Magnetic latch for safety applications with adjustable holding force
US9033377B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/11
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A magnetic latch for industrial environments includes fixed magnetic pole pieces that may be sealed within a housing to resist environmental contamination and which provide for perpendicular engagement faces for use with gates having a rolling or swinging configuration. An RFID tag reader may be incorporated into the magnet assembly of the latch for reading a specially encoded RFID tag in a keeper portion of the magnetic latch.
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