Magic spheres assembled from conically magnetized rings
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorHerbert A. Leupold
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Abstract
A group of magnetic strands are configured into a minimal number of solid magnetized toroidal rings with a conical magnetization direction and then aligned, stacked and assembled into a magic sphere magnetic structure. Each magnetized toroidal ring has predetermined dimensions to form the inner and outer surfaces of a spherical shell. The present invention also encompasses a magic sphere magnetic device with unsegmented solid magnetized toroidal rings and methods for assembling a magic sphere by stacking magnetized toroidal rings with a conical magnetic direction.
Claims14
A magic sphere magnetic structure, comprising:
- a group of magnetic strands are dimensioned with a series of different predetermined circumferences;
- said group of magnetic strands being toroidally magnetized into a plurality of solid, magnetized toroidal rings with a means for toroidal magnetization;
- each of said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings, having a spherical inner surface and a spherical pouter surface, being magnetized with a different conical magnetization direction;
- said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings along with an upper magic sphere and a lower magic sphere being coaxially aligned and stacked around a spherical polar axis to provide a spherical shell;
- said spherical shell having an inner shell surface, an outer shell surface, and a hollow central cavity, with said spherical polar axis being located within said hollow central cavity;
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- said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings in combination with said different conical magnetization directions generate a strong vertical magnetic field direction along said spherical polar axis with a minimal number of said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings.
A magic sphere magnetic device with unsegmented solid magnetized toroidal rings, comprising:
- a group of magnetic strands are dimensioned with a series of different predetermined circumferences;
- said group of magnetic strands being toroidally magnetized into a plurality of solid, magnetized toroidal rings with a means for toroidal magnetization;
- each of said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings, having a spherical inner surface and a spherical outer surface, being magnetized with a different conical magnetization direction;
- said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings along with an upper magic sphere and a lower magic sphere being coaxially aligned and stacked around a spherical polar axis to provide a spherical shell;
- said spherical shell having an inner shell surface, an outer shell surface, and a hollow central cavity, with said spherical polar axis being located within said hollow central cavity;
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- said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings in combination with said different conical magnetization directions generate a strong vertical magnetic field direction along said spherical polar axis with a minimal number of said plurality of magnetized toroidal rings.
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