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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Eagle Eye Research, Durham, NC (US);
John H. Reif, Durham, NC (US);
Eagle Eye Research, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Levitation devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes an array of magnetic elements that have differently oriented magnetic fields and an inductive component. The inductive component provides a levitation force by magnetic communication with the magnetic fields of the array of magnetic elements. The inductive component includes an array of inductive elements, with individual inductive elements having a looped circuit that provides the levitation force. The inductive component also includes one or more switch element that controls current flow in one or more of the looped circuits responsive to translational motion between the inductive component and the array of magnetic elements.