Patent · US Expired

Magnetically suspended vehicle

US4233905A · kind A · utility

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5References

3Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Eveline Gottzein · Oberpframmern, DE
Christian Roche · Locarno, CH
Gerhard Bohn · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 1977
Grant date	Nov 18, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB61B13/08
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The magnets supporting a magnetic suspension vehicle are vibrationally isolated from the vehicle body by mounting a number of the magnets on each chassis with individual spring arrangements whose reactive moments are greater than the pitch and roll moments tending to deflect the magnets.

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