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20090259352 | TRACK TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - The essential feature of the present invention is the provision of a track transportation system in which a vehicle runs on a predetermined track, being automatically steered, having a simplified and lightweight structure so as to surely ensure a safety, and to be capable of carrying out efficient and high-speed operation. The track transportation system according to the present invention incorporates a steering mechanism for automatic steering by means of an M actuator, a protection guide rail laid on the track, protection guide wheels which travel together with the vehicle along the protection guide rail without making contact with the latter, and a control means for controlling automatic steering in accordance with a result of determination by a track data determining means for determining a straight portion, a curved portion, a turnout portion or the like of the track in view of vehicle position data, and steering caused by the protection wheels making contact with the protection guide rail. | 10-15-2009 |
20090301342 | GUIDED VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A guided vehicle transportation system is provided with which toppling down of the vehicle is prevented even when strong lateral external force exerts on the vehicle. The fail-safe mechanism of the system is composed such that a guard rail | 12-10-2009 |
20090320715 | STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING BATTERIES IN GUIDEWAY ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Structure for mounting batteries in a guideway electric vehicle driven by a battery-driven motor is provided, with which balancing in weight of the vehicle is properly achieved, batteries can be cooled enough, battery rooms are completely sealed from the passenger room, and running stability of the vehicle is ensured. | 12-31-2009 |
20100100267 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING STEERING OF A VEHICLE - In a track type transportation system, there is provided an automatic steering mechanism with which a vehicle can be moved forward and backward, and which can carry our fine control so as to allow the positions of the centers of axles of the front and rear wheels to substantially follow up one and the same locus. Before starting, a pattern steering angle table on which pattern steering angles for the front and rear wheels at respective change points of the track are listed is prepared in view of a track condition, a running condition and a vehicle condition from a departure point to a destination point, the vehicle | 04-22-2010 |
20110109267 | CHARGING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITHOUT CONTACT WIRE - The present invention provides a charging system for a transportation system without a contact wire having a configuration in which a power storage device of a vehicle is charged by a charging device provided on the ground when the vehicle equipped with the power storage device stops at a station on a track. In the present invention, the track includes a first track and a second track, the station includes a station controller which detects stopping of the vehicle, the charging device includes a first power line for supplying power to a vehicle on the first track and a second power line for supplying power to a vehicle on the second track, the first power line and the second power line each include switching means for controlling flow of the power supplied from the charging device, and the station controller controls the switching means, thereby causing the charging device to charge any of the vehicle on the first track and the vehicle on the second track. | 05-12-2011 |
20110114742 | STRUCTURE OF BIFURVATION AND CROSSOVER SITE OF GUIDEWAY IN GUIDED VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - Structure of a bifurcation site and crossover site of a guideway in a guided vehicle transportation system; in which the guideway consists of left and right roadbeds, a depression between the roadbeds, and a guard rail having a U-shaped groove laid down on the depression; and a fail-safe mechanism is constituted by the guard rail and guard wheels attached to the vehicle; is proposed. The vehicle is equipped with automatic steering mechanisms for steering front and rear wheels and guard wheels supported laterally rotatably by front and rear supporting arms which are supported laterally rot at ably underside the vehicle. The guard wheels are received in the groove of the guard rail. A movable guard plate and driving means thereof are provided to switch connection of the groove of the guard rail at a bifurcation thereof, and a movable plate and driving means thereof are provided to be able to plug or cover each of openings of grooves of guard rails in a region where the guard rail crosses a roadbed so that the movable plate is moved to plug or cover the groove thereby preparing a flat surface level with the roadbed. | 05-19-2011 |
20110187317 | NON-CONTACT TYPE POWER FEEDER SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT - Provided is a noncontact type power feeder system for feeding an electric power to a mobile object, which enables a quick charge and transmission of a high electric power and in which a power feeder and a power receiver can be readily manufactured at low cost, comprising a power feeder arranged along a running road surface for the mobile object | 08-04-2011 |
20110309791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE WITHOUT CONTACT WIRE - A charging method is used for a transportation vehicle without a contact wire. The transportation vehicle is configured so that when a vehicle ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120019060 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER - A temperature control method is used for controlling a temperature of an electric storage device | 01-26-2012 |
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20090121678 | Feeder-Lineless Traffic System and Charging Method Therefor - Provided is a railway type feeder-lineless traffic system in which the weight of a vehicle is reduced while the structure of the vehicle is simplified, and it is possible to carry out a quick charge during a brief stopping time at a station or the like. A charging method in a feeder-lineless traffic system in which a vehicle mounted thereon with an electric storage unit runs on a predetermined pathway with the use of a power, and the electric storage unit in the vehicle is charged from a charger set up on the pathway, wherein a contact charging way in which a power feeder | 05-14-2009 |
