ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,245, issued on Dec. 30.
"Apparatus and method for magnetizing an annular ring to generate a multipole field" was invented by Robert R. Lown (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems for magnetizing objects to create permanent magnets. A created or resulting permanent magnet's magnetic orientation continuously varies according to Halbach's formula. The invention includes the use of one or more magnetic rods. A monobloc annular ring typically is the object that is converted into a permanent magnet; the monobloc ring lacked the desired magnetic properties prior to the practice of the invention."
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