Boron Containing Patents (Class 148/302)
  • Patent number: 9818515
    Abstract: A type of sintered Nd—Fe—B permanent magnet with high corrosion resistance is produced by dual alloy method. The method comprises the following steps: preparing the powders of master phase alloy and intergranular phase alloy respectively, mixing the powders, compacting the powders in magnetic field, sintering the compacted body at 1050˜1125° C., and annealing at 920-1020° C. and 500-650° C. successively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, ZHEJIANG INNUOVO MAGNETICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mi Yan, Xiangzhi Zhou, Xiongfei Fan, Tianyu Ma, Wei Luo
  • Patent number: 9816164
    Abstract: An iron-boron alloy powder or an iron-boron alloy powder composition suitable for remediation of halogenated hydrocarbon polluted soil, water or groundwater as well as the use of the powder or powder composition. The boron-iron alloy powder suitable for remediation of polluted soil or waters may have 0.1-40% by weight of boron and inevitable impurities up to a content of 10% by weight. Further, a method for remediation of halogenated hydrocarbon polluted soil, water or groundwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Per-Olof Larsson, Sigurd Berg, Hilmar Vidarsson, Leen Bastiaens, Milica Limirovic
  • Patent number: 9761358
    Abstract: A method for producing a nanocrystalline rare earth magnet having a grain and a grain boundary phase includes: quenching a melt of a rare earth magnet composition to form a quenched thin ribbon having a nanocrystalline structure; sintering the quenched thin ribbon to obtain a sintered body; heat treating the sintered body at a temperature which is higher than a lowest temperature in a first temperature range where the grain boundary phase diffuses or flows, and which is lower than a lowest temperature in a second temperature range where the grain becomes coarse; and quenching the heat treated sintered body to 200° C. or less at a cooling speed of 50° C./min or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noritsugu Sakuma, Hidefumi Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9672981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an R-T-B-M sintered magnet having an oxygen content of less than 0.07 wt. % from R-T-B-M raw materials. The composition of R-T-B-M includes R being at least one element selected from a rare earth metal including Sc and Y. The composition also includes T being at least one element selected from Fe and Co. B in the composition is defined as Boron. The composition further includes M being at least one element selected from Ti, Ni, Nb, Al, V, Mn, Sn, Ca, Mg, Pb, Sb, Zn, Si, Zr, Cr, Cu, Ga, Mo, W, and Ta. The present invention provides for a step of creating an inert gas environment in the steps of casting, milling, mixing, molding, heating, and aging to prevent the powder from reacting with the oxygen in anyone of the above mentioned steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: YANTAI SHOUGANG MAGNETIC MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Xifeng Lin, Kaihong Ding, Yongjie Wang, Shengli Cui, Zhong Jie Peng, Wenchao Li
  • Patent number: 9666361
    Abstract: A method for producing a bonded rare-earth magnet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: providing a rapidly solidified rare-earth magnet alloy powder; providing a solution in which a resin that is in solid phase at an ordinary temperature is dissolved in an organic solvent; mulling the rapidly solidified rare-earth magnet alloy powder and the solution together and vaporizing the organic solvent, thereby making a bonded rare-earth magnet compound in which magnet powder particles that form the rapidly solidified rare-earth magnet alloy powder are coated with the resin; making a compressed compact by compressing the bonded rare-earth magnet compound under a pressure of 1000 MPa to 2500 MPa; and thermally treating the compressed compact. If the rapidly solidified rare-earth magnet alloy powder to be mulled is 100 mass %, the solution includes 0.4 mass % to 1.0 mass % of the resin and 1.2 mass % to 20 mass % of the organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takayama, Toshio Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 9657367
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an alloy recycled material by effectively removing carbon from a carbon-containing alloy, which is produced as scrap or sludge of an R—Fe—B based permanent magnet, a used magnet, or the like. The method of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized in that a carbon-containing R—Fe—B based permanent magnet alloy is subjected to an HDDR treatment to remove carbon. An alloy recycled material produced by the method of the present invention contains a reduced amount of carbon. Therefore, in the case where it is recycled for the production of a magnet, even when an increased amount is subjected to high-frequency heating in a vacuum melting furnace, a non-negligible increase in the amount of carbon contained in the produced magnet can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Furusawa, Atsushi Kikugawa
  • Patent number: 9643249
