Rail for magnetic levitation vehicle
AssigneeMagnetbahn GmbH
InventorHans-Rainer Quaas
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Abstract
In magnetic levitation vehicles, supporting and driving forces are generated by a long stator on the track and permanent magnets on the vehicle. The underside of a rail provides the attachment of the long stator; the rail further has two oppositely disposed horizontal running surfaces for pairs of spacer rollers on the vehicle and a vertical running surface for lateral guide rollers on the vehicle. For a particularly simple and inexpensive production of the rail it is proposed to make the one end section of the railhead of the rail the horizontal running surfaces and a lateral guide profile fastened to the underside of the railhead the vertical running surface.
Claims15
A rail for a magnetic levitation vehicle, comprising:
- a railhead with an inner end section, a free end section, and an underside;
- a long stator fastened to the underside of said railhead for generating, in cooperation with permanent magnets in the vehicle, supporting and driving forces for the vehicle;
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- two oppositely disposed horizontal running surfaces for pairs of spacer rollers on the vehicle;
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- a lateral guide profile fastened to the underside of said railhead, wherein said railhead consists of a rectangular steel plate and the free end section of said railhead presents oppositely disposed, horizontal running surfaces for pairs of spacer rollers on the vehicle and said lateral guide profile presents a vertical running surface for lateral guide rollers on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.