Patent ID: 7677178

Claim:
A device for controlling a platform door ( 14 ) located at a guideway ( 1 ) of a magnetic levitation vehicle, said vehicle being provided with at least one gliding skid ( 3 ) and said guideway ( 1 ) being provided with a gliding strip ( 7 ) onto which said at least one gliding skid ( 3 ) is set-down during a standstill of the vehicle, the device comprising at least one sensor unit ( 17 ) for detecting a preselected state of the vehicle ( 2 ) by responding to a preselected distance of the gliding skid ( 3 ) from the gliding strip ( 7 ), being mounted at the guideway ( 1 ), and an evaluating device ( 18 ) connected to the sensor unit ( 17 ) and permitting the platform door ( 14 ) to open only when said at least one gliding skid ( 3 ) has at least come sufficiently close to said sensor unit ( 7 ).