    Abstract: A method for sintering NdFeB rare earth permanent magnet includes steps of: providing a continuous vacuum sintering furnace to sinter; loading a sintering box with compacted magnet blocks onto a loading frame; while driving by a transmission apparatus, sending the loading frame orderly through a preparation chamber, a pre-heating and degreasing chamber, a first degassing chamber, a second degassing chamber, a pre-sintering chamber, a sintering chamber, an aging chamber and a cooling chamber of the continuous vacuum sintering furnace, respectively for pre-heating to remove organic impurities, and further for heating to dehydrogenate and degas, pre-sintering, sintering, aging and cooling. A continuous vacuum sintering apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SHENYANG GENERAL MAGNETICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Baoyu Sun
  • Patent number: 9646751
    Abstract: A die apparatus for molding an arcuate magnet having polar-anisotropic orientation in a magnetic field, which comprises a die made of non-magnetic cemented carbide, which is arranged in a parallel magnetic field generated by a pair of opposing magnetic field coils; an arcuate-cross-sectional cavity having an inner arcuate wall, an outer arcuate wall and two side walls, which is disposed in the die; a central ferromagnetic body arranged on the side of the outer arcuate wall of the cavity; and a pair of side ferromagnetic bodies symmetrically arranged on both side wall sides of the cavity; the cavity being arranged such that its radial direction at a circumferential center thereof is identical with the direction of the parallel magnetic field; the width of the central ferromagnetic body being smaller than the width of the cavity in a direction perpendicular to the parallel magnetic field; and a pair of the side ferromagnetic bodies being arranged such that the cavity is positioned in a region sandwiched by a pa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshida, Mikio Shindoh
  • Patent number: 9627113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet with a coercivity that will not be significantly decreased and a light weight compared to conventional R-T-B based permanent magnets. A core-shell structure is formed for the major phase grain by adding Cu to the R-T-B based magnet which is the raw material. When the mass concentration of Y in the core portion is set as EY, the mass concentration of Y in the shell portion is set as LY and the mass concentration of Y in the R2—Fe14—B crystal grain calculated from the ratio R1:Y in the total composition is set as SY, the ratio ? of EY to SY (EY/SY) is 1.1 or more. Thus, the magnetic insulation among the crystal grains becomes better which prevents the coercivity from decreasing due to the addition of Y. Further, the addition of Y makes the magnet lighter in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Enokido, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9558872
    Abstract: An R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet contains R which represents a rare earth element; T which represents a transition metal essentially containing Fe; a metal element M which represents Al and/or Ga; B; Cu; and inevitable impurities the R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet including 13.4 to 17 at % of R, 4.5 to 5.5 at % of B, and 0.1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamazaki, Kenichiro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9548157
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sintered magnet having superior residual magnetic flux density and coercive force. The sintered magnet of the present invention comprises a group of R-T-B based rare earth magnet crystal particles 2 having a core 4 and a shell 6 covering the core 4, the mass ratio of a heavy rare earth element in the shell 6 is higher than the mass ratio of a heavy rare earth element in the core 4, and the thickest part of the shell 6 in the crystal particles 2 faces a grain boundary triple junction 1. A lattice defect 3 is formed between the core 4 and the shell 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Ryota Kunieda, Fumitaka Baba, Satoshi Tanaka, Yoshinori Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 9548149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rare earth based magnet having a microstructure in which in a section of the R2T14B main-phase crystal grains, the number density of the fine products in the interior of (inside) the crystal grains is larger than that in the periphery of (outside) the crystal grains. That is, the rare earth based magnet includes R2T14B main-phase crystal grains and grain boundary phases formed between the R2T14B main-phase crystal grains. The R2T14B main-phase crystal grains include a substance where fine products are formed in the crystal grains. In the section of the main-phase crystal grains, when the crystal grains are divided into the interior of the crystal grains and the periphery of the crystal grains with a specific ellipse, the fine products are formed such that the number density in the interior is larger than that in the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Kato, Yoshinori Fujikawa, Taeko Tsubokura, Chikara Ishizaka, Katsuo Sato
  • Patent number: 9520216
