Patent ID: 8371228

Claim:
A flexible steel support for a switch system in maglev railways, which contains at least one box-shaped, hollow profile ( 32 ) that extends in a longitudinal direction (x), is bendable in a transverse direction (y), and includes lateral sheet metal struts ( 35 ) and a top flange ( 33 ) connected thereto; the support also includes a plurality of cantilever arms ( 38 ) that are interspaced in the longitudinal direction (x), extend in the transverse direction (y), and are connected to outer surfaces of the sheet metal struts ( 35 ), and a plurality of metal cover sheets ( 42 ) that are situated one behind the other in the longitudinal direction (x), are separated from each other by a narrow gap ( 22 ), and are supported on the cantilever arms ( 38 ), each metal cover sheet ( 42 ) including a center segment ( 42 b ) that is connected to the top flange ( 33 ) and an assigned cantilever arm ( 38 ), and two end sections ( 42 c ), each of which is connected to another assigned cantilever arm ( 38 ), the connections between the sheet metal struts ( 35 ), cantilever arms ( 38 ), and metal cover sheets ( 42 ) being formed by welded joints, wherein each cantilever arm ( 38 ) includes a brace ( 38 b ) that is connected to the hollow profile ( 32 ) and projects obliquely upwards and outwards from the latter, and a tie ( 38 c ) that is formed on an outer end of the brace ( 38 b ), projects toward the hollow profile ( 32 ), and via which each cantilever arm ( 38 ) is connected to the center segment ( 42 b ), the end sections ( 42 c ) of the assigned metal cover sheets ( 42 ), and the top flange ( 33 ).