Patents by Inventor Kyung-Ku Choi

Kyung-Ku Choi 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).

  • Patent number: 11551896
    Abstract: A magnetically actuated MEMS switch 100 includes a first magnetic core portion 120, a first signal line 15, a first contact point 16, a second magnetic core portion 220, a second signal line 25, a second contact point 26, and a first coil portion 111 and a second coil portion 211 serving as a magnetic field applying portion that causes a current to flow in conductor coil to apply a magnetic field to the first magnetic core portion 120 and the second magnetic core portion 220. The first contact point 16 is displaced depending on the presence or absence of a magnetic field applied by the magnetic field applying portion. Connection and disconnection between the first contact point 16 and the second contact point 26 are switched in response to displacement of the first contact point 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi Kamijima, Atsushi Iijima, Kyung-Ku Choi, Katsunori Osanai, Daisuke Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20210313130
    Abstract: A magnetically actuated MEMS switch 100 includes a first magnetic core portion 120, a first signal line 15, a first contact point 16, a second magnetic core portion 220, a second signal line 25, a second contact point 26, and a first coil portion 111 and a second coil portion 211 serving as a magnetic field applying portion that causes a current to flow in conductor coil to apply a magnetic field to the first magnetic core portion 120 and the second magnetic core portion 220. The first contact point 16 is displaced depending on the presence or absence of a magnetic field applied by the magnetic field applying portion. Connection and disconnection between the first contact point 16 and the second contact point 26 are switched in response to displacement of the first contact point 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi KAMIJIMA, Atsushi IIJIMA, Kyung-Ku CHOI, Katsunori OSANAI, Daisuke IWANAGA
  • Patent number: 11075041
    Abstract: A magnetically actuated MEMS switch 100 includes a first magnetic core portion 120, a first signal line 15, a first contact point 16, a second magnetic core portion 220, a second signal line 25, a second contact point 26, and a first coil portion 111 and a second coil portion 211 serving as a magnetic field applying portion that causes a current to flow in conductor coil to apply a magnetic field to the first magnetic core portion 120 and the second magnetic core portion 220. The first contact point 16 is displaced depending on the presence or absence of a magnetic field applied by the magnetic field applying portion. Connection and disconnection between the first contact point 16 and the second contact point 26 are switched in response to displacement of the first contact point 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi Kamijima, Atsushi Iijima, Kyung-Ku Choi, Katsunori Osanai, Daisuke Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20200116713
    Abstract: This analysis kit includes a sensor having a working electrode, a reference electrode and a counter electrode, primary antibodies being fixed to a surface of the working electrode of the sensor; and a dispersion liquid of magnetic metal nanoparticles including solvent and magnetic metal nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent, secondary antibodies being fixed to surfaces of the magnetic metal nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKAMOTO, Kyung-Ku CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200082964
    Abstract: A composite magnetic body with high permeability and low magnetic loss in a high-frequency region of a gigahertz band; and a high-frequency electronic component using the same, the electronic component being compact and having low-insertion loss. This composite magnetic body has a high permeability and a low magnetic loss especially in a high-frequency region of a gigahertz band, and is provided with: a plurality of magnetic nanowires 361-363 aligned so as not to cross each other; and insulators 365-367 that electrically insulate the plurality of magnetic nanowires 361-363.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi SAKAMOTO, Yoshihiro SHINKAI, Yu YONEZAWA, Hideharu MORO, Kensuke ARA, Tohru OIKAWA, Isao KANADA, Kenji HORINO, Kyung-Ku CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190318893
    Abstract: A magnetically actuated MEMS switch 100 includes a first magnetic core portion 120, a first signal line 15, a first contact point 16, a second magnetic core portion 220, a second signal line 25, a second contact point 26, and a first coil portion 111 and a second coil portion 211 serving as a magnetic field applying portion that causes a current to flow in conductor coil to apply a magnetic field to the first magnetic core portion 120 and the second magnetic core portion 220. The first contact point 16 is displaced depending on the presence or absence of a magnetic field applied by the magnetic field applying portion. Connection and disconnection between the first contact point 16 and the second contact point 26 are switched in response to displacement of the first contact point 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi KAMIJIMA, Atsushi IIJIMA, Kyung-Ku CHOI, Katsunori OSANAI, Daisuke IWANAGA
  • Patent number: 9947445
    Abstract: A R-T-B based permanent magnet which has equivalent magnetic properties as the existing Nd—Fe—B based permanent magnet and light mass but also can be suitably used as a magnet for field system of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine. The magnet can be obtained in a case where the composition of the compound for forming the main phase is (R1?x(Y1?zCez)x)2T14B (R is rare earth element(s) consisting of one or more elements selected from La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, Y is yttrium, Ce is cerium, T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe or Fe and Co as essential element(s), B is boron, 0.0<x?0.5 and 0.0?z?0.5), by making the abundance ratio of Y4f/(Y4f+Y4g) in relation to the Y occupying the 4f site of the tetragonal R2T14B structure (i.e., Y4f) and the Y occupying the 4g site (i.e., Y4g) satisfies 0.8?Y4f/(Y4f+Y4g)?1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-Ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9702945
