Abstract: A road traffic and wind energy cogeneration system, comprising an energy conversion device and a road bearing mechanism, wherein the road bearing mechanism has a container, the container includes a case and a top cover; a piston is disposed in the case; an elastic chamber is disposed between the piston and a bottom wall of the case; the elastic chamber is filled with liquid; a guide column is fixed to the piston; the guide column penetrates upwards through the top cover to be fixed to a road pressure plate; an elastic mechanism is disposed between the piston and case bottom; an air cavity is formed between the top cover and piston; tire air cavity is connected to the wind power installation through the conduit; the elastic chamber is connected to a water flow power installation through the conduit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compressed air energy storage system comprising a pressure accumulator (2) for gas to be stored under pressure, and a heat accumulator (27) for storing the compression heat that has accumulated during charging of the pressure accumulator (2), wherein the heat accumulator (27) is arranged ready for use in an overpressure zone (31). Said arrangement enables a structurally simple heat accumulator to be provided, since said heat accumulator is not loaded by the pressure of the gas passing therethrough.

Abstract: A mobile robot 1 having a plurality of kinds of moving forms includes a body unit 11 having a front face and a back face, four limb units 12 having a plurality of limb-side drive shafts, and front end tools 13 provided on a front end side of the limb units 12. A base end side of the limb unit 12 is connected to the body unit 11. The four limb units 12 are the same units. The body unit 11 and the four limb units 12 are movable by switching a front face side and a back face side so that a moving operation of the front face side and a moving operation of the back face side are symmetrical across the center of a thickness direction of the body unit 11.

Abstract: A primary tube with input and output ends is positioned between wheels of a wheeled vehicle. The primary tube is adapted to be deformed in response to the passage of the wheeled vehicle. A secondary tube is operatively coupled with the primary tube. An air/fluid/gas collection tank is operatively coupled with the secondary tube and the output end of the primary tube thereby forming a closed loop path of travel within and through the primary and the secondary tubes and the air/fluid/gas collection tank. A mechanical device is located laterally spaced from the wheeled vehicle in operative proximity to the air/fluid/gas collection tank. A power tube couples the mechanical device and the air/fluid/gas collection tank. The mechanical device is a mechanical conversion device chosen from the class of mechanical conversion devices consisting of turbines, generators and alternators. The wheeled vehicle is moved over the primary tube.

Abstract: A controller 40 for a mobile robot 1 estimates, in a climbing up or down motion of the robot 1, the difference between the actual position and attitude of a distal end portion 13 of a to-be-supported movable link 3 that has been supported by a structure A and the desired position and attitude thereof, and determines a motion target of the robot 1 such that at least either the desired relative position/attitude of the distal end portion 13 of the to-be-supported movable link 3 with respect to a base body 2 or the desired support position/attitude of the distal end portion 13 of a to-be-moved movable link 3, which is to be moved, is adjusted according to the estimated value of the difference.

Abstract: An energy generating device utilizing mechanical vibration power is provided. The energy generating device includes a first body for reciprocating according to vibration motions; an anchored second body; a rack coupled to one of the first body and the anchored second body; a gear assembly engaged with the rack and coupled to the other one of the first body and the anchored second body such that the gear assembly drives a generator via a rotational movement in a single direction according to each of upward and downward movement of the rack relative to the gear assembly; and the generator engaged with the gear assembly for receiving the rotational movement output from the gear assembly and outputting a direct current according to the rotational input from the gear assembly.

Abstract: A hydraulic energy storage system (comprising a hydraulic pump/motor, a high pressure hydraulic accumulator, a low pressure hydraulic accumulator/reservoir, and interconnecting hydraulic lines) is incorporated into a EV, HEV, or PHEV to provide hydraulic regenerative braking and propulsive assistance for the vehicle. Implementation of the low cost and long-lasting hydraulic energy storage system in the vehicle, together with the electric energy storage system (comprising a motor/generator and battery pack) of the vehicle, allows significantly reduced demands and higher operating efficiencies for the battery pack, thereby facilitating a more cost-effective, efficient and/or durable overall energy storage system for the vehicle.

Abstract: Rail system and method for a photovoltaic array. The system includes at least one modular rail in a first direction. The modular rail includes a first vehicle support surface along the first direction and a first mounting surface along the first direction. The first vehicle support surface is configured to support at least a first vehicle moving in the first direction, and the first mounting surface is configured to support one or more photovoltaic modules mounted on the first mounting surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a vehicle to be driven on the road as well as railroad tracks includes an auxiliary drive suspended below a frame of the vehicle. The auxiliary drive includes a hydraulic roller assembly having a roller component for engaging a tire of a vehicle to be propelled. A hydraulic cylinder extends said roller component from a first, unengaged position to a second, engaged position. A hydraulic motor is operatively connected to a chain drive for driving said roller component so that said roller component rotates and imparts a corresponding rotary force to the tire of the vehicle. In operation, the vehicle is placed in neutral and the auxiliary drive is actuated. The auxiliary drive can be controlled at any location, thereby allowing the vehicle to be driven without a driver.

