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US9014965B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9014965-B2
Application numberUS-84761207-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 30, 2007
Priority dateAug 30, 2007
Publication dateApr 21, 2015
Grant dateApr 21, 2015

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Abstract

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A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles.

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What is claimed is: 1. A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path, comprising: a track processor configured to determine and communicate data indicative of a predicted location range for each of the plurality of vehicles; a plurality of vehicle control systems, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles houses a one of the plurality of vehicle control systems and wherein each of the plurality of vehicle control systems comprises: a sensor configured…

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  • A63G7/00Primary

    Human Necessities · mapped topic

  • Human Necessities · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B61L3/16Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US9014965B2 cover?
A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to cl…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
King Steven Morris, Long Henry William, Universal City Studios Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A63G7/00. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 21 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).