Joseph E VanDenberghe
Engineers in Ogden, UT
License number
Utah 170633-2202
Issued Date
Jan 26, 1990
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 2017
Category
Engineer/Land Surveyor
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Ogden, UT
Professional information
Truss Track Assembly And Side Mount Roller Coaster Vehicle
US Patent:
6269750, Aug 7, 2001
Filed:
Mar 24, 2000
Appl. No.:
9/535285
Inventors:
Joseph M. Cornwell - Ogden UT
Joseph E. VanDenBerghe - Ogden UT
Steven E. Nuetzman - West Point UT
Carl G. Wood - South Ogden UT
Benjamin H. Womack - Huntsville UT
Reid H. Leland - Bountiful UT
Bret Crandall - Mapleton UT
Joseph E. VanDenBerghe - Ogden UT
Steven E. Nuetzman - West Point UT
Carl G. Wood - South Ogden UT
Benjamin H. Womack - Huntsville UT
Reid H. Leland - Bountiful UT
Bret Crandall - Mapleton UT
Assignee:
Setpoint Engineered Systems, Inc. - Ogden UT
International Classification:
A63G 700
US Classification:
104 53
Abstract:
A novel truss track assembly for use in transporting passenger vehicles provides two sets of tracks for supporting two passenger vehicles concurrently. The truss track assembly includes four running rails for mounting passenger vehicles and a central support rail. A series of frame elements are periodically secured to the running rails and the central support rail to support and maintain the parallel relationship of the running rails and the central support rail. The truss track assembly may be "split" into two individual truss track assemblies wherein the individual truss track assemblies each accommodate a passenger vehicle or a train of passenger vehicles. The present invention further provides a novel side-mount vehicle suitable for mounting of the present invention on the truss track assembly. The side-mount vehicle improves sight line feature by locating the passengers off to the side of the track; rather than locating them above the track as with conventional designs, or below the track as with suspended designs. A side-mount passenger vehicle travels along a pair of parallel rails fixed in space.
Truss Track Assembly And Side Mount Roller Coaster Vehicle
US Patent:
6047645, Apr 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun 26, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/105935
Inventors:
Joseph M. Cornwell - Ogden UT
Joseph E. VanDenBerghe - Ogden UT
Steven E. Nuetzman - West Point UT
Carl G. Wood - South Ogden UT
Benjamin H. Womack - Huntsville UT
Reid H. Leland - Bountiful UT
Bret Crandall - Mapleton UT
Joseph E. VanDenBerghe - Ogden UT
Steven E. Nuetzman - West Point UT
Carl G. Wood - South Ogden UT
Benjamin H. Womack - Huntsville UT
Reid H. Leland - Bountiful UT
Bret Crandall - Mapleton UT
Assignee:
Setpoint Engineered Systems, Inc. - Ogden UT
International Classification:
B61B 300
US Classification:
104124
Abstract:
A novel truss track assembly for use in transporting passenger vehicles provides two sets of tracks for supporting two passenger vehicles concurrently. The truss track assembly includes four running rails for mounting passenger vehicles and a central support rail. A series of frame elements are periodically secured to the running rails and the central support rail to support and maintain the parallel relationship of the running rails and the central support rail. The truss track assembly may be "split" into two individual truss track assemblies wherein the individual truss track assemblies each accommodate a passenger vehicle or a train of passenger vehicles. The present invention further provides a novel side-mount vehicle suitable for mounting of the present invention on the truss track assembly. The side-mount vehicle improves sight line feature by locating the passengers off to the side of the track; rather than locating them above the track as with conventional designs, or below the track as with suspended designs. A side-mount passenger vehicle travels along a pair of parallel rails fixed in space.