Patents Examined by Holly Rickman
  • Patent number: 11244782
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy magnetic core including a layered body in which amorphous alloy thin strips are layered one on another, the layered body having one end face and another end face in a width direction of the amorphous alloy thin strips, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface orthogonal to a layering direction of the amorphous alloy thin strips, and a hole passing through from a part of the one end face as a starting point, the width direction corresponding to a depth direction of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kodama, Kengo Takahashi, Daichi Azuma
  • Patent number: 11244701
    Abstract: Provided is hexagonal strontium ferrite powder for magnetic recording, in which an activation volume is 800 to 1,500 nm3, a content of rare earth atom with respect to 100 atom % of iron atom is 0.5 to 5.0 atom %, and a rare earth atom surface portion uneven distribution is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Cornoration
    Inventors: Kenji Naoi, Masashi Shirata
  • Patent number: 11244700
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer provided on the substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on the underlayer and having a L10 structure and a (001) orientation. The magnetic layer has a granular structure in which an organic compound having a methylene skeleton or a methine skeleton is arranged at grain boundaries of magnetic grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Katsumi Murofushi, Yoshitaka Ishibashi, Takayuki Fukushima, Kazuya Niwa, Lei Zhang, Yuji Murakami, Hisato Shibata, Takehiro Yamaguchi, Chen Xu, Tetsuya Kanbe, Tomoo Shige
  • Patent number: 11236446
    Abstract: Provided is a commingled yarn having a dispersing property and having a smaller amount of voids, a method for manufacturing the commingled yarn, and a weave fabric using the commingled yarn. The commingled yarn comprises a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber, a continuous reinforcing fiber, and a surface treatment agent and/or sizing agent, comprises the surface treatment agent and/or sizing agent in a content of 2.0% by weight or more, relative to a total amount of the continuous thermoplastic resin fiber and the continuous reinforcing fiber, and has a dispersibility of the continuous thermoplastic resin fiber and the continuous reinforcing fiber of 70% or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Asami Nakai, Akio Ootani, Masataka Kaji, Mitsuro Takagi, Nobuhiko Matsumoto, Jun Mitadera
  • Patent number: 11230797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multifilament yarn containing n filaments, wherein the filaments are obtained by spinning an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), said yarn having a tenacity (Ten) as expressed in cN/dtex of Ten(cN/dtex)=f×n?0.05×dpf?0.15, wherein Ten is at least 39 cN/dtex, n is at least 25, f is a factor of at least 58 and dpf is the dtex per filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Johannes Mencke, Johannes Hendrikus Marie Heijnen, Harm Van Der Werff
  • Patent number: 11202739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to red effect pigments including a nonmetallic substrate in platelet form and a coating applied thereto, wherein the coating includes at least one of metal oxide, metal hydroxide or metal oxide hydrate, the metal ions of the metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydrate comprise at least two different metal ions selected from the group of metals consisting of Fe, Sn, Ti and Zr, and to a process for production thereof and to the use of the red effect pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Grüner, Günter Kaupp, Ralph Schneider
  • Patent number: 11189406
    Abstract: Magnetic powder includes: an epsilon-phase iron oxide-based compound selected from ?-Fe2O3 or a compound represented by Formula (1). The magnetic powder has an average particle diameter of 8 nm to 25 nm, a ratio of Hc to Hc? of from 0.6 to 1.0, and Hc? satisfying Expression (II). Hc? represents a magnetic field at which a value of Expression (I) becomes zero in a magnetic field-magnetization curve obtained by performing measurement at a maximum applied magnetic field of 359 kA/m, a temperature of 296 K, and a magnetic field sweeping speed of 1.994 kA/m/s. M represents magnetization and H represents applied magnetic field. Hc represents a magnetic field at which magnetization becomes zero in the magnetic field-magnetization curve. In Formula (1), A represents at least one metal element other than Fe, and a represents a number that satisfies a relationship of 0<a<2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11138997
