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2018
Automotive/​Transportation

QuickStick: The Fast and Efficient Manual Transmission

Manual transmissions have several advantages over automatics, including less frictional losses, lower weight, greater durability, and significantly lower maintenance and repair costs. Enthusiasts also love them.

However, current designs have drawbacks. Shifting takes time to master, and shift speeds can never match the best automated transmissions.

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John Krishnan Myjak
Hillsboro, United States
Votes: 9
Views: 2965
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 27, 2018

Race-Car Suspension System

The invention is a "central-hydraulic" suspension system that has major advantages regarding the control of the prime suspension parameters, so as to provide superior road-holding and handling.

The system allows the front and rear roll-stiffness, and the bump and rebound damping characteristics of each wheel to be independently adjusted.

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Colin Young
Parkdale, Australia
Votes: 0
Views: 2681
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 20, 2018

Rail Car System

Utilizing a retractable “curb-finder” type mechanism ("hook") to find an installed electromagnetic side-rail ("rail") running from median solar panels on the innermost lane, an electric vehicle can charge its battery while auto-cruising the freeway. Conserving the driver’

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Lalonnie Swagger
San Pedro, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 1727
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 2, 2018

ReGen-X Stepper Motor for EV Regenerative Acceleration

All electric motors convert Electrical Input Power to Mechanical Output Power.

The ReGen-X Stepper Motor is a unique patent pending new motor design which delivers Mechanical Output Power AND Electrical Output Power at the same time.

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Thane Heins
Almonte, Canada
Votes: 2
Views: 6324
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 20, 2018

Regenerative Braking System

A regenerative braking system is a system in which the power is generated through friction energy while applying brakes which otherwise would be lost to the environment. In this system, an electric motor that normally drives a hybrid or pure electric vehicle is essentially operated in reverse (electrically) during braking or coasting.

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Sandeep Kumar Keshwapanthula
Livonia, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 2870
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 2, 2018

Retrofit Offshore Cargo Transfer Concept

Working offshore on the back deck of supply vessels constitutes one of the highest exposure areas for vessel crew. Eliminating this exposure would improve safety and efficiency. This concept creates an equipment system that can be retrofit to existing assets to leverage the benefits associated with automation for a reasonable cost. The system consists of several components.

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Trent Zimmer
Houma, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 2122
Automotive/​Transportation
Mar 16, 2018

Reverse Camera for Parking

This new back-up camera system for automotive vehicles has the purpose of eliminating black spots or areas where a standard back-off camera cannot identify a vehicle circulating and thus avoid accidents. This camera is installed on both left and right rear ends (break light).

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Fabrizio Quesini
Leandro N. Alem, Argentina
Votes: 1
Views: 2073
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 4, 2018

Rotary Wing Flying Drone

Rotary Wing Flying Drone

The Object of this invention is to improve the application and efficiency of the essentials of flight, into one aircraft, so it can lift off horizontally, without the need of a runway, can fly vertically without the need that the cockpit tilts from horizontal level plane, and can glide if the motor is not in use.

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John Ettridge
Dover Gardens, Australia
Votes: 1
Views: 2979
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 2, 2018

Running on Road, Elevation and Hovering Electric Cars

Design Statement:
Vehicle is mounted/hanging or connected by elevated or side placed tube shaped structure.

For Propulsion: Electromagnets installed in tube shaped structure and vehicle body/ connecting link or wings producing the electromagnetic forces to propel the vehicles in forward direction by Electromagnetic Suspension Systems (EMS) principle.

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Rajiv Sharma
Ludhiana, India
Votes: 1
Views: 2290
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 3, 2018

Seat Pressure Map System

The Seat Pressure Map System is an advanced system to measure pressure maps on a seat like a chair or a car seat. Our Pressure Map System uses textile matricial sensors. Textile sensors very easily adapt to each shape of seat and backrest, and do not make wrinkles that might affect the reading.

This unit comprises:
- two 16x16 pressure sensors,

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Riccardo Marchesi
Firenze, Italy
Votes: 0
Views: 2434
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 20, 2018

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