Electricity: magnetically operated switches – magnets – and electr – Magnets and electromagnets – Work or object holding type
Patent
1996-02-28
1997-12-23
Donovan, Lincoln
Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electr
Magnets and electromagnets
Work or object holding type
310 905, 446133, H01F 720
Patent
active
057011133
ABSTRACT:
Permanent magnets affixed to one structure produce a repelling force to magnets affixed to a larger structure that encloses the one structure to suspend and hold the one structure entirely within the larger structure, without physical contact therebetween.
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Donovan Lincoln
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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