Electromagnetic actuator
AssigneeiLOQ Oy
InventorMika Pukari
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Abstract
One or more embodiments describe a magnetic actuator including at least two magnets. One magnet is a semi hard magnet and the other magnet is a hard magnet. The hard magnet is configured to open or close the magnetic actuator. The semi hard magnet and the hard magnet are placed adjacent to each other. A change in magnetization polarization of the semi hard magnet is configured to push or pull the hard magnet) to open or close a digital lock realised with the magnetic actuator. The magnetic actuator can also be used to realise a valve.
Claims26
A system, comprising:
- a magnetic actuator, comprising:
- one or more magnets,
- wherein:
- at least one of the one or more magnets induces mechanical movement by the magnetic actuator,
- the magnetic actuator is powered by NFC,
- the magnetic actuator is controlled by a mobile application,
- the magnetic actuator is configured to open or close based on identifying a user at the mobile application, and
- the mobile application is configured to identify the user based on at least one of:
- (i) biometric identification at a mobile computing device, or (ii) communicating with a cloud service using a communication network.
A system, comprising:
- a magnetic actuator, comprising:
- a semi-hard magnet;
- and
- a hard magnet,
- wherein:
- the hard magnet is configured to induce mechanical movement by the magnetic actuator,
- the magnetic actuator is powered by NFC, and
- the magnetic actuator is controlled by a mobile application.
A software program product configured to perform one or more operations for controlling a magnetic actuator, the operations comprising:
- controlling operation of the magnetic actuator using one or more commands received from a mobile application, and
- opening or closing the magnetic actuator based on identifying a user at the mobile application, wherein:
- the magnetic actuator comprises one or more magnets,
- at least one of the one or more magnets induces mechanical movement by the magnetic actuator,
- the magnetic actuator is powered by NFC, and
- the mobile application is configured to identify the user based on at least one of:
- (i) biometric identification at a mobile computing device, or (ii) communicating with a cloud service using a communication network.
A software program product configured to perform one or more operations for controlling a magnetic actuator, the operations comprising:
- controlling operation of the magnetic actuator using one or more commands received from a mobile application, wherein:
- the magnetic actuator comprises:
- a semi-hard magnet;
- and
- a hard magnet,
- the hard magnet is configured to induce mechanical movement by the magnetic actuator, and
- the magnetic actuator is powered by NFC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.