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7626290 One-wheel and bi-pole magnetic driving apparatus  
A magnetic driving apparatus includes a bi-pole rotor wheel coupled to a speed adjustment motor and including a ferromagnetic wheel base and a magnetic rotor, the magnetic rotor including first and...
7562628 Guideway transportation system with integrated magnetic levitation suspension, stabilization and propulsion functions  
A networked guideway transit system uses permanent magnet repulsion with induction-based repulsion within the networked guideway transport system, which can levitate passively with motion. Magnetic...
7527001 Bogie apparatus  
A bogie apparatus includes a chassis, rotation bogie parts respectively disposed at both ends of the chassis, and a composite motion bogie part located at a middle portion of the chassis. Each of...
7197987 Magnet assembly for the suspension and guidance of suspended vehicles and transport systems  
A magnet assembly for the suspension and guidance of suspended vehicles and transport systems creates an intrinsically stable, contactless magnetic suspension and guidance system composed of an...
7096794 Inductrack configuration  
A simple permanent-magnet-excited maglev geometry provides levitation forces and is stable against vertical displacements from equilibrium but is unstable against horizontal displacements. An...
7059252 Magnetic levitation car  
A magnetic levitated car comprising a car body that is made to float on a magnetic road laid on with a plurality of spaced apart magnets, at least one magnetic suspension stabilizer disposed...
6886651 Material transportation system  
A material transportation system includes one or more material transportation vehicles, each having magnetic wheels coupled to a magnetically attractive surface that can include a ceiling, a wall,...
6792335 Robotic apparatuses, systems and methods  
A mobile device for traversing a ferromagnetic surface. The device includes a frame and at least one surface contacting device attached to the frame. The device also includes a Halbach magnet array...
6758146 Laminated track design for inductrack maglev systems  
A magnet configuration comprising a pair of Halbach arrays magnetically and structurally connected together are positioned with respect to each other so that a first component of their fields...
6684794 Magnetically levitated transportation system and method  
A magnetically levitated transportation system employs permanent magnet rails along a guideway that interact with permanent magnets on a vehicle. The rails are optimized to reduce magnetic mass,...
6629503 Inductrack configuration  
A simple permanent-magnet-excited maglev geometry provides levitation forces and is stable against vertical displacements from equilibrium but is unstable against horizontal displacements. An...
6502517 Arrangement for operating a transportation system with a magnetic levitation vehicle  
The invention relates to an arrangement for operating a transportation system with a magnetic levitation vehicle, in which the inventive arrangement consists of an integrated transmission system...
6374746 Magnetic levitation transportation system and method  
A ground-based capsule pipeline with greatly improved speed, energy efficiency, and cost for transportation of freight and/or people. Passive magnetic levitation is used to suspend inert, rugged...
6360670 Magnetically coupled transportation module  
A transportation system for moving a transportation module comprises a thrust tube and a pod assembly disposed inside the thrust tube to be thrusted along the thrust tube. An inner magnetic coupler...
6357359 Integrated high speed maglev system utilizing an active lift  
An integrated MAGLEV (Magnetic Levitated Vehicle) system consists of permanent or preferably superconducting vehicle-mounted magnets which interact with both active and induced track-based...
6101952 Vehicle guidance and switching via magnetic forces  
A system for guidance and/or switching of a vehicle or other object comprises a guideway, a guide plate that moves along the guideway, and a magnetic field source that induces a magnetic force...
5652472 Magnetodynamic levitation and stabilizing selfregulating system  
The proposed Magneto-Dynamic Levitation and Stabilizing Self-Regulating System (MDLSS) is designated for the stable flight of a heavy body along a given trajectory and can be employed for the...
5615618 Orbital and modular motors using permanent magnets and interleaved iron or steel magnetically permeable members  
A rotating device such as an orbital motor has a stator which includes a pair of opposed, generally annular magnetic units each comprising a plurality of groups of permanent magnets such as ceramic...
5586505 Levitation system using permanent magnets for use with trains and the like type of right-of-way vehicles  
The invention relates to a magnetic unit having a plurality of groups of permanent magnets such as ceramic or ferrous magnets arranged in a side-by-side relationship, each plurality being separated...
5584367 Permanent magnet type automotive vehicle suspension  
The invention relates to a magnetic unit used as a shock absorber or load leveler for a vehicle and having a plurality of groups of permanent magnets such as ceramic or ferrous magnets arranged in...
5452663 Levitation and propulsion system using permanent magnets and interleaved iron or steel  
The invention relates to a magnetic unit having a plurality of groups of permanent magnets such as ceramic or ferrous magnets arranged in a side-by-side relationship, each plurality being separated...
5440997 Magnetic suspension transportation system and method  
A magnetic suspension system for a vehicle/rail transportation system, where interacting sets of magnets are positioned on the vehicle and the rail to suspend the vehicle from the rail and permit...
5431109 Levitation and linear propulsion system using ceramic permanent magnets and interleaved malleable steel  
The invention relates to a magnetic unit having a plurality of groups of ceramic magnets arranged in a side-by-side relationship, each plurality being separated from an adjacent plurality by a...
5343811 Magnetic power system for low-friction transportation of loads  
The invention resides in a magnetic force system for frictionless transportation of loads, with at least one magnet (1) secured to the load (7), the magnet being arranged with respect to a...
5243919 Magnetic levitation actuator  
A magnetic levitation actuator includes a pair of U-shaped first permanent magnets provided on opposite sides of an object to be driven with a pair of outwardly projecting first legs defining the...
