Magnetically loaded electromechanical switches

A switching device comprising:

• a housing having a body defining a cavity with a centered cavity longitudinal axis and a first cavity lateral axis, wherein the first cavity lateral axis intersects the housing body at opposite housing magnetic poles;
• a core having a body that is smaller than the cavity located in the cavity such that a centered core longitudinal axis aligns with the centered cavity longitudinal axis with a gap between the core body and housing body, the core body having opposite core magnetic poles on a core lateral axis that are magnetically aligned with the housing magnetic poles when in a natural magnetic state;
• at least one mirror element coupled to the core;
• an armature connected with the housing such that opposite armature magnetic poles are not aligned with the first cavity lateral axis, wherein the core magnetic poles are magnetically aligned with the armature magnetic poles when in an energized magnetic state;
• and
• a coil operably coupled with the armature so as to generates a magnetic field in the armature that transitions the core from a natural position of the natural magnetic state to an energized position of the energized magnetic state when the coil is energized, wherein the core returns to the natural position when the coil is not energized.

A switching method:

• providing a switching device comprising:
• a housing having a body defining a cavity with a centered cavity longitudinal axis and a first cavity lateral axis, wherein the first cavity lateral axis intersects the housing body at opposite housing magnetic poles;
• a core having a body that is smaller than the cavity located in the cavity such that a centered core longitudinal axis aligns with the centered cavity longitudinal axis with a gap between the core body and housing body, the core body having opposite core magnetic poles on a core lateral axis that are magnetically aligned with the housing magnetic poles when in a natural magnetic state;
• an armature connected with the housing such that opposite armature magnetic poles are not aligned with the first cavity lateral axis, wherein the core magnetic poles are magnetically aligned with the armature magnetic poles when in an energized magnetic state;
• and
• a coil operably coupled with the armature so as to generates a magnetic field in the armature that transitions the core from a natural position of the natural magnetic state to an energized position of the energized magnetic state when the coil is energized, wherein the core returns to the natural position when the coil is not energized;
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• switching the switching device between the natural magnetic state and energized magnetic state.