Patent ID: 7173387

Claim:
Arrangement having at least one long-stator linear motor for operating magnetically levitated vehicles ( 7 ), comprising: 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 ; 65 ; 77 ; 90 ) arranged longitudinally of said track, voltage sources ( 53 ; 62 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 91 to 95 ) arranged at a distance longitudinally of said track, switching means ( 52 , 54 , 55 ; 66 , 67 , 71 ; 80 to 83 ; 96 to 100 ), control means ( 42 ) connected to the latter for connecting said winding sections ( 5 . 1 to 5 . 9 , 26 . 1 to 26 . 9 ) in succession to assigned ones of said track-segment cables ( 51 ; 65 ; 77 ; 90 ) and voltage sources ( 53 ; 62 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 91 to 95 ) in line with a movement of said vehicle ( 7 ), and motor regions (A) which follow one another in the direction of the track, which are formed by assigned ones of said winding sections ( 5 . 1 to 5 . 9 , 26 . 1 to 26 . 9 ), track-segment cables ( 51 ; 65 ; 77 ; 91 ) and voltage sources ( 53 ; 62 to 64 ; 78 , 79 ; 91 to 95 ), and which are marked off from one another by region boundaries (B) such that in each of said motor regions (A) only one vehicle ( 7 ) can be operated, wherein, to make different frequencies of service possible for said vehicles ( 7 ) or in other words to make different intervals possible between said vehicles ( 7 ), at least one of said motor regions (A) is provided with at least one region boundary (B) which is arranged to be variable.