Patent ID: 8281723

Claim:
A vehicle for a rail-borne transportation system, comprising an eddy current brake ( 23 ) which contains a large number of magnetic poles formed by rotatably supported permanent magnets ( 25 , 26 ), and means for rotating the permanent magnets ( 25 , 26 ) from an inactive position into an active position for braking, wherein at least two of the permanent magnets ( 25 , 26 ) of the eddy current brake ( 23 ) comprise pole surfaces that have different polarities, which pole surfaces are situated in a common plane regardless of alignment of the permanent magnets ( 25 , 26 ) in the inactive position or the active position, and which, in the active position, are located one behind the other in a direction of travel, and which, in the inactive position, are located one above the other transversely to the direction of travel.