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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Skytran, Inc., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Lee Wamble, III, Bothell, WA (US);
John Cole, Dana Point, CA (US);
Assignee:
SkyTran, Inc., Moffett Field, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 25/34 (2006.01); B60L 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 25/34 (2013.01); B60L 13/04 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A track switch for a magnetic levitation transport system includes a trunk segment of track, an upper branch segment of track, a lower branch segment of track, and a divergent zone. The divergent zone has coextensive spaced rails extending from the trunk segment and splitting into upper rails extending to the upper branch segment, and lower rails extending to the lower branch segment, so that a vehicle engaging the rails and entering the switch at the trunk segment is guided and magnetically levitated to a selected one of either the upper branch segment or the lower branch segment.