Patents Issued in October 20, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160307649
    Abstract: A device and method for penetrating the Coulomb barrier is disclosed. An electrode is positioned within a hollow shell, the shell enclosing an inner space containing a fusion reactive fuel. The inner space with the fuel surrounds the electrode, and a confinement layer made of a high dielectric strength and high dielectric constant material is located on the inside surface of the hollow shell. A high voltage power source charges the electrode, which causes a tightly packed fusion fuel nuclei cloud such as a deuteron cloud to form on the confinement layer, facilitating the elimination of Coulomb repulsive forces between nuclei, such that ions fired towards the nuclei cloud can fuse with nuclei in the cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Azaroghly Yazdanbod
  • Publication number: 20160307650
    Abstract: A process for making nuclear fusion occur by compressing a prescribed fusion-fuel using lasers (22) or other means. The fusion fuel comprises a catalytic material mixed with a deuteride of an alkaline earth metal or alkali metal. The catalytic material may comprise a mixture or a compound containing red phosphorus, and a transition metal from Period 4 or Period 5 of the Periodic table. The fusion-fuel is cheap and easy to manufacture, and the technology for compression is already available. There is a realistic prospect of commercially producing nuclear fusion energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Charles WAYTE
  • Publication number: 20160307651
    Abstract: A zirconium alloy is manufactured through melting; solution heat treatment at 1,000 to 1,050° C. (?) for 30 to 40 min and ?-quenching using water; preheating at 630 to 650° C. for 20 to 30 min and hot rolling at a reduction ratio of 60 to 65%; primary intermediate vacuum annealing at 570 to 590° C. for 3 to 4 hr and primarily cold-rolled at a reduction ratio of 30 to 40%; secondary intermediate vacuum annealing at 560 to 580° C. for 2 to 3 hr and secondarily cold-rolled at a reduction ratio of 50 to 60%; tertiary intermediate vacuum annealing at 560 to 580° C. for 2 to 3 hr and tertiarily cold-rolled at a reduction ratio of 30 to 40%; and final vacuum annealing at 460 to 590° C. for 7 to 9 hr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Young CHOI, Yong Kyoon MOK, Yoon Ho KIM, Yeon Soo NA, Chung Yong LEE, Hun JANG, Tae Sik JUNG, Dae Gyun GO, Sung Yong LEE, Seung Jae LEE, Jae Ik KIM
  • Publication number: 20160307652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for handling an absorbent rod (11) for controlling a nuclear reactor, comprising (a) an upper motor compartment (2) positioned on the closing slab (10) of the reactor vat (13), (b) a rod control stem (3), extending in said motor compartment (2) and in a guide sheath (3a) extending inside said vat, characterized in that it comprises (1) a sealed static confinement chamber (5) made of non-magnetic material arranged inside said upper compartment, (2) a first synchronous magnetic coupling system (6a) for transmitting linear translational movement without mechanical contact comprising a first outer component (6a-1) arranged outside said chamber (5), and able to be vertically translated, and a first inner component (6a-2) arranged inside said chamber (5), integral with said rod control stem (3), a magnetic coupling force of said first outer component (6a-1) and said first inner component (6a-2) making it possible, when the first outer component (6a-1) is displaced in ve
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Luc ARLAUD, Daniel CYPRES, Adrien ROBERT
  • Publication number: 20160307653
    Abstract: An annulus spacer for a fuel channel assembly of a nuclear reactor, and method of manufacturing an annulus spacer. The fuel channel assembly includes a calandria tube and a pressure tube positioned at least partially within the calandria tube. The annulus spacer includes a garter spring configured to surround a portion of the pressure tube to maintain a gap between the calandria tube and the pressure tube. A girdle wire is positioned substantially within the garter spring and configured to form a loop around the pressure tube. The girdle wire includes a first segment and a second segment that overlaps the first segment to form an overlap, the overlap extending between approximately 45 degrees and approximately 135 degrees to reduce the possibility of girdle wire twisting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Stranart, Marcia Helen Sanderson, Donald Ray Metzger, Andre Roger Gagnon, Reza Ziaei, Jan Frantisek Slavik
  • Publication number: 20160307654
    Abstract: A method for loading fuel pellets for manufacturing a nuclear fuel rod comprises arranging fuel pellets in a row on a plurality of trays, measuring a whole length of the fuel pellets in the row on each of the plurality of trays and obtaining a total length of the pellets by accumulating the whole length of the fuel pellets one after another for the plurality of trays, comparing the total length with a predetermined length, and increasing or decreasing one or more fuel pellets in the row of a last tray of the plurality of the trays such that the total length of the pellets is less than the predetermined length and a length difference between the total length of the pellets and the predetermined length is within a length of one fuel pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Yong SHIN, Chang Hwan HWANG, Hung Soon CHANG, Tae Hyung NA, Bong Sik MOON, Young Seok YOON
  • Publication number: 20160307655
