Patent ID: 7362014

Claim:
Method of operating a magnetically levitated vehicle by means of an arrangement having at least one long-stator linear motor, which arrangement comprises at least one a.c. winding ( 5 , 26 ) which is laid out longitudinally of a track and is sub-divided into winding sections ( 5 . 1 to 5 . 9 , 26 . 1 to 26 . 9 ), an exciter arrangement ( 6 ) which is mounted on said vehicle ( 7 ), track-segment cables ( 51 , 52 ; 65 to 68 ; 77 ; 86 ) arranged longitudinally of said track and voltage sources ( 55 , 56 ; 61 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 87 to 91 ) assigned to said track-segment cables ( 51 , 52 ; 65 to 68 ; 77 , 86 ), said winding sections ( 5 . 1 to 5 . 9 , 26 . 1 to 26 . 9 ) being connected to assigned ones of said track-segment cables ( 51 , 52 ; 64 to 86 ; 77 ; 86 ) and voltage sources ( 55 , 56 , 61 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 87 to 91 ) in line with a movement of said vehicle ( 7 ), and said track-segment cables ( 51 , 52 ; 65 to 68 ; 77 ; 86 ), said winding sections ( 5 . 1 to 5 . 9 , 26 . 1 to 26 . 9 ) and said voltage sources ( 55 , 56 , 61 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 87 to 91 ) being so assigned to motor regions (A) which follow one another along said track that, under normal operating conditions, only one vehicle ( 7 ) is operated in each motor region (A) at a power which is preset for said motor region (A) and is supplied by said assigned voltage sources ( 55 , 56 , 61 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 87 to 91 ), wherein, to increase a vehicle concentration along the track, selected motor regions (A 2 , A 4 , A 6 , A 7 ) are sub-divided into at least two mutually independent motor region sections (A 2 a, A 2 b; A 4 a, A 4 b; A 6 a, A 6 b; A 7 a, A 7 b ), and wherein vehicles ( 7 ) being operated in said motor region sections (A 2 a, A 2 b; A 4 a, A 4 b; A 6 a, A 6 b; A 7 a, A 7 b ) are moved at a part of that power which is preset for each motor region (A).