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Railways January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/09

20090025598 - Overhead transport service vehicle and method: A overhead transport service vehicle system includes a carriage frame structured and arranged to carry a user. A hoisting mechanism utilizes at least one lifting device for lifting and lowering the carriage frame and at least one moving device for causing movement of the hoisting mechanism along one of a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090020033 - Guideway carrier and magnetic levitation railway manufactured therewith: A guideway carrier (11) and a magnetic levitation railway being produced therewith are described. The guideway carrier (11) has a gliding surface (14) for the gliding skids of the magnetic levitation railway. The gliding surface (14) is provided with a coating, which is applied by the use of a low-friction... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090013894 - Transport installation by aerial rope comprising a vehicle transfer circuit equipped with a torque motor: A transport installation comprising an aerial rope with continuous running on which vehicles are suspended by detachable grips, comprises a transfer circuit equipped with means for moving the vehicles. The means for moving comprise at least one set of wheels with pneumatic tires one of which wheels is connected to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090013895 - Ride: A ride in particular for amusement parks, comprising: a drive track, comprising a guide device (3) for guiding at least one vehicle (2) along said guide device (3) in a movement direction (v); at least one vehicle (2), comprising a normal vector (n), fixated relative to the vehicle (2) and... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090013896 - Fairground attraction having people carriers driftingly movable along a track: A fairground attraction is disclosed, including a track, a number of people carriers and device connected to the people carriers for advancing thereof along the track. Each people carrier is connected to the advancing device for pivoting about its top axis and is suspended in cantilevered manner above the track... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090013897 - System and method of improving throughput and vehicle utilization of monorail factory transport systems: Means and methods for optimizing the utilization of monorail-based vehicles carrying a work-in-progress in a clean manufacturing environment. The method includes increasing the number of pick up and drop off points on a primary or secondary monorail transportation network, to amplify the number and frequency of pick up and drop... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090013898 - Switch assembly for magnetic levitation railways: Disclosed is a switch arrangement for magnetically levitated railways, comprising a support (1), which is bendable transversally to the direction of travel and is provided with track or component fittings, a rail arranged transversally to the direction of travel, a rack (23) arranged transversally to the direction of travel and... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090013899 - Transport system: A transport system, including a rail system and carriages movably disposed thereon, the rails being encompassed by a primary conductor system to which at least one secondary coil, included by the carriage, is inductively coupled for the contactless transfer of electrical energy and/or information.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090000505 - Transportation vehicle system: A plurality of intra-bay routes and an inter-bay route between the intra-bay routes are defined as a logic bay, and the minimum number of allocated transportation vehicles is determined based on the unit of each logic bay.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.