Abstract: A crane assembly has a bracket, a supporting plate, a crane device, a chain and a chain bag. The bracket has two side plates with wheels connected with each other. Each side plate has a first recess defined in the bottom of the side plate to make the side plate have an inverse U-shape. Two axles are mounted between the side plates and are respectively located at two sides of the first recesses in the side plates to combine the side plates together. The supporting plate is attached to the axles and is mounted between the side plates. The craning device is pivotally attached to the supporting plate and has a top portion received in the first recesses in the side plates. Accordingly, the location of the crane device is heightened, and the craning travel of the chain is prolonged.

Abstract: A track traveling vehicle having rubber tires for engaging a public road to permit the vehicle to travel thereon, and also having metal wheels capable of engaging rails associated with a track for permitting the vehicle to travel therealong. The metal wheels are supported on the chassis of the vehicle for vertical movement between a raised position wherein the rubber tires engage the road, and a lowered position wherein the metal wheels engage the rails and the rubber tires are maintained in an upwardly suspended non-engaged position. Hydraulic pumps are driven by the rubber tires when they are in the raised suspended position, and the hydraulic pumps supply hydraulic fluid to hydraulic motors to effect driving thereof. The hydraulic motors are in turn drivingly coupled to either the front or rear metal wheels to effect driving thereof when the metal wheels are engaged on the rails so that the vehicle can travel therealong.

Abstract: A dynamic ride vehicle for executing a sequence of distinct motion patterns and for providing unique ride experiences in an amusement park attraction or other environment includes a movable chassis and a body having a passenger seating area. A motion apparatus, including computer controlled actuators, imparts motion to the body along a plurality of axes independent of any motion of the chassis as it moves along a path. As the vehicle travels along the path, articulation of the body and appropriate steering of the vehicle enables the vehicle to execute, in cooperation with the motion apparatus, a sequence of distinct motion patterns. Execution of the motion patterns enhances the passengers' sensation of vehicle movement that is actually taking place, as well as the sensation of a realistic moving ride vehicle experience that is actually not happening.

Abstract: A coke oven door extractor is mounted on the rail car and includes door engaging supports movable in individually differing amounts relative to a plane parallel to and including the door jamb and a door jamb height axis of symmetry and movable vertically, allowing the door extractor to compensate for front-to-back tilting and side-to-side leaning of the coke oven door jamb due to thermal distortion of the battery and variations in individual door heights. The extractor includes a first frame pivotally mounted to the car, a second frame horizontally translatably mounted to the first frame, and a third frame vertically translatably and pivotally mounted to the second frame, with the third frame including the door supports.

Abstract: This disclosure provides to a ride vehicle for used in an amusement attraction. The ride vehicle mounts a structure upon a hydraulically-actuated motion base, so that the passenger holding structure may be articulated about one or more axes as the vehicle moves. Thus, this "simulator ride" carries passengers through three-dimensional scenery and articulates the passenger holding structure in synchronism with motions of the ride vehicle, the motions of moving show sets, which are external to the vehicle, sound, projection and other effects. The ride vehicle is programmably-controlled, and derives electrical power from a track mounted power bus to drive vehicle hydraulics, which drive motion base actuation, steering and vehicle velocity.

Abstract: A coke oven rail car with a drive control system for positioning the car and for spotting the functional equipment carried by the car. A sensor determines the relative position of the car with respect to a selected oven in a coke oven battery. The car includes a first drive for effecting gross movement of the car along the rails and gross positioning of the car relative to the selected oven. The car further includes a second automatically controlled drive for effecting fine movement of the caw along the rails and fine positioning of the car relative to the selected oven. In one embodiment the first drive is manually controlled, while in another embodiment the first drive is automatically controlled. The second automatically controlled drive can take the form of one or two disk clutch type mechanisms or a clutch band type mechanism.