20090195219 | BATTERY SOC ESTIMATION PROGRAM, WIRELESS TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CHARGING THE BATTERY - Occurrence of overcharging and over discharging of batteries mounted on vehicles that travel on predetermined tracks in a wireless transit system is prevented by estimating SOC of the batteries with accuracy. The program in which an equivalent circuit of the battery is set such that the equivalent circuit is composed of three circuit elements connected in series, a first component resistance which is influenced by instantaneous current variation, a component circuit consisting of a capacitance and a second component resistance connected in parallel which is influenced by slow and excessive response, and a terminal voltage of the battery, runs the computer to calculate open circuit voltage of the equivalent circuit using a value of the first component resistance calculated from measurement of current and voltage of the battery and value of k(=the second component resistance/the first component resistance) and τ(=the capacitance×the second component resistance) which are constant values specific to the battery determined based on measurements, and to calculate state of charge of the battery from the open circuit voltage. | 08-06-2009 |
20100036553 | TRACK TYPE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - In a track type protection system comprising an automatic steering mechanism and a fail-safe mechanism, provided is a detection mechanism which can detect a deviated value of a vehicle, widthwise of a track, and which is highly reliable. The track type transportation system in which the vehicle runs on the road surface of the track, comprising the steering mechanism for automatically steering the front and rear wheels of the vehicle by means of actuators, and the fail-safe mechanism composed of a protection track defined on the road surface of the track, and protection wheels provided in the lower part of the vehicle and adapted to run in the protection track without making contact with the protection track, wherein there are provided a pair of noncontact type displacement meters | 02-11-2010 |
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20120116642 | TRAVELING ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES WITHOUT CONTACT WIRE - The present invention includes a memory means | 05-10-2012 |
20130088085 | ANALYSIS DEVICE OF CATENARY-BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, ANALYSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - In a catenary-based transportation system which is provided with integrated power supply equipment having an electricity storage unit which stores electricity regenerated by vehicles traveling by electricity received from a catenary and supplies electricity to the catenary and the other power supply system which is a power supply system different from the electricity storage unit concerned, the performance of a rectifier of the other power supply system is determined based on a power-supplying contribution ratio γ of the other power supply system so that the cost value of the integrated power supply equipment becomes lower than a target cost value. | 04-11-2013 |
20130110338 | OVERHEAD WIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20150015206 | ELECTRICAL CHARGING/DISCHARGING CONTROLLER, CHARGING CONTROL METHOD, DISCHARGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A peak cut power calculation unit calculates peak cut power transmittable to an overhead wire as power exhibiting monotonic non-increase with respect to a resistance value of the overhead wire between a vehicle and a substation. In addition, a peak cut unit controls electrical charging/discharging of a rechargeable battery with power of a difference between load power and transmission peak cut power when the load power is equal to or more than the peak cut power. | 01-15-2015 |
20150114778 | INSULATING SECTION, POWER FEEDING RAIL, AND TRACK TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - In an insulating section, a power feeding rail, and a track transportation system, the insulating section extending along a travel direction of a vehicle and connecting electric train lines coming into contact with a pantograph of the vehicle at a contact surface facing the vehicle is characterized by including: a main surface portion formed on a surface which follows a current-conducting surface coming into contact with the pantograph in the electric train line, and having a portion in which a width in an up-down direction orthogonal to the travel direction is larger than the width of the pantograph; and inclined surface portions provided on both sides in the up-down direction on at least the near side in the travel direction of the main surface portion, inclined so as to gradually approach the vehicle as it goes toward the far side from the near side in the travel direction, and connected to the main surface portion. | 04-30-2015 |
20150180242 | CHARGE AND DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE, CHARGE CONTROL METHOD, DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When power required by a load is larger than or equal to reception peak-cut power, a secondary battery discharges at a power rate that is larger or equal to a difference between the required power and the reception peak-cut power, and when the required power is smaller than or equal to the reception peak-cut power, the secondary battery discharges at a power rate that is smaller than or equal to the discharge improving power value. When power generated by the load is larger than or equal to transmission peak-cut power, the secondary battery charges at a power rate that is larger or equal to a difference between the regenerative power and the transmission peak-cut power, and when the regenerative power is smaller than or equal to the transmission peak-cut power, the secondary battery charges at a power rate that is smaller than or equal to the charge improving power value. | 06-25-2015 |