Patent ID: 6899037

Claim:
A linear electric motor for transportation of at least one vehicle along a road, of the type having motor parts which are both vehicle parts of said motor mounted on each said vehicle, and road parts of said motor mounted along said road, comprising: a set of powerable electric coils, said set being selected from the group consisting of all of said vehicle parts, all of said road parts, and all of said motor parts; said vehicle parts, road parts and road having a configuration such that motion of said vehicle along said road sequentially brings each of said vehicle parts into close proximity with successive ones of said road parts; a spacing arrangement means, for spacing of said motor parts, to achieve the function of minimizing the number of road parts required per mile of said road; and a source of pulsating electric current, connected by synchronized switching means to power any pair of motor parts, a said pair of motor parts being one vehicle part and one road part, only while any said pair of motor parts are in position to generate an electromagnetic force upon said vehicle in a desired direction, where said desired direction is the forward direction for acceleration or reverse direction for braking.