    Abstract: An Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system for Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) of the nuclear power plants is provided. The instrumentation and control system is adapted to be divided into two parts: first and second control parts. The first control part includes Safety I&C functions adapted to be controlled by wired logics based on electromechanical relays. Further, the second control part includes Non-safety I&C functions adapted to be controlled by Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)/Human Machine Interface (HMI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Walid HADDAD, Malik BOUDOUDA, Laetitia JACQUOT
  • Publication number: 20160307656
    Abstract: A system for treating radon in the air including at least two carbon electrodes. Each carbon electrode is formed from a mixture of activated carbon, gilsonite, and zeolite which is extruded into the shape of an elongated rod. Positively-charged radon ions in the air are attracted to the electrodes. There is also provided a method for removing radioactive radon isotopes from the air including the steps of: (1) providing at least two carbon electrodes formed from activated carbon, gilsonite, and zeolite; and (2) initiating a chemical reaction between the activated carbon and the radioactive radon isotopes to half-life the radon isotopes into non-radioactive isotopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Lance C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20160307657
    Abstract: This invention relates to the vitrification of radioactive waste products. According to this invention, a glass composition that is suitable for mixed waste products, which include flammable waste products, such as gloves, working clothes, plastic waste, and rubber, and low-level radioactive waste products, and a method of vitrifying the mixed waste products using the same are provided to significantly reduce the volume of radioactive waste products and to vitrify the mixed waste products using the glass composition, which is suitable for vitrifying the mixed waste products, thereby maximally delaying or completely preventing the leakage of radioactive materials from a glass solidified body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deuk Man KIM, Hyun Je CHO, Cheon Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20160307658
    Abstract: A single cell apparatus and method for single ion addressing are described herein. One apparatus includes a single cell configured to set a frequency, intensity, and a polarization of a laser, shutter the laser, align the shuttered laser to an ion in an ion trap such that the ion fluoresces light and/or performs a quantum operation, and detect the light fluoresced from the ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Lewis Jungwirth, James Goeders
  • Publication number: 20160307659
    Abstract: Coherent electronic current is generated by generating and transmitting an electron bunch along a longitudinal axis. The electron bunch is then directed onto a target, wherein the target imparts a transverse spatial modulation to the electron bunch via diffraction contrast or phase contrast. The transverse spatial modulation of the electron bunch is then transferred to the longitudinal axis via an emittance exchange beamline, creating a periodically modulated distribution of coherent electronic current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Emilio Alessandro Nanni, William Sproull Graves, Franz Xaver Kaertner, David Eugene Moncton
  • Publication number: 20160307660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon-metal composite and a method for preparing carbon-metal composite, and more particularly to a method for preparing carbon-metal composite, which: is capable of reducing graphene oxide; which is capable of decreasing the steps and the time for hybridization of graphene which is obtained from the reduction, graphene or carbon nanotube, with metal; which is done under mild condition and; also which is capable of lowering resistivity of the carbon-metal composite. The method for preparing the carbon-metal composite comprises the steps of: reacting a composition containing a carbon compound selected from a group consisting of graphene, graphene oxide and carbon nanotube, a metallic precursor, a reducing agent and a solvent; and removing solvent partially or wholly from the composition reaction-completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Seon Yeong GONG, Soo Yeon LEE, Hyeonseong CHOE, Chongchan LEE
  • Publication number: 20160307661
    Abstract: Using SWNT-CA as scaffolds to fabricate stiff, highly conductive polymer (PDMS) composites. The SWNT-CA is immersing in a polymer resin to produce a SWNT-CA infiltrated with a polymer resin. The SWNT-CA infiltrated with a polymer resin is cured to produce the stiff and electrically conductive composite of carbon nanotube aerogel and polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus A. Worsley, Sergei O. Kucheyev, Theodore F. Baumann, Joshua D. Kuntz, Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Alex V. Hamza
  • Publication number: 20160307662
    Abstract: An insulated wire, having a thermosetting resin covering (A), directly or by interposing an insulating layer (C), on a conductor having a rectangular cross-section, and a thermoplastic resin covering (B) on a periphery of the thermosetting resin covering (A), wherein the thermoplastic resin covering (B) has at least two layers of the thermoplastic resin layers, and the thermoplastic resin layers adjacent to each other are formed of thermoplastic resins different from each other, at least one layer of the thermoplastic resin layers is formed of polyether ether ketone or modified polyether ether ketone, and a total thickness of the thermoplastic resin layers is 60 to 120 ?m, and a thickness of a thinnest thermoplastic resin layer is 5 to 20 ?m; and a coil formed by winding processing the insulated wire and an electrical equipment having the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke IKEDA, Makoto OYA, Hideo FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20160307663