    Abstract: An R-T-B based magnet as raw material undergoes heating treatment for a long time and main phase grains turn core-shell like. The R-T-B based magnet includes main phase grains having core and shell portions that covers the core. When the mass concentration of R1 and Y in the core portion is set as ?R1 and ?Y respectively and the mass concentration of R1 and Y in the shell portion is set as ?R1 and ?Y respectively, the ratio (B/A) between the mass concentration ratio of R1 to Y in the shell portion (?R1/?Y=B) and the mass concentration ratio of R1 to Y in the core portion (?R1/?Y=A) is 1.1 or more. Thus, the decrease of coercivity caused by Y addition is prevented, and the increase effect of temperature characteristics caused by addition of Y will lead to improve the magnetic properties under high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Enokido, Kyung-Ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9468972
    Abstract: A method of making a permanent magnet and a permanent magnet. The method includes providing combining a core material and a surface material so that the surface concentration of dysprosium, terbium, or both in the surface material is high while simultaneously keeping the bulk concentration of dysprosium, terbium, or both low. From this, the magnet has a non-uniform distribution of dysprosium, terbium or both. Varying approaches to preparing the combined core and surface materials may be used to ensure that the surface powder effectively wraps around the core powder as a way to achieve the high surface concentration and low bulk concentration. In one form, the core material may be made from a neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet precursor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Yucong Wang
  • Patent number: 9465230
    Abstract: A lens holding unit is held so that it can relatively move with respect to a base part to a direction vertical to an optical axis direction. The lens holding unit has a lens holder, a magnet part, and a spring. The lens holder has a first coil. The magnet part has a first magnet part which includes a first face facing to the first coil and a second magnet part which includes a second face vertical to the first face and constitutes a magnetic domain different from that of the first magnet part. These first magnet part and second magnet part are integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Uno, Kazutomo Imi, Noriyuki Kawano, Kazuhiko Inoue, Masashi Gotoh, Osamu Ohhata, Shintarou Koike, Yasuhide Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9415445
    Abstract: A method for producing neodymium-iron-boron rare earth permanent magnetic materials comprises: controlling technological parameters of alloy smelting, coarsely pulverization, milling by jet mill, and compaction; and adding nano-sized micro powder of oxide, in such a manner that a particle size of milling by the jet mill is decreased, and fine powder collected by the powder filter and powder collected by a cyclone collector are mixed. Utilization rate of the materials and performance of magnets are significantly improved. Usage amount of rare earth is significantly saved, especially usage amount of heavy rare earth. Thus, the scarce resources are protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: China North Magnetic & Electronic Technology Co., LTD
    Inventor: Haotian Sun
  • Patent number: 9418786
    Abstract: An R—Fe—B based porous magnet according to the present invention has an aggregate structure of Nd2Fe14B type crystalline phases with an average grain size of 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m. At least a portion of the magnet is porous and has micropores with a major axis of 1 ?m to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishiuchi, Noriyuki Nozawa, Satoshi Hirosawa, Tomohito Maki, Katsunori Bekki
  • Patent number: 9396852
    Abstract: The present invention provides such a permanent magnet that its magnetic properties will not significantly decrease and it can be prepared at a lower temperature, compared to conventional R-T-B based permanent magnets. In the R-T-B based structure, a stacked structure of R1-T-B based crystal layer and Ce-T-B based crystal layer can be formed by alternatively stacking the R1-T-B based crystal layer and the Ce-T-B based crystal layer. In this way, a high magnetic anisotropy field of the R1-T-B based crystal layer can be maintained while the crystallization temperature can be lowered by the Ce-T-B based crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Hashimoto, Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-ku Choi
  • Patent number: 9373433
    Abstract: A method of making a nanocomposite permanent magnet is provided. The method comprises applying an extreme shear deformation to hard magnetic phase nanoparticles and soft magnetic phase nanoparticles to align at least a portion of the hard phase magnetic particles and to produce a nanocomposite permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Francis Johnson, Robert Edgar Colborn, Judson Sloan Marte, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., Binil Itty Ipe Kandapallil, Mohammed Haouaoui, Christina Chen
  • Patent number: 9350203
    Abstract: Provided is a rare earth sintered magnet 10 comprising a group of main phase grains 2 each composed of an R-T-B-based rare earth magnet comprising a core 4 and a shell 6 covering the core 4, wherein a thickness of the shell 6 is 500 nm or less, R includes a light rare earth element and a heavy rare earth element, and a Zr compound 8 is present in a grain boundary phase 7 of the group of main phase grains 2 and/or the shell 6. Also provided are a motor comprising the rare earth sintered magnet 10 and an automobile comprising the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Baba, Satoshi Tanaka, Makoto Iwasaki, Chikara Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 9324485
