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2011
Transportation

Remora Generator

Please forgive my poor quality graphics. My idea was to develop a DC generator that would use the torque from a vehicles drive axle; or drive-shaft to provide additional power. The body of the vehicle provides the anchoring points for the outer housing of the Remora which contains the circuitry for creating the DC current.

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David Carr
Fairfield Glade, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 4221
Transportation
Apr 13, 2011

Road Sonar Reflector

Imagine a world without any vehicular accident and all vehicles have an auto-pilot capability by means of road directional guided sensor. My idea and design concept are focused on developing new road reflector with built-in sonar sensor that can transmit and/or receive data.

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Alberto Avendano
Santa Ana, United States
Votes: 4
Views: 6065
Transportation
May 18, 2011

Road Trains: Practical, Inexpensive Mass Transit

Road Trains: Practical, Inexpensive Mass Transit

The Problem:

No government can now afford to spend (or borrow) the vast monies necessary to provide transit infrastructure to the extent needed. The cost of real estate to create exclusive rail rights-of-way through the most expensive and densely populated urban centers in the world,

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Jason Kovatch
Stanwood, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 4640
Transportation
Jun 30, 2011

Robot Charger

Robot charger.

Intellectual and autonomous (with some exceptions for emergency cases).

Main activity: charge e-vehicle batteries.

Additional activities:

To collect information about free space in parking.

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Donatas Gatavynas
Panevezys, Lithuania
Votes: 0
Views: 4099
Transportation
Jun 23, 2011

Rocker Crank Extension Bicycle

People have tried to make the bicycle more efficient and easier to ride for centuries. Some have succeeded, some have failed. The failures have been when someone has tried to get more torque to the rear wheel with a given input. This is where I have succeeded.

This rocker crank extension is the 3rd generation of crank extensions.

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Donald Stone
Rimrock, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 6652
Transportation
Jun 19, 2011

Rotary Stirling-Cycle Combustion Engine

Rotary Stirling-Cycle Combustion Engine

[Transportation]

Here is a product that enables movement of people and goods from one place to another.

A plug-in hybrid vehicle requires an on-board system to recharge a battery. The system could be a fuel cell stack or a combustion engine. Unlike an engine which directly drives the vehicle,

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Simon Sunatori
Gatineau, Canada
Votes: 1
Views: 6871
Transportation
Jun 29, 2011

Self-Propelled Electrotrimaran

The submitted electro-trimaran differs from usual that pontoons are connected to the case of boat not rigidly, but hinged - by means of bars and springs. Therefore pontoons can move concerning the case.

One end of a bar incorporates to a gear of hydraulic mechanism which rotates a shaft of the generator.

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Jacob Bizehr
Tbilisi, Georgia
Votes: 2
Views: 10156
Transportation
May 12, 2011

Self-Securing Rail Spike

The stability of railway track work, particularly when laid on wooden cross ties, is a constant concern of railroads. The grip of the spikes or bolts or other securing means which holds the rails to the tie plates and the tie plates to the cross ties depends on the resiliency of the wooden ties to maintain the grip.

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Moishe Garfinkle
Philadelphia, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4855
Transportation
Jun 20, 2011

Serious Games for Traffic Modeling

Our idea is to integrate as many real data sources as possible to build real time models of urban traffic environments to improve safety and efficiency of traffic, and to provide urban and emergency response planners with a simulation framework from which to evaluate and compare policy and procedures.

In Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications,

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Bob Mcleod
Winnipeg, Canada
Votes: 3
Views: 4805
Transportation
Jun 9, 2011

Smart Vehicle Gadget

This project intends at improving road safety and controlling pollution effectively. It also helps in effective checking of traffic rule violations. Our motivation comes from the desire to sustain a clean environment by controlling levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere as well as to improve transparency in the traffic system by eliminating all loopholes that lead to corruption.

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Archana N
Edappally, India
Votes: 0
Views: 4212
Transportation
May 29, 2011

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