Patents by Inventor Christian Polak

Christian Polak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240038434
    Abstract: A device is described, which, according to one exemplary embodiment, includes a carrier which has a through opening along a longitudinal axis, and at least one soft magnetic strip wound around the carrier to form a toroidal strip core. The strip is wound directly onto the carrier so that there is no play between the toroidal strip core and the carrier. The carrier can thus serve as part of the housing of the toroidal strip core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Axel Schulze, Harald Hundt, Johannes Binkofski, Alfred Auer, Christian Polak
  • Patent number: 11723182
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shielding film is provided. The method includes providing a band of an amorphous soft magnetic alloy; thermally treating the band at a temperature of 500° C. to 600° C. for 1 minute to 1 hour under an N2- or H2-containing atmosphere and under the Earth's magnetic field, thereby creating a nanocrystalline soft magnetic band with a round hysteresis loop; applying an adhesive layer to at least one side of the band; and wherein the band is first applied to a substrate, then thermally treated, after which an adhesive film is applied to the band and, finally, the band is structured by breaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Polak, Matthias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11629413
    Abstract: A method for the production of a metal strip is provided. The method includes providing an amorphous metal strip having a first main surface and a second, opposing main surface. The first and/or the second main surface are treated with a wet-chemical etching process and/or a photochemical etching process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Polak, Thomas Strache
  • Patent number: 11450479
    Abstract: An alloy having a formula FeaCobNicCudMeSifBgXh is provided. M is at least one of V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Mo, W, Zr, Cr, Mn and Hf; a, b, c, d, e, f, g are in at. %; X denotes impurities and optional elements P, Ge and C; and a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h satisfy the following: 0?b?4, 0?c<4, 0.5?d?2, 2.5?e?3.5, 14.5?f?16, 6?g?7, h<0.5, and 1?(b+c)?4.5, where a+b+c+d+e+f+g=100. The alloy has a nanocrystalline microstructure, a saturation magnetostriction of |?s|?1 ppm, a hysteresis loop with a central linear part, and a permeability (?) of 10,000 to 15,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Giselher Herzer, Viktoria Budinsky, Christian Polak
  • Patent number: 11085094
    Abstract: A conveyance system for tensioning to post-treat a rapidly-solidified metal strip, and a method for post-treating the metal strip with the conveyance system is provided. The conveyance system comprises a tension roller assembly and a tensioning assembly, between which the metal strip is conveyed to be continuously post-treated under a predetermined tensile stress. The tension roller assembly comprises a single drive roller and a freely-rotating pressing roller. The metal strip is conveyed over an angle of wrap ? on the drive roller, and, with respect to the drive roller, the pressing roller is arranged at a contact point of the metal strip that defines one end of an angle of wrap ?. The method can include bridging the distance between the tensioning assembly and the tension roller assembly amid the insertion of the metal strip into the tension roller assembly, after a post-treatment region in space and in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christian Polak
  • Publication number: 20210210260
    Abstract: An alloy is provided which consists of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 at % impurities, M being one or more of the elements Mo, Ta and Zr, T being one or more of the elements V, Mn, Cr, Co and Ni, Z being one or more of the elements C, P and Ge, 0 at %?a<1.5 at %, 0 at %?b<2 at %, 0 at %?(b+c)<2 at %, 0 at %?d<5 at %, 10 at %<x<18 at %, 5 at %<y<11 at % and 0 at %?z<2 at %. The alloy is configured in tape form and has a nanocrystalline structure in which at least 50 vol % of the grains have an average size of less than 100 nm, a hysteresis loop with a central linear region, a remanence ratio Jr/Js of <0.1 and a coercive field strength Hc to anisotropic field strength Ha ratio of <10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Giselher HERZER, Christian POLAK, Viktoria BUDINSKY
  • Patent number: 10978227
