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公开(公告)号:US20230202532A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-29
申请号:US18178943
申请日:2023-03-06
Applicant: Universal City Studios LLC
Inventor: James Anthony Bertoncello , Michael David Russell, JR. , Fred Calvin Wainwright, JR. , Brad Borgman , Daniel Coats , Michael Gordon , Kenneth D. Salter , Frank Weigand
CPC classification number: B61B1/02 , A63G31/02 , A63G31/00 , B61B3/00 , A63G4/00 , B60R21/01 , A63G31/007 , A63G31/16
Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
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公开(公告)号:US11613278B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US16786539
申请日:2020-02-10
Applicant: Universal City Studios LLC
Inventor: James Anthony Bertoncello , Michael David Russell, Jr. , Fred Calvin Wainwright, Jr. , Brad Borgman , Daniel Coats , Michael Gordon , Kenneth D. Salter , Frank Weigand
Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
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公开(公告)号:US20200307651A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16786539
申请日:2020-02-10
Applicant: Universal City Studios LLC
Inventor: James Anthony Bertoncello , Michael David Russell, JR. , Fred Calvin Wainwright, JR. , Brad Borgman , Daniel Coats , Michael Gordon , Kenneth D. Salter , Frank Weigand
Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
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公开(公告)号:US12195052B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18178943
申请日:2023-03-06
Applicant: Universal City Studios LLC
Inventor: James Anthony Bertoncello , Michael David Russell, Jr. , Fred Calvin Wainwright, Jr. , Brad Borgman , Daniel Coats , Michael Gordon , Kenneth D. Salter , Frank Weigand
IPC: B61B1/02 , A63G4/00 , A63G31/00 , A63G31/02 , B60R21/01 , B61B3/00 , B61L1/00 , B61L1/04 , A63G31/16 , B60R21/00
Abstract: A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
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公开(公告)号:US11161049B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-02
申请号:US16821448
申请日:2020-03-17
Applicant: Universal City Studios LLC
Inventor: Jerrell Andrew Loudon , David Wayne Komives , Elizabeth Teresa Colon , Francis K. Weigand , Michael Gordon , Arthur Derby Ahlstone , Daniel Coats , Brad Borgman , Dave Clare
Abstract: A carousel ride system includes a rotatable platform, a plurality of figures that are configured to rotate with the rotatable platform, and a lift system. The lift system is configured to raise and to lower the plurality of figures relative to the rotatable platform along a vertical axis during ride operations and to position each of the plurality of figures at a same vertical height relative the rotatable platform along the vertical axis during loading and unloading operations.
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公开(公告)号:US20200298132A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16821448
申请日:2020-03-17
Applicant: Universal City Studios LLC
Inventor: Jerrell Andrew Loudon , David Wayne Komives , Elizabeth Teresa Colon , Francis K. Weigand , Michael Gordon , Arthur Derby Ahlstone , Daniel Coats , Brad Borgman , Dave Clare
Abstract: A carousel ride system includes a rotatable platform, a plurality of figures that are configured to rotate with the rotatable platform, and a lift system. The lift system is configured to raise and to lower the plurality of figures relative to the rotatable platform along a vertical axis during ride operations and to position each of the plurality of figures at a same vertical height relative the rotatable platform along the vertical axis during loading and unloading operations.
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