CA3125724A1 - Ride vehicle elevator and motion actuation - Google Patents

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CA3125724A1
CA3125724A1 CA3125724A CA3125724A CA3125724A1 CA 3125724 A1 CA3125724 A1 CA 3125724A1 CA 3125724 A CA3125724 A CA 3125724A CA 3125724 A CA3125724 A CA 3125724A CA 3125724 A1 CA3125724 A1 CA 3125724A1
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bogie
elevator car
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Michael Keith Brister
Clarisse Marie Vamos
Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Universal City Studios LLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B9/00—Kinds or types of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
    • B66B9/003—Kinds or types of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures for lateral transfer of car or frame, e.g. between vertical hoistways or to/from a parking position
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00—Amusement arrangements
    • A63G31/02—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G21/00—Chutes; Helter-skelters
    • A63G21/16—Chutes; Helter-skelters with forced removal of the passenger from the seat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00—Amusement arrangements
    • A63G31/02—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures
    • A63G31/04—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures with jolting substructures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00—Amusement arrangements
    • A63G31/02—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures
    • A63G31/10—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures with escalators or similar moving substructures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00—Amusement arrangements
    • A63G31/02—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures
    • A63G31/14—Amusement arrangements with moving substructures with planes mounted on springs; with movable planes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G7/00—Up-and-down hill tracks; Switchbacks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B11/00—Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
    • B66B11/02—Cages, i.e. cars
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B9/00—Kinds or types of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G31/00—Amusement arrangements
    • A63G2031/002—Free-fall

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Cage And Drive Apparatuses For Elevators (AREA)
  • Types And Forms Of Lifts (AREA)
  • Lift-Guide Devices, And Elevator Ropes And Cables (AREA)
  • Elevator Control (AREA)
CA3125724A 2018-12-27 2019-12-19 Ride vehicle elevator and motion actuation Pending CA3125724A1 (en)

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US16/234,046 US10463981B1 (en) 2018-12-27 2018-12-27 Ride vehicle elevator and motion actuation
US16/234,046 2018-12-27
PCT/US2019/067653 WO2020139718A1 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-19 Ride vehicle elevator and motion actuation

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CA3125724A1 true CA3125724A1 (en) 2020-07-02

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RU (2) RU2765393C1 (enExample)
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