Frontal magnet coupling with integrated magnetic bearing load relief
First Claim
1. A frontal magnetic coupling provided with at least one magnet for the transmission of torques or forces from a first to a second enclosure of a housing, said enclosures being separated from each other by means of an isolating wall, comprising:
- a driving element coupled for rotation in said first enclosure;
a driven element coupled for rotation in said second enclosure and axially aligned with said driving element;
a magnet having a contact surface mechanically coupled to one of said driving and said driven elements;
an element of magnetizable material coupled to the other one of said driving and said driven elements; and
a stationary plate of magnetizable material spaced above the contact surface of said magnet so as to form an air gap therebetween, said plate providing a return path for the magnetic flux of said magnet and thereby providing axial magnetic forces across said air gap which compensates and provides a magnetic bearing load relief of axial magnetic forces between said magnet and said element of magnetizable material.
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Abstract
A frontal magnetic rotational coupling for transmitting torque from a first enclosure to a second enclosure, said enclosures being hermetically separated from each other by an isolating wall. A plate affixed directly above a magnet attached to a rotatable shaft in one enclosure of the coupling is employed to magnetically provide bearing load relief. Axial force exerted upon the magnet from the other enclosure is compensated for by the magnetic field of the magnet itself, due to the return flux path provided by the plate. A miniaturized form of construction results which is of particular advantage when the frontal magnetic rotational coupling is used, for example, in an implantable medication dispensing device.
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19 Claims
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1. A frontal magnetic coupling provided with at least one magnet for the transmission of torques or forces from a first to a second enclosure of a housing, said enclosures being separated from each other by means of an isolating wall, comprising:
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a driving element coupled for rotation in said first enclosure; a driven element coupled for rotation in said second enclosure and axially aligned with said driving element; a magnet having a contact surface mechanically coupled to one of said driving and said driven elements; an element of magnetizable material coupled to the other one of said driving and said driven elements; and a stationary plate of magnetizable material spaced above the contact surface of said magnet so as to form an air gap therebetween, said plate providing a return path for the magnetic flux of said magnet and thereby providing axial magnetic forces across said air gap which compensates and provides a magnetic bearing load relief of axial magnetic forces between said magnet and said element of magnetizable material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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