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US 2021/0174995 A1Published application
Servo-actuated rotary magnetic latching mechanism and method
AssigneeKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorsUsman Amin FIAZ, Jeff S. SHAMMA
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Abstract
A magnetic latching mechanism including a servo-motor configured to rotate an axle; a latching rotor attached to the axle and configured to rotate; and a pair of latching permanent magnets attached to the latching rotor. A north pole of a permanent magnet and a south pole of another permanent magnet of the pair are facing along a same direction.
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A magnetic latching mechanism comprising:
- a servo-motor configured to rotate an axle;
- a latching rotor attached to the axle and configured to rotate;
- and
- a pair of latching permanent magnets attached to the latching rotor,
- wherein a north pole of a permanent magnet and a south pole of another permanent magnet of the pair are facing along a same direction.
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A robot comprising:
- a frame;
- a magnetic latching mechanism;
- a processor that controls the magnetic latching mechanism;
- and
- a power source for powering the processor and the magnetic latching mechanism,
- wherein the magnetic latching mechanism uses permanent magnets for bonding or unbonding to another device.
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A method for bonding and debonding a first robot with a second robot, the method comprising:
- providing the first and second robots at a given distance D;
- reducing the distance D between the first and second robots;
- bonding the first robot with the second robot due to attraction magnetic forces developed between a magnetic latching mechanism of the first robot and a magnetic latching mechanism of the second robot;
- rotating a latching rotor of the magnetic latching mechanism of the first robot relative to a latching rotor of the magnetic latching mechanism of the second robot to generate a repelling magnetic force;
- and
- unbonding the first robot from the second robot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.