    Abstract: An insulated wire comprising a laminated resin-coated insulated wire containing: a thermosetting resin layer (A) directly or via an insulating layer (D) on a conductor having a rectangular cross-section; and at least a thermoplastic resin layer (B) on the outer periphery of the thermosetting resin layer (A), in which the cross-sectional shape of the thermosetting resin layer (A) composed of two pairs of two sides facing each other, and has at least four convex portions each of which has a film thickness in maximum, at least one convex portion of the at least four convex portions is on each of the four sides, or at least two convex portions of the at least four convex portions are at least on each of the two sides facing each other, and in the each side having the convex portion, provided that a minimum film thickness is designated as “a” ?m, and an average of maximum film thicknesses of the convex portions is designated as “b” ?m, the a/b ratio is 0.60 or more and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke IKEDA, Makoto OYA, Hideo FUKUDA, Keiichi TOMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160307664
    Abstract: A multilayer insulated wire having a polyester-based resin layer formed of a polyester-based resin containing at least a trihydric or higher hydric alcohol constituent on a conductor, and a PEEK resin layer formed of polyether ether ketone or modified polyether ether ketone, directly or by interposing an intermediate layer, on the polyester-based resin layer; a coil formed by winding processing the insulated wire, and electronic/electrical equipment having the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke OBIKA, Tsuneo AOI
  • Publication number: 20160307665
    Abstract: Methods for coating wires to apply a silver cladding are disclosed herein. Silver nanoparticles are dispersed in a low surface tension solvent to form a coating solution. A wire is drawn through the coating solution to form a coating layer of silver nanoparticles on the wire. The coating layer is then annealed to form the wire with a silver cladding thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Yiliang Wu, Ping Liu, Nan-Xing Hu
  • Publication number: 20160307666
    Abstract: A high-frequency wire includes: a conductor portion which includes an inner layer formed of a material having lower conductivity than copper, and an outer layer which coats the inner layer and is formed of copper. In a frequency range of an AC current for using the high-frequency wire, in a case where a skin thickness ? [m] of a copper wire including a conductor portion formed of pure copper is defined as ?=?(2/???), a thickness t [m] of the outer layer satisfies 1.1?<t<2.7?. Here ? indicates an angular frequency of a current, which is represented by 2?f, ? indicates magnetic permeability [H/m] of the copper wire, ? indicates conductivity [??1m?1] of copper, and f indicates a frequency [Hz].
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro KAMIDAKI, Ning GUAN, Takafumi MITSUNO
  • Publication number: 20160307667
    Abstract: A rectangular insulated wire includes a rectangular conductor having a generally rectangular cross section, a thermosetting resin layer provided to cover the rectangular conductor, and a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers provided on the thermosetting resin layer. An adhesion strength between the thermosetting resin layer and the thermoplastic resin layer is 50 gf/mm to 100 gf/mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hiedeo Fukuda, Makoto Oya, Keisuke Ikeda, Satoko Yamoto, Tsuneo Aoi
  • Publication number: 20160307668
    Abstract: An insulated wire containing: at least one thermosetting resin layer; and at least one thermoplastic resin layer, provided in this order on a conductor having a rectangular cross-section, a curvature radius r of corner portions at both edges of at least one short side of the conductor being 0.6 mm or less, in which thickness t1 of the corner portion of the thermosetting resin layer and thickness t2 of the corner portion of the thermoplastic resin layer satisfy a relation expressed by the following Formula 1: t2/t1<1;??Formula 1: and a method of producing thereof, a motor coil, and an electric/electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto OYA, Tsuneo AOI
  • Publication number: 20160307669
    Abstract: An electric cable for improving flexibility of an insulating resin portion of the electric cable expressed by a secant modulus value is provided. In an electric cable 10a in which an outer periphery of a conductor 11 made of wires with diameters from 0.15 to 0.5 mm and having a cross-sectional area of 20 mm2 or more is covered with an insulating resin 12 including a flame retardant, a ratio of an electric cable diameter to a conductor diameter is from 1.15 to 1.40, and a secant modulus of the insulating resin 12 is from 10 to 50 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro TOZAWA, Taro FUJITA, Atsuko SHINOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20160307670
