Patents by Inventor Emmanouel Pagounis

Emmanouel Pagounis 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: 20130062032
    Abstract: A method for producing an MSM actuator element, having a crystal orientation along a first crystal axis, from a monocrystalline MSM body by introducing a molten alloying material into a molding shell and subsequently solidifying the alloying material, comprising the following steps: providing a molding shell which comprises a nucleation region (24), a selector region (26) and a crystal region (28) and is oriented along a longitudinal axis (22) at least in some sections, introducing the molten MSM alloying material, in particular NiMnGa-based alloying material, into the molding shell without providing a separate nucleation crystal, compacting the MSM alloying material by generating a solidification front moving from the nucleation region across the selector region into the crystal region along a solidification path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ETO MAGNETIC GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Laufenberg, Emmanouel Pagounis, Anne Drevermann, Laszlo Sturz