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System and method for moving an object

  • US 8,704,626 B2
  • Filed: 05/10/2011
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for moving an object;

  • comprising the steps of;

    associating a first magnetic structure with a first object, said first magnetic structure comprising a first plurality of magnetic sources having a first polarity pattern;

    associating a second magnetic structure with a second object, said second magnetic structure comprising a second plurality of magnetic sources having a second polarity pattern that is the mirror image of said first polarity pattern, said first magnetic structure and said second magnetic structure having a spatial force function in accordance with a code;

    achieving complementary alignment and peak correlation of said first magnetic structure with said second magnetic structure to produce a peak tensile force enabling magnetic attachment of said first object to said second object, said first magnetic structure and said second magnetic structure also producing a shear force, said complementary alignment being when each magnetic source of said first plurality of magnetic sources having a first polarity is aligned with a corresponding magnetic source of said second plurality of magnetic sources having a second polarity that is opposite said first polarity and each magnetic source of said first plurality of magnetic sources having said second polarity is aligned with a corresponding magnetic source of said second plurality of magnetic sources having said first polarity; and

    moving said second object by moving said first object, said shear force preventing misalignment and decorrelation of said first magnetic structure and said second magnetic structure until an amount of torque greater than a torque threshold is applied to said first object.

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