Railways inventions 03/07

20070068416 - Cableway installation with rotatable cableway transport devices: A cableway installation has a suspension and hauling cable with transport devices such as cableway gondolas, lift chair, or the like, which are capable of being disconnected from the suspension and hauling cable in the stations. There, they are conveyed along guide rails through the stations and subsequently reconnected to... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070062407 - Releasable skate retarder for railway cars: The present invention provides a releasable skate retarder for railway cars. The retarder includes a plurality of spring packs including springs which bias shoe carrying beams toward running rails, trapping wheels of a railway car entering the retarder between the shoes and the running rails, and applying a frictional force... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070056463 - Object movement system and method: Moves objects through two/three dimensional space via at least one movement line coupled with opposing sides of a platform. The movement line(s) control the horizontal and vertical (Z-axis) motion of the platform. Displacing a portion of the movement line(s) allows vertical displacement of the platform. There is no need for... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070051269 - Track for a railborne vehicle, comprising a long-stator lenear drive comprising at least one long stator, and a kit and a stator packet for the production thereof: The invention relates to a track for a railborne vehicle, comprising a long-stator linear drive comprising at least one long stator and a plurality of track elements arranged along a line. Said track also comprises a carrier (1) and at least one functional part (2) which is arranged on the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20070044676 - Guideway activated magnetic switching of vehicles: A system for switching a transport vehicle comprising: a guideway, a vehicle that moves along the guideway, and a magnetic field source that creates a force on the vehicle to affect motion in a desired direction at a switch. Once the vehicle has started motion through the switch the guidance... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070044677 - Permanent magnetic levitation bogie apparatus: A magnetic levitation bogie apparatus includes an upper inner circular ring permanent magnet mounted onto a bottom surface of a chassis; a bogie located below the chassis; a lower inner circular ring permanent magnet mounted onto an upper surface of the bogie, and aligned substantially with and spaced from the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)