Matthew Bullivant

US Patent:

20130327244, Dec 12, 2013

Filed:

Jun 11, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/493388

Inventors:

Jeffrey C. Robbert - Wellington FL, US
Matthew Bullivant - Jupiter FL, US
Esther M. Rush - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Vipul C. Patel - Wilton Manors FL, US

Assignee:

Transit-21, Inc. (A Florida Corporation) - Wellington FL

International Classification:

B61B 13/08
B60L 13/04

US Classification:

104281, 105150

Abstract:

An autonomous moving highway system including an elevated guideway having a support pier with a pier cap having a first end, a second end, an upper portion and a lower portion, where the lower portion of the pier cap is attached to the top end of the support pier, a first girder located at the first end of the pier cap and a second girder located at the second end of the pier cap, a first magnetically levitated (maglev) transportation track mounted to a bottom of the first girder and a second maglev transportation track mounted to a bottom of the second girder, a plurality of individual transportation pods, each transportation pod is configured to enclose a vehicle and at least one passenger of the vehicle, a computer control system configured to control power, propulsion, direction and motion of the plurality of transportation pods.