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Permanent magnet having improved field quality and apparatus employing the same

US8368496B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 2007
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F7/0278
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A ring magnet assembly has a generally cylindrical magnet body defining an air gap having an upper end and a lower end. Upper and lower face plates dispose respectively at an upper portion of the ring magnet and lower portion of the ring magnet. The face plates preferably have a high magnetic permeability. A mass analyzer may be disposed within the air gap. An ion generator may be disposed within an air gap of a ring magnetic assembly of the present invention. A pair of vertically-stacked magnetic ring assemblies may be provided. In that embodiment, a mass analyzer may be disposed within one air gap and an ion generator within another.

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