Patents Assigned to Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20110050376
    Abstract: A laminate stack having individual soft magnetic sheets. The individual sheets are involutely curved in the laminate stack. Each individual sheet has a first long side, a second long side opposite the first long side, a first short side and a second short side opposite the first short side. The first long side has a recess, said recess being rectangular and equidistant from the first short side, the second short side and the second long side when the individual sheet is in its uncurved state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Joachim Gerster, Herbert Hoehn
  • Publication number: 20110048690
    Abstract: An article (1) for magnetic heat exchange extends in a first direction (3) and in a second direction (5) generally axially perpendicular to said first direction (3). The article (1) comprises at least one magnetocalorically active phase (2). The average thermal conductivity of the article (1) is anisotropic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Werner Reppel, Matthias Katter
  • Patent number: 7884595
    Abstract: A method for producing an electricity sensing device with a one-piece, U-shaped bent current conductor of a certain length having a middle portion and two end portions and comprising in the middle portion the form of a rod having a non-rectangular conductor cross-section and featuring flats having a rectangular conductor cross-section in its end portions, and arranged in the middle portion a magnetic module comprising a lead-through for mounting the current conductor, the method comprising the steps: providing the magnetic module as well as a current conductor configured straight and rod-shaped in the middle portion and in at least one of the end portions; tin-coating the current conductor at least partly in at least one end portion; positioning the current conductor and the magnetic module relative to each other such that the current conductor is located in the lead-through of the module by its middle portion, and shaping the current conductor into a U with flattened ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Brunner, Martin Kehlenbach
  • Publication number: 20110001594
    Abstract: A magnetic article comprises, in total, elements in amounts capable of providing at least one (La1-aMa) (Fe1-b-cTbYc)13-dXe phase and less than 0.5 Vol % impurities, wherein 0?a?0.9, 0?b?0.2, 0.05?c?0.2, ?1?d?+1, 0?e?3, M is one or more of the elements Ce, Pr and Nd, T is one or more of the elements Co, Ni, Mn and Cr, Y is one or more of the elements Si, Al, As, Ga, Ge, Sn and Sb and X is one or more of the elements H, B, C, N, Li and Be. The magnetic article comprises a permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Katter, Joachim Gerster, Ottmar Roth
  • Patent number: 7861403
    Abstract: A current transformer core has a ratio of the core outside diameter Da to the core inside diameter Di of <1.5, a saturation magnetostriction ?s of =|4| ppm, a circular hysteresis loop with 0.50=Br/Bs=0.85 and an Hcmax=20 mA/cm. The current transformer core is made of a soft magnetic iron alloy in which at least 50% of the alloy structure is occupied by fine-crystalline particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less, and the iron-based alloy comprises, in essence, one combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wulf Guenther, Detlef Otte, Joerg Petzold
  • Publication number: 20100283568
    Abstract: A paint composition, in particular an anti-corrosive paint, for rare earth permanent magnets, has an epoxy resin mixture, a curing accelerator, an epoxy-functional adhesion promoter based on silane and a solvent. Due to the paint compositions, rare earth permanent magnets can be bonded simultaneously to a magnet system in a one method step and can be protected against corrosion. Due to the anti-corrosive paint, magnet systems which have excellent anti-corrosion properties, a satisfactory adhesive strength even at high temperatures and display good electric insulation properties, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO, KG
    Inventor: Lothar Zapf
  • Patent number: 7818874
    Abstract: An antenna core comprises a flexible stack of a plurality of oblong soft-magnetic strips consisting of an amorphous or nanocrystalline alloy. The strips of said antenna core are separated from one another by an electrically insulating film each. The amorphous or nanocrystalline alloy has a magnetostriction value lambdas in the range of +4<.>10<?6> to ?4<.>10<?6> and a linear BH loop. The coefficient of induction L of the antenna core changes at 60 kHz at a center distortion by 25% of its length by less than 10% and the quality Q of the antenna core is >=10 at 60 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giselher Herzer, Franz Till, Harald Hundt
  • Publication number: 20100265016