    Abstract: A material for anisotropic magnet, comprising, (1) a Pr-T-B—Ga-based composition containing Pr: 12.5 to 15.0 atomic percent, B: 4.5 to 6.5 atomic percent, Ga: 0.1 to 0.7 atomic percent, and the balance of T and inevitable impurities, wherein T is Fe or obtained by substituting Co for a portion of the Fe; and having, (2) a degree of magnetic alignment of 0.92 or more, wherein the degree of magnetic alignment is defined by remanence (Br)/saturation magnetization (Js); and (3) a crystal grain diameter of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Hioki, Takao Yabumi, Hayato Hashino
  • Patent number: 9281106
    Abstract: A material for anisotropic magnet, comprising, (1) a Pr-T-B—Ga-based composition containing Pr: 12.5 to 15.0 atomic percent, B: 4.5 to 6.5 atomic percent, Ga: 0.1 to 0.7 atomic percent, and the balance of T and inevitable impurities, wherein T is Fe or obtained by substituting Co for a portion of the Fe; and having, (2) a degree of magnetic alignment of 0.92 or more, wherein the degree of magnetic alignment is defined by remanence (Br)/saturation magnetization (Js); and (3) a crystal grain diameter of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Hioki, Takao Yabumi, Hayato Hashino
  • Patent number: 9242295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bulk magnetic nanocomposites and methods of making bulk magnetic nanocomposites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
    Inventor: J. Ping Liu
  • Patent number: 9245674
    Abstract: A rare-earth permanent magnetic powder, a bonded magnet, and a device comprising the bonded magnet are provided. The rare-earth permanent magnetic powder is mainly composed of 7-12 at % of Sm, 0.1-1.5 at % of M, 10-15 at % of N, 0.1-1.5 at % of Si, and Fe as the balance, wherein M is at least one element selected from the group of Be, Cr, Al, Ti, Ga, Nb, Zr, Ta, Mo, and V, and the main phase of the rare-earth permanent magnetic powder is of TbCu7 structure. Element Si is added into the rare-earth permanent magnetic powder for increasing the ability of SmFe alloy to from amorphous structure, and for increasing the wettability of the alloy liquid together with the addition of element M in a certain content, which enables the alloy liquid prone to be injected out of a melting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Grirem Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongwei Li, Dunbo Yu, Yang Luo, Kuoshe Li, Shipeng Li, Min Wang, Yongqiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 9082538
    Abstract: A type of sintered Nd—Fe—B permanent magnet with high intrinsic coercivity of about 30KOe or more is produced by dual alloy method. The method comprises the following steps: preparing the powders of master phase alloy and intergranular phase alloy respectively, mixing the powders, compacting the powders in magnetic field, sintering the compacted body at 1050˜1125° C. and annealing at 890-1000° C. and 500-650° C. successively. In the process of preparing the powder of intergranular phase alloy, the nano-powder additive selected from the group consisting of NiAl, TiC, SiC, AlN, TiN, ZrN and the combination thereof is used to modify the powder of intergranular phase alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, ZHEJIANG INNUOVO MAGNETICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mi Yan, Xiangzhi Zhou, Xiongfei Fan, Tianyu Ma, Wei Luo
  • Patent number: 8961712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rare earth based sintered magnet. The magnet is a rare earth based permanent magnet with a R-T-B (R represents one or more elements selected from Y and rare earth elements, T represents one or more metal elements including Fe or the combination of Fe and Co, and B represents B or the combination of B and C) based composition. When a R-rich phase (R represents rare earth element(s)) with atomic ratio of (Fe+Co)/(LR+HR+Fe+Co)?0.2 (LR represents Y and light rare earth element(s) selected from 57La to 63Eu, and HR represents heavy rare earth element(s) selected from 64Gd to 71Lu) is present in the grain boundary triple point, a region with HR/(LR+HR)?0.01 (atomic ratio) is present in the R-rich phase, and the region with HR/(LR+HR)?0.01 accounts for 10% to 90% of the area of the grain boundary triple point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Hayakawa, Ryota Kunieda, Tetsuya Chiba, Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8961868
    Abstract: In a nanocomposite bulk magnet according to the present invention, nanocomposite magnet powder particles, including an Nd2Fe14B crystalline phase and an ?-Fe phase, are combined together. The composition of the magnet is represented by T100-x-y-z-n(B1-qCq)xRyTizMn, where T is at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni and always including Fe, R is at least one rare-earth element including substantially no La or Ce, M is an additive metallic element, and x, y, z, n and q satisfy 4 at %?x?10 at %, 6 at %?y?10 at %, 0.05 at %?z?5 at %, 0 at %?n?10 at %, and 0?q?0.5, respectively. The powder particles have a minor-axis size of less than 40 ?m. And powder particles, of which the major-axis size exceeds 53 ?m, account for at least 90 mass % of the entire magnet. And those powder particles are directly combined with each other. Consequently, a full-dense magnet, of which the density is 96% or more of the true density of its material alloy, is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 8945318
