Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switch for a track for guiding transportation of a vehicle
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Application No.: US16631988Application Date: 2018-07-16
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Publication No.: US11541761B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Bauke Jan Kooger , Marijn Jesper Geuze
- Applicant: Hardt IP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Delft
- Assignee: Hardt IP B.V.
- Current Assignee: Hardt IP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Delft
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- Priority: NL2019259 20170717
- International Application: PCT/NL2018/050489 WO 20180716
- International Announcement: WO2019/017775 WO 20190124
- Main IPC: B60L13/00
- IPC: B60L13/00 ; B60L13/06 ; B61B13/08

Abstract:
A switch is presented for a magnetically suspended or at least guided vehicle. The switch comprises a fork from a first track segment to a second and third track segment. An elongate conductive module, for example a conductive wire is provided along at least the first track segment and optionally along the second and third track segment. The conductive module comprises conductor segments that guide a current with a directional component substantially parallel the length of the track, at a first surface of the track. With an electromagnet provided on a carriage having a pole directed to the first surface of the track, a Lorentz force may be provided for urging the carriage in a direction perpendicular to the length of the track. This allows a carriage moving along the first track segment to be urged towards the second or third track segment at the other side of the fork.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200164750A1 SWITCH FOR A TRACK FOR GUIDING TRANSPORATION OF A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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