The present invention provides a Descending Mechanised Access Ramp (D-MAR) system for providing independent access for persons between a floor of a train and a station platform, the D-MAR system including a substantially planar casing box mountable to the floor of the train; a hinged jointed sliding ramp, installed inside the substantially planar casing box; a plurality of side wheels installed on sides of the hinged jointed sliding ramp, adapted to allow the hinged jointed sliding ramp to be slidably moveable inside the substantially planar casing box; a remote-controlled deployment mechanism configured to automatically deploy the hinged jointed sliding ramp between a stand-by position within the casing box on the floor of the train and a fully deployed position, such that a nose of the hinged jointed sliding ramp is slidably engaged with the station platform; and wherein, at least two mobile protection walls are positioned on the station platform and comprise tactile push buttons that are configured to trigger flashing lights installed on top of the at least one bollard on two mobile protection walls and to activate the remote controlled deployment mechanism of the D-MAR.

A boarding handrail disinfecting device includes: a cover member that is provided on a door for opening and closing an entrance of a vehicle, and that is disposed so as to closely face a boarding handrail provided on a periphery of the entrance when the door closes the entrance and withdrawn from the boarding handrail when the door opens the entrance; and an irradiation device that is provided on a surface of the cover member that faces the boarding handrail and irradiates the boarding handrail with ultraviolet light.

A foldable ramp assembly for providing wheelchair and patient trolley access from ground level to the interior of a vehicle cabin whose floor includes a pan which is configured to receive and retain the ramp assembly when not deployed. The ramp assembly comprises an elongate section which, when the assembly is deployed, engages at one end with the ground and at its other end through a hinge mechanism with the vehicle pan. The elongate section of the ramp assembly includes along each side edge an upstanding rigid flange member of a height sufficient to prevent a wheel or wheels of a wheelchair or trolley travelling along the ramp assembly inadvertently passing over one or other side edge of the ramp assembly. The pan includes side channels which are inclined downwardly towards openings formed in an external surface of the vehicle cabin and which are dimensioned to receive said flange members when the ramp assembly is located within the inclined pan.

Exemplary implementations may: obtain passenger information related to a passenger that is relevant to an upcoming medical appointment; store such passenger information; and transmit such passenger information wirelessly to a caregiver with which the upcoming medical appointment is scheduled. Exemplary implementation also may: generate output signals conveying passenger information; provide one or more automated robotic assistants; determine the passenger information; determine necessity of deployment of the one or more automated robotic assistants; and deploy, based on the necessity of deployment, the one or more automated robotic assistants.

A vehicle floor structure includes a floor member that includes an opening that is open at an end corresponding to an entrance, the opening extending toward a vehicle cabin side, and a floor panel that is supported by the floor member to cover the opening and includes an open end at a position corresponding to the entrance. The floor panel is configured by sequentially arranging and integrating unit panels in a width direction with a direction parallel to the open end serving as a longitudinal direction of the unit panels.

The subject disclosure relates to techniques for application-based controls of a wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving a request for a wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle (WAV) to execute an ingress function, wherein the ingress function includes a deployment of a wheelchair ramp by the WAV, sending an ingress command to the WAV in response to the request, wherein the ingress command comprises instructions cause the WAV to execute the ingress function at a specified pick-up location, and receiving feedback from the WAV, the feedback includes sensor data associated with a wheelchair ramp and status information associated with the ingress function. Machine-readable media and systems are also provided.

A vehicle door assembly includes, among other things, a ramp pivotable back-and-forth between a stowed position and a deployed position. The vehicle door assembly further includes a door slidable back-and-forth between a closed position and an open position. The door and the ramp are configured to slide together when the ramp is in the stowed position. The door is configured to slide relative to the ramp when the ramp is in the deployed position.

A lifting mechanism for a foldable ramp may include a swivel lifting arm being biased in a passive position of the foldable ramp and being activatable for releasing and transmitting its bias into a lifting force on the foldable ramp. The foldable ramp may be for providing wheelchair access to a passenger car rear door. The foldable ramp can be swivelled between several positions including a passive position in which the foldable ramp is arranged in the car in a lying position.

A deployment mechanism for a bariatric ramp which has a drive motor pivotally secured to one side of the ramp platform. The deployment mechanism includes a lever located in a housing on the opposing side of the platform ramp. One end of the lever being connected to a platform pivot bar and the other end being connected to a spring secured within the housing.

A foldable ramp assembly for providing wheelchair and patient trolley access from ground level to the interior of a vehicle cabin whose floor includes a pan which is configured to receive and retain the ramp assembly when not deployed. The ramp assembly comprises an elongate section which, when the assembly is deployed, engages at one end with the ground and at its other end through a hinge mechanism with the vehicle pan. The elongate section of the ramp assembly includes along each side edge an upstanding rigid flange member of a height sufficient to prevent a wheel or wheels of a wheelchair or trolley travelling along the ramp assembly inadvertently passing over one or other side edge of the ramp assembly. The pan includes side channels which are inclined downwardly towards openings formed in an external surface of the vehicle cabin and which are dimensioned to receive said flange members when the ramp assembly is located within the inclined pan.