COUPLING DEVICE MODULES FOR INDUCTIVE DATA TRANSMISSION
First Claim
1. A first device module comprising a first coupling arrangement;
- the first coupling arrangement comprising a first inductive coil, a first magnetic core positioned within the first inductive coil to form a first electromagnet, and a first control unit electrically connected to the first inductive coil;
the first control unit being configured to supply first DC current to the first inductive coil to generate a first magnetic field to attract a second device module comprising a second magnetic element and a second inductive coil by magnetic force, and to supply first AC current to the first inductive coil to inductively transmit a first data or power signal from the first inductive coil to the second inductive coil.
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Abstract
A first device module comprises a first coupling arrangement; the first coupling arrangement comprising a first inductive coil, a first magnetic core positioned within the first inductive coil to form a first electromagnet, and a first control unit electrically connected to the first inductive coil. The first control unit is configured to supply first DC current to the first inductive coil to generate a first magnetic field to attract a second device module comprising a second magnetic element and a second inductive coil by magnetic force, and first AC current to the first inductive coil to inductively transmit a first data or power signal from the first inductive coil to the second inductive coil.
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1. A first device module comprising a first coupling arrangement;
- the first coupling arrangement comprising a first inductive coil, a first magnetic core positioned within the first inductive coil to form a first electromagnet, and a first control unit electrically connected to the first inductive coil;
the first control unit being configured to supply first DC current to the first inductive coil to generate a first magnetic field to attract a second device module comprising a second magnetic element and a second inductive coil by magnetic force, and to supply first AC current to the first inductive coil to inductively transmit a first data or power signal from the first inductive coil to the second inductive coil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- the first coupling arrangement comprising a first inductive coil, a first magnetic core positioned within the first inductive coil to form a first electromagnet, and a first control unit electrically connected to the first inductive coil;
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8. A second device module comprising a second coupling arrangement;
- the second coupling arrangement comprising a second inductive coil, a second magnetic core positioned within the second inductive coil to form a second electromagnet, and a second control unit electrically connected to the second inductive coil;
the second control unit being configured to supply second DC current to the second inductive coil to generate a second magnetic field to attract a first device module comprising a first magnetic element and a first inductive coil by magnetic force, and to receive a first data or power signal inductively transmitted from the first inductive coil of the first device module to the second inductive coil. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- the second coupling arrangement comprising a second inductive coil, a second magnetic core positioned within the second inductive coil to form a second electromagnet, and a second control unit electrically connected to the second inductive coil;
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16. A system comprising:
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a first device module comprising a first coupling arrangement comprising a first inductive coil, a first magnetic core positioned within the first inductive coil to form a first electromagnet, and a first control unit electrically connected to the first inductive coil; and a second device module comprising a second coupling arrangement comprising a second inductive coil, a second magnetic element, and a second control unit electrically connected to the second inductive coil; the first control unit being configured to supply first DC current to the first inductive coil to generate a first magnetic field to attract the second magnetic element, thereby releasably attaching the first and the second device modules together by magnetic force; and
to supply first AC current to the first inductive coil to inductively transmit a first data or power signal from the first inductive coil to the second inductive coil;the second control unit being configured to receive the first data or power signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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