Embodiment of the present invention provides a cylindrical composite permanent magnet and a magnetic assembly including the same, wherein the cylindrical composite permanent magnet comprises at least one annular permanent magnet having a first magnetic parameter value and at least one annular permanent magnet having a second magnetic parameter value, wherein the at least one annular permanent magnet having the first magnetic parameter value and at least one annular permanent magnet having the second magnetic parameter value are jointed to form the cylindrical composite permanent magnet. The cylindrical composite permanent magnet in the invention is obtained by jointing at least one annular permanent magnet having the first magnetic parameter value and at least one annular permanent magnet having the second magnetic parameter value; the magnetic property of the cylindrical composite permanent magnet can be adjusted by selecting the material type and length of the joint annular permanent magnet.

In an embodiment, a microwave circuit (circuit) includes an attenuator configured to attenuate a plurality of frequencies in a microwave signal. In an embodiment, the attenuator comprises a component of a first material, the first material exhibiting superconductivity in a cryogenic temperature range. In an embodiment, the circuit includes a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field at the attenuator, wherein the magnetic field is at least equal to a critical magnetic field strength of the first material. In an embodiment, the critical magnetic field strength causes the first material to become non-superconductive in the cryogenic temperature range.

The invention provides wearable devices for effecting transcranial magnetic stimulation to be used by patients who have suffered brain injuries. Permanent magnets are shifted or rotated to deliver a time-varying magnetic field, preferably about the locus of the injury. In an embodiment, the strong magnetic fields of the permanent magnets are directed to the injured area for therapeutic purposes. A novel mechanism is provided that uses a small battery-powered electromagnet to interact with the weak peripheral magnetic fields of the permanent magnets and to shift the permanent magnets between two or more stable positions. As a result, a lightweight, quiet, wearable device with low power consumption is provided.

Disclosed herein are an elastic encoder and manufacturing method thereof. The elastic encoder of the present invention includes a reinforcing rim which has a reinforcing body and a reinforcing flange formed along a peripheral part of the reinforcing body and which is manufactured using a metallic material; and a plastic magnet which is bound to the reinforcing flange so as to surround the reinforcing flange, includes synthetic resin, rubber material, and magnetic powder, and has a plurality of magnetic poles magnetized in a circumferential direction.

An array of permanent magnets and magnetic materials create a large focused magnetic field capable of reducing the viscosity of blood in a human subject, and consequently reducing the blood pressure of the subject. The magnets can be arranged in highly tunable and customizable configurations suited to unique and individual applications.

The invention relates to a variable-area flow meter with a measuring tube in which a float provided with at least one permanent magnet and movable by a fluid flowing through the measuring tube is arranged, and with an indicating device arranged outside the measuring tube, said indicating device comprising a magnet holder rotatably mounted about a rotation axis, said magnet holder holding at least one follower magnet that follows the movement of the permanent magnet, and having an indicating element which reflects the movement of the at least one follower magnet, wherein at least one follower magnet in the magnet holder is arranged in such a manner that its magnetic axis is inclined in relation to the rotation axis by an angle () not equal to 90.

A magnetic/energetic apparatus for purifying gas mixtures comprises a vortex tube and magnetic elements. Such an apparatus can include an inlet valve configured to receive a gas mixture having one or more disposed paramagnetic gas species and one or more diamagnetic gas species; a high-shear environment energetic separation chamber coupled to the inlet valve; a plurality of magnetic elements coupled to an outer wall of the high-shear environment separation chamber, wherein each of the plurality of magnetic elements are arranged so as to have a respective pole alternating in polarity with respect to an adjacently positioned magnetic element so as to induce a field gradient between each of the adjacently positioned magnetic elements and within the inner wall of the high-shear environment separation chamber; and at least one exit valve so as provide a substantially separated one or more paramagnetic gas species from the one or more diamagnetic gas species.

A sensor assembly includes a shank shaped for mating with a socket in a head of a bolt about which a portion of a rear suspension of a bicycle pivots. A magnetometer (or a permanent magnet) is coupled to the shank. A permanent magnet with a north pole and a south pole (or a magnetometer) is positioned adjacent to the magnetometer (or permanent magnet) and pivotable relative thereto. A linkage couples the permanent magnet (or magnetometer) to the portion of the rear suspension that pivots about the bolt. The magnetometer senses changes in the magnetic field as the suspension pivots.

A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.

Disclosed is a magnetic parameter value estimation method using deep learning, the magnetic parameter value estimation method including creating a simulated magnetic domain image corresponding to a spin configuration of a two-dimensional magnetic system created through computer simulation, modeling a deep neural network using the simulated magnetic domain image, and estimating a magnetic parameter value of an observed magnetic domain image using the modeled deep neural network.