    Abstract: An alloy is provided which consists of Fe100?a?b?c?d?x?y?zCuaNbbMc TdSixByZz and up to 1 at % impurities, M being one or more of the elements Mo, Ta and Zr, T being one or more of the elements V, Mn, Cr, Co and Ni, Z being one or more of the elements C, P and Ge, 0 at %?a<1.5 at %, 0 at %?b<2 at %, 0 at %?(b+c)<2 at %, 0 at %?d<5 at %, 10 at %<x<18 at %, 5 at %<y<11 at % and 0 at %?z<2 at %. The alloy is configured in tape form and has a nanocrystalline structure in which at least 50 vol % of the grains have an average size of less than 100 nm, a hysteresis loop with a central linear region, a remanence ratio Jr/Js of <0.1 and a coercive field strength Hc to anisotropic field strength Ha ratio of <10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giselher Herzer, Christian Polak, Viktoria Budinsky
  • Publication number: 20210047738
    Abstract: A method for the production of a metal strip is provided. The method includes providing an amorphous metal strip having a first main surface and a second, opposing main surface. The first and/or the second main surface are treated with a wet-chemical etching process and/or a photochemical etching process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christian POLAK, Thomas STRACHE
  • Publication number: 20200279689
    Abstract: An alloy having a formula FeaCobNicCudMeSifBgXh is provided. M is at least one of V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Mo, W, Zr, Cr, Mn and Hf; a, b, c, d, e, f, g are in at. %; X denotes impurities and optional elements P, Ge and C; and a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h satisfy the following: 0?b?4, 0?c<4, 0.5?d?2, 2.5?e?3.5, 14.5?f?16, 6?g?7, h<0.5, and 1?(b+c)?4.5, where a+b+c+d+e+f+g=100. The alloy has a nanocrystalline microstructure, a saturation magnetostriction of |?s|?1 ppm, a hysteresis loop with a central linear part, and a permeability (?) of 10,000 to 15,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Giselher HERZER, Viktoria BUDINSKY, Christian POLAK
  • Publication number: 20200185151
    Abstract: A method for producing soft magnetic strip material for roll tape-wound cores with the following steps: preparing a band-shaped material, applying a heat-treatment temperature to the band-shaped material, and applying a tensile force to the temperature-applied band-shaped material in one longitudinal direction of the band-shaped material in order to produce a tensile stress in the band-shaped material, to produce the soft magnetic strip material from the band-shaped material, the method, moreover, comprising determining at least one magnetic measurement value of the soft magnetic strip material that has been produced and controlling the tensile force for setting the tensile stress in a reaction to the determined magnetic measurement value. Furthermore, a device for carrying out the method and a roll tape-wound core produced by means of the method are made available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Christian POLAK
  • Publication number: 20200149126
    Abstract: A conveyance system for tensioning to post-treat a rapidly-solidified metal strip, and a method for post-treating the metal strip with the conveyance system is provided. The conveyance system comprises a tension roller assembly and a tensioning assembly, between which the metal strip is conveyed to be continuously post-treated under a predetermined tensile stress. The tension roller assembly comprises a single drive roller and a freely-rotating pressing roller. The metal strip is conveyed over an angle of wrap ? on the drive roller, and, with respect to the drive roller, the pressing roller is arranged at a contact point of the metal strip that defines one end of an angle of wrap ?. The method can include bridging the distance between the tensioning assembly and the tension roller assembly amid the insertion of the metal strip into the tension roller assembly, after a post-treatment region in space and in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Christian POLAK
  • Patent number: 10580571
    Abstract: A method producing soft magnetic strip material for roll tape-wound cores with the following steps: preparing a band-shaped material, applying a heat-treatment temperature to the band-shaped material, and applying a tensile force to the temperature-applied band-shaped material in one longitudinal direction of the band-shaped material in order to produce a tensile stress in the band-shaped material, to produce the soft magnetic strip material from the band-shaped material, the method, moreover, comprising determining at least one magnetic measurement value of the soft magnetic strip material that has been produced and controlling the tensile force for setting the tensile stress in a reaction to the determined magnetic measurement value. Furthermore, a device for carrying out the method and a roll tape-wound core produced by means of the method are made available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christian Polak
  • Patent number: 10538822
