ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,724, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Magnetic push-button having a fixed body and a movable body" was invented by Mathieu Besnard (Merignac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a magnetic push-button (10) comprises a fixed body and a body which is movable with respect to the fixed body along an axis of movement (X); one of the bodies, called first body (21), comprising: a magnetic element extending along the axis of movement (X) and defining a magnetic alternation along the axis of movement; the other body, called second body (22), comprising: a notching tooth made o...