Patents Examined by Xiaowei Su
  • Patent number: 11964325
    Abstract: Zinc is added to a metal magnetic alloy powder including iron and silicon. An element is formed using this magnetic material, and a coil is formed inside or on the surface of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11967456
    Abstract: A device and method for preparing a thermosetting bonded magnet are provided, the device includes a compressed air glue feeding tank and a composite-function mold. A feeding end of the compressed air glue feeding tank is connected to the composite-function mold. The composite-function mold includes a housing, the housing is disposed at an upper end and a lower end of the composite-function mold, and the housing includes a polytetrafluoroethylene upper cover and a polytetrafluoroethylene lower cover; the polytetrafluoroethylene upper cover and the polytetrafluoroethylene lower cover are respectively disposed at the upper end and the lower end of composite-function mold. The method uses a silica gel material as a binder for anisotropic magnets, and the selected raw materials and process are suitable for quickly obtaining a uniform magnet slurry. The curing process is controllable, and there is no organic solvent or heating during the mixing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Peking University
    Inventors: Shunquan Liu, Jinbo Yang, Jingzhi Han, Qing Xu
  • Patent number: 11965231
    Abstract: The steel material includes a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.45%, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.20 to 0.60%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 0.80 to 1.50%, Mo: 0.17 to 0.30%, V: 0.24 to 0.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.100%, N: 0.0300% or less, O: 0.0015% or less, and the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1) to Formula (4) described in Embodiment, wherein, in its microstructure, a total area fraction of ferrite and pearlite is 10.0% or more, and a proportion of a content of V (mass %) in electrolytic extraction residue to the content of V (mass %) in the chemical composition is 10.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Neishi, Tomohiro Yamashita, Daisuke Hirakami, Takahisa Suzuki, Tatsuya Koyama, Takashi Sada, Kohei Kanetani
  • Patent number: 11955261
    Abstract: A specific depth at which a concentration of Fe reaches 10 at % is 18 nm or more and 500 nm or less from the first surface, and from the first surface to the specific depth, the concentration of Fe is less than 10 at %, and a positive increase region is present in which the concentration of Fe increases with a substantially positive concentration gradient, in a case where the concentration of Fe is measured in a depth direction from a first surface of a ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyotaro Abe, Isao Nakahata, Takuya Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 11948730
    Abstract: An insulator-coated magnetic alloy powder particle includes a magnetic alloy powder particle and an insulator that coats a surface of the magnetic alloy powder particle and that has a plurality of protrusions at a surface thereof, wherein the insulator includes a first insulator in a particulate form enclosed in the protrusion, and a second insulator in a film form that coats at least a part of a surface of the first insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasutaka Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11948733
    Abstract: A method of processing an anisotropic permanent magnet includes forming anisotropic flakes from a hulk magnet alloy, each of the anisotropic flakes having an easy magnetization direction with respect to a surface of the flake and combining the anisotropic flakes with a binder to form a mixture. The method further includes extruding or rolling the mixture without applying a magnetic field such that the easy magnetization directions of the anisotropic flakes align to form one or more layers having a magnetization direction aligned with the easy magnetization directions of the anisotropic flakes, and producing the anisotropic permanent magnet from the layers having the magnetization direction such that the anisotropic permanent magnet has a magnetization with a specific orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wanfeng Li, Chuanbing Rong, Franco Leonardi, Michael W. Degner
  • Patent number: 11948732
    Abstract: A compression-molding method for a permanent includes: providing a drive coil to generate an electromagnetic force when a transient current is passed into the drive coil, so as to apply a molding compression force to magnetic powder under compression, and providing an orientation coil to generate an orientation magnetic field when a transient current is passed into the orientation coil, thereby providing the magnetic powder under compression with an anisotropic property; and synchronously passing the transient currents to the drive coil and the orientation coil to synchronously generate the electromagnetic force and the orientation magnetic field, thereby completing compression-molding of the permanent magnet, wherein a magnitude of the electromagnetic force and an intensity of the orientation magnetic field are respectively changed by changing peak values of the transient currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Liang Li, Yiliang Lv
