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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2022
Safran Landing Systems, Velizy-Villacoublay, FR;
Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc, Ajax, CA;
Andrew Michael Ellis, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Jeffrey Andrew Jevnikar, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Graeme Peter Arthur Klim, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Tareq Deaibes, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS, Velizy-Villacoublay, FR;
SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC., Ajax, CA;
Abstract
A maglev system includes a maglev vehicle that reciprocates between a levitated state and a non-levitated state. The vehicle includes a capsule supported by a first left wheel and a corresponding first right wheel when the vehicle is in the non-levitated state. The system further includes a track having a left rail and a right rail, each of the left and right rails having a plurality of plates arranged in series. Proximate ends of adjacent plates define a joint. Each rail provides a support surface that the first left and right wheels rollingly engage when the vehicle is in the non-levitated state. The joints of the left rail are offset in a longitudinal direction from the joints of the right rail.