Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power rail-support unit and guide-track transportation system
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Application No.: US15120501Application Date: 2015-02-17
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Publication No.: US10202050B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Akihiro Kubo , Kosaku Murase , Eisuke Okano
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Kanesaka Berner and Partners LLP
- Priority: JP2014-038150 20140228
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/054247 WO 20150217
- International Announcement: WO2015/129511 WO 20150903
- Main IPC: B60M1/30
- IPC: B60M1/30 ; B60L5/39

Abstract:
A power rail-support unit includes: a base portion that is integrally fixed on a track; a guide rail on which a guide wheel of a side portion of a vehicle travelling on the track abuts; a first fixing portion that is configured to fix the guide rail on the base portion; a second fixing portion that is connected to the guide rail so as to be independent of the first fixing portion; a bracket that is supported on the guide rail; and a power rail that is supported by the bracket so as to be arranged at a predetermined relative position relative to the guide rail, and that slides on and makes contact with a collector of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170015214A1 POWER RAIL-SUPPORT UNIT AND GUIDE-TRACK TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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