Magnetic Mount
AssigneeThe Young Engineers, Inc.
InventorSamuel Dale Frias
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Abstract
A panel insert comprising an external body having an open end, said body having a central bore, a magnet received in said bore and having a smooth surface facing said open end of the body, said magnet being affixed to said body.
Claims5
1-21. (canceled)
A combination comprising a honeycomb panel and a panel insert, said panel insert being snugly received in a hole in said honeycomb panel and held therein by potting material, said panel insert comprising an insert body having an open lower end and an open upper end, a circular planar closure snugly received in said lower end of said insert body, said insert body having a first cylindrical smooth sided central bore and a second cylindrical smooth sided central bore, said second cylindrical smooth sided central bore being smaller in diameter than said first cylindrical smooth sided central bore and concentric therewith to provide an inwardly extending projection at the transition from said first cylindrical smooth sided central bore to said second cylindrical smooth sided central bore, a flange extending around said open upper end of the insert body, said panel insert received in said honeycomb panel with the flange being flush with the surface of the panel, said flange having spaced apart openings for receiving said potting material and the venting of air, a first smooth sided magnet snugly received in said first smooth sided central bore held by said closure and said projection, said first magnet having a smooth planar circular surface facing the open upper end of said insert body, a second magnet of opposite polarity snugly received in said upper open end of said insert body and having an exposed surface which is flush with the adjacent surface of said honeycomb panel and a complementary smooth planar circular surface abutting the said smooth planar circular surface of said first magnet to permit said second magnet to be repeatedly manually attached and detached from said first magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.