Patent ID: 6856048

Claim:
A linear motor for a linear drive mechanism of a magnetic levitation transport system, the linear motor comprising: a plurality of inductor supports arranged in a row, said supports having grooves crosswise to a longitudinal direction, said grooves on each of said supports being substantially equal distances apart from each other and adjacent supports being spaced apart defining discontinuity points providing an enhanced distance between two adjacent grooves of two adjacent supports; three linear motor lines wound into windings, each of said windings being in a meandering shape and with a section of each meandering shape supported and located in a respective one of said grooves of one of said supports, said windings having winding heads between said supported sections that have a regular winding head length, with lengths of said winding heads of the three linear motor lines being of an extended length across each discontinuity point between two adjacent winding sections supported in respective grooves of two different inductor supports.