Patent ID: 7197987
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B60L,F16C

Abstract:
1. A magnet arrangement for suspending and guiding vehicles and transport systems, comprising: a rail defined at least in part by a first magnet; and a superconductor assembly to which a support is receivable, said superconducting assembly including at least one superconductor physically connected to a second magnet, said second magnet being disposed in a position in said superconductor assembly such that said second magnet faces said first magnet and is oriented such that said first and second magnets mutually attract when said superconductor is arranged for transport along said rail, a magnetic field created by said first and second magnets being frozen in said at least one superconductor when a superconductor effect is induced, thereby maintaining a predetermined distance between said second magnet and said second magnet, said first magnet being pulled towards said first magnet in the event of an interruption of the superconductor effect, and thereby a crash of the superconductor assembly is prevented.