dc.creator | Roop, Stephen S. | |
dc.creator | Roco, Craig E. | |
dc.creator | Olson, Leslie E. | |
dc.creator | Morgan, Curtis A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-17T17:04:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-17T17:04:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-02-02 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176912 | |
dc.description.abstract | According to one embodiment of the invention, a freight transportation system includes a track comprising a pair of rails and a linear motor reaction plate disposed between the rails and a transport vehicle having a universal intermodal container bay configured to accommodate a plurality of containers. The transport vehicle includes one or more suspension systems each having a plurality of steel wheels engaged with the rails. The freight transportation system further includes a linear induction propulsion system coupled to the transport vehicle and operable to work in conjunction with the linear motor reaction plate to move the transport vehicle, and a control system coupled to the linear induction propulsion system and operable to control the movement of the transport vehicle. | en |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
dc.title | Freight transportation system and method | en |
dc.type | Utility patent | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.description.country | US | |
dc.contributor.assignee | The Texas A&M University System | |
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 10/875021 | |
dc.subject.uspcprimary | 104/290 | |
dc.date.filed | 2004-06-22 | |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B61B 13/12 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B60L 13/03 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B61B 1/00 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | Y02T 30/00 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | Y02T 30/30 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | Y02T 30/40 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B60L 2200/26 | |