摘要 |
The present invention relates to a magnetically levitated transport system having a suspended vehicle for carrying passengers and freight fixedly mounted to a translating portion of the linear motor system of the present invention which has the function of providing levitated positioning of the vehicle as well as propulsion and braking. The translating portion is movably engaged with a long linear ferromagnetic core which is fixed to railway supports mounted above a ground surface. Other ways of supporting and suspending the vehicle are possible as well. Electromagnets are located at opposing sides of the fixed linear ferromagnetic core of a direct current linear electric motor-generator. These electromagnets, in a typical application, are interconnected initially in parallel electrical interconnection and are later switched to series electrical interconnection. Certain benefits may be obtained by this ability to switch between series and parallel interconnection. |