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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2020
Hyperloop Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shahriyar Beizaee, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Rachel Ozer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alexander Jedinger, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jett Ferm, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Richard Parks, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Arbi Gharakhani Siraki, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ju Hyung Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Tim Lambert, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sushant Chavan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A channel segment for a track of a mover device is provided, the channel segment comprising: opposite ends joined by a body forming a magnetic flux pathway between the opposite ends, the magnetic flux pathway being one or more of C-shaped, U-shaped and horseshoe shaped between the opposite ends, the opposite ends forming respective transverse magnetic flux pathways about perpendicular to the magnetic flux pathway; laminations of ferromagnetic material forming the body, the laminations about parallel to the magnetic flux pathway and about perpendicular to the respective transverse magnetic flux pathways; shear pins through the laminations, the shear pins positioned to reduce eddy currents one or more of in and around the shear pins; and a retention mechanism at the opposite ends, the retention mechanism configured to transversely fasten the laminations together at the opposite ends while remaining insulated from each other.