Particulate Material Patents (Class 148/105)
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Patent number: 11769624Abstract: A coil electronic component includes a body including a coil portion disposed therein, and including a plurality of magnetic particles, and external electrodes connected to the coil portion. The body includes an internal region and a protective layer disposed on a surface of the internal region. A first particle of the plurality of magnetic particles included in the protective layer includes an oxide film disposed on a surface of the first particle, and a second particle, having a size greater than a size of the first particle, of the plurality of magnetic particles includes a coating layer disposed on a surface of the second particle and having a composition different from a composition of the oxide film.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Il Lee, Jeong Gu Yeo, Ji Hoon Hwang, Myoung Ki Shin, Byeong Cheol Moon
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Patent number: 11764416Abstract: Certain method embodiments are described and useful for recycling permanent magnet materials (e.g. permanent magnet alloys) and battery materials (e.g. battery electrode materials) to extract critical and/or valuable elements including REEs, Co and Ni. Method embodiments involve reacting such material with at least one of an ammonium salt and an iron (III) salt to achieve at least one of a liquid phase chemical reaction and a mechanochemical reaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Iowa State Univerity Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Viktor Balema, Ihor Hlova, Oleksandr Dolotko, Vitalij K. Pecharsky
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Patent number: 11688534Abstract: A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder having excellent coercive force and high remanent flux density. A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder by HDDR treatment, in which a raw material alloy for the R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder includes R (wherein R represents at least one rare earth element including Y), T (wherein T represents Fe, or Fe and Co) and B (wherein B represents boron), and has a composition including R in an amount of between 12.0 atom % and 17.0 atom %, and B in an amount of between 4.5 atom % and 7.5 atom %; the HDDR treatment includes a DR step including a preliminary evacuation step and a complete evacuation step; and a rate of pressure reduction caused by evacuation in the preliminary evacuation step is not less than 1 kPa/min and not more than 30 kPa/min.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORP.Inventors: Shohei Kaneko, Kuniyoshi Shigeoka, Nobuhiro Katayama, Koichiro Morimoto
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Patent number: 11607734Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of fine metal powders from metal carboxylate compounds such as metal oxalate compounds. The method includes decomposing particulates of the metal oxalate compound by heating to a decomposition temperature in the presence of a dilute hydrogen gas to decompose the metal oxalate compound, and forming a fine metal powder by heating to a higher refining temperature to remove contaminants from the metal powder. The method may include the conversion of a non-oxalate metal compound to a hydrated metal oxalate and the dehydration of the hydrated metal oxalate before decomposition to the metal. The method is applicable to the production of a wide variety of metals, and is particularly applicable to the production of rare earth metals of high purity and fine particle size.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HELA NOVEL METALS LLCInventor: Henry W. Kasaini
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Patent number: 11488824Abstract: A resist underlayer film for a resist pattern formation by developing a resist with organic solvent after exposure of resist. Method for manufacturing a semiconductor includes: applying onto a substrate a resist underlayer film forming composition including hydrolyzable silanes, hydrolysis products of hydrolyzable silanes, hydrolysis-condensation products of hydrolyzable silanes, or a combination thereof. Hydrolyzable silanes being silane of Formulas (1), (2) and (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Takeda, Makoto Nakajima, Yuta Kanno, Hiroyuki Wakayama
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Patent number: 11313022Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a soft magnetic member where a coating formed of an ?-Fe2O3 single phase having a high electrical resistivity is formed on a soft magnetic alloy substrate. A soft magnetic alloy substrate is heated in an atmosphere containing water vapor and inert gas to form a coating on the soft magnetic alloy substrate. The atmosphere has an oxygen partial pressure in a range of 0 to 1.5 kPa. A soft magnetic member including the soft magnetic alloy substrate and the coating formed on its surface can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitaka Yoshinaga, Kazuaki Haga, Seishi Utsuno