  • Patent number: 11931829
    Abstract: A flux containing 0.1 to 20 wt % of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid as an activator, 10 to 60 wt % of a cationic surfactant and 5 to 60 wt % of a nonionic surfactant. A solder paste contains a flux containing 0.1 to 20 wt % of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid as an activator, 10 to 60 wt % of a cationic surfactant, and 5 to 60 wt % of a nonionic surfactant and a metal powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamagame, Yo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11932913
    Abstract: An inoculant for the manufacture of cast iron with spheroidal graphite is disclosed, the inoculant has a particulate ferrosilicon alloy having between 40 and 80% by weight of Si; 0.02-8% by weight of Ca; 0-5% by weight of Sr; 0-12% by weight of Ba; 0-15% by weight of rare earth metal; 0-5% by weight of Mg; 0.05-5% by weight of Al; 0-10% by weight of Mn; 0-10% by weight of Ti; 0-10 by weight of Zr; the balance being Fe and incidental impurities in the ordinary amount, wherein the inoculant additionally contains, by weight, based on the total weight of inoculant: 0.1 to 15% of particulate Bi2S3, and optionally between 0.1 and 15% of particulate Bi2O3, and/or between 0.1 and 15% of particulate Sb2O3, and/or between 0.1 and 15% of particulate Sb2S3, and/or between 0.1 and 5% of particulate Fe3O4, Fe2O3, FeO, or a mixture thereof, and/or between 0.1 and 5% of one or more of particulate FeS, FeS2, Fe3S4, or a mixture thereof, a method for producing such inoculant and use of such inoculant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ELKEM ASA
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Ott, Oddvar Knustad
  • Patent number: 11920225
    Abstract: Elements formed from magnetic materials and their methods of manufacture are presented. Magnetic materials include a magnetic alloy material, such as, for example, an Fe-Co alloy material (e.g., the Fe-Co-V alloy Hiperco-50(R)). The magnetic alloy materials may comprise a powdered material suitable for use in additive manufacturing techniques, such as, for example direct energy deposition or laser powder bed fusion. Manufacturing techniques include the use of variable deposition time and energy to control the magnetic and structural properties of the materials by altering the microstructure and residual stresses within the material. Manufacturing techniques also include post deposition processing, such as, for example, machining and heat treating. Heat treating may include a multi-step process during which the material is heated, held and then cooled in a series of controlled steps such that a specific history of stored internal energy is created within the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Samad A. Firdosy, Robert P. Dillon, Ryan W. Conversano, John Paul C. Borgonia, Andrew A. Shapiro-Scharlotta, Bryan W. McEnerney, Adam Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11911847
    Abstract: A method for producing a part includes providing a first and a second precoated sheet (1,2), butt welding the first and second precoated sheets (1) to obtain a blank (15), and heating the blank (15) to a heat treatment temperature at least 10° C. lower than the full austenitization temperature of the weld joint (22) and at least 15° C. higher than a minimum temperature Tmin: T min ? ( ° ? ? C . ) = AC ? ? 3 ? ( WJ ) - ? IC max 100 ? ( Ac ? ? 3 ? ( WJ ) - 673 - 40 × Al ) .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Francis Schmit, Maria Poirier, Sadok Gaied
  • Patent number: 11915845
    Abstract: A rare earth sintered magnet is produced by depositing a coating of rare earth-containing particles on the surface of a rare earth magnet body, and heat treating the magnet body for causing absorption and diffusion of rare earth element in the magnet body. The depositing step utilizes a particle impingement phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiga Asai, Akira Fujimoto, Tetsuya Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11908600
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a preparation device and method of forming a ceramic coating on a sintered type NdFeB permanent magnet. The preparation device comprises a holding barrel, a pump body, a spraying system, and a fixture mechanism. The pump body is connected with the holding barrel and the spraying system and the spraying system is located above the fixture mechanism and there is a distance between the spraying system and the fixture mechanism. The fixture mechanism is connected with a recovery bucket through a pipeline, and the recovery bucket is connected with the holding barrel through the pipeline. The spraying system comprises a nozzle, wherein the inlet of the nozzle is connected with the pipeline of the pump body. The fixture mechanism comprises a support plate, an upper recovery trough plate and a lower recovery trough plate, wherein the lower recovery trough plate is located above the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Yantai Dongxing Magnetic Materials Inc
    Inventors: Chuanshen Wang, Kunkun Yang, Zhongjie Peng, Daoning Jia, Kaihong Ding
  • Patent number: 11884990
