Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pivot switch system and method
- Patent Title (中): 枢轴开关系统及方法
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Application No.: US13365538Application Date: 2012-02-03
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Publication No.: US08714092B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Douglas Vincent Heitzenrater
- Applicant: Douglas Vincent Heitzenrater
- Applicant Address: DE Berlin
- Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Current Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Berlin
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- Main IPC: E01B25/28
- IPC: E01B25/28 ; E01B7/04 ; E01B7/08

Abstract:
A switch system for a guided automatic transit vehicle (GATV) is adapted for maintaining a first path of travel or for redirecting the first path of travel of the GATV. The switch includes a continuous guide having a first end and a pivotable second end opposite the first end. The continuous guide has a first edge with a first edge profile and a first continuous sidewall and a second edge with a second edge profile and a second continuous sidewall. A pivot point having a pivot axis is provided at the pivotable second end. The switch system pivots about the pivot point from a first position and a second position. In the first position, the switch system maintains the GATV along the first path of travel via the first continuous sidewall. In the second position, the GATV travels along a second path via the second continuous sidewall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130199404A1 Pivot Switch System and Method Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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