Speed restriction system using eddy currents
View Patent ↗The current subject matter describes a device and system including one or more movable arms containing one or more magnets that are caused to move relative to a non-ferrous material by motion of the device to generate eddy currents that cause a braking of the device. Devices of this disclosure may include one or more trolleys that moving along a coaster track and which contain braking arms having magnets that move due to inertial force and/or can be controlled by a remote server computer based on information obtained from the one or more trolleys as they move along the coaster track.
1. A coaster system comprising:
a trolley configured with one or more braking arms operably coupled to the trolley and having one or more magnets attached to each of the one or more braking arms; and
a coaster track having one or more pipes, one or more frames and a rail made of non-ferrous conductive material,
wherein the trolley is configured to move along the coaster track
wherein the one or more braking arms pivot relative to the trolley and coaster track and into a position adjacent to the rail while the trolley is moving along the coaster track, such that the movement of each braking arm relative to the rail generates eddy currents when the braking arm moves into a magnetic field formed between at least one of the one or more magnets and the rail so as to oppose movement of the trolley along the coaster track, and
wherein the trolley has a brake pad and a motor that moves the brake pad into contact with one of the one or more pipes after the one or more braking arms pivot relative to the trolley and coaster track due to inertial force.
2. The coaster system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more frames each contain a magnet and the trolley contains a sensor that detects the magnet in each frame as the trolley moves along the coaster track.
3. The coaster system of claim 2 , further comprising a remote server computer that determines the location of the trolley along the coaster track based on information received from the sensor.
4. The coaster system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote server computer that actuates the motor.
5. A coaster system comprising:
a trolley configured with one or more braking arms operably coupled to the trolley and having one or more magnets attached to each of the one or more braking arms; and
a coaster track having one or more pipes, one or more frames and a rail made of non-ferrous conductive material,
wherein the trolley is configured to move along the coaster track,
wherein the one or more braking arms pivot relative to the trolley and coaster track and into a position adjacent to the rail while the trolley is moving along the coaster track, such that the movement of each braking arm relative to the rail generates eddy currents when the braking arm moves into a magnetic field formed between at least one of the one or more magnets and the rail so as to oppose movement of the trolley along the coaster track, and
wherein the braking arms pivot relative to the trolley and coaster track due to inertial force.
6. A coaster system comprising:
a first trolley configured with a motor and one or more braking arms operably coupled to the first trolley and having one or more magnets attached to each of the one or more braking arms;
a second trolley configured with a motor and one or more braking arms operably coupled to the second trolley and having one or more magnets attached to each of the one or more braking arms;
a coaster track having one or more pipes, one or more frames and a rail made of non-ferrous conductive material; and
a remote server computer,
wherein the first trolley and second trolley are configured to move along the coaster track, and
wherein the one or more braking arms of the first trolley pivot relative to the first trolley and coaster track and into a position adjacent to the rail while the first trolley is moving along the coaster track, such that the movement of each braking arm relative to the rail generates eddy currents when the braking arm moves into a magnetic field formed between at least one of the one or more magnets and the rail so as to oppose movement of the first trolley along the coaster track,
wherein the one or more braking arms of the second trolley pivot relative to the second trolley and coaster track and into a position adjacent to the rail while the second trolley is moving along the coaster track, such that the movement of each braking arm relative to the rail generates eddy currents when the braking arm moves into a magnetic field formed between at least one of the one or more magnets and the rail so as to oppose movement of the second trolley along the coaster track,
wherein the remote server computer communicates with at least one of the motor of the first trolley and the motor of the second trolley to cause the motor to move the braking arms of the trolley, and
wherein the first trolley has a brake pad and the motor of the first trolley moves the brake pad of the first trolley into contact with one of the one or more pipes after the one or more braking arms pivot relative to the first trolley and coaster track due to inertial force, and the second trolley has a brake pad and the motor of the second trolley moves the brake pad of the second trolley into contact with one of the one or more pipes after the one or more braking arms pivot relative to the second trolley and coaster track due to inertial force.
7. The coaster system of claim 6 , wherein the motor of the first trolley and the motor of the second trolley each actuates the braking arms of each trolley into position adjacent to the rail.
8. The coaster system of claim 6 , wherein the one or more frames each contain a magnet and each of the first trolley and the second trolley contains a sensor that detects the magnet in each frame as the trolley moves along the coaster track.
9. The coaster system of claim 6 , wherein the remote server computer determines the location of the first trolley and the second trolley along the coaster track based on information received from a sensor in each of the first trolley and the second trolley.
10. The coaster system of claim 9 , wherein the remote server computer determines the distance between each of the first trolley and the second trolley and actuates at least one of the motor of the first trolley and the motor of the second trolley to cause the motor to move the braking arms of the trolley.