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which can measure the magnetic characteristics in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample. After a magnetic sample is applied by a magnetic field and magnetized accordingly, by scanning the magnetic sample using a measuring part, the magnetic flux leakage in the magnetic sample can be measured. The magnetic flux leaks outside by magnetizing a first region and a second region of the magnetic sample in reciprocally opposite directions and reducing the demagnetizing field. Specifically, a magnetic field generating part with at least a pair of magnetic poles is used to perform the magnetization of multiple poles, or the magnetic field generating part applies a damped oscillation magnetic field to perform the magnetization, or a local magnetic field generating part which applies an alternating magnetic field and scans the surface of the sample at the same time is used to perform the magnetization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9607743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet with excellent adhesion strength with plated layer and without significant decrease in magnetic properties, compared to the conventional R-T-B based magnet. By means that the R-T-B based magnet as the raw material is applied to heating treatment for a long time, the major phase grains will form core-shell like structures in the R-T-B based magnet in which R1 and Ce are included as an essential of R. When the mass concentration of R1 and Ce in the core portion is set as ?R1 and ?Ce respectively and that of R1 and Ce in the shell portion is set as ?R1 and ?Ce respectively, the ratio (B/A) between the mass concentration ratio of R1 to Ce in the shell portion (?R1/?Ce=B) and that of R1 to Ce in the core portion (?R1/?Ce=A) is 1.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Enokido, Kyung-Ku Choi, Kenichi Suzuki, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9520216
    Abstract: An R-T-B based magnet as raw material undergoes heating treatment for a long time and main phase grains turn core-shell like. The R-T-B based magnet includes main phase grains having core and shell portions that covers the core. When the mass concentration of R1 and Y in the core portion is set as ?R1 and ?Y respectively and the mass concentration of R1 and Y in the shell portion is set as ?R1 and ?Y respectively, the ratio (B/A) between the mass concentration ratio of R1 to Y in the shell portion (?R1/?Y=B) and the mass concentration ratio of R1 to Y in the core portion (?R1/?Y=A) is 1.1 or more. Thus, the decrease of coercivity caused by Y addition is prevented, and the increase effect of temperature characteristics caused by addition of Y will lead to improve the magnetic properties under high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Enokido, Kyung-Ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9490053
    Abstract: A R-T-B based permanent magnet which not only has equivalent magnetic properties as the existing Nd—Fe—B based permanent magnet but also has a high adhesive strength and which can be suitably used as a magnet for field system of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine. The magnet can be obtained in a case where the composition of the compound for forming the main phase is (R1-x(Ce1-zYz)x)2T14B (R is rare earth element(s) consisting of one or more elements selected from La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe or Fe and Co as essential element(s), 0.0<x?0.5 and 0.0?z?0.5), by making the abundance ratio of Ce4f/(Ce4f+Ce4g) satisfies 0.8?Ce4f/(Ce4f+Ce4g)?1.0 when the Ce occupying the 4f site of the tetragonal R2T14B structure is denoted Ce4f and the Ce occupying the 4g site is denoted as Ce4g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-Ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9396852
    Abstract: The present invention provides such a permanent magnet that its magnetic properties will not significantly decrease and it can be prepared at a lower temperature, compared to conventional R-T-B based permanent magnets. In the R-T-B based structure, a stacked structure of R1-T-B based crystal layer and Ce-T-B based crystal layer can be formed by alternatively stacking the R1-T-B based crystal layer and the Ce-T-B based crystal layer. In this way, a high magnetic anisotropy field of the R1-T-B based crystal layer can be maintained while the crystallization temperature can be lowered by the Ce-T-B based crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Hashimoto, Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-ku Choi
  • Patent number: 9354285
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which measures coercivity and coercivity distribution in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample with high coercivity. A magnetic sample is applied with a magnetic field in a first direction and magnetized, a second magnetic field is applied in a direction opposite to the first, a measuring part scans the sample, measuring magnetic flux leakage due to remnant magnetization in the sample. The intensity of the second magnetic field is gradually increased while the measuring part repeats the measurement to obtain the second magnetic field wherein the magnitude of the leakage from the sample reaches the maximum level, and when a magnetic field equivalent to the coercivity is applied to the sample and about half of the magnetization is reversed, the sample's coercivity is obtained based on the determination that the demagnetizing field Hd reaches the minimum level and the leakage reaches the maximum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150248953
