Patent ID: 7808348

Claim:
A system for orienting a plurality of magnetic sources, said system comprising: at least one first magnetic source of said plurality of magnetic sources having a first orientation; and at least one second magnetic source of said plurality of magnetic sources having a second orientation whereby at least one pole of said at least one first magnetic source interacts with at least one pole of said at least one second magnetic source, said first orientation being relative to said second orientation such that said at least one pole of said at least one first magnetic source interact with said at least one pole of said at least one second magnetic source that has the same polarity as said at least one pole of said at least one first magnetic source, said first orientation and said second orientation being in accordance with a desired spatial force function, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said plurality of magnetic sources and an additional code modulo of an additional plurality of magnetic sources, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said plurality of magnetic sources with said additional code modulo of said additional plurality of magnetic sources, said code also defining a plurality of off peak spatial forces corresponding to a plurality of different misalignments of said code modulo of said plurality of magnetic sources and said additional code modulo of said additional plurality of magnetic sources, said plurality of off peak spatial forces having a largest off peak spatial force, said largest off peak spatial force being less than half of said peak spatial force.