Patent ID: 7127999
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: B60F,B60L,B61B,E01B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A dual use vehicle for monorail and roadway travel comprising: a carriage body having a track engagement slot formed to engage a triangular rail, the triangular rail comprising an extruded triangular shell filled with support material and supported by a plurality of supports to maintain a selected trajectory of the rail; the carriage body including a linear motor component operable to cooperate with the triangular rail to form a linear motor operable to selectively transport the carriage body along the triangular rail; and a modular power module operable to selectively engage the track enagement slot of the carriage body when disenaed from the rail, the modular power module operable to provide power to the carriage body for roadway travel when the carriage body is disengaged from the triangular rail; and a vehicle wheel and said track engagement slot engaging each of the three sides of the triangular track.