    Abstract: Conveyance system for tensioning in order to post-treat a rapidly-solidified metal strip, and post-treatment method is provided. The invention relates to a conveyance system (1 to 5) for tensioning in order to post-treat a rapidly-solidified metal strip (6), and a post-treatment method. For this purpose, the conveyance system comprises a tension roller assembly (6 to 11) and a tensioning assembly (12), between which the metal strip (6) is conveyed in order to be continuously post-treated under a predetermined tensile stress. The tension roller assembly (6 to 11) comprises a single drive roller (13) and a freely-rotating pressing roller (14). The metal strip (6) is conveyed over an angle of wrap ? on the drive roller, and, with respect to the drive roller (13), the pressing roller (14) is arranged at a contact point (16) of the metal strip (6) that defines one end of an angle of wrap ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christian Polak
  • Patent number: 10347405
    Abstract: An alloy of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 atomic % impurities; M is one or more of Mo or Ta, T is one or more of V, Cr, Co or Ni and Z is one or more of C, P or Ge, wherein 0.0 atomic %?a<1.5 atomic %, 0.0 atomic %?b<3.0 atomic %, 0.2 atomic %?c?4.0 atomic %, 0.0 atomic %?d<5.0 atomic %, 12.0 atomic %<x<18.0 atomic %, 5.0 atomic %<y<12.0 atomic % and 0.0 atomic %?z<2.0 atomic %, and wherein 2.0 atomic %?(b+c)?4.0 atomic %, produced in the form of a strip and having a nanocrystalline structure in which at least 50% by volume of the grains have an average size of less than 100 nm, a remanence ratio Jr/Js<0.02, Jr being the remanent polarization and Js being the saturation polarization, and a coercitive field strength Hc which is less than 1% of the anisotropic field strength Ha and/or less than 10 A/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG.
    Inventors: Giselher Herzer, Mie Marsilius, Christian Polak
  • Publication number: 20190133005
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shielding film is provided. The method includes providing a band of an amorphous soft magnetic alloy; thermally treating the band at a temperature of 500° C. to 600° C. for 1 minute to 1 hour under an N2- or H2-containing atmosphere and under the Earth's magnetic field, thereby creating a nanocrystalline soft magnetic band with a round hysteresis loop; applying an adhesive layer to at least one side of the band; and wherein the band is first applied to a substrate, then thermally treated, after which an adhesive film is applied to the band and, finally, the band is structured by breaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian POLAK, Matthias SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 10149416
    Abstract: A shielding film for an apparatus with a device for wireless charging is provided which comprises several stacked layers. The layers each have several strips of a nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy arranged on an adhesive layer, the nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy having a round hysteresis loop. The strips of adjacent layers are offset with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Polak, Matthias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9941040
    Abstract: A soft magnetic core is provided, in which permeabilities that occur at least two different locations of the core are different. A method for producing a soft magnetic core that has different permeabilities at at least two different locations is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jivan Kapoor, Christian Polak
  • Publication number: 20170365388
    Abstract: A soft magnetic core is provided, in which permeabilities that occur at least two different locations of the core are different. A method for producing a soft magnetic core that has different permeabilities at at least two different locations is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jivan KAPOOR, Christian POLAK
  • Patent number: 9812237
    Abstract: Soft magnetic core, in which permeabilities that occur at least two different locations of the core are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jivan Kapoor, Christian Polak
  • Patent number: 9773595
    Abstract: An alloy is provided which consists of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 at % impurities, M being one or more of the elements Mo, Ta and Zr, T being one or more of the elements V, Mn, Cr, Co and Ni, Z being one or more of the elements C, P and Ge, 0 at %?a<1.5 at %, 0 at %?b<2 at %, 0 at %?(b+c)<2 at %, 0 at %?d<5 at %, 10 at %<x<18 at %, 5 at %<y<11 at % and 0 at %?z<2 at %. The alloy is configured in tape form and has a nanocrystalline structure in which at least 50 vol % of the grains have an average size of less than 100 nm, a hysteresis loop with a central linear region, a remanence ratio Jr/Js of <0.1 and a coercive field strength Hc to anisotropic field strength Ha ratio of <10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giselher Herzer, Christian Polak, Viktoria Budinsky