5165347 Vehicle levitation and guidance system  
A vehicle levitation and guidance system (20) is provided which levitates a vehicle (22) over a roadbed (28) through the use of thin permanently magnetized strips (32, 34) located in the vehicle...
5049218 Magnetic support & transport system  
A magnetic support and transport system comprising a plurality of permanent magnets for interacting with ferrous T-bars of a ceiling grid to counteract gravitational attraction. A plurality of...
5020444 Method of and apparatus for controlling magnetic levitation  
The present invention relates to an improvement in a method and an apparatus for magnetic levitation of a linear slider through a PI control action. When the slider is horizontally moved while...
4877123 Conveyor means for wafers  
A conveyor for use in a room with a high degree of cleanness and which can convey wafers one by one stably, without generation of dust. The conveyor has vehicles having a slit in the surface on...
4852497 Toy for demostrating magnetic force and the effects of air pressure  
In a magnet-floating toy running inside a loop of vacuum-like state, a ⊥ shape monorail is provided within a loop of air-tight, transparent round pipes, air within the loop is drawn by suction to...
4805761 Magnetic conveyor system for transporting wafers  
A conveyor system for transporting wafers to and from different work stations in a clean-controlled environment includes a platform being magnetically levitated above a U-shaped rail by a magnetic...
4746811 Device for picking up control signals for conveyor units, particularly carriages of conveyor lines for industrial plants  
The device comprises two pick-up elements which can cooperate independently with a transmission line for control signals and are aligned in the direction of movement of a conveyor unit so as to be...
4711182 Magnetic suspension for a vehicle  
A magnetic suspension for a vehicle, includes a guide rail vertically mounted on a track and an underframe having a magnetic system surrounding lateral sides of the guide rail on which are mounted...
4356772 Magnetically levitated object  
A magnetically levitated carriage provided with a magnetic system suspension consisting of support magnets which magnetically cooperate via an air gap. The levitated carriage is maintained in a...
4324185 Permanent-magnet-levitated transportation system  
A vertically stable permanent magnet levitation system for use in transportation comprises a pair of spaced parallel ferromagnetic rail members, a cobalt-rare earth permanent levitation magnet with...
4148260 High speed transit system  
A high speed ground transportation system, is suspended in an underground vacuum tube by a frictionless magnetic suspension system and propelled by gravity. The tubes are suspended inside deep...
4142469 Magnetic suspension system for railway vehicle with lifting force control  
A tracked vehicle system comprises a track having a downwardly facing surface of magnetic material, and a vehicle movable along the track, the vehicle comprising a magnetic suspension system...
4055123 Systems for magnetically supporting a vehicle  
A system for magnetically supporting a vehicle equipped with permanent magnets and propelled by a linear induction motor along a roadway defined by a stator member energized by polyphase...
3951074 Secondary lift for magnetically levitated vehicles  
A high-speed terrestrial vehicle that is magnetically levitated by means of magnets which are used to induce eddy currents in a continuous electrically conductive nonferromagnetic track to produce...
3937148 Virtually zero power linear magnetic bearing  
A linear magnetic bearing provides magnetic support by means of permanent magnets and control by means of electromagnets and an electronic control system such that virtually zero power is required...
3927620 Magnetic propulsion system  
A magnetic propulsion system includes a roadway having a generally planar upper surface and having a plurality of field-producing thrust and levitation elements adjacent the upper surface thereof....
3899979 Magnetic suspension systems for vehicles  
Permanent magnets and electromagnets are secured to one another, endwise, to provide for magnetic suspension of a vehicle. The combined magnets are maintained attracted to a track, across a narrow...
3885504 Magnetic stabilizing or suspension system  
A magnetic stabilizing or suspension device includes a flat electrical conductor of non-magnetic material. A plurality of spaced-apart permanent magnets face the conductor across an air gap for...
3845720 MAGNETIC-LEVITATION VEHICLE WITH AUXILIARY MAGNETIC SUPPORT AT TRACK-BRANCH LOCATIONS  
A magnetic-levitation or magnetic-suspension vehicle in which a pair of electromagnetic-suspension arrangements are spaced apart on the vehicle body and describe traces or paths which intersect at...
3842751 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING AN ELECTROMAGNETICALLY SUSPENDED, GUIDED AND PROPELLED VEHICLE  
A system that includes an elongate cylindrical vehicle operable to travel along a similarly-shaped, trough-like guideway. At stations along the guideway, the vehicle is supported by wheels, but...
3791309 MEANS TO GUIDE AND SUSPEND A VEHICLE BY MAGNETIC FORCES  
The invention relates to a structure to guide and support a vehicle by magnetic forces which utilizes the repulsive properties of permanent magnets attached to the vehicle and to the support in...
3783794 MAGNETIC SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND THE LIKE WITH NON CONTROLLED SUSPENDING MAGNETS  
A magnetic-suspension system for vehicles and the like adapted to travel along a track provided with a fixed armature rail of magnetically permeable--ferromagnetic--material. The suspended vehicle...
3663075 SELF-CENTERING PERMANENT MAGNET BEARING  
The attracting and repelling forces of a permanent magnet having high coercivity and minimal self-demagnetization are utilized in combination with similar or other types of magnets to provide...
3441331 GLIDING SHELF  
3327265 Superconductive device for causing stable and free floating of a magnet in space  
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