Patents by Inventor Petrus Henricus Josephus VAN OOSTERHOUT

Petrus Henricus Josephus VAN OOSTERHOUT 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 with booster drives
    Patent number: 10766502
    Abstract: An amusement ride such as a roller coaster, more in particular to booster drives mounted on a track of such a ride, are disclosed. The booster drives each include at least one booster drive motor for driving booster wheels, and for engaging a drive fin of a passenger vehicle to propel that vehicle along the track. The booster drive further includes a base mounted to the track structure, a frame that supports the at least one booster drive motor and the two booster wheels, and a mobile carrier that connects the frame to the base via a left and a right carrier arm. These carrier arms are non-flexible arms pivotably connected to the base and the frame or they are flexible arms, such that in use they enable movement of the frame relative to the base. A biasing device resiliently forces the frame towards a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: VEKOMA RIDES ENGINEERING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Ficus Roodenburg, Mattheus Hendrik Louis Thissen, Koen Janssen, Petrus Henricus Josephus Van Oosterhout
  • AMUSEMENT RIDE WITH BOOSTER DRIVES
    Publication number: 20180072328
    Abstract: An amusement ride such as a roller coaster, more in particular to booster drives mounted on a track of such a ride, are disclosed. The booster drives each include at least one booster drive motor for driving booster wheels, and for engaging a drive fin of a passenger vehicle to propel that vehicle along the track. The booster drive further includes a base mounted to the track structure, a frame that supports the at least one booster drive motor and the two booster wheels, and a mobile carrier that connects the frame to the base via a left and a right carrier arm. These carrier arms are non-flexible arms pivotably connected to the base and the frame or they are flexible arms, such that in use they enable movement of the frame relative to the base. A biasing device resiliently forces the frame towards a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: VEKOMA RIDES ENGINEERING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Ficus ROODENBURG, Mattheus Hendrik Louis THISSEN, Koen JANSSEN, Petrus Henricus Josephus VAN OOSTERHOUT