DOUGLAS VINCENT HEITZENRATER
Engineers in Mc Kees Rocks, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE077073
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Mc Kees Rocks, PA 15136
Professional information
Pivot Switch System And Method
US Patent:
2013019, Aug 8, 2013
Filed:
Feb 3, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/365538
Inventors:
Douglas Vincent Heitzenrater - McKees Rocks PA, US
Assignee:
BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH - Berlin
International Classification:
E01B 7/00, E01B 25/00
US Classification:
10413009
Abstract:
A switch system for a guided automatic transit vehicle (GATV) is adapted for maintaining a first path of travel or for redirecting the first path of travel of the GATV. The switch includes a continuous guide having a first end and a pivotable second end opposite the first end. The continuous guide has a first edge with a first edge profile and a first continuous sidewall and a second edge with a second edge profile and a second continuous sidewall. A pivot point having a pivot axis is provided at the pivotable second end. The switch system pivots about the pivot point from a first position and a second position. In the first position, the switch system maintains the GATV along the first path of travel via the first continuous sidewall. In the second position, the GATV travels along a second path via the second continuous sidewall.