    Abstract: A multilayer exchange spring recording media consist of a magnetically hard magnetic storage layer strongly exchange coupled to a softer nucleation host. The strong exchange coupling can be through a coupling layer or direct. The hard magnetic storage layer has a strong perpendicular anisotropy. The nucleation host consists of one or more ferromagnetic coupled layers. For a multilayer nucleation host the anisotropy increases from layer to layer. The anisotropy in the softest layer of the nucleation host can be two times smaller than that of the hard magnetic storage layer. The lateral exchange between the grains is small. The nucleation host decreases the coercive field significantly while keeping the energy barrier of the hard layer almost unchanged. The coercive field of the total structure depends on one over number of layers in the nucleation host. The invention proposes a recording media that overcomes the writeability problem of perpendicular recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Dieter Suess
  • Patent number: 11133031
    Abstract: A multilayer exchange spring recording media consists of a magnetically hard magnetic storage layer strongly exchange coupled to a softer nucleation host. The strong exchange coupling can be through a coupling layer or direct. The hard magnetic storage layer has a strong perpendicular anisotropy. The nucleation host consists of one or more ferromagnetic coupled layers. For a multilayer nucleation host the anisotropy increases from layer to layer. The anisotropy in the softest layer of the nucleation host can be two times smaller than that of the hard magnetic storage layer. The lateral exchange between the grains is small. The nucleation host decreases the coercive field significantly while keeping the energy barrier of the hard layer almost unchanged. The coercive field of the total structure depends on one over number of layers in the nucleation host. The invention proposes a recording media that overcomes the writeability problem of perpendicular recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Dieter Suess
  • Patent number: 11124661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for a consumable good having an inner coating layer comprising an antioxidant other than resveratrol, and a process for preparing the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: IP 2 INTELLIGENT PACKAGING (GERMANY) UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT)
    Inventors: Steven John Anthony Barics, Gregory John Charles Stokes
  • Patent number: 11120827
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; an underlayer positioned above the substrate; a magnetic recording layer positioned above the underlayer; and a plurality of conductive polymers dispersed within the substrate, the underlayer, the magnetic recording layer, the substrate and the underlayer, the substrate and the magnetic recording layer, the underlayer and the magnetic recording layer, or the underlayer, the magnetic recording layer, and the substrate. In addition, the conductive polymers are dispersed such that a concentration of the conductive polymers has a gradient in a single one of the layers in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Diana J. Hellman, Icko E. T. Iben, Mark A. Lantz
  • Patent number: 11105022
    Abstract: A carbon fiber bundle includes single-fibers 40% or more of which have a quasi-oval cross section perpendicular to a fiber direction and meet both Equations (1) and (2): 1.03?La/Lb?1.20 (1) and 1.05?Ld/Lc?1.25 (2), wherein La is length of a long axis defined as a line segment connecting two points farthest away from each other on a circumference of the quasi-oval cross section of a single-fiber; Lb is length of a short axis defined as a line segment extending perpendicular to the long axis, passing through a midpoint of the long axis, and connecting two points on the circumference; and Lc and Ld are defined as length of a shorter one and that of a longer one, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruki Okuda, Takayuki Yomo, Fumihiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11107878
    Abstract: An on-chip magnetic structure includes a palladium activated seed layer and a substantially amorphous magnetic material disposed onto the palladium activated seed layer. The substantially amorphous magnetic material includes nickel in a range from about 50 to about 80 atomic % (at. %) based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material, iron in a range from about 10 to about 50 at. % based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material, and phosphorous in a range from about 0.1 to about 30 at. % based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material. The magnetic material can include boron in a range from about 0.1 to about 5 at. % based on the total number of atoms of the magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hariklia Deligianni, William J. Gallagher, Maurice Mason, Eugene J. O'Sullivan, Lubomyr T. Romankiw, Naigang Wang
  • Patent number: 11100949
