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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5868077 | Method and apparatus for use of alternating current in primary suspension magnets for electrodynamic guidance with superconducting fields An electrodynamic suspension system levitates a platform or a transportation vehicle by an array of onboard superconducting electromagnetic coils forming a primary member overlying a secondary member on the guideway in a transverse flux orientation with r... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5666883 | Method and apparatus for use of alternating current in primary suspension magnets for electrodynamic guidance with superconducting fields An electrodynamic suspension system levitates a platform or a transportation vehicle by an array of onboard superconducting electromagnetic coils forming a primary member overlying a secondary member on the guideway in a transverse flux orientation with r... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5628252 | Method and apparatus for combined levitation and guidance along guideway curvature in electrodynamic magnetically levitated high speed vehicle An apparatus for guiding and levitating a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a guideway mechanism upon which the vehicle travels. The apparatus is also comprised of a mechanism for actively controlling differential and lateral guidance or differential and v... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5596469 | Apparatus for limiting high current electrical faults in distribution networks by use of superconducting excitation in transverse flux magnetic circuit An electrical fault limiter having first, second, third, and fourth magnetic cores. The first magnetic core opposes the second magnetic core and is adjacent to the third magnetic core. The fourth magnetic core opposes the third magnetic core and is adjace... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5483111 | Method and apparatus for elimination of the exit-edge effect in high speed linear induction machines for maglev propulsion systems An alternating current electrical machine construction in which a primary winding is modified to create multiple transient electromagnetic conditions for example by having at least two distinct values of pole pitch. In a linear induction motor, a first po... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5433149 | Composite reaction member for lateral guidance and levitation control of parellel electrically conductive and ferromagnetic strips An electrodynamic levitation system for moving from one location to another location. The system comprises a vehicle. The system also comprises a guideway along which the vehicle travels. Additionally, the system comprises a propulsion mechanism for movin... | 07/18/1995 |
