constantine

Claim 1

A NOISELESS LOAD SHARING MAGNETIC SWITCH HAVING EXACTLY M MAGNETIC ELEMENTS, OUTPUT MEANS COUPLED TO SAID MAGNETIC ELEMENTS, AND N INPUT COUPLING UNITS, EACH INPUT COUPLING UNIT INCLUDING DRIVE MEANS AND CONNECTED WINDINGS COUPLED TO EACH OF SAID MAGNETIC ELEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED COMBINATORIAL CODE, SAID N INPUT COUPLING UNITS BEING OPERABLE TO SUPPLY CURRENTS FOR SAID MAGNETIC ELEMENTS SELECTIVELY ACCORDING TO A CHOSEN ONE OF A GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL SELECTION CURRENT PATTERNS, ONE SELECTION CURRENT PATTERN BEING RELATED TO EACH OF SAID M MAGNETIC ELEMENTS, CHARACTERIZED BYTHE PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF SAID N INPUT COUPLING UNITS CONSISTING OF, FOR EACH SELECTION CURRENT PATTERN OF SAID GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL SELECTION CURRENT PATTERNS, A SWITCHING PORTION AFFECTING ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL MAGNETIC ELEMENT UNIQUELY RELATED TO THAT SELECTION CURRENT PATTERN, AND A NOISELESS PORTION AFFECTING EACH OF THE REMAINING M - 1 MAGNETIC ELEMENTS OF THE SWITCH, SAID SWITCHING PORTION INCLUDING COUPLINGS TO ONLY SAID SINGLE MAGNETIC ELEMENT IN SUCH SENSE THAT, FOR THE CURRENTS PRODUCED BY SAID N INPUT COUPLING UNITS FOR THE RELATED SELECTION PATTERN, THE MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE CURRENTS AND TO PRODUCE FULL EXCITATION OF SAID SINGLE MAGNETIC ELEMENT, AND SAID NOISELESS PORTION INCLUDING COUPLINGS TO EACH OF THE REMAINDER M - 1 OF SAID MAGNETIC ELEMENTS OF THE SWITCH IN SUCH NUMBERS OF EACH SENSE THAT, FOR THE CURRENTS PRODUCED BY SAID N INPUT COUPLING UNITS FOR THE RELATED SELECTION CURRENT PATTERN, THE MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF THE CURRENTS ADD ALGEBRAICALLY TO PRODUCE A ZERO NET MAGNETIC EFFECT, AT EACH OF SAID M - 1 REMAINING MAGNETIC ELEMENTS.