Einar Svensson
Engineers at 190 Pl, Seattle, WA
License number
Colorado 10346
Issued Date
Feb 20, 1971
Renew Date
Oct 1, 1998
Expiration Date
Oct 1, 1998
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
2248 NW 190Th Pl, Seattle, WA 98177
Professional information
Owner, The Urbanaut Company Inc.
Position:
Owner at The Urbanaut Company Inc.
Location:
Greater Seattle Area
Industry:
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Work:
The Urbanaut Company Inc.
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Owner
Monorail System
US Patent:
5845581, Dec 8, 1998
Filed:
May 7, 1996
Appl. No.:
8/646198
Inventors:
Einar Svensson - Seattle WA
International Classification:
B61B 500
US Classification:
104120
Abstract:
A monorail system for passenger and light freight transportation provides a support structure with an essentially planar top surface and a stabilizer guide rail having a vertical web portion supporting an upwardly outwardly extending head. The head guides a vehicle along the top surface while conductors secured to the web portion transmit electrical current to the vehicle through a current collector secured to the vehicle. A portion of the stabilizer guide rail may be flexible providing a simple, inexpensive device for switching the vehicle between a plurality of tracks. The system operates equally well with a variety of vehicle propulsion and suspension systems including electro-mechanical, magnetic levitation or linear electric motors. In a preferred embodiment, the width of the support structure's top surface is approximately half the width of the vehicle, and the side of the web portion opposite the side having the conductor includes control conduits that transmit command signals to the vehicle through a communications connector secured to the vehicle.