    Abstract: In an R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet according to the present invention, at a depth of 20 ?m under the surface of its magnet body, crystal grains of an R2Fe14B type compound have an (RL1-xRHx)2Fe14B (where 0.2?x?0.75) layer with a thickness of 1 nm to 2 ?m in their outer periphery. In this case, the light rare-earth element RL is at least one of Nd and Pr, and the heavy rare-earth element RH is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Dy, Ho and Tb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koshi Yoshimura, Hideyuki Morimoto, Tomoori Odaka
  • Patent number: 8907755
    Abstract: R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles are produced by an HDDR treatment which comprises a first stage HD step of heating particles of a raw material alloy having a composition of R, B and Co in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum atmosphere and then replacing the atmosphere with a hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere in which the raw material alloy particles are held in the same temperature range and a second stage HD step of heating a material obtained in the first stage HD step in which the material is held in the hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toda Kogyo Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Katayama, Hirofumi Kawasaki, Koichiro Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20140326363
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Katayama, Hirofumi Kawasaki, Koichiro Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8854173
    Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy powder of the present invention has a composition represented by (Fe100-a-b-c-x-y-z-tNiaSnbCrcPxCyBzSit)100-?M?. In this composition, 0 at %?a?10 at %, 0 at %?b?3 at %, 0 at %?c?6 at %, 6.8 at %?x?10.8 at %, 2.2 at %?y?9.8 at %, 0 at %?z?4.2 at %, and 0 at %?t?3.9 at % hold, a metal element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Mn, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, and W, and the addition amount ? of the metal element M satisfies 0.04 wt %???0.6 wt %. Accordingly, besides a decrease of a glass transition temperature (Tg), an excellent corrosion resistance and high magnetic characteristics can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Alps Green Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Tsuchiya, Jun Okamoto, Hisato Koshiba
  • Publication number: 20140290803
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rare earth based magnet including R2T14B main-phase crystal grains, and two-grain boundary phases between adjacent two R2T14B main-phase crystal grains, the two-grain boundary phases are controlled such that the thickness thereof is 5 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and it is composed of a phase with a magnetism different from that of a ferromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Eiji KATO, Yoshinori FUJIKAWA, Taeko TSUBOKURA, Chikara ISHIZAKA, Katsuo SATO
  • Publication number: 20140266525
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro KATAYAMA, Hirofumi KAWASAKI, Koichiro MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8641832
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet having an Al film containing Mg, which exhibits an excellent salt water resistance. The present invention, which is to accomplish the objective, is a method for producing a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet having formed on the surface thereof an Al film containing Mg by a vapor deposition, characterized in that the production method comprises, in the case of cooling the magnet from a high temperature of 160° C. or higher after the completion of the vapor deposition step inside the treating chamber of a deposition apparatus, rapidly cooling down the magnet at a cooling rate of 10° C./min or higher until the temperature of the magnet reaches at least 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kikugawa, Shinichiro Sakashita
  • Publication number: 20140000763
    Abstract: In a magnetic material, a magnet powder and an amorphous metal are used as ingredients. The magnet powder is neodymium-iron-boron magnet powder. The amorphous metal contains a rare-earth element, iron, and boron. The amorphous metal contains the rare-earth element in the range of 22 to 44 atomic %, and the boron in the range of 6 to 28 atomic %. The magnetic material is obtained by mixing the magnet powder and the amorphous metal, and heating the mixture to a temperature or more, the temperature being lower by 30° C. than the crystallization temperature (Tx) of the amorphous metal, or when the amorphous metal is a metallic glass, heating the mixture to a temperature of the glass transition temperature (Tg) thereof or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kousaku Okamura, Kazuhiko Madokoro
  • Patent number: 8572830
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a magnetic attachment mechanism is described. A method is provided for determining the magnetic field axis of an element prior to machining it. The magnetic field axis can be used as a reference to machine an outer surface of the magnetic element at a desired angle. The method provides a means to more precisely align magnetic field axes of corresponding magnets in a magnetic attachment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Cesare A. Tolentino
  • Patent number: 8574380