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic recording medium including: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including particles of at least one kind of epsilon type iron oxide-based compound selected from the group consisting of ?-Fe2O3 and a compound represented by Formula (1), an abrasive, and a binding agent, at least on one surface of the non-magnetic support, in which an average equivalent circle diameter of the particles of the epsilon type iron oxide-based compound is 7 nm to 18 nm, an average equivalent circle diameter of the abrasive in a plan view of the magnetic layer is 20 nm to 1,000 nm, and a coefficient of variation of the equivalent circle diameter of the abrasive is 30% to 60%. In Formula (1), A represents at least one kind of metal element other than Fe and a satisfies a relationship of 0<a<2. ?-AaFe2-aO3??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Shirata, Takashi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11090635
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a supported catalyst that enables the production of carbon nanotubes having a large specific surface area in high yield. Carbon nanotubes produced using the supported catalyst are also provided. The carbon nanotubes are suitable for use in various applications due to their large specific surface area and high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: SungJin Kim, Seungyong Son, Jihee Woo, Dongchul Lee, KyungYeon Kang
  • Patent number: 11087792
    Abstract: There is provided an oriented body containing platinum group-substituted-6 iron oxide particles typified by Rh-substituted ?-iron oxide or Ru-substituted ?-iron oxide applicable to MAMR, MIMR, or F-MIMR system, and a technique related thereto, containing platinum group element-substituted ?-iron oxide particles in which a part of ?-iron oxide is substituted with at least one element of platinum group elements, as magnetic particles wherein the degree of orientation of the magnetic particles defined by the degree of orientation=SQ (direction of magnetization easy-axes)/SQ (direction of magnetization hard-axes) exceeds 5.0, and a coercive force exceeds 31 kOe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Kenta Imoto, Shizuka Anan, Asuka Namai, Kenji Masada
  • Patent number: 11074934
    Abstract: HAMR media with a magnetic recording layer having a reduced Curie temperature and methods of fabricating the HAMR media are provided. One such HAMR medium includes a substrate, a heat sink layer on the substrate, an interlayer on the heat sink layer, and a multi-layer magnetic recording layer on the interlayer. In such case, the multi-layer magnetic recording layer includes a first magnetic recording layer including an alloy selected from FePtX and CoPtX, where X is a material selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ni, and combinations thereof, a second magnetic recording layer on the first magnetic recording layer and having at least one material different from the materials of the first magnetic recording layer, and a third magnetic recording layer on the second magnetic recording layer and having at least one material different from the materials of the first magnetic recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hua Yuan, Antony Ajan, Oleg Krupin, B. Ramamurthy Acharya
  • Patent number: 11056143
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided and includes a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a base layer and a back layer, wherein an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is tT?5.3 ?m, a dimensional change amount ?w in a width direction with respect to a change in tension in a longitudinal direction is 700 ppm/N??w, a thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 2.0 ?m or less, a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more, and the magnetic layer includes a magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Yamaga, Noboru Sekiguchi, Tooru Sato, Takashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11056142
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a non-magnetic layer, and a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer contains a hexagonal strontium ferrite magnetic powder, Mr and t satisfy 0.0020 ?T·m?Mr·t?0.0150 ?T·m, where Mr is the residual magnetic flux density of the magnetic layer, and t is the average thickness of the magnetic layer, L1 satisfies 2 nm?L1?6 nm, where L1 is the average thickness of a first mixed layer that is formed on the surface of the magnetic layer opposite to the non-magnetic layer, L2 satisfies 0.1?L2/t?0.45, where L2 is the average thickness of a second mixed layer that is formed on the surface of the magnetic layer facing the non-magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kawakami, Sadamu Kuse, Kenji Tanaka, Shinji Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 11046608
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical fiber preform (20) comprising a primary preform (21) and one or more purified silica-based overclad layers (22) surrounding said primary preform (21), the purified silica-based overclad layers (22) comprising lithium and aluminium, and having a ratio between lithium concentration [Li] and aluminium concentration [Al] satisfying the following inequality: 1×10?3?[Li]/[Al]?20×10?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DRAKA COMTEQ BV
    Inventors: Cédric Gonnet, Emmanuel Petitfrere, Laurent Calvo, Olivier Delwal