Patents Assigned to Metglas Inc.
  • Patent number: 8968490
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the ribbon being cast from a molten state of the alloy with a molten alloy surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/m on a chill body surface; the ribbon having a ribbon length, a ribbon thickness, and a ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon having ribbon surface protrusions being formed on the ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon surface protrusions being measured in terms of a protrusion height and a number of protrusions; the protrusion height exceeding 3 ?m and less than four times the ribbon thickness, and the number of protrusions being less than 10 within 1.5 m of the cast ribbon length; and the alloy ribbon in its annealed straight strip form having a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric A. Theisen, James Perrozi, Yuichi Ogawa, Yuji Matsumoto, Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8663399
    Abstract: An iron-based amorphous alloy and magnetic core with an iron-based amorphous alloy having a chemical composition with a formula FeaBbSicCd, where 81<a?84, 10?b?18, 0<c?5 and 0<d<1.5, numbers being in atomic percent, with incidental impurities, simultaneously have a value of a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.6 tesla, a Curie temperature of at least 300° C. and a crystallization temperature of at least 400° C. When cast in a ribbon form, such an amorphous metal alloy is ductile and thermally stable, and is suitable for various electric devices because of high magnetic stability at such devices' operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Daichi Azuma, Yoshihito Yoshizawa, Yuichi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130106559
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy-based magnetic core with reduced audible noise and a method of making the amorphous alloy-based magnetic core emanating low audible noise, including: placing the core with multiple layers of high strength tape on the core legs, wherein the tapes have a high tensile strength, high dielectric strength and high service temperature, resulting in reduced level of audible noise. When operated under optimum condition, the reduced level of audible noise is 6-10 dB less when compared with a same-size core that has been coated with resin instead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Columbus, Robert Brown, Kengo Takahashi, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8427272
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy-based magnetic core with reduced audible noise and a method of making the amorphous alloy-based magnetic core emanating low audible noise, including: placing the core with multiple layers of high strength tape on the core legs, wherein the tapes have a high tensile strength, high dielectric strength and high service temperature, resulting in reduced level of audible noise. When operated under optimum condition, the reduced level of audible noise is 6-10 dB less when compared with a same-size core that has been coated with resin instead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Columbus, Robert Brown, Kengo Takahashi, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8372217
    Abstract: A magnetic core having an iron-based amorphous alloy that includes: a chemical composition with a formula FeaBbSicCd, where 81.5<a?84, 12<b<17, 1?c<5 and 0.3?d?1.0, numbers being in atomic percent, with incidental impurities, simultaneously having a value of a saturation magnetic induction equal to or exceeding 1.63 tesla, a Curie temperature greater than or equal to 315° C. and less than or equal to 360° C. and a crystallization temperature greater than or equal to 400° C. and less than or equal to 470° C. The core has low core loss and exciting power and is suited for transformers, electrical chokes, power inductors and pulse generation and compression devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Daichi Azuma
  • Patent number: 8366010
    Abstract: A magnetomechanical resonance element or marker strip with facilitated performance based on an amorphous magnetostrictive alloy ribbon having a line-like surface pattern is utilized in an electronic article surveillance marker or sensor element. A direction of magnetic anisotropy at angle between 80 and 90 degree away from ribbon's length direction and in ribbon's plane is introduced during ribbon fabrication, which increases the resonance performance with minimal loss in the magneto-mechanical circuit, and more particularly, in a marker or sensor element utilizing a plurality of resonating elements or marker strips. A marker or sensor element is fabricated utilizing the resonance element or elements and is utilized in an electronic article surveillance and identification systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Ronald Joseph Martis
  • Publication number: 20130001314
    Abstract: A magnetomechanical resonance element or marker strip with facilitated performance based on an amorphous magnetostrictive alloy ribbon having a line-like surface pattern is utilized in an electronic article surveillance marker or sensor element. A direction of magnetic anisotropy at angle between 80 and 90 degree away from ribbon's length direction and in ribbon's plane is introduced during ribbon fabrication, which increases the resonance performance with minimal loss in the magneto-mechanical circuit, and more particularly, in a marker or sensor element utilizing a plurality of resonating elements or marker strips. A marker or sensor element is fabricated utilizing the resonance element or elements and is utilized in an electronic article surveillance and identification systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryusuke HASEGAWA, Ronald Joseph Martis
  • Publication number: 20120062351
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the ribbon being cast from a molten state of the alloy with a molten alloy surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/m on a chill body surface; the ribbon having a ribbon length, a ribbon thickness, and a ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon having ribbon surface protrusions being formed on the ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon surface protrusions being measured in terms of a protrusion height and a number of protrusions; the protrusion height exceeding 3 ?m and less than four times the ribbon thickness, and the number of protrusions being less than 10 within 1.5 m of the cast ribbon length; and the alloy ribbon in its annealed straight strip form having a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric A. Theisen, James Perrozi, Yuichi Ogawa, Yuji Matsumoto, Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20120049992
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities; the ribbon being cast from a molten state of the alloy, with a molten alloy surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/m; the defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length being between 5 mm and 200 mm, the defect depth being less than 0.4×t ?m and the defect occurrence frequency being less than 0.05×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t is the ribbon thickness and w is the ribbon width, and the ribbon having a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T and exhibiting a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level in an annealed straight strip form, and a core magnetic loss of less than 0.3 W/kg and an exciting power of less than 0.4 VA/kg in an annealed wound transformer core form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa, Yuichi Ogawa, Eric A. Theisen, Yuji Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20120048428
