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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Fichtner, München, DE;
Franz Pichlmeier, Taufkirchen, DE;
Michael Schöttl, München, DE;
Assignee:
Thyssenkrupp Transrapid GmbH, Kassel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 2/500 ;
Abstract
A movable track connection between the ends of travel paths for wrap-around track-guided vehicles, especially magnetic levitation railway vehicles is provided. The moveable track connection has a set of S-shaped deformable bending points ( ) for changing track. A bearing ( ) along half the length of deformable bending points has a vertical axis of rotation, which cannot move in the longitudial direction of the bending points ( ).