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US 2010/0132584 A1Published application
Vehicle having an eddy current brake for a rail-borne transportation system , and a transportation system which is operated therewith, in particular a magnetic levitation train
AssigneeThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH
InventorsFriedrich Loeser, Qinghua Zheng
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle comprising an eddy current brake (23) for a tracked traffic system. According to the invention, the eddy current brake (23) is composed of permanent magnets (25, 26) and is equipped with activating means which allow the permanent magnets (25, 26) to be moved from an inactive position into an active position.
Claims15
A vehicle for a rail-borne transportation system, comprising an eddy current brake (23) which contains a large number of magnetic poles and means for activating the magnetic poles for braking,
- wherein
- the magnetic poles are formed by movably supported permanent magnets (25, 26), and the activation means for moving the permanent magnets (25, 26) are switched from an inactive position into an active position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.