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Linear motor with ring magnet and non-magnetizable end caps

US4243899A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 1979
Grant dateJan 6, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 8, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K2207/03
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A linear motor is provided with a coil, a plunger selectively positionable thereby, a permanent magnet concentric with the coil and plunger having oppositely polarized magnetic poles on outer and inner surfaces creating a magnetic circuit extending through the plunger, end caps of non-magnetizable material in line with the plunger, and an output shaft of non-magnetizable material extending through an end cap.

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