Providing a vehicle with electric energy using a receiving device adapted to receive an alternating electromagnetic field

A method of manufacturing an arrangement for providing a vehicle with electric energy, including the steps of:

• manufacturing a receiving device of the arrangement which is adapted—during operation—to receive an alternating electromagnetic field and to produce an alternating electric current by magnetic induction, wherein the receiving device is equipped with a phase line or a plurality of phase lines, wherein in case of a single phase line the phase line is being adapted—during operation—to carry a phase current of the alternating electric current and wherein in case of a plurality of phase lines each phase line being adapted—during operation—to carry a different one of a plurality of phases of the alternating electric current, wherein:
• at least three coils are formed by each phase line,
• each coil is constituted by at least one turn of the phase line,
• the turn of any one of the coils including only one turn is formed so as to turn around a central axis of the coil,
• the turns of any one of the coils including more than one turn are formed as consecutive sections of the phase line so as to turn around a central axis of the coil,
• the at least three coils of each phase line are located next to each other so as to form a sequence of coils which covers an effective area in a plane that extends perpendicularly to the central axes of the coils, so that there are a first and a second end coil at the opposite ends of the sequence and at least one middle coil in between the end coils of the sequence,
• for at least one of the phase lines, the number of turns per coil of the sequence of coils differs, and
• each of the end coils has a smaller number of turns than the middle coil or middle coils.

A method of operating a vehicle comprising the steps of:

• using a receiving device which receives an alternating electromagnetic field and produces an alternating electric current by magnetic induction, wherein at least one phase line is used by the receiving device, wherein in the case of a single phase line the phase line carries a phase current of the alternating electric current and wherein in the case of a plurality of phase lines each phase line carries a different phase of a plurality of phases of the alternating electric current, wherein:
• each phase line is operated using at least three coils,
• in each coil the alternating electric current is carried by at least one turn of the phase line,
• the turn of any one of the coils including only one turn is turned around a central axis of the coil,
• the turns of any one of the coils including more than one turn are consecutive sections of the phase line turned around a central axis of the coil,
• the at least three coils of each phase line are used as a sequence of coils which covers an effective area in a plane that extends perpendicularly to the central axes of the coils, so that there are a first and a second end coil at the opposite ends of the sequence and at least one middle coil in between the end coils of the sequence, and
• in at least one of the phase lines, the phase current of the alternating electric current flows through coils having a different number of turns per coil within the sequence of coils, and
• each of the end coils has a smaller number of turns than the middle coil or middle coils.