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A permanent magnet, bistable actuator mechanism that uses magnetic repulsion for actuation, the actuator mechanism having a first translator member with a permanent magnet element displaceable between a first position and a second position and a second translator member having a permanent magnet ele

A permanent magnet, bistable actuator mechanism that uses magnetic repulsion for actuation, the actuator mechanism having a first translator member with a permanent magnet element displaceable between a first position and a second position and a second translator member having a permanent magnet element displaceable between a first position and a second position with the permanent magnet elements in mutual repulsion, the translator elements being arranged in a frame or containment structure that limits displacements of the first and second translator members with one of the translator members being a master member and the other being a slave member, such that displacement of the master member from one position to the other displaces the slave member in an opposite direction with the displacement process being reversible.

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1. A permanent magnet actuator mechanism comprising:a first magnet member having a permanent magnet element wherein the first magnet member is displaceable between a first position and second position; a second magnet member having a permanent magnet element wherein the second magnet member is displ

1. A permanent magnet actuator mechanism comprising:a first magnet member having a permanent magnet element wherein the first magnet member is displaceable between a first position and second position; a second magnet member having a permanent magnet element wherein the second magnet member is displaceable between a first position and a second position; a containment structure wherein the magnet element of the first magnet member is proximately positioned to the magnet element of the second magnet member and the magnets are maintained in substantial repulsion; and, wherein displacement of one of said first and second magnet members from one of said first and second positions to the other of said first and second positions actuates the opposite displacement of the other of said first and second magnet members from the opposite one of said first and second positions to the other of said first and second positions.