Patents by Inventor Arthur Tyndall

Arthur Tyndall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Amusement ride assembly and method
    Patent number: 8096890
    Abstract: An amusement ride assembly includes a rotatable endless loop cable spanning between end stations and a drive system operable to rotate the loop cable. A passenger carrier is suspended from the cable and includes a roller mechanism to enable the passenger carrier to free-roll along the cable and an associated clamping mechanism to alternatively fix the passenger carrier to the cable. A control system may control the drive system and to enable actuation of the clamping mechanism to fix the passenger carrier to the cable when the carrier is at a position along the cable remote from the end stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventors: Keith Randal Anderson, Arthur Tyndall
  • Amusement ride assembly and method
    Publication number: 20060252562
    Abstract: An amusement ride assembly 100 includes a rotatable endless loop cable 101 spanning between end stations 102, 103 and a drive system operable to rotate the loop cable 101. A passenger carrier 104 is suspended from the cable and includes a roller mechanism 300 to enable the passenger carrier to free-roll along the cable 101 and an associated clamping mechanism 400 to alternatively fix the passenger carrier 104 to the cable 101. A control system may control the drive system and to enable actuation of the clamping mechanism 400 to fix the passenger carrier 104 to the cable 101 when the carrier 104 is at a position along the cable remote from the end stations 102, 103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Keith Anderson, Arthur Tyndall