Magnetic attachment system having composite magnet structures
DCFirst Claim
1. A magnetic attachment system comprising:
- a base; and
a plurality of magnetic structures associated with said base, each magnetic structure of said plurality of magnetic structures comprising a respective plurality of magnetic field sources comprising one or more contiguous pieces of permanent magnet material, said plurality of magnetic structures comprising a plurality of polarity regions, at least one magnetic structure of said plurality of magnetic structures being based on a respective pattern having a respective autocorrelation function characterized by a single peak autocorrelation position and a plurality of off-peak autocorrelation positions, wherein a greatest off-peak autocorrelation magnitude of said plurality of off-peak autocorrelation positions is less than half of the peak autocorrelation magnitude at said peak autocorrelation position.
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Abstract
A magnetic attachment system for attaching a first object to a second object. A first magnet structure is attached to the first object and a second magnet structure is attached to the second object. The first and second objects are attached by virtue of the magnetic attraction between the first magnet structure and second magnet structure. The magnet structures comprise magnetic elements arranged in accordance with patterns based on various codes. In one embodiment, the code has certain autocorrelation properties. In further embodiments the specific type of code is specified. In a further embodiment, an attachment and a release configuration may be achieved by a simple movement of the magnet structures. In a further embodiment, the magnetic field structure may comprise multiple structures based on multiple codes.
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1. A magnetic attachment system comprising:
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a base; and a plurality of magnetic structures associated with said base, each magnetic structure of said plurality of magnetic structures comprising a respective plurality of magnetic field sources comprising one or more contiguous pieces of permanent magnet material, said plurality of magnetic structures comprising a plurality of polarity regions, at least one magnetic structure of said plurality of magnetic structures being based on a respective pattern having a respective autocorrelation function characterized by a single peak autocorrelation position and a plurality of off-peak autocorrelation positions, wherein a greatest off-peak autocorrelation magnitude of said plurality of off-peak autocorrelation positions is less than half of the peak autocorrelation magnitude at said peak autocorrelation position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A magnetic attachment system comprising:
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a base comprising a first plurality of magnetic structures, each of said first plurality of magnetic structures comprising a respective first plurality of magnetic field sources arranged according to a respective first pattern, said respective first plurality of magnetic field sources comprising one or more respective contiguous pieces of neodymium iron boron, at least one magnetic structure of said first plurality of magnetic structures being based on a respective pattern having a respective autocorrelation function characterized by a single peak magnitude position and a plurality of off-peak magnitude positions, wherein the greatest off-peak autocorrelation magnitude is less than half of the peak autocorrelation magnitude; and a panel comprising a second plurality of magnetic structures, each magnetic structure of said second plurality of magnetic structures being complementary to a corresponding magnetic structure of said first plurality of magnetic structures. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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