart from a lower flange portion, the flange portions joined by a vertical web portion. A frame of a vehicle has a pair of supporting wheels contacting the rail on a first side at an intersection of the web portion with the lower flange portion. A third wheel contacts the upper flange portion on a second opposing side of the rail. The vehicle moves along the rails which form a semi-continuous in-line track. A plurality of such tracks are positioned in parallel to make up a transport corridor with plural right-of-ways where vehicles may move in opposite directions passing each other. The rails are flexible enough to enable a vehicle to move from one semi-continuous in-line track to an adjacent semi-continuous in-line track.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of rail transportation, and more particularly to monorail transportation systems. Background technique [0002] Many of the problems with personal mobility today are caused by the dominance of the vehicle, which creates car congestion and causes environmental damage. The environmental movement over the past decade has pushed for a critical examination of the transportation system in use and possible replacements. With few exceptions, the automobile remains the most popular mode of transportation in industrialized countries. Clearly, the effects of human-caused global warming are progressing faster than scientific expectations of the past few years: climate scientists suggest that human carbon emissions will peak before 2020. In high-density urban traffic, there are serious life-threatening chemical exhaust gases. The expansion of the automotive market in rapidly developing countries (especially China and In...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B61B13/04
CPCB61B13/04
Inventor B·周
Owner B·周
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