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Patent number: 11289251Abstract: A coil component includes a body in which a coil portion is disposed, and external electrodes connected to the coil portion. The body includes metal particles formed of an Fe-based nanocrystal grain alloy, and the Fe-based nanocrystal grain alloy has one peak or two peaks in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) graph, and when the Fe-based nanocrystal grain alloy has the two peaks, a primary peak is smaller than a secondary peak, where the primary peak is at a lower temperature than the secondary peak.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Kyun Kwon, Han Wool Ryu, Chang Hak Choi
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Patent number: 11152142Abstract: An R-T-B based permanent magnet excellent in magnetic properties relatively reduces the amount of a heavy rare earth element used. An R-T-B based permanent magnet, wherein R represents a rare earth element, T an iron group element and B boron, includes main phase grains including an R2T14B crystal phase and grain boundaries formed between main phase grains. Grain boundaries include R—O—C—N concentrated parts where concentrations of R, O, C and N are all higher than those in main phase grains. C/R(S)>C/R(C) is satisfied in which C/R(S) represents a C/R ratio (atomic ratio) in R—O—C—N concentrated parts present in a surface of a R-T-B based permanent magnet and C/R(C) represents a C/R ratio (atomic ratio) in the R—O—C—N concentrated parts present in the center of a R-T-B based permanent magnet, and a heavy rare earth element RH is included in the R-T-B based permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Nagamine, Masashi Miwa, Yoshinori Fujikawa
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Patent number: 11120932Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enhance a coercive force of magnetic particles by promoting formation of a continuous R-rich grain boundary phase in a crystal grain boundary of a magnetic phase of the particles, and to thereby obtain R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles further having a high residual magnetic flux density. The present invention relates to production of R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles capable of exhibiting a high coercive force even when a content of Al therein is reduced, and a high residual magnetic flux density, in which formation of an R-rich grain boundary phase therein can be promoted by heat-treating Al-containing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles obtained by HDDR treatment in vacuum or in an Ar atmosphere at a temperature of not lower than 670° C. and not higher than 820° C. for a period of not less than 30 min and not more than 300 min.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORP.Inventors: Nobuhiro Katayama, Hirofumi Kawasaki, Koichiro Morimoto
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Patent number: 11101066Abstract: An electromagnetic coil with improved insulation properties at high temperatures. A bobbin is insulated by a thin ceramic composite layer that is produced by winding a glass or ceramic fiber over the support structure and impregnating it with a pre-ceramic polymer. The pre-ceramic polymer is then modified to form a ceramic SiO2 matrix around the fibrous layer. The ceramic matrix secures the glass or ceramic fibers in place and produces a dense layer. A ceramic coated magnet wire is then wound around the insulated support structure. The magnet wire is a conductor that is spiral-wrapped with a glass fiber impregnated with a pre-ceramic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Casey R. Kluesener, Christopher B. Thomas
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Patent number: 10931157Abstract: A magnetic component having a unitary structure, a transverse flux electric machine having the magnetic component, and a method of making the magnetic component are disclosed. The unitary structure of the magnetic component includes a magnetic region and a non-magnetic region. The magnetic region includes a magnetic phase and an electrically insulating phase. The non-magnetic region includes a non-magnetic phase. The magnetic phase includes a metallic material and the non-magnetic phase includes a nitrogenated metallic material formed by a controlled nitrogenation of the metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Francis Johnson, Mohamed Osama, Francesco Papini
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Patent number: 10770224Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for forming an electrolytic copper plating film having excellent adhesion on the surface of a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet. The method of the present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized in that after a magnet is immersed in a plating solution, a cathode current density of 0.05 A/dm2 to 4.0 A/dm2 for performing an electrolytic copper plating treatment is applied thereto over 10 seconds to 180 seconds to start the treatment.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Masanao Kamachi, Koshi Yoshimura
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Patent number: 10726979Abstract: The present invention relates to bulk magnetic nanocomposites and methods of making bulk magnetic nanocomposites.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventor: J. Ping Liu
