Vehicle guidance system incorporating track

Details Vehicle guidance system incorporating track Vehicle guidance system incorporating track

1976-02-17

1978-04-11

Hoffman, Drayton E.

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Derailment guards

104244, 180131, B61F 900

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040833100

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a vehicle guidance system where the vehicles incorporate wheels having tires thereupon to follow a track of predetermined cross-section. The vehicle is provided with sensors to continuously sense the lateral location of the vehicle relative to the cross-section of the track and the yaw angle of the vehicle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the track. A modulator receives the output of the sensor to drive the steering system of the vehicle in order to correct for deviations of the vehicle from its predetermined relationship with the track contour.

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