Claims
- 1. A method for assembling a system employing magnetic levitators for a railroad support track installed in the ground comprising the steps of:
fabricating electromagnetic functional elements for said system; fabricating structural elements for use in supporting the functional elements; transporting said structural and functional elements separated from each other to the site of the support track; installing said structural elements on the ground; and attaching said functional elements to said structural elements for adjustment therebeteween both vertically and laterally.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said elements are adjusted relative to each other so that they are parallel to each other and at the same height above the ground.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said functional elements are fabricated to have a length of the order of 6-12 meters.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the structural element is fabricated of concrete.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the structural element is fabricated of metal.
- 6. A system employing electromagnetic levitation and drive for a railroad, said system having electromagnetic levitation and drive circuitry on the railroad and being electromagnetically supported on the ground, said system comprising:
electromagnetic functional elements having relatively short lengths which operate in conjunction with the circuitry on the railroad; structural elements supported on the ground; and means for adjustably attaching said functional and structural elements to each other at the site of the railroad for relative adjustment therebetween both vertically and laterally.
- 7. The system of claim 6 wherein said functional elements have a length of the order of 6-12 meters.
- 8. The system of claim 6 wherein said means for adjustably attaching each of said functional and structural elements to each other comprises a plurality of holes formed in said elements, a plurality of bolts, each of said bolts being fitted through one of the holes of each of said elements, the holes of one of said elements being longer and wider than the diameter of said bolts whereby said elements can be adjusted both vertically and laterally relative to each other and the bolts tightened to hold the elements together when they are aligned.
- 9. The system of claim 6 wherein said means for attaching each of said structural and functional elements to each other comprises at least one bracket. said bracket being attached to said functional and structural elements by means of at least one bolt for each such attachment, said brackets having a first aperture in a first portion thereof and a second aperture in a second portion thereof, said structural elements and said functional elements each having at least one aperture formed therein, the aperture in said functional element being elongated vertically, the aperture in the second portion of said bracket being oriented horizontally, a bolt fitted through the first aperture in said bracket and the vertically elongated aperture in said functional element, and a bolt fitted through the second aperture in said bracket whereby said functional and structural elements can be oriented vertically and laterally relative to each other retained in an optimum position by said bolts.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This invention relates to a Maglev transportation system and more particularly to the guideway or track system for such a system. This application is based on Provisional Application, Serial No., 60/456,607 filed Mar. 20, 2003.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60456607 |
Mar 2003 |
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