Magnetic brake linear eddy current brake

US6041897A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Eckart Saumweber · Gauting, DE
• Heinrich Grautstuck · Hersbruck, DE
• Uwe Kroger · Laatzen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2000
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60L2200/26
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic brake, particularly a linear eddy-current brake for rail vehicles, having a magnet yoke which extends substantially along the whole eddy-current brake, has a concave shape with respect to a plane rail in its installed position.