Patent ID: 9463811
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B60L,B60R,B61B,B61D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A method of driving a cable transportation system, said method comprising: advancing a passenger vehicle fitted with a plurality of wheels resting on a plurality of rails extending along a transportation path; causing a draw cable extending along the transportation path to drive the passenger vehicle, said draw cable being driven by a drive member; stopping the passenger vehicle at a passenger station located along the transportation path; causing the wheels of the passenger vehicle to drive an electric machine to generate electric power on board the vehicle outside said passenger station; causing a selector on board the passenger vehicle to regulate electric power flow to and from the electric machine; regulating selector dissipation of the electric power generated by the electric machine to regulate the braking force of the electric machine; causing a speed sensor to emit a speed signal related to a speed of the passenger vehicle, causing a control unit to compare the speed signal with an acceleration speed curve corresponding to a designated speed, as a function of time, along an acceleration portion of the transportation path, and emitting an actuating signal to regulate electric power supply to the electric machine if the speed signal deviates from the acceleration speed curve by more than a designated acceptance range.