US 12,441,375 B2
Maglev or hyperloop staggered track design for reduced landing gear bump loading
Andrew Michael Ellis, Moissy-Cramayel (FR); Jeffrey Andrew Jevnikar, Moissy-Cramayel (FR); Graeme Peter Arthur Klim, Moissy-Cramayel (FR); and Tareq Deaibes, Moissy-Cramayel (FR)
Assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS, Velizy-Villacoublay (FR); and SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC., Ajax (CA)
Filed by SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS, Velizy-Villacoublay (FR); and SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC, Ajax (CA)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,165.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331262 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B61B 13/08 (2006.01); B60L 13/04 (2006.01); E01B 25/30 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 13/08 (2013.01) [B60L 13/04 (2013.01); E01B 25/30 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A maglev system, comprising:
a maglev vehicle that reciprocates between a levitated state and a non-levitated state, the vehicle including a capsule, a first left wheel, and a first right wheel corresponding to the left wheel, the first left and right wheels at least partially supporting the capsule when the vehicle is in the non-levitated state; and
a track comprising a left rail and a right rail, each of the left and right rails having a plurality of plates arranged in seriatim and extending in a longitudinal direction, proximate ends of adjacent plates defining a joint, each rail providing a support surface,
wherein the first left and right wheels rollingly engage the support surface of the left and right rails, respectively, when the vehicle is in the non-levitated state, the joints of the left rail being offset in the longitudinal direction from the joints of the right rail, and the joints of the left rail and the right rail are positioned such that only one of the first left wheel, the first right wheel, the second left wheel, and the second right wheel is in contact with a joint at a given time.