ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,015, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Magswitch Automation Co. (Superior, Colo.).
"Magnetic coupling device" was invented by David H. Morton (Boulder, Colo.), Thomas D. Squillace (Boulder, Colo.) and Paul J. Karp (Thornton, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic device for magnetically coupling to a ferromagnetic body, comprises a housing having a central bore. A plurality of pole sectors arranged within an envelope of the central bore and forming a workpiece contact interface of the magnetic device, each of the plurality of pole sectors comprising a plurality of spaced-apart pole portions arranged at respective distances,...