Linear synchronous motor

A linear synchronous motor, comprising:

• an elongate stator extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of coil windings, said elongate stator having a plurality of elongate-stator sections successively arranged in the longitudinal direction and separated from each other by a plurality of gaps disposed there between, each elongate-stator section including a plurality of coil windings disposed thereon;
• and
• a runner disposed opposite said elongate stator, extending in the longitudinal direction, and having a plurality of magnets successively disposed along a length thereof in the longitudinal direction,
• wherein an overall section length LG is a constant value and is defined as the length of one each of the plurality of elongate-stator sections and adjacent gaps, and
• wherein a runner length LL, defined as the length measured in the longitudinal direction across all magnets successively disposed on the runner, is an integer multiple of the overall section length LG.

A linear synchronous motor, comprising:

• a plurality of elongate-stator sections successively arranged in a longitudinal direction, each having a plurality of coil windings disposed thereon, each of said plurality of elongate-stator sections being separated from the next successive elongate-stator section by an adjacent gap disposed there between, wherein a sum of the longitudinal lengths of one each of the elongate-stator sections and adjacent gaps is a constant value that defines an overall elongate-stator section length;
• a runner disposed opposite said elongate stator, extending in the longitudinal direction;
• and
• a plurality of magnets successively disposed along a length of said runner in the longitudinal direction, wherein a longitudinal distance between a leading edge of a first magnet and a trailing edge of a last successive magnet in said plurality of magnets defines a runner length, which is an integer multiple of the overall elongate-stator section length.