Patent ID: 8459188

Claim:
A magnetic levitation railway comprising a guideway ( 2 , 3 ), at least one magnetic levitation vehicle ( 1 ) provided with carrying magnets ( 6 ) and a device for contactless, inductive transmission of electrical energy from said guideway ( 2 , 3 ) to said vehicle ( 1 ), wherein said device comprises several receiver coils ( 27 a , 27 b ) formed by conductor windings and mounted at the carrying magnets ( 6 ) in pairs of two receiver coils ( 27 a , 27 b ) one after the other in the longitudinal direction and at least two primary conductors ( 24 ) extending in the longitudinal direction of and mounted at the guideway and connected to a high-frequency alternating voltage source ( 26 ), wherein at least two of said several receiver coils ( 27 a , 27 b ) mounted at said vehicle ( 1 ) are assigned to each primary conductor of the at least two primary conductors ( 24 ), and wherein the vehicle is provided without buffer batteries.