Railway rolling stock – Suspended – Single rail
Patent
1977-08-12
1980-01-29
Kunin, Stephen G.
Railway rolling stock
Suspended
Single rail
104 93, 104110, 104112, 105149, 105156, B61B 302, B61B 706, B61B 712, B61C 1306
Patent
active
041855620
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle suspended from a trackway of an aerial trackway system is provided. The vehicle comprises a front traction unit having a supporting wheel and a rear traction unit having a supporting wheel. These traction units support a vehicle body of the vehicle and are rotatable relative to the vehicle body such that the supporting wheels may follow the trackway without slip. Apparatus is provided for linking the front and rear traction units such that a moment at the center of gravity of the front traction unit about its axis of rotation relative to the vehicle body and a moment at the center of gravity of the rear traction unit about its center of rotation relative to the vehicle body are balanced.
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Hatori Yukiyoshi
Katayose Shinji
Adams Bruce L.
Beltran Howard
Burns Robert E.
Kunin Stephen G.
Lobato Emmanuel J.
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