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Patent number: 10640669Abstract: The carbon black composition for manufacturing a particulate magnetic recording medium contains carbon black, vinyl chloride resin containing one or more epoxy groups, the secondary monoamine denoted by formula 1, and solvent, wherein, in formula 1, each of R1 and R2 independently denotes an alkyl group branching off at a carbon atom, the carbon atom being present at an ?-position relative to an amine nitrogen atom, and having a main structure with 7 or fewer carbon atoms, it being possible for the alkyl group denoted by R1 to be in the form of a cyclic structure, possible for the alkyl group denoted by R2 to be in the form of a cyclic structure, and possible for the alkyl group denoted by R1 and the alkyl group denoted by R2 be connected to form a cyclic structure, with neither R1 nor R2 containing a hydroxyl group.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Soichiro Kitagawa, Toshihide Aoshima
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Patent number: 10594184Abstract: The stator includes a stator core having a first tooth and a second tooth adjacent to each other, a coil having a first winding portion wound around the first tooth and a second winding portion wound around the second tooth, a resin chip disposed in in a gap between the first winding portion and the second winding portion, and a molding resin covering the stator core, the coil, and the resin chip.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroki Aso, Tomoaki Oikawa, Mineo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ishii, Junichiro Oya, Yuto Urabe
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Patent number: 10586646Abstract: A magnetic core has a high initial permeability and a small core loss, reducing a core loss at high frequencies; and a coil component including the same. This magnetic core is formed by binding a plurality of Fe-based alloy particles containing Al via an oxide layer containing an Fe oxide. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the magnetic core measured using Cu-K? characteristic X-rays, a peak intensity ratio (P1/P2) of peak intensity P1 of a diffraction peak derived from the Fe oxide having a corundum structure appearing in the vicinity of 2?=33.2° to peak intensity P2 of a diffraction peak derived from the Fe-based alloy having a bcc structure appearing in the vicinity of 2?=44.7° is 0.010 or less (excluding 0). A superlattice peak intensity of an Fe3Al ordered structure is at most a noise level within a range of 2?=20° to 40°.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Toshio Mihara, Tetsuroh Katoh, Kazunori Nishimura, Shin Noguchi
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Patent number: 10468174Abstract: Provided are a magnetic core having a high initial permeability and a coil component including the same. The magnetic core has an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the magnetic core measured using Cu-K? characteristic X-rays, wherein a peak intensity ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity P1 of a diffraction peak of an Fe oxide having a corundum structure appearing in a vicinity of 2?=33.2° to a peak intensity P2 of a diffraction peak of the Fe-based alloy having a bcc structure appearing in a vicinity of 2?=44.7° is 0.015 or less; and in the X-ray diffraction spectrum, a peak intensity ratio (P3/P2) of a peak intensity P3 of a superlattice peak of an Fe3Al ordered structure appearing in a vicinity of 2?=26.6° to the peak intensity P2 is 0.015 or more and 0.050 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Toshio Mihara, Tetsuroh Katoh, Kazunori Nishimura, Shin Noguchi
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Patent number: 10204651Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a support and a magnetic layer containing a magnetic powder. The magnetic powder includes at least either of a magnetic particle containing a cubic ferrite and a magnetic particle containing an ?-phase iron oxide. The magnetic powder has a mean particle size of 10 nm or more and 14 nm or less, the magnetic powder has a mean aspect ratio of 0.75 or more and 1.25 or less, and the magnetic layer has a ten-point mean roughness Rz of 35 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Eiji Nakashio, Minoru Yamaga, Masaru Terakawa, Yoichi Kanemaki, Katsunori Maeshima, Jun Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10186357Abstract: An R-T-B based sintered magnet including a main phase composed of an R2T14B (wherein, R is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd; and T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe as necessity) structure, wherein the R-T-B based sintered magnet has a grain boundary phase containing Ce, Fe and Co, and the cross-section area ratio of the grain boundary phase containing Ce, Fe and Co in a unit cross-section area is 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi Tada