    Abstract: A magnet core (1) that is suitable for use in a fault current circuit breaker and that is made of a helically wound, magnetically soft band has a top (4) and a bottom (5), the top (4) and the bottom (5) being formed by side surfaces (16) of the magnetically soft band. The magnet core (1) is fixed in a protective housing (6), and there is a contact cement (11) between the bottom (5) of the magnet core (1) and an inside wall (10) of the housing for fixing the magnet core (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. kg
    Inventors: Joerg Petzold, Markus Brunner
  • Publication number: 20100237978
    Abstract: A powder composite core is to be particularly dense and strong while being produced from soft magnetic alloys. In particular, the expansion of the heat-treated core is to be avoided. To produce this core, a strip of a soft magnetic alloy is first comminuted to form particles. The particles are mixed with a first binder having a curing temperature T1,cure and a decomposition temperature T1,decompose and a second binder having a curing temperature T2,cure and a decomposition temperature T2,decompose, wherein T1,cure<T2,cure?T1,decompose<T2,decompose. The mix is pressed to produce a magnet core while the first binder is cured. The magnet core is then subjected to a heat treatment accompanied by the curing of the second binder at a heat treatment temperature TAnneal>T2,cure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Brunner, Georg Werner Reppel
  • Publication number: 20100231204
    Abstract: A sensor comprises a magnetic field source, at least one flux conducting soft magnetic element with at least one air gap and at least one magnetic field sensor located in the air gap and measuring a change of the magnetic field of the magnetic field source. The flux conducting soft magnetic element consists of 35% by weight?Ni?50% by weight, 0% by weight?Co?2% by weight, 0% by weight?Mn?1.0% by weight, 0% by weight?Si?0.5% by weight and 0.5% by weight?Cr?8% by weight and/or 0.5% by weight?Mo?8% by weight, wherein (Mo+Cr)?8, rest iron and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Tenbrink, Witold Pieper, Burkard Kraus, Joachim Gerster
  • Patent number: 7782169
    Abstract: A magnetic core (1, 1?, 20, 28, 29, 58, 61, 70, 70?, 80, 80?, 90) for a magnetic component has a longitudinal axis parallel to which a magnetic current is to be substantially guided inside the magnetic core. The magnetic core consists of a plurality of magnetic elements (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 52, 53) shaped like bars or strips arranged parallel to one another, at least one of the magnetic elements (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 52, 53) is different from the other magnetic elements in one or several of the following characteristics: permeability of material, curvature, length, shape and/or size of surface area, presence, type and location of notches in the magnetic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wulf Guenther
  • Publication number: 20100164308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a first joining partner (1) to a second joining partner (2). After provision of the first joining partner (1) and the second joining partner (2), a lacquer layer (11) is applied to the first joining partner (1). Then the first joining partner (1) and the second joining partner (2) are saturated together with an impregnating resin (8). The lacquer layer (11) is produced from a lacquer composition based on an epoxy resin mixture, a curing accelerator, a silane-based, epoxy-functional bonding agent, and a solvent. The epoxy resin mixture has 10 wt.-% to 94 wt.-% of at least one solid epoxy resin with a maximum epoxy count of 2 Eg/kg, 1 wt.-% to 50 wt.-% of at least one solid, multifunctional epoxy resin with an epoxy count >4 Eg/kg, and 5 wt.-% to 40 wt.-% of a phenol and/or kresol novolak with a melting point >30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Zapf
  • Publication number: 20100156586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a current-compensated choke with a ring core at least two coils composed in each case of the same number of windings, wherein in the interior of the ring core a non-conductive body is arranged with holes embodied in pairs in a mirror symmetrical manner to a symmetry axis of the ring core, wherein respectively one winding is guided through each hole of at least some of the pairs of symmetrical holes, and windings corresponding to one another of different coils are guided through the two holes comprising a pair, and a method for producing a current-compensated choke of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Hundt, Hartmut Schoenbohm, Dieter Proksch, Klemens Trabold, Michael Engelstädter
  • Patent number: 7692526
