A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.

Disclosed are a tramcar power system and a method for controlling the system, the system comprising: a fuel cell (11) coupled to an unidirectional direct-current converter (14); a super capacitor (12) coupled to a first bi-directional direct-current converter (15); and a power battery (13) coupled to a second bi-directional direct-current converter (16), wherein the unidirectional direct-current converter (14), the first bi-directional direct-current converter (15) and the second bi-directional direct-current converter (16) are coupled to an inverter (18) via a direct-current bus (17); the inverter (18) is coupled to a motor of the tramcar; the fuel cell (11), the super capacitor (12), the power battery (13), the first bi-directional direct-current converter (15), the second bi-directional direct-current converter (16) and the inverter (18) are coupled to a master control unit (19); and the master control unit (19) is coupled to a controlling device of the tramcar.

A power receiving apparatus receives power from an electric cable through which an AC current flows in a noncontact manner, and supplies the power to a target equipment. The power receiving apparatus includes: a coupler provided in a state where a position thereof relative to the electric cable is fixed. The coupler includes a magnetic core disposed to surround the electric cable, and a coil wound around the magnetic core. The magnetic core includes first and second core portions that are divided from each other by a core division plane. In the second core portion, a facing surface is formed in a flat shape to be disposed along the core division plane while facing the first core portion, and a nonmagnetic body is disposed along the facing surface to cover the facing surface, and sandwiched between the first and second core portions.

Cable-to-rail apparatus, systems, and methods according to which the transfer of a trolley (or rider element) from a cable (or line) to a rail, via a transition structure, is facilitated at speed in a zipline or other environment.

An overhead transport system includes a suspended railway and a motorized carrier configured to travel along the suspended railway. The motorized carrier includes a motorized trolley configured to move the motorized carrier along the suspended railway, chassis/beam configured to carry an object below the motorized trolley, and a bumper and deflection system configured to prevent the object from contacting another object.

A transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles that travel in a travel area to transport articles, and a control system that controls the plurality of transport vehicles. The travel area includes a plurality of rechargeable points for recharging the plurality of transport vehicles, and a plurality of transfer points at each of which the plurality of transport vehicles transfer the articles. The control system performs a relay transport process. In the relay transport process, a relay point is selected from the plurality of transfer points, and a recharge point for recharging a first transport vehicle is selected from the plurality of rechargeable points. The relay point is a transfer point closest to the unload point on a transport path of the transport vehicle. The recharge point is selected from rechargeable points of the plurality of rechargeable points within a selection range from the relay point.

An overhead transport system includes a suspended railway and a motorized carrier configured to travel along the suspended railway. The motorized carrier includes a motorized trolley configured to move the motorized carrier along the suspended railway, chassis/beam configured to carry an object below the motorized trolley, and a bumper and deflection system configured to prevent the object from contacting another object.

A drive device for a railway vehicle operates by receiving power supply from an alternating-current overhead contact line or a three-phase generator. The drive device for a railway vehicle is configured such that a voltage output from a main transformer is applied to alternating-current input ends in a converter circuit via a first switch. A first phase voltage among voltages output from the three-phase generator is applied to an alternating-current input end in a first leg of a brake chopper circuit via a second switch. Second and third phase voltages among the voltages output from the three-phase generator are applied to the alternating-current input ends, respectively, via the second switch.