Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr.

Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for magnetizing a permanent magnet
    Patent number: 8468684
    Abstract: A magnetizing coil unit and a method of making a magnetizing coil unit is provided. The coil includes a solenoid coil having a coiled copper sheet in which the width of the copper sheet is equal to the height of the solenoid coil. A magnetizing assembly includes a plurality of magnetizing coil units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Paul Shadforth Thompson, Liang Li, Kathleen Melanie Amm, Bulent Aksel, Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr.
  • Multiple ring polefaceless permanent magnet and method of making
    Patent number: 7423431
    Abstract: A permanent magnet assembly for an imaging apparatus having a permanent magnet body having a first surface and a stepped second surface which is adapted to face an imaging volume of the imaging apparatus, wherein the stepped second surface contains at least four steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kathleen Melanie Amm, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Paul Shadforth Thompson, Bulent Aksel, Bruce Campbell Amm, Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr, Johannes Martinus Van Oort, Xianrui Huang
  • Method and apparatus for magnetizing a permanent magnet
    Patent number: 7218195
    Abstract: A magnetizing coil unit and a method of making a magnetizing coil unit is provided. The coil includes a solenoid coil having a coiled copper sheet in which the width of the copper sheet is equal to the height of the solenoid coil. A magnetizing assembly includes a plurality of magnetizing coil units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Paul Shadforth Thompson, Liang Li, Kathleen Melanie Amm, Bulent Aksel, Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr.
  • Permanent magnet assembly with movable permanent body for main magnetic field adjustable
    Patent number: 7148689
    Abstract: A permanent magnet assembly comprising a fixed permanent magnet body and a movable permanent magnet body which is movable relative to the fixed permanent magnet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xianrui Huang, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Kathleen Melanie Amm, Bruce Campbell Amm, Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr.
  • Open magnet with recessed field shaping coils
    Patent number: 6504461
    Abstract: A pole piece for use in an open magnet includes a magnetizable body of generally cylindrical shape and made of a ferromagnetic material with a plurality of concentrically-arranged, annular-shaped, radially spaced-apart grooves formed in the inner surface of the pole piece. A plurality of annular-shaped, electrically conductive coils are disposed within the grooves. The pole piece with recessed shielding coils is situated within a cryogenic vessel to maintain the pole pieces at a uniform cryogenic temperature. The result is an open magnet structure which provides a highly uniform, high field, open field of view for MRI with a well-contained stray field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xianrui Huang, Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr., Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Bruce Campbell Amm
  • Open magnet with shielding
    Patent number: 5999075
    Abstract: An open magnet useful in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications. The magnet has two spaced-apart assemblies. Each assembly has a shielding coil located longitudinally outward from a main coil and a magnetizable pole piece spaced apart from and proximate the main and shielding coils. The method of the invention generates a magnetic field in a first area between the two assemblies while shielding a second area not between the two assemblies from a stray magnetic field by creating the previously-described open magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Michael Anthony Palmo, Jr.