US Patent Issued to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA on Oct. 14 for "Maglev or hyperloop staggered track design for reduced landing gear bump loading" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,375, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC. (Ajax, Canada).

"Maglev or hyperloop staggered track design for reduced landing gear bump loading" was invented by Andrew Michael Ellis (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jeffrey Andrew Jevnikar (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Graeme Peter Arthur Klim (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Tareq Deaibes (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maglev system includes a maglev vehicle that reciprocates between a levitated state and a non-levitated state. The vehicle includes a capsule supported by a first left ...