Sab Industri Ab

Bo B Wikstrom

Nils K Bengtsson

A magnetic to optic transducer based upon magnetic bubble technology is provided. A magnetic sheet with a thin magnetic film guide pattern creating a bubble path thereon responds to external magnetic fields to position magnetic bubbles along the path. A varying magnetic field in the plane of the sheet displaces bubbles which are optically sensed by a fiber light conductor contacting both sides of the magnetic sheet at a location in the bubble path. A polarized light source transmits light through the fiber and a polarizing filter on one side of the magnetic sheet to a light detector on the other side of the sheet. The presence or absence of the magnetic bubble at the fiber position thereby affects the polarization of the light transmitted through the sheet and provides a detectable signal for reading the nature of the external magnetic field. The transducer may comprise permanent magnetic field generating means which do not require continuous energization.

Magneto-optic transducer

An electromagnetic track brake for a railway vehicle comprises an elongate brake energizing coil (1), an oval frame (2) thereabout, and a plurality of U-shaped shoes (3) mounted in a row on the frame. In order to improve the working characteristics and the stiffness of the track brake the lower branch of the frame (2) has a closed cross-section and an interlocking portion (15) extending down between the U-legs of the shoes (3). Interlocking elements are provided on both the frame and the shoes for transmitting braking reaction forces from the shoes to the frame.

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Malmo, Sweden

Bo B Wikstrom