US 12,291,249 B2
System and method for traversing a non-moving rail switch using electromagnetic engines
Andy Alexander Hilgers, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Timothy Nicholas Leslie Lambert, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/790,753
Filed by Hyperloop Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/017029
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/162968, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,128, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/977,692, filed on Feb. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,293, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,551, filed on May 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,751, filed on Jul. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,119, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371635 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 13/08 (2006.01); B61F 5/24 (2006.01); B61H 7/08 (2006.01); B61L 11/08 (2006.01); B61L 13/04 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 15/0072 (2013.01) [B60L 13/08 (2013.01); B61F 5/245 (2013.01); B61H 7/08 (2013.01); B61L 11/08 (2013.01); B61L 11/083 (2013.01); B61L 13/047 (2013.01); B61L 15/0058 (2024.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B61F 9/005 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plurality of electromagnetic engines configured to attach to a wheeled bogie assembly configured to operate on a rail assembly having a left rail, a left-center rail, a right-center rail, a right rail, and a frog assembly, the plurality of electromagnetic engines comprising:
a first electromagnetic engine, the first electromagnetic engine having a first plurality of coils and being configured to being controlled by a controller;
a second electromagnetic engine, the second electromagnetic engine having a second plurality of coils and being configured to being controlled by the controller; and
the controller being configured to:
receive a first signal;
excite, based on the first signal, the first plurality of coils and the second plurality of coils according to a set of power states, the set of power states defining which of one or more coils within the first plurality of coils and the second plurality of coils are excited, wherein the first plurality of coils comprises a first coil, a second coil, and a third coil, wherein the second plurality of coils comprises a fourth coil, a fifth coil, and a sixth coil, wherein the first signal is a left traversal signal, and wherein the one or more coils excited comprises the first coil, the second coil, the fourth coil, and the fifth coil.