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Patent No.:

US 9809234 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2017

Method for controlling a land transport vehicle, land transport vehicle, ground equipment and transport system

Applicant:

Alstom Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen, FR;

Inventors:

Jean-Luc Hourtane, Bouc Bel Air, FR;

Denis Gauche, Le Bar sur Loup, FR;

David Chevallier, Les Milles, FR;

Yann Chaintron, Vitrolles, FR;

Xavier Rabeyrin, Marseilles, FR;

Assignee:

ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES, Saint-Ouen, FR;

Attorney:

Young & Thompson

Primary Examiner:

Frederick Brushaber

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/14 (2006.01); B60M 1/36 (2006.01); B61L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/18 (2013.01); B61L 3/006 (2013.01); B61L 3/008 (2013.01); B61L 23/14 (2013.01); B61L 27/0094 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ground equipment for a transport system includes a track for a land transport vehicle; an external power supply device including a plurality of power supply segments arranged sequentially along the track, the plurality of power supply segments forming an external power supply zone, at least one end segment being situated in vicinity to one end of the external power supply zone adjacent to a zone with no external power supply, to be traveled with an onboard power supply device, a communication antenna being associated with the or each external power supply segments; and a controller adapted to power on the end segment and adapted to send, using an antenna associated with that end segment, a signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply in response to a presence signal of the land transport vehicle received by said antenna.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hourtane, Jean-Luc. (2017). Method for controlling a land transport vehicle, land transport vehicle, ground equipment and transport system (U.S. Patent No. 9809234). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9809234

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