Apparatus and method for gravity-augmented preload of drive wheels in a monorail vehicle travelling along a guide rail with bearing and contact surfaces that are non-parallel with the gravity vector. The vehicle defines a pivot location against the bearing surface and a constraint point on the contact surface for engaging the rail on the bearing and contact surfaces, respectively. The vehicle is mounted so its center of gravity is at a rear longitudinal offset rrl from the pivot location and a vertical offset rvert from the guide rail. A force and moment balance thus created result in a normal load on a drive wheel engaged with the bearing surface at the pivot location, where the load value exceeds a standard normal load generated by the mass of the monorail vehicle alone.


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    Titel :

    Monorail vehicle apparatus with gravity-augmented contact load


    Beteiligte:
    CAMP JOHN S (Autor:in) / SUMERS BENJAMIN D (Autor:in) / FEELEY RYAN P (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2016-08-30


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen



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