    Abstract: An inductive component (0) has a conductor (1) with a non-rectangular cross section and is used for conducting a current, and at least one planar terminal lead (4) for feeding or discharging the current to or from the conductor (1). The conductor (1) and the terminal lead (4) are interconnected in the area of a joining section (3) of the conductor (1) so as to form a conductor arrangement. The conductor (1) is provided with a flat cross section in the area of the joining section (3) while a flat area of the joining section (3) of the conductor (1) is connected to a flat area of the terminal lead (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Harald Hundt
  • Publication number: 20100037625
    Abstract: Article for magnetic heat exchange and method of manufacturing the same Article for magnetic heat exchange comprising a mantle enveloping at least one core, wherein the core comprises a plurality of grains comprising a magnetocalorically active material or a plurality of particles comprising precursor of a magnetocalorically active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Katter
  • Patent number: 7654438
    Abstract: The invention proposes a brazing alloy, which can be produced in particular as a homogenous, ductile, amorphous brazing foil and consists of 2 to 20 atom % of nickel, 2 to 12 atom % of tin, 0.5 to 5.0 atom % of zinc, 6 to 16 atom % of phosphorus, remainder copper and incidental impurities. The total amount of copper, nickel, tin and zinc is between 80 and 95 atom %. The addition of more than 0.5 atom % of zinc produces excellent resistance to surface oxidation in air and/or atmospheric humidity. These brazing alloys can be used to produce excellent brazed joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartmann, Dieter Nuetzel
  • Patent number: 7651573
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic resonator for use in a marker in a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system has improved magnetoresonant properties and/or reduced eddy current losses by virtue of being annealed so that the resonator has a fine domain structure with a domain width less than about 40 ÿm, or less than about 1.5 times the thickness of the resonator. This produces in the resonator an induced magnetic easy axis which is substantially perpendicular to the axis along which the resonator is operated magnetically by a magnetic bias element also contained in the marker. The annealing which produces these characteristics can take place in a magnetic field of at least 1000 Oe, oriented at an angle with respect to the plane of the material being annealed so that the magnetic field has a significant component perpendicular to this plane, a component of at least about 20 Oe across the width of the material, and a smallest component along the direction of transport of the material through the annealing oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Giselher Herzer
  • Publication number: 20090315536
    Abstract: A method and current sensor arrangement for measurement of a primary current in a primary conductor which is magnetically coupled to a secondary conductor via a ferromagnetic core, with a voltage of a specific amplitude being applied to the secondary conductor, such that a secondary current flows for remagnetization of the ferromagnetic core, and the secondary current is measured during the remagnetization of the core, in order to obtain a first measured value. The voltage polarity is then reversed such that a secondary current flows for renewed remagnetization of the ferromagnetic core, and the secondary current is measured during the remagnetization of the core, in order to obtain a second measured value. The primary current is calculated as a function of the first and of the second measured value, with the polarity reversal being carried out at least once at a time which occurs before that time at which the ferromagnetic core reaches its saturation magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: RALF KOCH
  • Publication number: 20090261932
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a two-component structural adhesive based on organic compounds containing radically polymerizable multiple bonds, in particular substituted acrylates and/or methacrylates, which on account of their lack of acids are particularly suited for adhering rare earth permanent magnets based on neodymium-iron-boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Zapf
  • Patent number: 7582171
    Abstract: A high-strength, soft-magnetic iron-cobalt-vanadium alloy selection is proposed, consisting of 35.0?Co?55.0% by weight, 0.75?V?2.5% by weight, O?Ta+2×Nb?0.8% by weight, 0.3<Zr?1.5% by weight, remainder Fe and melting-related and/or incidental impurities. This zirconium-containing alloy selection has excellent mechanical properties, in particular a very high yield strength, high inductances and particularly low coercive forces. It is eminently suitable for use as a material for magnetic bearings used in the aircraft industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Gerster, Johannes Tenbrink