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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Olaf Huber, Munich, DE;
Siegbert Kunz, Miesbach, DE;
Inventors:
Olaf Huber, Munich, DE;
Siegbert Kunz, Miesbach, DE;
Assignee:
ThyssenKrupp Transrapid Gmbh, Kassel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic levitation vehicle is described, which comprises a car body (), being mounted by means of pneumatic air springs () on a suspension frame (), said suspension frame () being supported by means of supporting points () on pairs of carrying magnets (A,B). According to the invention a control device () is assigned to said pneumatic springs () in such a manner that on failure of one of the two carrying magnets (A,B) the pressure in the pneumatic springs () can automatically be reduced to a pre-selected fraction of the nominal air pressure (FIG.).