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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bernhard Gleich, Hamburg, DE;
George Randall Duensing, Hamburg, DE;
Johannes Adrianus Overweg, Uelzen, DE;
Peter Ulrich Börnert, Hamburg, DE;
Jochen Keupp, Rosengarten, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a mechanical gradient magnetic field generator () comprising a field generating element () comprising at least one generator layer (). Each of the at least one generator layer comprises: a stationary divider (); a movable divider () configured for moving in one () or two () displacement directions; a mechanical element () configured to mechanically assist movement of the movable divider in the one or two displacement directions towards an initial position (); and a set of rotatable magnets () positioned between the movable divider and the stationary divider. The set of rotatable magnets are mechanically coupled to the movable divider and to the stationary divider. The mechanical coupling of the set of rotatable magnets is such that movement of the movable divider in the one or two displacement directions causes an individual rotation of each of the set of rotatable magnets.