Patent ID: 9111673
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H01F

Abstract:
1. A method for moving an object; comprising: associating a first magnetic structure with a first object, said first magnetic structure comprising a first plurality of magnetic sources having a first polarity pattern; associating a second magnetic structure with a second object, said second magnetic structure comprising a second plurality of magnetic sources having a second polarity pattern that is the mirror image of said first polarity pattern, said first object and said second object being constrained such that said first object cannot touch said second object yet said first object and said second object can turn about an axis; achieving complementary alignment and peak correlation of said first magnetic structure with said second magnetic structure to produce a peak tensile force enabling magnetic attachment of said first object to said second object without said first object touching said second object, said complementary alignment and peak correlation of said first magnetic structure and said second magnetic structure also producing a shear force that prevents misalignment and decorrelation of said first magnetic structure from said second magnetic structure until an amount of torque greater than a torque threshold is applied to said first object, said complementary alignment being when each magnetic source of said first plurality of magnetic sources having a first polarity is aligned with a corresponding magnetic source of said second plurality of magnetic sources having a second polarity that is opposite said first polarity and each magnetic source of said first plurality of magnetic sources having said second polarity is aligned with a corresponding magnetic source of said second plurality of magnetic sources having said first polarity; and moving said second object by moving said first object.