Abstract: A magnetic conveyance system uses magnetic drivers within a tube having pressurized fluid moving therethrough. The magnetic drivers have magnets mounted at an angle other than 90 degrees to the central axis of the tube. Outside of the tube, a cart has a magnet thereon and is moved by magnetic force interaction when the driver is moved by pressure of the fluid, preferably a liquid such as water. A number of balls flow in the tube and keep the magnetic drivers spaced apart. The balls also serve to push the magnetic drivers as the balls are more directly pushed by the pressure of the fluid. A water wheel is connected by gears to an index wheel and serves to keep the balls, and thus the magnetic drivers and associated carts, moving in the proper direction. The carts may be configured as model cars, trucks, and other such vehicles which move on a board having a simulated road surface with the pressurized fluid tube mounted thereunder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus with a self-displacing device for its advance in the interior of a duct for remote inspection and/or treatment. The apparatus comprises a plurality of elements coupled to one another so as to make up a train, each element of which constitutes a wagon independent of the other elements and interchangeable at will, each element fulfilling a definite function and being of a length adapted for the curves to be taken, at least one of the elements constituting a displacing element and advantageously another one of the elements constituting an element for operating the displacing element. At least one element is a holding element including a holding device bearing selectively upon the internal wall of the duct, whereas the displacing element preferably is a puller-pusher element. The apparatus is supplied with electric power and with compressed-air through a cable and a compressed-air conduit, respectively.

Abstract: The invention proposes apparatus for testing plastic profiles or sections, particularly extruded polyethylene tubes which have been cross-linked by radiation, although the application of the invention is not restricted to that field. An electrode at a high potential and a grounded electrode are provided and surround the moving plastic section. A probe consisting preferably of a metal braid is disposed inside the profile or section adjacent to the apparatus and is preferably magnetically held and is not directly conductively grounded to the outside. Defects such as electron punctures in the wall of the plastic profile or section are detected by the breakdowns which are effected at the locations of said defects. It will be understood that the apparatus proposed by the invention can also be used to detect the location of other defects, such as contraction holes, inclusions, bubbles etc., and to deliver control signals to suitable devices for marking, rejecting etc.

Abstract: The piston rod of at least one hydraulic cylinder is axially connected to a pivot pin about which the car holding arm of a car holding device rotates in a vertical plane to engage the couplings between railroad cars. In the case of a single hydraulic cylinder, the inner chamber of the cylinder, located closest to the car holding arm, is connected to the outer chamber on the other side of the piston by a conduit. When hydraulic cylinders are connected to each pivot pin of the car holding arm, the inner chambers of the two cylinders are interconnected by a conduit as are the two outer chambers. When flow through the conduits is blocked by a solenoid valve, movement of the car holding arm in the direction parallel to the track is resisted and the arm holds the train in position.

Abstract: A conveyor system is designed for moving loads along a curved path and takes the form of a guide pipe having within it a piston-like driver which may be shuttled from one end to the other thereof by forcing driving fluid, as for example water and oil, into the one end or the other end of the pipe. A sleeve-like runner is placed on the outside of the pipe and is joined up with the driver by a magnet system which may take the form of a magnetic driving part on the driver and so placed thereon as to be radially spaced from the inner wall face of the pipe. The driver within the pipe and the runner on the pipe, together with any magnet system on them, have outer and inner forms taking into account the curved forms of the pipe.

Abstract: A system for utilizing the weight and momentum of moving vehicles to produce usable energy comprising a fluid displacement pump positioned either under a moveable plate in a roadway or between the rail and railbed in a railway which compresses a fluid such as air or hydraulic fluid as the vehicle passes over, a low pressure line for supplying fluid to the pump chamber, a high pressure outlet line communicating with the chamber and connected to a manifold which is supplied with high pressure fluid from a number of other similar pumps and which directs the fluid to an energy conversion device such as a fluid motor and electric generator, or a fluid motor driving an air compressor, or to a fluid motor driving machinery in a factory or other industrial plant.

Abstract: A rail vehicle including means for converting energy released during braking of the vehicle to a stored potential energy which may be subsequently used to impart acceleration to the vehicle. Pressure accumulators are utilized where the accumulators include a gas which is compressed by braking forces and where the heat of the compressed gas is stored in latent heat storage elements contained within the accumulators. The track upon which the vehicle rides comprises a hermetically closed tubular chamber enclosing the vehicle and which is filled with water vapor to reduce drag on the vehicle.A method of propelling a rail vehicle including the steps of recovering the brake energy produced during braking to a stop, storing this energy and then using the energy to accelerate the vehicle from the stop.

Abstract: A boat ride system for an amusement park, which includes a main channel and an auxiliary channel extending under the main channel and isolated from it except along a narrow slot. A boat for carrying people includes a hull floating in the main channel, a pair of paddles lying in the auxiliary channel, and a pair of supports extending through the slot and connecting the paddles to the hull. Pumps are utilized to pump water along the auxiliary channel so that the moving water pushes the paddles and therefore moves the hull along the main channel.