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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Rolf Fischperer, Berlin, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for operating a magnet vehicle, especially a magnetically levitated vehicle. The apparatus includes a long stator linear motor with at least one long stator winding laid along a track and at least one exciter arrangement cooperating with this winding and mounted on the vehicle. The long stator winding is divided into winding sections ( ) following one another, which each have a greater length than the exciter arrangement. At least two section cables serve to supply the winding sections with electric power and switch devices serve to connect the winding sections ( ) sequentially to a section cable each in correspondence with the progression of the vehicle. In accordance with the invention the winding sections ( ) each comprise at least a first and a second winding section part ( ), wherein the first winding section part ( ) consists of first winding segments ( ) electrically conductively connected to one another and the second winding section part ( ) consists of second winding segments ( ) electrically conductively connected to one another. The segments have a smaller length than the exciter arrangement ( ) and are so arranged one after the other in the direction of the track in a predetermined sequence that the winding sections ( ) always include in any arbitrary conceptual sector extending along the track and having a length corresponding to that of the exciter arrangement ( ) at least a first and a second winding segment ( or ).