Patent ID: 8586410

Claim:
A method for magnetically-directed self-assembling parts, comprising: providing at least one first body, each first body exhibiting a first magnetic field having a first predetermined pattern; providing at least one second body, each second body exhibiting a second magnetic field having a second predetermined pattern; mixing the at least one first body with the at least one second body with a mixing force, wherein during mixing the at least one first body with the at least one second body with the mixing force the at least one first body is free-floating, wherein one of the at least one first body and one of the at least one second body are fully aligned to each other and bonded together by a magnetic attraction force between the one of the at least one first body and the one of the at least one second body when a magnetic attraction force between the one of the least one first body and the one of the at least one second body is sufficient to overcome the mixing force; and removing one or more hard magnet and/or soft magnet from the one of the at least one first body after bonding with the one of the at least one second body.