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Title:
EDDY CURRENT RAIL BRAKE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/038910
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A lightweight eddy current rail brake 11 to be mounted on a bogie frame of a railway car comprises a magnet unit 12 which generates an electromagnetic attraction force with respect to a rail 5 and which comprises an elongated support member 15 and a plurality of permanent magnets 17. The support member 15 is ferromagnetic and extends generally parallel to the direction in which a side beam of a bogie frame extends, and it is rotatable about a shaft which is generally parallel to this direction. A plurality of permanent magnets 17 are arranged on the support member 15 in series and are spaced above a rail 5. At least two adjoining permanent magnets 17 of the plurality of permanent magnets 17 are arranged so as to have different polarities from each other.

Inventors:
IMANISHI KENJI (JP)
MIYAHARA MITSUO (JP)
NOGUCHI YASUTAKA (JP)
NOGAMI HIROSHI (JP)
SAITO AKIRA (JP)
KITAGAWA NAOKI (JP)
TAGUCHI HITOSHI (JP)
HIRAMATSU SHINNICHIROU (JP)
WATANABE MITSUAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2009/067582
Publication Date:
November 11, 2010
Filing Date:
October 02, 2009
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Assignee:
SUMITOMO METAL IND (JP)
IMANISHI KENJI (JP)
MIYAHARA MITSUO (JP)
NOGUCHI YASUTAKA (JP)
NOGAMI HIROSHI (JP)
SAITO AKIRA (JP)
KITAGAWA NAOKI (JP)
TAGUCHI HITOSHI (JP)
HIRAMATSU SHINNICHIROU (JP)
WATANABE MITSUAKI (JP)
International Classes:
B61H7/08
Foreign References:
DE10008052A12001-09-06
US4122922A1978-10-31
JPH10167068A1998-06-23
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIROSE, Shoichi et al. (4-2 Nihonbashi Honcho 4-chom, Chuo-ku Tokyo 23, JP)
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