Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amusement ride with booster drives
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Application No.: US15563862Application Date: 2016-04-01
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Publication No.: US10766502B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Hendrik Ficus Roodenburg , Mattheus Hendrik Louis Thissen , Koen Janssen , Petrus Henricus Josephus Van Oosterhout
- Applicant: VEKOMA RIDES ENGINEERING B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Vlodrop
- Assignee: VEKOMA RIDES ENGINEERING B.V.
- Current Assignee: VEKOMA RIDES ENGINEERING B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Vlodrop
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@36c7e0e7
- International Application: PCT/NL2016/050227 WO 20160401
- International Announcement: WO2016/159772 WO 20161006
- Main IPC: B61B13/12
- IPC: B61B13/12 ; A63G7/00

Abstract:
An amusement ride such as a roller coaster, more in particular to booster drives mounted on a track of such a ride, are disclosed. The booster drives each include at least one booster drive motor for driving booster wheels, and for engaging a drive fin of a passenger vehicle to propel that vehicle along the track. The booster drive further includes a base mounted to the track structure, a frame that supports the at least one booster drive motor and the two booster wheels, and a mobile carrier that connects the frame to the base via a left and a right carrier arm. These carrier arms are non-flexible arms pivotably connected to the base and the frame or they are flexible arms, such that in use they enable movement of the frame relative to the base. A biasing device resiliently forces the frame towards a predetermined position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180072328A1 AMUSEMENT RIDE WITH BOOSTER DRIVES Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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