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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexandre Neophytou, Toulouse, FR;

Michael Sarin, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Alexandre Zisa, Colomiers, FR;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B 13/10 (2006.01); B61C 15/04 (2006.01); B65G 51/04 (2006.01); B65G 51/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 15/045 (2013.01); B61B 13/10 (2013.01); B65G 51/04 (2013.01); B65G 51/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is described for maintaining a gaseous composition within a tube (that is part of tubular transportation system for transporting passengers or cargos via a capsule), where the tube is arranged along a predetermined route. The method comprises: (a) pumping the tube to a pressure that is below atmospheric pressure until the tube is substantially evacuated; (b) identifying a predetermined power value; (c) identifying a first percentage, x, of hydrogen based on the predetermined power value identified in (b) and a leak rate associated with the tube; (d) maintaining within each tube in the plurality of substantially evacuated tubes, a gaseous composition comprising a mixture of a first percentage, x, of hydrogen and a second percentage, (100-x), of air.


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