Functionality - Cougar's Passenger Cell Transfer

The following stills are from an animation created to show the major innovation of the Cougar bus design. The backbone design of the bus frame allows the same chassis to hold a variety of passenger cells throughout the course of any day. The following images show how the passenger cell transfer would work.


Step 1: The bus must be at a complete stop before the passenger cell exchange begins.


Step 2: The wheels of the bus turn 90 degrees. The “legs” of the chassis move outward until they are no longer touching the bus.


Step 3: The “legs” of the chassis extend vertically lifting the chassis above the passenger cell. The wheels rotate back into the original position for forward motion.


Step 5: The chassis drives forward and leaves the current passenger cell behind. Now the rest of the bus can be serviced more efficiently. Later, a new passenger cell of any length can be reinserted into the chassis.