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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Applicant:
John G. Hughes, Casselberry, FL (US);
Inventor:
John G. Hughes, Casselberry, FL (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L013/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetically levitated transporter comprising a plurality of bogies attached thereto and traveling over a track comprising a plurality of rails, and a method for operating such transporter, comprising a plurality of magnets attached to each bogie, a plurality of the magnets being offset outboard with respect to the rails and a plurality of the magnets being offset inboard with respect to the rails, and a computer control system employing gain scheduling to control current provided to each of the magnets.