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Patent number: 10186875Abstract: The present invention relates to a coil type unit for wireless power transmission, a wireless power transmission device, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method of a coil type unit for wireless power transmission. A coil type unit for wireless power transmission according to the present invention includes a coil pattern having a wiring pattern shape; a magnetic portion having the coil pattern attached to one surface thereof and a conductive pattern formed thereon; an insulating adhesive portion interposed between the magnetic portion having the conductive pattern formed thereon and the coil pattern to bond the magnetic portion and the coil pattern to each other while insulating the coil pattern and the conductive pattern from each other; and a conductive via for electrically connecting both ends of the coil pattern and the conductive pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung Wook Park, No Il Park, Doo Sung Jung, Jang Su Kim, Chang Bae Lee
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Patent number: 10166529Abstract: A process for the production of coating graphene, and other carbon allotropes, onto carbon-coated magnetic nanoparticles while maintaining high magnetic moment and adsorption properties is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Avetik Harutyunyan
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Patent number: 10148001Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a first case comprising a battery loading portion, a battery loaded in the battery loading portion, a second case coupled to the first case and configured to cover the battery, a coil antenna module arranged between the second case and the battery, and a controller electrically connected to the coil antenna module and configured to transmit and receive a signal or receive an electric power, wherein the coil antenna module includes an insulating sheet, a first coil arranged in a surface of the insulating sheet, a second coil arranged in the first coil, a third coil arranged in the second coil, and a magnetic sheet disposed on the surface of the insulating sheet, and ends of the first, second and third coils are arranged in the surface of the insulating sheet or dividedly arranged in both surfaces of the insulating sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kiwon Han, Youngtae Kim, Gwanghoon Lee
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Patent number: 10085370Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic resonant frequency (MRF) absorber and apparatus for an MRF absorber are described herein. The method comprises processing a high permeability material such as permalloy comprising 80% nickel, 18% iron, 2% molybdenum to create a specific geometric form factor such as a flake, sphere, or rod. The geometric form factor may then be encapsulated in an insulating matrix. The insulating matrix may be a Potassium Silicate (SiO3K2). The insulated flake, sphere, or rod form factor may be introduced to a powder coating process. The insulated flake, sphere, or rod form factor may then be mixed with a polymeric coating powder at a weight ratio based on a desired performance for absorbing electromagnetic interference (EMI).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC.Inventor: Peter Suorsa
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Patent number: 9892833Abstract: A magnetic powder includes magnetic metal particles, a first insulating layer disposed on a surface of each magnetic metal particle and containing silicon (Si) and oxygen (O), and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and containing phosphorus (P). A coil electronic component includes a body in which a coil part is disposed, and external electrodes connected to the coil part. The body of the coil electronic component contains the magnetic powder.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Dong Jin Jeong
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Patent number: 9847169Abstract: A production method includes producing a rare-earth magnet precursor (S?) by performing first hot working in which, in two side surfaces of a sintered body, which are parallel to a pressing direction and are opposite to each other, one side surface is brought to a constrained state to suppress deformation, and the other side surface is brought to an unconstrained state to permit deformation; and producing a rare-earth magnet by performing second hot working in which, in two side surfaces (S?1, S?2) of the rare-earth magnet precursor (S?), which are parallel to the pressing direction, a side surface (S?2), which is in the unconstrained state in the first hot working, is brought to the constrained state to suppress deformation, and a side surface (S?1), which is in the constrained state in the first hot working, is brought to the unconstrained state to permit deformation.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Kano, Dai Kobuchi, Eisuke Hoshina, Osamu Yamashita, Noritaka Miyamoto
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Patent number: 9818519Abstract: Provided is soft magnetic powder used to manufacture a dust core having good mechanical strength and superior formability while iron loss is reduced. The soft magnetic powder for dust cores according to the invention is soft magnetic mixed powder that includes pure iron powder and soft magnetic iron-base alloy powder, wherein the proportion of the soft magnetic iron-base alloy powder in the mixture is 5 to 60 mass %, the ratio of the modes of the particle size distributions of the soft magnetic iron-base alloy powder and the pure iron powder ((the mode of the particle size distribution of the soft magnetic iron-base alloy powder)/(the mode of the particle size distribution of the pure iron powder)) is 0.9 or more and less than 5, and the ratio Rover/Runder is 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Takeo Miyamura, Hiroyuki Mitani
