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Periodic permanent magnet structures
Assignee: United States Department of the Army
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Filing: 1989-03-17
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Granted: 1989-08-22
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Expires: 2009-03-17
Abstract
Abstract A periodic permanent magnet stack comprises a plurality of aligned, juxtaed, hollow hemispherical flux sources each of which produces a uniform high-field in its hemispherical central cavity. The magnetic field orientations in the central cavities are axially directed and alternate or reverse in direction from hemisphere to hemisphere. An axial bore hole through the stack provides a continuous channel or path through which a beam of charged particles will travel.
Inventors
- 👤 Herbert A. Leupold
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 07:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J23/00; H01J23/02; H01J23/08; H01J23/087; H01J23/0873; H01F; H01F7/00; H01F7/02; H01F7/0273; H01F7/0278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure comprising a plurality of aligned juxtaposed hollow hemispherical flux sources each of which produces a uniform high-field in its hemispherical central cavity, the magnetic field orientations in the central cavities being axially directed and successively alternating in direction from hemispherical source to hemispherical source, and an axial bore hole through the magnetic poles of the stack of hemispheric flux sources so as to form with said cavities a continuous channel through the stack through which a beam of charged particles can travel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure comprising a plurality of aligned juxtaposed hollow hemispherical flux sources each of which produces a uniform high-field in its hemispherical central cavity, the magnetic field orientations in the central cavities being axially directed and successively alternating in direction from hemispherical source to hemispherical source, and an axial bore hole through the magnetic poles of the stack of hemispheric flux sources so as to form with said cavities a continuous channel through the stack through which a beam of charged particles can travel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
98 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said stack comprises a plurality of pairs of hemispheric magnetic shells, each pair being mounted on opposite sides of a respective plate of permeable material so that the plate closes the open ends thereof, each magnetic shell forming with the contiguous plate a hollow hemispherical flux source, said bore hole extending through the magnetic poles of each pair of hemispheric magnetic shells and through each plate of permeable material, said plurality of pairs of magnetic shells being axially aligned and contiguous with adjacent pairs of magnetic shells.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure as defined in claim 2 wherein the stack has a field period to bore hole ratio of substantially four-to-one.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A periodic permanent magnetic structure as defined in claim 3 wherein the hollow hemispherical flux sources are of the same dimensions, and the magnetic field orientation in each axial bore hole of each magnetic shell is the reverse of that in the adjacent cavity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure as defined in claim 4 wherein the plates of permeable material are at least peripherally coextensive with the hemispheric shells mounted thereon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure as defined in claim 5 wherein said plurality of hemispheric flux sources comprises at least eight in number.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A periodic permanent magnet structure as defined in claim 6 wherein the shell thickness of each hollow flux source is equal to the cavity radius of the same.
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