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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Maeyama, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Kanemori, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuaki Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahisa Masukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Asanoma, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Katahira, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 5/00 (2006.01); B61B 13/00 (2006.01); E01B 25/28 (2006.01); B60L 5/36 (2006.01); B61B 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B 13/00 (2013.01); B60L 5/36 (2013.01); B61B 13/04 (2013.01); E01B 25/28 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transportation system includes a vehicle, a track having a traveling road surface on which the vehicle travels and guide parts which extend to both sides in a width direction of the traveling road surface. The track has a first section in which the vehicle is guided by the guide parts and travels on the track, and a second section in which the vehicle travels on the track by steering of the vehicle.