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Patent number: 9820418Abstract: A tangible device such as a credit card shaped device that includes at least one waffler carved therein. A bottom stabilizing material in the shape of a film or sheet is placed within the waffler. A nano-scaled metal in powdered form that is ferromagnetic in nanoscale, such as gold, is then added above the bottom stabilizing film. A ferromagnetic powder in nanoscale is added to the nano-scaled metal and a top stabilizing film is placed thereon. Ceramic powder is then used to further stabilize the composition and finally all the components are sealed within the waffler. The nano-scaled metals can be affixed to the stabilizing films using atomic layer deposition. The present invention is used to neutralize the electromagnetic contamination emitted from a plurality of electronic devices by organizing the polarity of the spin of the element particles within their radiation.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Inventor: Jose Machado
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Patent number: 9761928Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a first case comprising a battery loading portion, a battery loaded in the battery loading portion, a second case coupled to the first case and configured to cover the battery, a coil antenna module arranged between the second case and the battery, and a controller electrically connected to the coil antenna module and configured to transmit and receive a signal or receive an electric power, wherein the coil antenna module includes an insulating sheet, a first coil arranged in a surface of the insulating sheet, a second coil arranged in the first coil, a third coil arranged in the second coil, and a magnetic sheet disposed on the surface of the insulating sheet, and ends of the first, second and third coils are arranged in the surface of the insulating sheet or dividedly arranged in both surfaces of the insulating sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kiwon Han, Youngtae Kim, Gwanghoon Lee
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Patent number: 9725789Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for manufacturing a compound powder, a method of manufacturing an iron-boron compound powder by using the apparatus, a boron alloy powder mixture, a method of manufacturing the boron alloy powder mixture, a combined powder structure, a method of manufacturing the combined powder structure, a steel pipe, and a method of manufacturing the steel pipe The method of manufacturing the boron alloy powder mixture includes: preparing a mixed powder including a boron iron alloy powder and a target powder; heat-treating the mixed powder to boronize at least a portion of the target powder and de-boronize at least a portion of the boron iron alloy powder, thereby de-boronizing the boron iron alloy powder to reduce the melting point of the boron iron alloy powder.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: KMT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kee-Seok Nam, Jung-Dae Kwon, Jong-Joo Rha, Hee-Chan Ahn, Tae-Su Lim
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Patent number: 9631253Abstract: The present invention refers to an effective method for minimizing the problems of iron ore pellet degradation by weathering during their stockpiling, i.e., by providing an appropriate method for improving the state of the art with regard to iron ore pellet resistance related just to the hydration process of the slag phase. Thus, in order to minimize hydration in the slag phase, stabilizers are introduced into the mixture used to produce iron ore pellets prior to being heat-treated.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: VALE S.A.Inventors: Maria Beatriz Harmendani Vieira, Marcus Eduardo Emrich Botelho
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Patent number: 9472328Abstract: Disclosed is an iron-based soft magnetic powder for dust core use, which includes an iron-based soft magnetic matrix powder and a phosphate conversion coating on a surface of the matrix powder. The phosphate conversion coating contains nickel element and has an aluminum content of equal to or less than that in the matrix powder. The iron-based soft magnetic powder has such excellent heat resistance as to maintain electrical insulation at satisfactory level even after subjected to a high-temperature heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Hosokawa, Wataru Urushihara, Takeshi Ohwaki, Tomotsuna Kamijo, Hirofumi Hojo
