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US 10,293,803 B2Granted
Levitation system for a train
AssigneeNovus Finitor B.V.
InventorBernardus Ludgerus Lubertus Hijlkema
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fender, bogie, train, track and methods. The fender according to the invention comprises: a support surface provided on the underside during use; an inner pressure chamber provided in or on the support surface; a feed arranged in the pressure chamber for feeding a fluid; a first rim present round the inner pressure chamber, wherein at least a part of the rim is flexible; and a second rim arranged round the first rim such that a pressure chamber is created between two adjacent rims.
Claims20
A fender, comprising:
- a support surface provided on the underside;
- an inner pressure chamber provided in or on the support surface;
- a feed arranged in the pressure chamber for feeding a fluid;
- at least two rims concentrically positioned around the inner pressure chamber, each of the at least two rims comprising a ring with a respective actuable annular air chamber positioned above the ring, each of the at least two rims being provided with a respective feed channel,
- wherein at least part of each of the at least two rims is flexible,
- wherein fluid flows laterally outward from the inner pressure chamber toward an outermost one of the at least two rims;
- and
- a connection with which the fender is fixed in a horizontal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.