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length being between 5 mm and 200 mm, the defect depth being less than 0.4×t ?m and the defect occurrence frequency being less than 0.05×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t and w are ribbon thickness and ribbon width, respectively, and the ribbon in its annealed state and straight strip form of the ribbon, has a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T, and exhibits a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level. The ribbon is suitable for use in transformer cores, rotational machines, electrical chokes, magnetic sensors and pulse power devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Eric A. Theisen, Yuji Matsumoto, James Perrozi, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7985022
    Abstract: A device and method of remote temperature sensing, the device having a temperature sensor placeable on a rotating item utilizing the temperature sensor being a plurality of rectangular shaped amorphous magnetic alloy strips connected magnetically, wherein at least one of the strips has a predetermined ferromagnetic Curie temperature and another strip has a magnetic permeability exceeding 2,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7931400
    Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a plurality of rectangular shaped amorphous magnetic alloy strips connected magnetically, wherein at least one of the strips has a predetermined ferromagnetic Curie temperature, and another strip has a magnetic permeability well exceeding 2,000. The temperature sensor may be used in a related remote temperature sensing method wherein the sensor is interrogated by a magnetic field and the temperature sensor's response signal is detected electromagnetically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Daichi Azuma
  • Publication number: 20100175793
    Abstract: A magnetic core having an iron-based amorphous alloy that includes: a chemical composition with a formula FeaBbSicCd, where 81.5<a?84, 12<b<17, 1?c<5 and 0.3?d?1.0, numbers being in atomic percent, with incidental impurities, simultaneously having a value of a saturation magnetic induction equal to or exceeding 1.63 tesla, a Curie temperature greater than or equal to 315° C. and less than or equal to 360° C. and a crystallization temperature greater than or equal to 400° C. and less than or equal to 470° C. The core has low core loss and exciting power and is suited for transformers, electrical chokes, power inductors and pulse generation and compression devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicants: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Daichi Azuma
  • Patent number: 7656149
    Abstract: A current transformer detects a sine-wave alternating current having a maximum effective current value Imax(Arms) and a frequency f(Hz) and a half-sine-wave rectified current having a maximum peak value Ipeak(Aop) and a frequency f(Hz) in a primary winding, consisting of at least one magnetic core with one turn of primary winding and at least one multiple turns of secondary winding to which a detecting resistor is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7561043
    Abstract: A magnetomechanical resonance element or marker strip with facilitated performance based on an amorphous magnetostrictive alloy ribbon is utilized in an electronic article surveillance marker. A curvature along the element's length direction is introduced during ribbon fabrication with a different radius of curvature, which increases the resonance performance with minimal loss in the magneto-mechanical circuit, and more particularly, in a marker utilizing a plurality of resonating elements or marker strips. A marker is fabricated utilizing the resonance element or elements and is utilized in an electronic article surveillance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, John Paul Webb, Auburn Anthony Chestnut, Larry Hill, Ronald Joseph Martis
  • Patent number: 7541909
    Abstract: A filter circuit is used to select frequency bands of digital and analog signals over communications channels in a DSL communications system. The filter circuit includes an inductor having a core that consists essentially of an Fe-base amorphous metal alloy. Advantageously, the filter circuit provides as good or better performance than a filter circuit using a Co-base core; but is much less expensive. As such, it provides a low cost, high efficiency solution to communications applications, such as DSL communications systems, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Ronald J. Martis, Seshu V. Tatikola
  • Patent number: 7506566
    Abstract: A bulk amorphous metal magnetic component has a plurality of laminations of ferromagnetic amorphous metal strips adhered together to form a generally three-dimensional part having the shape of a polyhedron. The component is formed by stamping, stacking and bonding. The bulk amorphous metal magnetic component may include an arcuate surface, and an implementation may include two arcuate surfaces that are disposed opposite each other. The magnetic component may be operable at frequencies ranging from between approximately 50 Hz and 20,000 Hz. When the component is excited at an excitation frequency “f” to a peak induction level Bmax, it may exhibit a core-loss less than “L” wherein L is given by the formula L=0.0074 f (Bmax)1.3+0.000282 f1.5 (Bmax)2.4, said core loss, said excitation frequency and said peak induction level being measured in watts per kilogram, hertz, and teslas, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Decristofaro, Gordon E. Fish, Scott M. Lindquist, Peter J. Stamatis
  • Publication number: 20090021237
    Abstract: A current transformer detects a sine-wave alternating current having a maximum effective current value Imax(Arms) and a frequency f(Hz) and a half-sine-wave rectified current having a maximum peak value Ipeak(Aop) and a frequency f(Hz) in a primary winding, consisting of at least one magnetic core with one turn of primary winding and at least one multiple turns of secondary winding to which a detecting resistor is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20080212646
    Abstract: A device and method of remote temperature sensing, the device having a temperature sensor placeable on a rotating item utilizing the temperature sensor being a plurality of rectangular shaped amorphous magnetic alloy strips connected magnetically, wherein at least one of the strips has a predetermined ferromagnetic Curie temperature and another strip has a magnetic permeability exceeding 2,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20080212644
    Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a plurality of rectangular shaped amorphous magnetic alloy strips connected magnetically, wherein at least one of the strips has a predetermined ferromagnetic Curie temperature, and another strip has a magnetic permeability well exceeding 2,000. The temperature sensor may be used in a related remote temperature sensing method wherein the sensor is interrogated by a magnetic field and the temperature sensor's response signal is detected electromagnetically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: METGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hasegawa, Daichi Azuma