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Patent number: 9467205Abstract: A method for wireless power transmission includes obtaining, via a Q-value circuit, first and second voltages at respective first and second nodes of a resonance circuit. The first and second voltages are effective to determine if foreign matter is present in a space affecting wireless power transmission. The method includes controlling a switching section between the Q-value circuit and the resonance circuit such that at least a part of the electric power transmission process occurs at a different time than when the first and second voltages are obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Takaaki Hashiguchi, Shinichi Fukuda, Kenichi Fujimaki
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Patent number: 9461240Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive memory device includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer provided on a side of the first or second magnetic layer opposite to the nonmagnetic layer. The third magnetic layer has a multilayer film having an artificial lattice structure, and the third magnetic layer is partly microcrystalline or amorphous.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuya Sawada, Toshihiko Nagase, Youngmin Eeh, Koji Ueda, Daisuke Watanabe, Makoto Nagamine
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Patent number: 9383125Abstract: Magnetic materials, having: a composition represented by a general formula: (R1?yXy)x(Fe1?aMa)100?x where, R is at least one of element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Y, X is at least one of element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr and Hf, M is at least one of element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Nb, Mo, Ta, W, Al, Si, Ga and Ge, x is a value satisfying 4?x?20 atomic %, y is a value satisfying 0.01?y?0.9, and a is a value satisfying 0?a?0.2, wherein the magnetic material includes a Th2Ni17 crystal phase or a TbCu7 crystal phase as a main phase, that are useful for magnetic refrigeration.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shinya Sakurada, Akiko Saito, Tadahiko Kobayashi, Hideyuki Tsuji
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Patent number: 9314843Abstract: The present invention provides a powder for a magnet which can form a rare earth magnet having excellent magnetic characteristics and which has excellent moldability, a method for producing the powder for a magnet, a powder compact, and a rare earth-iron-boron-based alloy material.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru Maeda, Asako Watanabe
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Patent number: 9293244Abstract: A magnetic material constituted by a grain compact 1 obtained by shaping metal grains 11 and then heat-treating them in an oxidizing ambience, wherein the metal grains 11 are made of a Fe—Cr—Si alloy and their FeMetal/(FeMetal+FeOxide) ratio as measured before shaping by XPS, with respect to the sum of integral values at the peaks of 709.6 eV, 710.7 eV and 710.9 eV, or FeOxide, and peak integral value at 706.9 eV, or FeMetal, is 0.2 or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Matsuura, Hideki Ogawa, Atsushi Tanada, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Kenji Otake
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Patent number: 9245676Abstract: Provided are a soft magnetic alloy powder, a compact made from the soft magnetic alloy powder, a powder magnetic core including the compact, and a magnetic element including the powder magnetic core. The soft magnetic alloy powder contains Fe—Ni-based particles containing 38% to 48% by mass Ni, 1.0% to 15% by mass Co, and 1.2% to 10% by mass Si relative to the total mass of Fe, Ni, Co, and Si, the remainder being Fe. The Fe—Ni-based particles have an average size of more than 1 ?m to less than 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahito Koeda, Yoshihiro Shinkai, Tomofumi Kuroda
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Patent number: 9196403Abstract: The present invention provides a powder for a magnetic member being excellent in moldability and difficult to oxidize, a powder compact produced from the powder, and a magnetic member suitable for a raw material of a magnetic member such as a rare earth magnet. A powder for a magnetic member includes magnetic particles 1 which constitute the powder for a magnetic member and each of which is composed of less than 40% by volume of a hydrogen compound 3 of a rare earth element, and the balance composed of an iron-containing material 2 which contains iron and an iron-boron alloy containing iron and boron. The hydrogen compound 3 of a rare earth element is dispersed in a phase of the iron-containing material 2. An antioxidant layer 4 having a low-oxygen permeability coefficient is provided on the surface of each of the magnetic particles 1.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru Maeda, Asako Watanabe
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Patent number: 9090964Abstract: Methods of forming cobalt films utilizing a cobalt precursor comprising an additive are described. Those methods may include adding an additive to a cobalt precursor, wherein the cobalt precursor is located in an ampoule that is coupled with a deposition tool, and then forming a cobalt film using the cobalt precursor comprising the additive. Non-volatile decomposition products of the cobalt precursor are solubilized in the ampoule.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: James M. Blackwell, Daniel B. Bergstrom, Scott B. Clendenning, Patricio E. Romero
