Patent ID: 7834729

Claim:
A correlated magnetic connector, comprising: a first part including a first magnetic field emission structure; and a second part including a second magnetic field emission structure, where the first part is attached to the second part when the first and second magnetic field emission structures are located next to one another and have a certain alignment with respect to one another, where each of the first and second magnetic field emission structures include field emission sources having positions and polarities relating to a desired spatial force to function that corresponds to a relative alignment of the first and second magnetic field emission structures within a field domain, said spatial force function being in accordance with a code, said code corresponding to a code modulo of said first plurality of field emission sources and a complementary code modulo of said second plurality of field emission sources, said code defining a peak spatial force corresponding to substantial alignment of said code modulo of said first plurality of field emission sources with said complementary code modulo of said second plurality of field emission 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 first plurality of field emission sources and said complementary code modulo of said second plurality of field emission 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.