    Abstract: A R-T-B based permanent magnet which has equivalent magnetic properties as the existing Nd—Fe—B based permanent magnet and light mass but also can be suitably used as a magnet for field system of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine. The magnet can be obtained in a case where the composition of the compound for forming the main phase is (R1-x(Y1-zCez)x)2T14B (R is rare earth element(s) consisting of one or more elements selected from La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, Y is yttrium, Ce is cerium, T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe or Fe and Co as essential element(s), B is boron, 0.0<x?0.5 and 0.0?z?0.5), by making the abundance ratio of Y4f/(Y4f+Y4g) in relation to the Y occupying the 4f site of the tetragonal R2T14B structure (i.e., Y4f) and the Y occupying the 4g site (i.e., Y4g) satisfies 0.8?Y4f/(Y4f+Y4g)?1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-Ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9111674
    Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet whose magnetic properties will not be significantly decreased and which is excellent in the temperature properties compared to the existing R-T-B based permanent magnet. In the R-T-B based structure, a stack structure of R1-T-B based crystallizing layer and (Y,Ce)-T-B based crystallizing layer can be formed by alternatively stacking R1-T-B and (Y,Ce)-T-B. In this way, a high magnetic anisotropy field of the R1-T-B based crystallizing layer can be maintained while an improved temperature coefficient of the (Y,Ce)-T-B based crystallizing layer can be obtained. Further, a high coercivity can be obtained by adding the Ce-T-B based crystallizing layer with a low lattice distortion to the Y-T-B based crystallizing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Hashimoto, Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-Ku Choi
  • Patent number: 9082537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet which is excellent in the temperature properties and the magnetic properties of which will not be significantly decreased, compared to the conventional R-T-B based permanent magnet. In the R-T-B based structure, a stacked structure of R1-T-B based crystal layer and Y-T-B based crystal layer can be formed by alternatively stacking R1-T-B and Y-T-B. In this way, a high magnetic anisotropy field of the R1-T-B based crystal layer can be maintained while the temperature coefficient of the Y-T-B based crystal layer can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Hashimoto, Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-ku Choi, Kenichi Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150132178
    Abstract: A R-T-B based permanent magnet which not only has equivalent magnetic properties as the existing Nd—Fe—B based permanent magnet but also has a high adhesive strength and which can be suitably used as a magnet for field system of a permanent magnet synchronous rotating machine. The magnet can be obtained in a case where the composition of the compound for forming the main phase is (R1-x(Ce1-zYz)x)2T14B (R is rare earth element(s) consisting of one or more elements selected from La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe or Fe and Co as essential element(s), 0.0<x?0.5 and 0.0?z?0.5), by making the abundance ratio of Ce4f/(Ce4f+Ce4g) satisfies 0.8?Ce4f/(Ce4f+Ce4g)?1.0 when the Ce occupying the 4f site of the tetragonal R2T14B structure is denoted Ce4f and the Ce occupying the 4g site is denoted as Ce4g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Kyung-Ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150070005
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which measures coercivity and coercivity distribution in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample with high coercivity. A magnetic sample is applied with a magnetic field in a first direction and magnetized, a second magnetic field is applied in a direction opposite to the first, a measuring part scans the sample, measuring magnetic flux leakage due to remnant magnetization in the sample. The intensity of the second magnetic field is gradually increased while the measuring part repeats the measurement to obtain the second magnetic field wherein the magnitude of the leakage from the sample reaches the maximum level, and when a magnetic field equivalent to the coercivity is applied to the sample and about half of the magnetization is reversed, the sample's coercivity is obtained based on the determination that the demagnetizing field Hd reaches the minimum level and the leakage reaches the maximum level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140375308
    Abstract: A magnetic measurement device which can measure the magnetic characteristics in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample. After a magnetic sample is applied by a magnetic field and magnetized accordingly, by scanning the magnetic sample using a measuring part, the magnetic flux leakage in the magnetic sample can be measured. The magnetic flux leaks outside by magnetizing a first region and a second region of the magnetic sample in reciprocally opposite directions and reducing the demagnetizing field. Specifically, a magnetic field generating part with at least a pair of magnetic poles is used to perform the magnetization of multiple poles, or the magnetic field generating part applies a damped oscillation magnetic field to perform the magnetization, or a local magnetic field generating part which applies an alternating magnetic field and scans the surface of the sample at the same time is used to perform the magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Tsutomu Chikamatsu, Akio Ogawa, Kyung-ku Choi, Ryuji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20140320246
    Abstract: The present invention provides a permanent magnet which is excellent in the temperature properties and the magnetic properties of which will not be significantly decreased, compared to the conventional R-T-B based permanent magnet. In the R-T-B based structure, a stacked structure of R1-T-B based crystal layer and Y-T-B based crystal layer can be formed by alternatively stacking R1-T-B and Y-T-B. In this way, a high magnetic anisotropy field of the R1-T-B based crystal layer can be maintained while the temperature coefficient of the Y-T-B based crystal layer can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ryuji HASHIMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI, Kyung-ku CHOI, Kenichi NISHIKAWA