Patents by Inventor Eric Theisen
Eric Theisen 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).
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Patent number: 10566127Abstract: An Fe—Si—B—C-based amorphous alloy ribbon as thick as 20-30 ?m having a composition comprising 80.0-80.7 atomic % of Fe, 6.1-7.99 atomic % of Si, and 11.5-13.2 atomic % of B, the total amount of Fe, Si and B being 100 atomic %, and further comprising 0.2-0.45 atomic % of C per 100 atomic % of the total amount of Fe, Si and B, except for inevitable impurities has a stress relief degree of 92% or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.Inventors: Eric Theisen, Yuichi Ogawa, Daichi Azuma
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Patent number: 10046420Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with a composition consisting essentially of NibalFeaCrbPcSidBeMof with approximately 30 atomic percent ?a?approximately 70 atomic percent; approximately 0 atomic percent ?b?approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 9 atomic percent ?c?approximately 16 atomic percent; approximately 0 atomic percent ?d?approximately 4 atomic percent; e?approximately 2 atomic percent; f?approximately 5 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where c+d+e<approximately 16 atomic percent.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Metglas, IncInventors: William Coughlan, Eric Theisen
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Patent number: 10022824Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with a composition consisting essentially of NibalFeaCrbPcSidBeMof with approximately 30 atomic percent?a?approximately 38 atomic percent; approximately 10 atomic percent?b?approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 7 atomic percent?c?approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 2 atomic percent?d?approximately 4 atomic percent; e?approximately 2 atomic percent; f?approximately 5 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where c+d+e<approximately 16 atomic percent.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Metglas, Inc.Inventors: William Coughlan, Eric Theisen
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Patent number: 9970089Abstract: Disclosed is the semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with composition consisting essentially of NibalCraBbPcSidMoeFef with approximately 24 atomic percent?a?approximately 31 atomic percent; b?approximately 3 atomic percent; approximately 9 atomic percent?c?approximately 11 atomic percent; approximately 2 atomic percent?d?approximately 4 atomic percent; e?approximately 2 atomic percent; f?approximately 1 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where b+c+d<approximately 16 atomic percent.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Metglas, Inc.Inventors: William Coughlan, Eric Theisen
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Publication number: 20170365392Abstract: An Fe—Si—B—C-based amorphous alloy ribbon as thick as 20-30 ?m having a composition comprising 80.0-80.7 atomic % of Fe, 6.1-7.99 atomic % of Si, and 11.5-13.2 atomic % of B, the total amount of Fe, Si and B being 100 atomic %, and further comprising 0.2-0.45 atomic % of C per 100 atomic % of the total amount of Fe, Si and B, except for inevitable impurities has a stress relief degree of 92% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicants: METGLAS, INC., HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Eric THEISEN, Yuichi OGAWA, Daichi AZUMA
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Publication number: 20160172087Abstract: An Fe—Si—B—C-based amorphous alloy ribbon as thick as 20-30 ?m having a composition comprising 80.0-80.7 atomic % of Fe, 6.1-7.99 atomic % of Si, and 11.5-13.2 atomic % of B, the total amount of Fe, Si and B being 100 atomic %, and further comprising 0.2-0.45 atomic % of C per 100 atomic % of the total amount of Fe, Si and B, except for inevitable impurities has a stress relief degree of 92% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicants: METGLAS, INC., HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Eric THEISEN, Yuichi OGAWA, Daichi AZUMA
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Publication number: 20150266139Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with a composition consisting essentially of NibalFeaCrbPcSidBeMof with approximately 30 atomic percent?a?approximately 38 atomic percent; approximately 10 atomic percent?b?approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 7 atomic percent?c?approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 2 atomic percent?d?approximately 4 atomic percent; e?approximately 2 atomic percent; f?approximately 5 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where c+d+e<approximately 16 atomic percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: Metglas, Inc.Inventors: William COUGHLAN, Eric THEISEN
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Publication number: 20150266138Abstract: Disclosed is a semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with a composition consisting essentially of Niba1FeaCrbPcSidBeMof with approximately 30 atomic percent ?a?approximately 70 atomic percent; approximately 0 atomic percent ?b?approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 9 atomic percent ?c?approximately 16 atomic percent; approximately 0 atomic percent ?d?approximately 4 atomic percent; e?approximately 2 atomic percent; f?approximately 5 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where c+d+e<approximately 16 atomic percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: William COUGHLAN, Eric THEISEN
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Publication number: 20150168088Abstract: Disclosed is the semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with composition consisting essentially of NibalCraBbPcSidMoeFef with approximately 24 atomic percent?a?approximately 31 atomic percent; b?approximately 3 atomic percent; approximately 9 atomic percent?c?approximately 11 atomic percent; approximately 2 atomic percent?d?approximately 4 atomic percent; e?approximately 2 atomic percent; f?approximately 1 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where b+c+d<approximately 16 atomic percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Metglas, Inc.Inventors: William COUGHLAN, Eric Theisen
