Patent ID: 9689412
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B64C,F16B,H01F

Claim:
1. A fastener assembly for securing a panel to a land structure, said panel including an outer edge portion and said land structure including a shoulder where the edge portion is positioned against the shoulder when the panel is secured to the land structure that defines a gap between the edge portion of the panel and the land structure, said fastener assembly comprising: a panel magnetic foundation member rigidly secured to a surface of the panel facing the land structure; a land magnetic foundation member rigidly secured to a surface of the land structure facing the panel; at least one planar magnet positioned between the panel magnetic foundation member and the land magnetic foundation member and being magnetically coupled thereto so as to secure the panel to the land structure; and a separation device positioned between the panel and the land structure and adjacent to the magnet so that it is completely inboard from the gap and not exposed to an outer mold line of the land structure, said separation device being rigidly secured to the land structure, said separation device being actuated to apply pressure to the panel and break the magnetic attraction between one or both of the panel magnetic foundation member and the magnet or the land magnetic foundation member and the magnet.