Patent ID: 8794158

Claim:
A magnetic levitation vehicle comprising: a car body ( 2 ), a plurality of suspension frame sections ( 5 ) arranged so that the sections, while not directly coupled with each other, form an extension frame extending in parallel to a longitudinal vehicle axis ( 3 ), wherein said extension frame sections ( 5 ) include ends comprising supporting elements ( 5 a ) and wherein each supporting element ( 5 a ) comprises two adjacent supporting points ( 5 b ) that are arranged one behind the other in a direction of the longitudinal axis ( 3 ), a number of carrying magnets ( 35 ) arranged one behind the other in the direction of said longitudinal axis ( 3 ) that act in pairs ( 35 A, 35 B) on said adjacent supporting points ( 5 b ), and at least one controllable pneumatic spring ( 4 ) arranged in the area of adjacent supporting points ( 5 b ) that operates at a pre-selected nominal air pressure, said spring ( 4 ) supporting the car body ( 2 ) on the suspension frame, wherein a control device ( 14 ) is assigned to said pneumatic spring ( 4 ) and is activated in response to a fault signal generated on failure of one of the two carrying magnets ( 35 A, 35 B) and wherein in response to said activation the control device automatically controls the pressure in the pneumatic spring ( 4 ) to be reduced to a pre-selected fraction of the nominal air pressure.