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Transportation system

  • US 6,651,566 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2002
  • Issued: 11/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A transportation system comprising:

  • a guideway lane;

    a power cable assembly including a cable segment extending along the guideway lane; and

    a vehicle configured to travel on the guideway lane, the vehicle including a self-centering transformer that is movable along the cable segment and configured to cooperate with the cable segment to transfer power to the vehicle, the transformer including a magnet array that creates a magnetic field having multiple flux paths for aligning the transformer and the cable segment horizontally and vertically with respect to each other such that the cable segment is generally centered with respect to the transformer as the transformer moves along the cable segment.

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