Patents Assigned to SWIFT TRAM, INC.
  • Patent number: 9637136
    Abstract: A suspended coach transit system comprising suspended coaches incorporating self-contained emergency evacuation means, dynamically balanced sway control for passenger comfort, system-wide communications for autonomous movement, radiant passenger heating and cooling and aerodynamic drag reduction for maximization of energy efficiency which serve to make the related products more comfortable, faster, safer and more energy efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Swift Tram, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Eugene Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20140130700
    Abstract: A suspended coach drive bogie advantageously provides several enhancements to existing systems, including junction switching, higher speeds, reserved energy storage for emergency operations and for assistance with meeting peak grid electrical load demand, cooperative computing with multiple bogies, and self-diagnostics of the bogies which serves to make systems employing the same more reliable, faster, safer, and more energy efficient than other automated people movers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SWIFT TRAM, INC.
    Inventor: Carl Eugene Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20140130704
    Abstract: A suspended coach transit system comprising suspended coaches incorporating self-contained emergency evacuation means, dynamically balanced sway control for passenger comfort, system-wide communications for autonomous movement, radiant passenger heating and cooling and aerodynamic drag reduction for maximization of energy efficiency which serve to make the related products more comfortable, faster, safer and more energy efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Swift Tram, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Eugene Lawrence