Magnetic Levitation Base with Adjustable Tilt Compensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Magnetic levitation systems are sensitive to environmental changes and require precise leveling of the magnetic base and weighting of the float element, making them unstable and difficult to maintain over time.
Innovation Solution
The system allows magnetic levitation with a tilted orientation by placing a magnetic levitation affecting element off-center relative to the levitation base and float element, using magnets or electromagnets to adjust the mass and tilt of the float element, enabling levitation at angles up to 15 degrees without the need for electronic feedback or precise leveling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the magnetic base is made sufficiently level and the float element is properly weighted, then magnetic levitation can be achieved, but the system requires frequent adjustments due to environmental changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an adjustable weight system that allows dynamic modification of the float element's mass. Weights can be added or removed to compensate for environmental changes, transforming a static system into a dynamic one that can adapt to changing conditions without requiring complete releveling or complex electronic controls
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows changing the mass parameter of the float element by adding or removing weights. This parameter change compensates for environmental variations such as temperature changes or magnetic field drift, maintaining stable levitation without requiring complex adjustments to the base leveling or magnetic field strength
2Reliability
If the magnetic base is not sufficiently level, then the top will fall off to one side, but adjusting the base leveling requires additional devices and is complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses adjustable weights on the float element to counterbalance the effect of an unlevel base. By adding or removing weights, the user can compensate for base tilting, effectively using the float element's own weight distribution to counteract external gravitational imbalances caused by an unlevel surface
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows the user to self-correct leveling issues by simply adding or removing weights from the float element, without requiring external leveling devices like shims or tripod adjusters. The float element itself becomes the tool for correcting base orientation errors
3Force
If weights are added to the float element, then the top can be kept from rising too far, but the system becomes sensitive to environmental changes requiring reweighting
Solution Approach 1:
The weight system is designed to be dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. Users can add or remove weights as environmental conditions change, making the system adaptable to different temperatures, magnetic field strengths, and usage conditions without requiring a complete redesign or complex electronic sensors
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration provides greater flexibility and stability, allowing magnetic levitation to be maintained with reduced need for frequent adjustments, as the levitation affecting element can adjust the mass and tilt of the float element to compensate for environmental changes and base orientation.
Implementation Method 1
magnetic forces from the base causing the top to remain centered while it spins
Implementation Method 2
Magnetic levitation occurs when an object is suspended above another object with no support other than magnetic fields
Implementation Method 3
the gyroscopic effects of the float element, coupled with the gravitational forces acting on the spinning float element
Implementation Method 4
the gravitational forces acting on the spinning float element
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for magnetic levitation. In one embodiment, a magnetic levitation base together with a magnetic levitation affecting element that is located to the side of the levitation base support the magnetic levitation of a spinning magnetic top. In one embodiment, the levitation affecting element may comprise one or more magnets similar to that of the levitation base. A mass of the top and a tilt of the levitation base that may be required for magnetic levitation may be adjusted by adjusting the levitation affecting element (e.g. altering its position and/or the strength of its magnetic field.) The general direction of a tilt may be reversed by changing the magnetic north-south direction (e.g. turning over or reversing the electromagnetic current) of the levitation affecting element.