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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc., Culver, CA;
Yayun Zhou, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
HYPERLOOP TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
A station for a hyperloop transportation system includes a tube comprising a low-pressure environment, a plurality of tracks within the tube, each track adapted to carry a hyperloop capsule, and a turntable joined to an end of the tube, adapted to rotate a capsule one hundred and eighty degrees. The station also includes a platform disposed on a side of the tube, adapted to hold a plurality of people, and a plurality of gates disposed in one side of the tube. Each gate includes a door forming a barrier between the low-pressure environment of the tube and an exterior of the tube, and a sealing mechanism adapted to form a seal with a hyperloop capsule.