Patent ID: 7966942

Claim:
A flexible steel girder for a switch assembly in magnetic levitation railways, having at least one load-bearing element ( 25 , 26 ) extending in a longitudinal direction (x), on which element, support plates ( 27 ) located in line with one another in the longitudinal direction and extending on both sides of the load-bearing element ( 25 , 26 ) and intended for the assembly of equipment parts ( 10 , 12 , 14 ) are secured, characterized in that the support plates ( 27 ) are embodied as one-piece components extending over the width of the flexible girder ( 1 ) and are joined together in the longitudinal direction (x) to make a chain that has low flexural strength in the direction of the desired flexing of the load-bearing element ( 25 , 26 ), but perpendicular to that has high flexural strength and high torsional strength, wherein the support plates ( 27 ) each have one middle fastening portion ( 29 ), two outer fastening portions ( 35 , 36 ), and two connecting portions ( 40 , 41 ) extending obliquely to the longitudinal direction (x), which connect the middle and the outer fastening portions ( 29 ; 35 , 36 ) to one another.