US Patent Issued to Niron Magnetics on Feb. 18 for "Magnetic circuit with more than one magnet type" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,003, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Niron Magnetics Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Magnetic circuit with more than one magnet type" was invented by Bruno P. Lequesne (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including: a first magnet with a first remanence value and a first coercivity value, the first magnet having a first cross-sectional area substantially normal to a direction of magnetization of the first magnet; and a second magnet positioned in series with the first magnet, the second magnet with a second remanence value and a second coercivity value that is less th...