Transit system vehicle guideway constructed from modular elements and using magnetic levitation for suspension and propulsion vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8171858
APP PUB NO 20080148990A1
SERIAL NO

11960605

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The networked guideway transit system uses materials and methods of constructing guideway elements. The materials and methods are designed to reduce the static weight, cost and physical size of the guideway structure. Installation cost is also significantly reduced by the modular nature of the guideway components, which can be manufactured in a controlled factory environment using mass production methods. As a result, the supporting structure of the guideway can be quickly erected and the modular blocks inserted with simple equipment. In addition, complex alignment procedures are not required. In particular, the guideway component includes motor coils having the shapes and configurations that facilitate the easy insertion of the guideway component without the need for interleaving coils in adjacent guideway components and without creating dead spots in the magnetic fields between guideway components.

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SKYTRAN INCTHE NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER BLDG 14 MOFFETT FIELD CA 94035

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Cole, John V Laguna Miguel, US 2 23
Foster, Clark Mission Viejo, US 13 424
Perkins, Christopher Westlake Village, US 35 538
Wamble,, III John Lee Bothell, US 16 70

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