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Magnetic, self-retracting, auto-aligning electrical connector

  • US 9,160,102 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/2012
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a first conductor comprising; and

    a first magnet configured to magnetically couple with a second magnet, wherein magnetic coupling of the first magnet and the second magnet causes a change in a magnetic field of a magnetically coupled combination of the first magnet and the second magnet and wherein the change in the magnetic field of the magnetically coupled combination of the first magnet and the second magnet causes electrical coupling of the first conductor and a second conductor;

    wherein magnetic attraction between the first magnet and the third magnet maintains the third magnet in a retracted position relative to a first magnetic coupling surface of the first magnet at times the first magnet and the second magnet are not magnetically coupled; and

    wherein the first conductor comprises a third magnet having a polarity orientation opposite the polarity orientation of the first magnet.

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