Reporter ISSAQUAH | SAMMAMISH
Friday, February 21, 2014
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Tent City 4 eyes next move Faith United Methodist Church could be next host
Pat McGrath with a rendering which illustrates how BoostRide works. McGrath has a patent on the system, as well as four other patents from other inventions. LINDA BALL, Issaquah/ Sammamish Reporter.
BY KELLY MONTGOMERY ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
LET’S GET MOVING BoostRide could change the way we commute
Talking with Issaquah resident Pat McGrath, a retired aerospace engineer, you can see in his eyes the spark and enthusiasm for ideas. McGrath is an inventor, who holds five U.S. patents. His most recent patent/invention, called BoostRide, could change the way people commute, moving 3,300 commuters per hour at a speed of 20 mph, instead of 2,100 vehicles per hour, per freeway lane, belching out pollution. BoostRide uses a Linear Induction Motor (LIM), which he said is the same technology
used for The launching primary a modern LIM is a catapult system of off of an coil asaircraft semblies carrier. – made Any biof iron, cycle with wrapped a 26-inch with copwheel will A close up showing the ‘T’ shaped secondary per, and LIM meeting the primary, which then gives work. encased the rider a boost. COURTESY PHOTO. The in epoxy bicyclist so thieves attaches a six-pound secondary can’t steal the copper – flush LIM, which is made out of aluwith the surface of the roadway, minum and steel, to the bike. It’s powered by 400 to 600 volts AC. easily removable for the biker to There is a primary charge every leave behind if they’re not using 30-feet on level ground and the primary LIM. every 10-feet on hills, hence the
“The concept is proven,”
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– Pat McGrath name BoostRide. When the bicycle’s secondary LIM makes contact with the primary, or the rail, it induces a magnetic boost, a force similar to when mom and dad gave you SEE BOOSTRIDE, 2
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BY LINDA BALL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
After having its 20-day permit at the Lake Sammamish State Park extended to March 1, Tent City 4 hopes to make Faith United Methodist Church the next temporary home. However, at the Feb. 11 community meeting hosted by the church, approximately 200 residents showed up to voice their frustrations and concerns about safety and jobs. The church, on IssaquahPine Lake Road in unincorporated King County, is surrounded by multiple schools, and community members said they feel as though the addition of Tent City 4 would bring the possibility of danger, harsh realities and economic issues. However, other community members spoke in support of the idea, referencing the positivity it brought to the Sammamish community. Tent City 4 left Mary Queen
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