Flexible support device with self-aligning magnetic relay unit for bilateral magnetic coupling

Abstract

Flexible carrier device for receiving a mobile terminal (60) and for magnetic coupling with an external component (70), comprising a flexible body (10) and at least one magnetic component (30), characterized in that the magnetic component (30) is designed as a magnetic relay and has a first magnetic pole surface (31) and a second magnetic pole surface (32) which are arranged axially opposite each other along a direction extending through the thickness of the flexible body (10) and have opposite magnetic polarities, wherein the magnetic component (30) is arranged within a receiving space (41) whose dimensions are larger than the outer dimensions of the magnetic component (30), so that the magnetic component (30) has limited mobility relative to the flexible body (10), wherein the magnetic component (30) is designed toto simultaneously establish a magnetic coupling to a magnetic structure (61) of the mobile device (60) and to a magnetic structure (71) of the external component (70), so that the magnetic component (30) is automatically centered between them by the simultaneous action of the magnetic fields of the magnetic structure (61) of the mobile device (60) and the magnetic structure (71) of the external component (70).