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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2023
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Indian Head, MD (US);
Adam Pegouske, White Plains, MD (US);
Lee Foltz, Indian Head, MD (US);
Bruce Strackbein, Arnold, MD (US);
Mike Shattuck, Port Royal, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A magnetic apparatus for magnetic attachment to a curved ferromagnetic surface. The magnetic apparatus includes a plurality of ferromagnetic plates and a plurality of magnets. Each ferromagnetic plate includes a concave end for mounting on a curved ferromagnetic surface. The ferromagnetic plates and magnets are in an alternating arrangement where each magnet is positioned between a pair of the ferromagnetic plates. The magnets are oriented such that like magnetic poles of the magnets oppose each other. Each magnet is sized so that the magnet does not contact the curved ferromagnetic surface. The magnetic apparatus includes an assembly for joining the ferromagnetic plates and magnets together. Each magnet firmly abuts the pair of the ferromagnetic plates thereby allowing the ferromagnetic plates to become magnetically saturated. The magnetic apparatus includes a load-spreading member attached to all of the ferromagnetic plates for distributing loads among the ferromagnetic plates.