All dimensions free connection magnetic building block
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a magnetic building block for connecting with other magnetic building block. The magnetic building block includes a base, a cover, at least one horizontal magnet and at least one vertical magnet. The base includes at least two vertical accommodating grooves and at least one horizontal accommodating groove. The cover is configured to connect with the base and cover the at least two vertical accommodating grooves and the at least one horizontal accommodate groove. The at least one horizontal magnet is located at the at least one horizontal accommodating groove. The at least two vertical magnets are located at the at least two vertical accommodating grooves respectively. Magnetic pole directions of two adjacent vertical magnets of the at least two vertical magnets are opposite to each other.
1. A magnetic building block, comprising a polyhedron, for connecting with another magnetic building block, which is also a polyhedron, comprising:
a base comprising a polyhedron comprising at least three sides connected together so as to define at least three corners having at least three angles therebetween, at least one vertical accommodating groove defined within at least one of said at least three corners of said polyhedron, at least one vertical accommodating groove defined within at least one of said at least three sides of said polyhedron, and at least one horizontal accommodating groove;
a cover configured to connect with said base and thereby cover said at least one vertical accommodating groove defined within said at least one of said at least three corners of said polyhedron, said at least one vertical accommodating groove defined within at least one of said at least three sides of said polyhedron, and said at least one horizontal accommodating groove;
at least one horizontal magnet disposed within said at least one horizontal accommodating groove and having opposite pole directions; and
at least two vertical magnets respectively disposed within said at least one vertical accommodating groove defined within said at least one of said at least three corners of said polyhedron and within said at least one vertical accommodating grooves defined within said at least one of said at least three sides of said polyhedron, respectively having opposite magnetic pole directions, and wherein said magnetic pole directions of two adjacent vertical magnets of said at least two vertical magnets are opposite to each other.
2. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said at least one horizontal magnet comprises a plurality of horizontal magnets, said at least one horizontal accommodating groove comprises a plurality of horizontal accommodating grooves, and said plurality of horizontal magnets and said plurality of horizontal accommodating grooves are equal in number.
3. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said magnetic pole direction of each one of said at least two vertical magnets is the same as a length dimension of each one of said at least two vertical magnets.
4. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said at least one horizontal magnet has a predetermined length dimension and a predetermined thickness dimension; and
said at least one horizontal magnet is able to rotate around a virtual axis extending along said length dimension of said at least one horizontal magnet.
5. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said base has a cross-sectional configuration which is selected from the group comprising a rectangular shape, a square shape, and a triangular shape, and said cover has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to said cross-sectional shape of said base.
6. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said magnetic pole direction of one of said at least two vertical magnets is from a north pole of said one of said at least two vertical magnets to a south pole of said one of said at least two vertical magnets and is the same as a direction extending from a top end of said one of said at least two vertical magnets to a bottom end of said one of said at least three vertical magnets, and said magnetic pole direction of an adjacent one of said at least two vertical magnets is from a south pole of said adjacent one of said at least two vertical magnets to a north pole of said adjacent one of said at least two vertical magnets and is the same as a direction extending from a top end of said adjacent one of said at least two vertical magnets to a bottom end of said adjacent one of said at least two vertical magnets.
7. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said magnetic poles of said at least two vertical magnets, disposed within vertical planes, are arranged in a manner selected from first and second manners with said magnetic poles of adjacent vertical magnets alternating polarity such that said first manner comprises a north pole, a south pole, a north pole, and a south pole, and said second manner being a south pole, a north pole, a south pole, and a north pole.
8. The magnetic building block according to claim 1 , wherein:
said magnetic pole direction of each one of said at least two vertical magnets is along a length dimension of each one of said at least two vertical magnets, and said magnetic pole direction of said at least one horizontal magnet is along a thickness dimension of said at least one horizontal magnet.
9. A magnetic building block, comprising a polyhedron, for connecting with another magnetic building block, which is also a polyhedron, comprising:
a base comprising a polyhedron comprising four sides connected together so as to define four corners having four angles therebetween, a vertical accommodating groove defined within each one of said four corners of said polyhedron, and a horizontal accommodating groove defined within each one of said four sides of said polyhedron;
a cover configured to connect with said base and thereby cover said four vertical accommodating grooves defined within said four corners of said polyhedron and said four horizontal accommodating grooves defined within said four sides of said polyhedron;
a horizontal magnet disposed within each one of said four horizontal accommodating grooves defined within said four sides of said polyhedron and having opposite pole directions; and
four vertical magnets respectively disposed within said four vertical accommodating grooves defined within said four corners of said polyhedron, respectively having opposite magnetic pole directions, and wherein said magnetic pole directions of two adjacent vertical magnets of said at least two vertical magnets are opposite to each other.
10. The magnetic building block as set forth in claim 9 , wherein:
said base and said cover together comprise a cube.
11. A magnetic building block, comprising a polyhedron, for connecting with another magnetic building block, which is also a polyhedron, comprising:
a base comprising a polyhedron comprising four sides connected together so as to define four corners having four angles therebetween, a vertical accommodating groove defined within each one of said four corners of said polyhedron, a pair of vertical accommodating grooves defined within two opposite sides of said polyhedron, and at least one horizontal accommodating groove defined within each one of said four sides of said polyhedron;
a cover configured to connect with said base and thereby cover said four vertical accommodating grooves defined within said four corners of said polyhedron, said pair of vertical accommodating grooves defined within two opposite sides of said polyhedron, and said at least one horizontal accommodating groove defined within each one of said four sides of said polyhedron;
a horizontal magnet disposed within all of said horizontal accommodating grooves defined within each one of said four sides of said polyhedron, and having opposite pole directions; and
four vertical magnets respectively disposed within said four vertical accommodating grooves defined within said four corners of said polyhedron, and respectively having opposite magnetic pole directions, a pair of vertical magnets respectively disposed within said pair of vertical accommodating grooves defined within said two opposite sides of said polyhedron, and respectively having opposite magnetic pole directions, and wherein said magnetic pole directions of two adjacent vertical magnets of all of said vertical magnets are opposite to each other.
12. The magnetic building block as set forth in claim 11 , wherein:
said base and said cover together comprise a rectangular parallepiped.
13. The magnetic building block as set forth in claim 12 , wherein:
said pair of vertical magnets respectively disposed within said pair of vertical accommodating grooves defined within said two opposite sides of said polyhedron are disposed within longer sides of said rectangular parallepiped.