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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
William B. Noble, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kim L. Valenzuela, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Cheryl K. Endo, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
James F. Keating, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
William B. Noble, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kim L. Valenzuela, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Cheryl K. Endo, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
James F. Keating, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, unknown;
Abstract
A system for transferring power and/or data through a skin of a vehicle includes a first module for disposition on an external surface of the vehicle, a first magnet arrangement attached to the first module, a second module for disposition on an internal surface of the vehicle, and a second magnet arrangement attached to the second module. The first magnet arrangement and the second magnet arrangement are selected to provide sufficient magnetic attraction therebetween to maintain the first module at a fixed position on the external surface of the vehicle by overcoming an air load force when the vehicle is in motion. When the first module and the second module are in registration with each other though the non-ferrous skin, at least one inductive coupling circuit through the non-ferrous skin is formed to provide one or more bidirectional paths therebetween for transfer of data signals, electrical power or both.