Patent ID: 9032880
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B60L,E01B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A transport system, comprising; A. a guideway including a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled, the guideway having one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide, B. one or more vehicles disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source, C. each vehicle having a septum portion that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle, wherein the septum portion that is of narrowed cross-section, D. the guideway including a diverge region that comprises a flipper and that comprises an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge, wherein the flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction the diverge by exerting a laterally directed force on the vehicle, and wherein the extension continues the switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum of the vehicle.