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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Hyperloop Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kyle Cothern, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael Gaunt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas Ronacher, Del Aire, CA (US);
Daniel Shafrir, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Brogan Bambrogan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joshua Giegel, Hawthorne, CA (US);
HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-speed transportation system, the system including at least one transportation tube having at least one track, at least one capsule configured for travel through the at least one tube between stations, a propulsion system adapted to propel the at least one capsule through the tube; a levitation system adapted to levitate the capsule within the tube, and at least one tube sealer arranged along the at least one tube and configured to create an airlock in the at least one tube. In embodiments, the tube sealer may include a gate valve and/or an airbag.