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Patent number: 9067284Abstract: Recycled Nd—Fe—B sintered magnets. One of the recycled Nd—Fe—B sintered magnets includes a composition of WaRbAc, where waste material W comprises material from a waste Nd—Fe—B sintered magnet, rare earth material R comprises at least one of: Nd or Pr, and elemental additives A comprises at least one of: Nd, Pr, Dy, Co, Cu, or Fe, and indices a, b, and c indicate atomic percentages of the corresponding compositions or elements and the atomic percentages of the rare earth material R and the elemental additives A have values satisfying Nd[0.1-19 at. %*s(Nd), x]Pr[0.1-19 at. %*s(Pr), y]Dy[0.1-19 at. %*s(Dy), z]Co[0 at. %, d]Cu[0 at. %, e]Fe[0 at. %, f] where [m,n] means a range from minimum m and maximum n, s(t) is the atomic percent of element t in starting composition, x=18 at. %-[81,99.9] at. %*(s(Nd)+s(Pr)+s(Dy)), y=18 at. %-[81,99.9] at. %*(s(Nd)+s(Pr)+s(Dy)), z=18 at. %-[81,99.9] at. %*(s(Nd)+s(Pr)+s(Dy)), d=3 at. %-[81,99.9] at. %*s(Co), e=0.3 at. %-[81,99.9] at. %*s(Cu), and f=77 at. %-[81,99.9] at.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Urban Mining Technology Company, LLCInventors: Miha Zakotnik, Peter Afiuny, Scott Dunn, Catalina Oana Tudor
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Patent number: 8999075Abstract: A composite magnetic material manufactured by mixing a metal magnetic powder with an insulating binder to produce a mixed powder, press-molding the mixed powder to produce a molded product, and heat-treating the molded product in an oxidizing atmosphere at not lower than 80° C. and not higher than 400° C. to form an oxide film on a surface of the molded product. The metal magnetic powder includes Si, Fe, and component A, and the composition thereof satisfies 5.5%?Si?9.5%, 10%?Si+component A?13.5%, and the remainder is Fe, where % denotes weight %. The component A includes at least one of Ni, Al, Ti, and Mg.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Takeshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8979973Abstract: A method and a device for recovering hydrogen pulverized powder of a raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets capable of lowering a possibility that hydrogen pulverized powder after hydrogen was pulverized remains in a recovery chamber and capable of enhancing magnetic properties by reducing an amount of oxygen of an obtained rare-earth magnet, a processing container 50 is carried into a recovery chamber 40 from a processing chamber through a carry-in port after inert gas was introduced into the recovery chamber 40 by inert gas introducing means 12, the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets in the processing container 50 is discharged into the recovery chamber 40 after the pressure in the recovery chamber 40 was reduced by evacuating means 33 and thereafter, inert gas is introduced into the recovery chamber 40 by inert gas introducing means 12, and the raw-material alloy for rare-earth magnets is recovered into the recovery container 50 from an discharge port 40a after a pressure in the recovery chamberType: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Nakayama, Kazuhiro Sonoda, Jyunichi Sanai
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Patent number: 8974608Abstract: A powder magnetic core with improved high frequency magnetic characteristics and reduced eddy current loss is manufactured by a manufacturing method including the steps of (a) providing coated soft magnetic particles which are particles composed of soft magnetic material which each have been coated with an insulating coating, and insulator particles; (b) forming a magnetic layer by press molding the coated soft magnetic particles in a mold assembly; (c) forming an insulator layer on the magnetic layer by press molding the insulator particles in the mold assembly; and (d) repeating the steps (b) and (c) to fabricate a laminate of alternating magnetic layers and insulator layers and provide the powder magnetic core.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Hirose, Masaharu Edo, Akira Sato
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Patent number: 8932517Abstract: A process for production of a packed soft magnetic component, comprises the steps of:—preparing a rotational mold, consisting of at least one mold cavity connected to a driven rotational axle, arranging a coil in the mold, filling the at least one mold cavity with a binder and a soft magnetic, metallic material in the form of a powder,—driving the axle for rotation of said at least one mold, whereby the soft magnetic, metallic material is packed by centrifugal forces to one side of said at least one mold cavity, mixed with the binder, thus forming a component comprising a soft magnetic composite with a coil embedded therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Magnetic Components Sweden ABInventor: Mats Alaküla
