Apparatus and system for storing and transporting magnetic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315200-B2
Application number	US-201715638167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2017
Priority date	Jun 29, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a tray. The apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a sheet. The apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a first set of height modulators. The apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a diamagnetic material. The tray may include one or more pockets. The one or more pockets may be configured to receive a magnetic device. The sheet may be configured to couple with the tray. The sheet may be located adjacent to a bottom of the one or more pockets. The sheet may include the diamagnetic material. The sheet may include the first set of height modulators. The first set of height modulators may protrude from a surface of the sheet. The first set of height modulators may be configured to extend into the one or more pockets at a first distance.

First claim

The claimed invention is:

1. An apparatus for storing magnetic materials, comprising:
a tray including one or more pockets, wherein each of the one or more pockets is configured to receive a magnetic device;
a sheet configured to couple with the tray and located adjacent to a surface of the one or more pockets, wherein the sheet includes:
a diamagnetic material or a ferromagnetic material;
a first set of height modulator protrusions, wherein the first set of height modulator protrusions protrude from a surface of the sheet and each of the first set of height modulator protrusions is configured to extend into a corresponding one of the one or more pockets at a first distance and each of the first set of height modulator protrusions is contained within the corresponding one of the one or more pockets.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the ferromagnetic material is selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt, and gadolinium.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sheet includes a composite material, and the composite material includes a dielectric matrix and a dispersed phase, wherein the dispersed phase includes the diamagnetic material or the ferromagnetic material.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sheet is a first sheet and the tray includes a first section and a second section, and the first sheet is configured to couple with the first section of the tray, and further comprising a second sheet configured to couple with the second section of the tray, wherein the second sheet includes:
the diamagnetic material or the ferromagnetic material; and
a second set of height modulator protrusions, wherein the second set of height modulator protrusions protrude from a surface of the second sheet and each of the second set of height modulator protrusions is configured to extend into a corresponding one of the one or more pockets of the second section.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first set of height modulator protrusions each have a first height, the second set of height modulator protrusions each have a second height, and the first height is different than the second height.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the one or more pockets of the first section have a first set of dimensions, the one or more pockets of the second section have a second set of dimensions, and the first set of dimensions is different than the second set of dimensions.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more height modulator protrusions include the diamagnetic material or the ferromagnetic material.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more pockets each include an opening, wherein the opening for each of the one or more pockets are sized and shaped to receive the first set height modulator protrusions.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first set of height modulator protrusions includes a first height modulator protrusion and a second height modulator protrusion, wherein the first height modulator protrusion has a first height and the second height modulator protrusion has a second height, and wherein the first height is different than the second height.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer, wherein the spacer:
is sized and shaped to mate with the tray or the sheet and be positioned between the tray and the sheet, and
includes one or more openings sized and shaped to receive each of the first set of height modulators such that an overall height of the first set of height modulators is reduced.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer including the diamagnetic material, the spacer configured to be positioned between the tray and the sheet, wherein positioning the spacer between the tray and the sheet configures the first set of height modulator protrusions to protrude into the one or more pockets at a second distance, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more pockets includes a top opening and a bottom opening, the first set of height modulator protrusions protrude into the one or more pockets through the bottom opening of each of the one or more pockets, and the dimensions of the top opening are greater than the bottom opening.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tray or the sheet includes one or more interconnection features, and the one or more interconnection features are configured to mate with a JEDEC tray.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein coupling of the sheet with the tray defines a cavity within each of the one or more pockets and the cavity in each of the one or more pockets is configured to receive the magnetic device.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more pockets include at least one cutout extending into a sidewall of the one or more pockets.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one cutout is configured to receive an individual pin.

17. A system for storing magnetic materials, comprising:
a tray including one or more pockets;
a sheet configured to couple with the tray and located adjacent to a bottom of the one or more pockets, wherein the sheet includes:
a diamagnetic material or a ferromagnetic material;
a first set of height modulator protrusions, wherein the first set of height modulator protrusions protrudes from a surface of the sheet and each of the first set of height modulator protrusions is configured to extend into a corresponding one of the one or more pockets at a first distance and each of the first set of height modulator protrusions is contained within the corresponding one of the one or more pockets;

a magnetic device; and
wherein each of the one or more pockets is configured to receive the magnetic device.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the ferromagnetic material is selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt, and gadolinium.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the sheet includes a composite material, and the composite material includes a dielectric matrix and a dispersed phase, wherein the dispersed phase includes the diamagnetic material or the ferromagnetic material.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the one or more pockets include at least one cutout extending into a sidewall of the one or more pockets.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the at least one cutout is configured to receive an individual pin.

22. The system of claim 17 , further comprising a spacer wherein the spacer:
is sized and shaped to mate with the tray or the sheet and be positioned between the tray and the sheet, and
includes one or more openings sized and shaped to receive each of the first set of height modulator protrusions such that each of the first set of height modulator protrusions extends into the corresponding one of the one or more pockets at a second distance, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

23. The system of claim 22 , whereby configuring the first set of height modulator protrusions to extend into the corresponding one of the one or more pockets at the second distance increases the attractive force between the magnetic device and the sheet, when the magnetic device is received in the pocket.

24. The system of claim 17 , wherein the one or more height modulators includes a modulator surface, and the modulator surface is configured to mate in surface to surface contact with a portion of the magnetic device when the magnetic device is received in one of the

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Abebaw Amanuel M
• Saltas Mark
• Prakash Anna M
• Wang Liwei

Classifications

• B03C1/002

  High gradient magnetic separation (acting directly on the substance being separated B03C1/025; acting on the medium containing the substance being separated B03C1/32) · CPC title

• B25H3/06 Primary

  Trays · CPC title

• B65B5/026

  for making trays · CPC title

• B03C1/034 Primary

  characterised by the matrix elements · CPC title

• B65B11/50

  Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins (apparatus or devices for forming pockets in or from sheets, blanks or webs B65B47/00) · CPC title