Voice coil actuator ii
CA 2232845 C · Owner: Aura Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Bulgatz, Dennis C.; Stuart, Keith O.
Overview
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A voice coil actuator includes a magnetic flux conductive material core, a magnet and an electrical current conductive coil. The core has a first surface and a continuous channel disposed in the first surface. The channel has a pair of opposing walls. The magnet is disposed in intimate contact with a first one of the walls and space from a second one of the walls so that a gap remains between the magnet and the second one of the walls. The magnet has a first face of a first magnetic polarity facing the first one of the walls and a second face of a second, opposite magnetic polarity facing the gap. The magnet is further spaced from a bottom of the channel so that magnetic flux is …
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- Filed August 4, 1992 and granted July 4, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 4, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 4, 2014.
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