In this idea, there are two plates, similar to the flywheel and pressure plate in a conventional clutch, except that they have many permanent magnets arranged on them radially.

When the clutch pedal is fully depressed, the arrangement acts like torque converter, with the movement of the flywheel inducing movement in the pressure plate through magnetic induction.

As the clutch pedal is released, the plates come together and the induction becomes stronger until their speed is more closely matched and the plates stick, locking the whole thing together.