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a composite magnetic material. The composite magnetic material may comprise an Nd—Fe—B alloy and a Fe-based soft magnetic alloy having the general formula of Fe100-x-y-z-aAxRaSiyBz. A may be at least one element selected from Cu and Au. R may be at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Mo, Nb, Ta, W and V. And the x, a, y, and z may satisfy: 0?x?3, 0?a?10, 0?y?20 and 2?z?25. The present invention further discloses a method of preparing the composite magnetic material as described above. According to the present invention, the composite magnetic material may have an enhanced magnetic energy product and residual magnetism respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Qing Gong, Xin Du, Xiaofeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 8562756
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet having a higher coercivity and higher squareness of the magnetization curve than ever before. A method for producing an NdFeB sintered magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a layer containing Dy and/or Tb on the surface of an NdFeB sintered magnet base material and then performing a grain boundary diffusion process for diffusing Dy and/or Tb from the aforementioned layer through the crystal grain boundaries of the magnet base material into the magnet base material by heating the magnet base material to a temperature equal to or lower than the sintering temperature thereof, and this method is characterized in that a) the content of a rare earth in a metallic state in the magnet base material is equal to or higher than 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Intermetallics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Sagawa, Naoki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8557057
    Abstract: A rare earth permanent magnet is prepared by disposing a powdered metal alloy containing at least 70 vol % of an intermetallic compound phase on a sintered body of R—Fe—B system, and heating the sintered body having the powder disposed on its surface below the sintering temperature of the sintered body in vacuum or in an inert gas for diffusion treatment. The advantages include efficient productivity, excellent magnetic performance, a minimal or zero amount of Tb or Dy used, an increased coercive force, and a minimized decline of remanence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nagata, Tadao Nomura, Takehisa Minowa
  • Patent number: 8558166
    Abstract: A method for determining boron isotopic composition by PTIMS (Positive Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry)-static double collection realizes simultaneous static collection of m/e309 peak and m/e308 peak by double Faraday cups through adjusting the two parameters Focus Quad and Dispersion Quad in Zoom Optics, and completes high-accuracy determination of boron isotopic composition. The method includes (1) determining Focus Quad and Dispersion Quad parameters in the Zoom Optics of the ion source; (2) determining the two parallel cups in the Faraday collector and their parameters; (3) determining the collection mass number of the center cup of the Faraday collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nanjing University
    Inventors: Shaoyong Jiang, Haizhen Wei
  • Publication number: 20130265128
    Abstract: R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles are produced by an HDDR treatment which comprises a first stage HD step of heating particles of a raw material alloy having a composition of R, B and Co in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum atmosphere and then replacing the atmosphere with a hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere in which the raw material alloy particles are held in the same temperature range and a second stage HD step of heating a material obtained in the first stage HD step in which the material is held in the hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: TODA KOGYO CORP.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro KATAYAMA, Hirofumi KAWASAKI, Koichiro MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8545641
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sintered rare-earth magnet having a magnetic anisotropy, in which a very active powder having a small grain size can be safely used in a low-oxidized state. A fine powder as a material of the sintered rare-earth magnet having a magnetic anisotropy is loaded into a mold until its density reaches a predetermined level. Then, in a magnetic orientation section, the fine powder is oriented by a pulsed magnetic field. Subsequently, the fine powder is not compressed but immediately sintered in a sintering furnace. A multi-cavity mold for manufacturing a sintered rare-earth magnet having an industrially important shape, such as a plate magnet or an arched plate magnet, may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Intermetallics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Sagawa, Hiroshi Nagata, Osamu Itatani
  • Patent number: 8524013
    Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of manufacturing metal alkoxide in better work environment, simpler production facilities and easier manufacturing process and also reducing the manufacturing costs. An electrolytic solution is obtained through dissolving chloride or injecting hydrogen chloride gas into alcohol which is same alcohol as is a constituent element of metal alkoxide to be manufactured. Then, electrolysis is performed on the electrolytic solution while using, for an anode, a ferroalloy that contains iron and metal which is a constituent element of the metal alkoxide to be manufactured in a predetermined weight ratio (such as 1:1), and, for a cathode, the same ferroalloy, carbon, platinum or stainless steel, so as to obtain an alcohol solution of the metal alkoxide. Then, a permanent magnet is manufactured using the alcohol solution of the metal alkoxide thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Taihaku, Katsuya Kume, Izumi Ozeki, Tomohiro Omure
  • Patent number: 8500920
    Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of densely sintering the entirety of the magnet without making a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase in the sintered magnet. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)X (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, X represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, a compact body formed through powder compaction is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, through sintering process, a permanent magnet is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8500921
    Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of densely sintering the entirety of the magnet without making a gap between a main phase and a grain boundary phase in the sintered magnet. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)x (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, desiccated magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, the powdery calcined body calcined through the calcination process in hydrogen is held for several hours in vacuum atmosphere at 200 through 600 degrees Celsius for a dehydrogenation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8500922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet manufactured by steps of: pulverizing a magnet raw material into fine particles having a grain size of 3 ?m or less; mixing the pulverized magnet raw material with a rust preventive oil in which a high-melting metal element-containing organic compound or a precursor of a high-melting ceramic is dissolved, thereby preparing a slurry; compression molding the slurry to form a molded body; and sintering the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Junichi Nakayama, Yuuki Fukuda, Toshinobu Hoshino, Tomokazu Horio
  • Patent number: 8491728
    Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof that enables concentration of V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb contained in an organometallic compound in grain boundaries of the permanent magnet. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)x (M represents V, Mo, Zr, Ta, Ti, W or Nb, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, a compact body obtained by compacting the magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius so as to perform a calcination process in hydrogen. Thereafter, through sintering, a permanent magnet is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8480818
    Abstract: There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of preventing grain growth in a main phase and enabling rare-earth rich phase to be uniformly dispersed. To fine powder of milled neodymium magnet material is added an organometallic compound solution containing an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M-(OR)x (in the formula, M represents Cu or Al, R represents a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, x represents an arbitrary integer) so as to uniformly adhere the organometallic compound to particle surfaces of the neodymium magnet powder. Thereafter, a compact body formed by compacting the above neodymium magnet powder is held for several hours in hydrogen atmosphere at 200 through 900 degrees Celsius. Thereafter, through a sintering process, a permanent magnet is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ozeki, Katsuya Kume, Keisuke Hirano, Tomohiro Omure, Keisuke Taihaku, Takashi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20130160896
    Abstract: Useful permanent magnet materials are formed by processing molten alloys of cerium, iron, and boron to form permanent magnet compositions with appreciable coercivity and remanence. For example, Ce16.7Fe77.8B5.6 has been produced with coercivity, Hci of 6.18 kOe and remanence, Br of 4.92 kG. In a preferred practice, streams of the molten alloy are rapidly quenched (e.g., by melt spinning) to form magnetically-soft melt-spun material which is suitably annealed to obtain permanent magnet properties. Cobalt may be substituted for a portion of the iron content to increase the Curie temperature of the permanent magnet material. The rapid quench-anneal process is conducted to produce a fine-grain crystalline microstructure containing the Ce2(Fe,Co)14B phase in an amount of about seventy to ninety-five mass percent of the composition with a suitable amount of one or more secondary phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
  • Patent number: 8449696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rare-earth sintered magnet 100 containing an R-T-B-based alloy and a nitride of a transition element, while the nitride is distributed preferentially to a surface part. (R, T, and B indicate a rare-earth element, at least one of iron and cobalt, and boron, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshida, Hisayuki Abe, Hiroshi Yamamoto