Railways – Car-carried propulsion system – Electric
Patent
1988-03-30
1990-07-17
Focarino, Margaret A.
Railways
Car-carried propulsion system
Electric
104295, B60L 1112
Patent
active
049414070
ABSTRACT:
An automated guided vehicle system wherein a vehicle has an on-board motive power source utilized for driving the vehicle over untracked portions of its path of movement between work stations on an assembly line, the vehicle being guided over these path portions by guidance signals, and the vehicle is guided through the work stations by a track from which it derives motive power for driving the vehicle at higher speeds and power for replenishing storage battery means on-board the vehicle (FIGS. 1 and 2).
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Focarino Margaret A.
Litton U. K. Limited
Pape Joseph D.
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