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Linear induction motor with improved rail assembly

US4233906A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 1978
Grant dateNov 18, 1980
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/64
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A linear induction motor, particularly for a vehicle traveling along an extended track, has an armature or reaction rail mounted on the track and a stator carried by the vehicle and juxtaposed with the rail. The rail is of a highly conductive material and is provided in lengths or sections which overlap by approximately a pole length of the stator. The overlapping ends form an induction gap for energy transfer between the rail sections.

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