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Patent number: 8974609Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length being between 5 mm and 200 mm, the defect depth being less than 0.4×t ?m and the defect occurrence frequency being less than 0.05×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t and w are ribbon thickness and ribbon width, respectively, and the ribbon in its annealed state and straight strip form of the ribbon, has a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T, and exhibits a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level. The ribbon is suitable for use in transformer cores, rotational machines, electrical chokes, magnetic sensors and pulse power devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Eric A. Theisen, Yuji Matsumoto, James Perrozi, Ryusuke Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8968490Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the ribbon being cast from a molten state of the alloy with a molten alloy surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/m on a chill body surface; the ribbon having a ribbon length, a ribbon thickness, and a ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon having ribbon surface protrusions being formed on the ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon surface protrusions being measured in terms of a protrusion height and a number of protrusions; the protrusion height exceeding 3 ?m and less than four times the ribbon thickness, and the number of protrusions being less than 10 within 1.5 m of the cast ribbon length; and the alloy ribbon in its annealed straight strip form having a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Eric A. Theisen, James Perrozi, Yuichi Ogawa, Yuji Matsumoto, Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa
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Patent number: 8968489Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon, a method of fabricating a ribbon and a wound transformer core are provided. The ribbon includes an alloy of FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100, and is cast from a molten state of the alloy, having a-surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/mi,. A defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length is between 5 mm and 200 mm, a defect depth less than 0.4 ×t ?m and a defect occurrence frequency less than 0.05 ×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t is the ribbon thickness and w is the ribbon width in mm. The ribbon has a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T and a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level in an annealed straight strip form, and a core magnetic loss of less than 0.3 W/kg and an exciting power of less than 0.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignees: Metglas, Inc., Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa, Yuichi Ogawa, Eric A. Theisen, Yuji Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20120062351Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the ribbon being cast from a molten state of the alloy with a molten alloy surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/m on a chill body surface; the ribbon having a ribbon length, a ribbon thickness, and a ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon having ribbon surface protrusions being formed on the ribbon surface facing the chill body surface; the ribbon surface protrusions being measured in terms of a protrusion height and a number of protrusions; the protrusion height exceeding 3 ?m and less than four times the ribbon thickness, and the number of protrusions being less than 10 within 1.5 m of the cast ribbon length; and the alloy ribbon in its annealed straight strip form having a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.Inventors: Eric A. Theisen, James Perrozi, Yuichi Ogawa, Yuji Matsumoto, Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20120049992Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities; the ribbon being cast from a molten state of the alloy, with a molten alloy surface tension of greater than or equal to 1.1 N/m; the defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length being between 5 mm and 200 mm, the defect depth being less than 0.4×t ?m and the defect occurrence frequency being less than 0.05×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t is the ribbon thickness and w is the ribbon width, and the ribbon having a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T and exhibiting a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level in an annealed straight strip form, and a core magnetic loss of less than 0.3 W/kg and an exciting power of less than 0.4 VA/kg in an annealed wound transformer core form.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicants: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.Inventors: Daichi Azuma, Ryusuke Hasegawa, Yuichi Ogawa, Eric A. Theisen, Yuji Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20120048428Abstract: A ferromagnetic amorphous alloy ribbon includes an alloy having a composition represented by FeaSibBcCd where 80.5?a?83 at. %, 0.5?b?6 at. %, 12?c?16.5 at. %, 0.01?d?1 at. % with a+b+c+d=100 and incidental impurities, the defect length along a direction of the ribbon's length being between 5 mm and 200 mm, the defect depth being less than 0.4×t ?m and the defect occurrence frequency being less than 0.05×w times within 1.5 m of ribbon length, where t and w are ribbon thickness and ribbon width, respectively, and the ribbon in its annealed state and straight strip form of the ribbon, has a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.60 T, and exhibits a magnetic core loss of less than 0.14 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz and at 1.3 T induction level. The ribbon is suitable for use in transformer cores, rotational machines, electrical chokes, magnetic sensors and pulse power devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicants: HITACHI METALS, LTD., METGLAS, INC.Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Eric A. Theisen, Yuji Matsumoto, James Perrozi, Ryusuke Hasegawa