Patent ID: 8375865

Claim:
A personal transportation and freight delivery system comprising, a network of interconnected tracks and self-propelled transport vehicle assemblies on said tracks, said tracks comprising a plurality of vehicle support posts, at least one rail assembly suspended from said support post, said rail assembly comprising in combination a central longitudinally extending support pipe, multiple vehicle engagement rails interconnected in spaced parallel relation to said support pipe by a plurality of longitudinally spaced ties from said support pipe, said vehicle assembly comprising a propulsion dolly on said tracks and a transport module suspended from said dolly, said propulsion dolly comprises in combination, a dual surface engagement drive wheel registerable on and between said multiple vehicle engagement rails simultaneously and an inline steering wheel, pairs of retaining rollers in spaced vertical aligned relation to said drive and steering wheel respectively, a drive motor interengaged with said drive wheel, an electromagnetic steering assembly extending from said steering wheel, a power contact in selective communication with a power source in said track ties and said drive motors in said propulsion dolly, said transport module comprises in combination, a multi-axis suspension system, comprising a hanger having first and second pivot points between said propulsion assembly and said transportation module, aligned pairs of shock absorbers in angularly disposed disposition to one another, a transport housing enclosure, access opening in said enclosure, a hanger interconnecting said propulsion dolly and said multi-axis suspension assembly, power transfer means from said power contacts to said transport module and means for static propulsion dolly engagement separation.