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Patent number: 8911530Abstract: In a manufacturing method of magnetic alloy powder including an alloy of Fe and Ni, a precursor made of powdered chloride expressed as FeCl2·2H2O·NiCl2·2H2O is prepared, and the precursor is reduced by heating with calcium hydride to form the, magnetic alloy powder having a coercivity of greater than or equal to 40 kA/m.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Yasushi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20140326363Abstract: The present invention provides R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles comprising no expensive rare resources such as Dy and having an excellent coercive force which can be produced by HDDR treatment without any additional steps. The present invention relates to R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles comprising crystal grains comprising a magnetic phase of R2T14B, and a grain boundary phase, in which the grain boundary phase has a composition comprising R in an amount of not less than 13.5 atom % and not more than 35.0 atom % and Al in an amount of not less than 1.0 atom % and not more than 7.0 atom %. The R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles can be obtained by controlling heat treatment conditions in the DR step of the HDDR treatment in the course of subjecting a raw material alloy to the HDDR treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: TODA KOGYO CORP.Inventors: Nobuhiro Katayama, Hirofumi Kawasaki, Koichiro Morimoto
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Patent number: 8852314Abstract: A magnetic powder for magnetic recording medium comprises acicular particles constituted primarily of Fe, wherein the powder contains Co in an amount such that the Co/Fe ratio is 50 at. % or less and the Co is contained in a manner such that the surface portion has a higher concentration than the core portion of the particles, and upon subjecting the magnetic powder for magnetic recording medium to TG measurement, the powder exhibits at least two oxidation starting points: a low-temperature side oxidation starting point and a high-temperature side oxidation starting point. The magnetic powder achieves improved resistance to oxidation without sacrificing magnetic characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Konno, Kenichi Inoue, Toshihiko Ueyama, Kenji Masada, Shinya Sasaki
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Publication number: 20140266525Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enhance a coercive force of magnetic particles by promoting formation of a continuous R-rich grain boundary phase in a crystal grain boundary of a magnetic phase of the particles, and to thereby obtain R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles further having a high residual magnetic flux density. The present invention relates to production of R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles capable of exhibiting a high coercive force even when a content of Al therein is reduced, and a high residual magnetic flux density, in which formation of an R-rich grain boundary phase therein can be promoted by heat-treating Al-containing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles obtained by HDDR treatment in vacuum or in an Ar atmosphere at a temperature of not lower than 670° C. and not higher than 820° C. for a period of not less than 30 min and not more than 300 min.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: TODA KOGYO CORP.Inventors: Nobuhiro KATAYAMA, Hirofumi KAWASAKI, Koichiro MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 8808468Abstract: The invention relates to a Fe—Si—La alloy having the atomic composition: (La1-a-a?MmaTRa?)1[(Fe1-b-b?CObMb?)1-x(Si1-cXc)x]13(CdNeH1-d-e)y(R)z(I)f Mm representing a mixture of lanthanum, cerium, neodymium and praseodynium in the weight proportion of 22 to 26% La, 48 to 53% Ce, 17 to 20% Nd and 5 to 7% Pr, the said mixture possibly comprising up to 1% by weight of impurities, TR representing one or more elements of the rare earth family other than lanthanum, M representing one or more type d transition elements of the 3d, 4d and 5d layers X representing a metalloid element selected from Ge, Al, B, Ga and In R representing one or more elements selected from Al, Ca, Mg, K and Na, I representing one or two elements selected from O and S, with: 0?a<0.5 and 0?a?<0.2 0?b?0.2 and 0?b?<0.4 0?c?0.5 and 0?d?1 0?e?1 and f?0.1 0.09?x?0.13 and 0.002?y?4 0.0001?z?0.01 the subscripts b, d, e, x and y being such that the alloy further satisfies the following condition: 6.143b(13(1?x))+4.437y[1?0.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Aperam Alloys ImphyInventors: Thierry Waeckerle, Herve Fraisse, Mohamed Balli, Patricia De Rango, Daniel Fruchart, Damien Gignoux, Salvatore Miraglia, Mariana Rosca, Miguel Jose Artigas Alava
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Patent number: 8771436Abstract: An electronic device including a magnetic body and a wire is provided. The magnetic body has a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder mixed with the first magnetic powder. The Vicker's Hardness of the first magnetic powder is greater than that of the second magnetic powder and the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is greater than that of the second magnetic powder.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Cyntec Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wen-Hsiung Liao, Roger Hsieh, Hideo Ikuta, Yueh-Lang Chen