Railways – Magnetically suspended car – By permanent magnets only
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)
Railways
Magnetically suspended car
By permanent magnets only
C104S286000, C104S069000, C104S059000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07950333
ABSTRACT:
A track and vehicle assembly for amusement park ride. The assembly includes a track with an arcuate contact surface and banked corners. A levitation circuit is placed along a length of the track with passive electric coils. The assembly includes a vehicle with a body for receiving passengers. The vehicle body includes a bottom surface that is adjacent to the contact surface of the track when the vehicle is positioned on the track. To utilize passive magnetic levitation, the vehicle includes arrays of permanent magnets positioned proximate to the bottom surface of the body. The magnet arrays are arranged, such as Halbach arrays, to produce a substantially one-sided magnetic flux distribution directed outward from the vehicle body. The vehicle is levitated above the track contact surface and allowed to move side-to-side by interaction of the permanent magnets and the coils when the vehicle travels above a minimum velocity.
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Crawford David W.
Georges Jonathan G.
Marquette Frank William
Shatford Michael Craig
Simmons Matthew Aldren
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Kuhfuss Zachary
Lembke Kent A.
Marsh & Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP
Morano S. Joseph
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