摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for the switching of a magnetically suspended vehicle from a primary guideway through a curved intersection to a secondary guideway. The vehicle is equiped with a pair of electromagnetic motors which provide a magnetic force to suspend the vehicle from a pair of support rails positioned above and in a superimposed relationship with the electro-magnetic motors. The rails at the intersection of the guideways have increased width so as to maintain an essentially superimposed relationship with their respective electromagnetic motor throughout the curve of the intersection and one rail of each guideway has at least one opening to allow the vehicle structure to pass through and the remaining rail of each guideway forms a unitary rail member. The vehicle is switched by a relative speed difference between the motors caused by input power frequency differences.</p> |