Electro dynamic suspension and guidance system for a moving vehicle

A system for the contactless suspension and guidance of a vehicle which moves along a track, the system including a plurality of superconducting primary conductor loops connected to the vehicle and arranged parallel to each other which cooperate with secondary conductor means located on the roadbed to generate suspension and guidance forces using the electrodynamic principle wherein the improvement comprises at least one combined arrangement for generating both suspension and guidance forces comprising:

• a. primary conductor magnet loops arranged in a parallel spaced relationship on the vehicle in pairs the spacing of the magnet loops in each pair being such that they together form one single magnetic field, and the currents in the two magnet loops of a pair flowing in opposite directions;
• b. a single first secondary conductor means mounted to the roadbed disposed parallel to and between said primary conductor loops in said single magnetic field;
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• c. a single second secondary conductor means perpendicular to said first secondary conductor means at a point opposite the ends of said primary conductor loops whereby said primary conductor loops will cooperate with said first secondary conductor means to form a zero flux system acting in one direction and said primary conductor loops will cooperate with said second secondary conductor means to form a normal flux system acting in a direction perpendicular thereto.