    Abstract: A steel strip or sheet having a complex phase microstructure including one or more of ferrite, carbide free bainite, martensite and/or retained austenite in its microstructure including: 0.16-0.25 wt. % C; 2.3-4.00 wt. % Mn; 5-50 ppm B; 5-100 ppm N; 0.001-1.10 wt. % Al tot; 0.05-1.10 wt. % Si; 0-0.04 wt. % Ti; 0-0.10 wt. % Cu; 0-0.10 wt. % Mo; 0-0.10 wt. % Ni; 0-0.20 wt. % V; 0-0.05 wt. % P; 0-0.05 wt. % S; 0-0.10 wt. % Sn; 0-0.025 wt. % Nb 0-0.025 wt% Ca; remainder iron and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Joost Willem Hendrik Van Krevel, Nieves Cabanas Poy
  • Patent number: 11869690
    Abstract: A rare earth magnet in which the amount used of a heavy rare earth element is more reduced while maintaining enhancement of the coercive force, and a producing method thereof are provided. The rare earth magnet of the present disclosure has a main phase 10 and a grain boundary phase 20. The main phase 10 has a composition represented by R12T14B. The main phase 10 has a core part 12 and a shell part 14. Denoting the abundances of R2 and Ce (R2 is heavy rare earth element) occupying 4f site of the shell part 14 as R24f and Ce4f, respectively, and denoting the abundances of R2 and Ce occupying 4g site of the shell part 14 as R24g and Ce4g, respectively, the rare earth magnet satisfies 0.44?R24g/(R24f+R24g)?0.70 and 0.04?(Ce4f+Ce4g)/(R24f+R24g). The rare earth magnet-producing method of the present disclosure uses a modifier containing at least R2 and Ce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noritsugu Sakuma, Tetsuya Shoji, Akihito Kinoshita, Akira Kato
  • Patent number: 11866810
    Abstract: Alloy powder comprises particles. The particles include specific particles. Each of the specific particles has a surface layer on which a divided trace is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiri Urata, Yosuke Imano, Makoto Yamaki, Naoto Onishi, Masato Kuno, Takuya Takashita, Makoto Nakaseko
  • Patent number: 11862370
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-resistivity sintered samarium-cobalt magnet and a preparation method thereof. According to the present invention, considering the specialty of sintered samarium-cobalt magnetic powder, fluoride or oxide is firstly prepared into nano-powder using high-energy ball milling, and the samarium-cobalt magnetic powder is prepared separately by rolling ball milling or high-speed jet milling, and then a certain electric field is applied in a fluoride suspension to drive the fluoride nano-powder to evenly cover a surface of the samarium-cobalt magnetic powder. The present invention breaks through the technical bottleneck that fluoride/oxide can improve the resistivity of a samarium-cobalt magnet but result in deterioration of the magnetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: China Jiliang University
    Inventors: Nengjun Yu, Jianghui Sun, Hangfu Yang, Minxiang Pan, Qiong Wu, Hongliang Ge
  • Patent number: 11854726
    Abstract: A magnetic base body relating to one embodiment of the present invention includes a main body and an oxide film formed on the surface of the main body. The main body includes an oxide phase containing Si and a plurality of metal magnetic particles bound via the oxide phase. In the metal magnetic particles, Fe accounts for 98.5 wt % or more. When an XRD diffraction pattern of the magnetic base body is observed, a ratio Ia/Ib is 10 or more where Ia denotes an integrated intensity of peaks derived from the (220) plane of Fe2O3 and Ib denotes an integrated intensity of peaks derived from the (104) plane of Fe3O4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinshiro Takadate, Shinsuke Takeoka
  • Patent number: 11851738
    Abstract: A soft magnetic powder according to the present disclosure comprises a particle which comprises a plurality of nanosized crystallites and an amorphous phase existing around the crystallites, wherein the crystallites have an average grain diameter of 30 nm or less, and the amorphous phase has an average thickness of 30 nm or less; and wherein when a minor axis of a cross section of the particle is determined as r, an average Fe concentration in the amorphous phase is lower than an average Fe concentration in the crystallites in a region where a depth from a surface of the particle is 0.2 r or more and 0.4 r or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Henmi, Toru Takahashi, Noriharu Yodoshi, Akihiro Makino
  • Patent number: 11842832
    Abstract: A continuous method of manufacturing permanent magnets and the permanent magnets created thereby. A fine powder is created from a combination of magnetic metals. The powder (a metal alloy) is placed in a non-magnetic container of any desired shape which could be, for example, a tube. The metal alloy and tube are swaged while a magnetic field is applied. Once swaging is complete, the metal alloy and tube are sintered and then cooled. Instead of sintering, a bonding agent can mixed into the powder. Following cooling, the metal alloy is magnetized by placing it between poles of powerful electromagnets with the desired field direction. The process of the invention enables mass-produced, cost-effective PM products, which are more robust, easily assembled into products, enables new “wire like” shapes with arbitrary magnetization direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
    Inventor: Rainer Meinke