Patent ID: 7562628

Claim:
A guideway transit system comprising: a vehicle bogie that comprises a set of bogie segments, each bogie segment including a bogie levitation component including first and second permanent magnet components, the first permanent magnet component placed in a linear arrangement and providing upward forces for lifting a vehicle and the second permanent magnet component providing downward forces for clamping the vehicle, the vehicle bogie further including a bogie propulsion magnet component for providing propulsion on the vehicle bogie, wherein the vehicle bogie supports a vehicle in the guideway transit system; and a guideway that comprises a set of modular guideway blocks, each modular guideway block including a guideway levitation permanent magnet component disposed between the first and second permanent magnet components of the bogie levitation component and a guideway electrodynamic repulsion component for passively centering the vehicle bogie, wherein the bogie propulsion magnet component is arranged to be in opposition to the guideway electrodynamic repulsion component.