Magnetic Levitation (Maglev)

US Patent No.: US,3470,828

Title of Invention: Electromagnetic inductive suspension and stabilization system for a ground vehicle

• James Powell and Gordon Danby of the Brookhaven National Laboratory received the first patent for a maglev train in 1967. 
• Their design was intended to use superconducting electromagnets to generate "a suspension force, for floating the train above the ground," and it was to use a "propellor, jet/rocket" to achieve thrust.