    Abstract: A water blocking structure of a wire harness and a method for manufacturing the wire harness is provided. The water blocking structure includes a set of wires including a plurality of wires arranged in at least one row and side by side in a direction of a diameter of the wire, and an integrally molded stopper made of a hard resin that is injection-molded at a low-pressure so as to surround a portion of the set of wires in an extending direction of the wires and to have an outer circumferential shape defining portion that conforms to an inner circumferential shape of a wire passage portion into which the set of wires is to be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Makino, Tetsuro Saimoto, Akihito Shibuya, Masataka Yamamoto, Kenji Kinezuka, Shinnya Matsuura, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takafumi Mori
  • Publication number: 20160307671
    Abstract: Designs and methodologies related to attenuators having a thin-film resistor assembly are disclosed. In some embodiments, the thin-film assembly can include a first and second thin-film resistor, each having a main portion with an input end and an output end. The input end of the first thin-film resistor is interconnected to the input end of the second thin-film resistors, and the output end of the first thin-film resistor is interconnected to the output end of the second thin-film resistor. The first and second thin-film resistors are disposed relative to one another so as to define a separation. The separation region reduces the likelihood of hot spot regions forming at or near the center of the thin-film structure and improves power handling capability for a given resistor width. Also disclosed are examples of how the foregoing features can be implemented in different products and methods of fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Peter J. Zampardi, JR., Kai Hay Kwok
  • Publication number: 20160307672
    Abstract: The PTC circuit protection device includes a PTC polymer material and two electrodes attached to the PTC material. The PTC polymer material includes a polymer matrix and a conductive filler dispersed in the polymer matrix. The conductive filler includes first titanium carbide particles and second titanium carbide particles. The first titanium carbide particles have an average Fisher sub-sieve particle size of less than 2.5 ?m. The second titanium carbide particles have an average Fisher sub-sieve particle size of less than 3.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: FUZETEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jack Jih-Sang CHEN, Chang-Hung JIANG
  • Publication number: 20160307673
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a varistor device is presented. In an embodiment the method includes providing a base body for the varistor device, wherein the base body comprises a ceramic material, providing a basic material for a base metal electrode region on the base body, exposing the base body with the basic material to a temperature under a protective gas atmosphere such that the base metal electrode region is formed and firmly connected to the base body and completing the varistor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Dennis Sun, Jamie Jing, Qirong Li
  • Publication number: 20160307674
    Abstract: A varistor paste includes a matrix material and particles embedded into the matrix material, wherein the matrix material without embedded particles has a viscosity of less than 0.8 Pa·s, and the embedded particles include varistor particles. An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a varistor element connected in parallel with the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the varistor element includes a matrix material and particles embedded into the matrix material, the embedded particles include varistor particles, and the matrix material has a glass transition temperature of more than 130° C. A method of producing a varistor paste includes providing a matrix material having a viscosity of less than 0.8 Pa·s; and embedding particles into the matrix material to form a varistor paste, wherein the embedded particles include varistor particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Klaus Hoehn, Luca Haiberger, Markus Wicke
  • Publication number: 20160307675
    Abstract: An R-T-B based sintered magnet including a main phase composed of an R2T14B (wherein, R is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd; and T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe as necessity) structure, wherein the R-T-B based sintered magnet has a grain boundary phase containing Ce, Fe and Co, and the cross-section area ratio of the grain boundary phase containing Ce, Fe and Co in a unit cross-section area is 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi TADA
  • Publication number: 20160307676
    Abstract: A rare earth permanent magnetic material contains a main phase of R1x1R2y1Fe1-x1-y1-z1-u1Coz1Bu1, and an auxiliary phase including a first auxiliary phase of R3x2R4y2Fe1-x2-y2-z2-u2-v1Coz2Bu2Mv1 and a second auxiliary of R5x3R6y3Fe1-x3-y3-z3-u3-v2Coz3Bu3Mv2. Each of R1, R3 and R5 is Pr and/or Nd. Each of R2, R4 and R6 is at least one of Dy, Tb and Ho. M is at least one of Zr, Ga, Cu, Nb, Sn, Mo, Al, V, W, Si, Hf, Ti, Zn, Bi, Ta and In. 26 wt %?x1+y1?34 wt %, 0.01 wt %?y1?4 wt %, 0?z1?6 wt %, and 0.78 wt %?u1?1.25 wt %. 35 wt %?x2+y2?82 wt %, 5 wt %?y2?42 wt %, 0?z2?40 wt %, 0?u2?1.25 wt %, and 0?v1?10 wt %. 10 wt %?x3+y3?32 wt %, 0?y3?4.8 wt %, 0?z3?40 wt %, 0?u3?1.25 wt %, and 31 wt %?v2?50 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoxia DENG, Bo CHEN, Failang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160307677
    Abstract: A bulky consolidated nanostructured manganese aluminum alloy includes at least about 80% of a magnetic ? phase and having a macroscopic composition of MnXAlYDoZ, where Do is a dopant, X ranges from 52-58 atomic percent, Y ranges from 42-48 atomic percent, and Z ranges from 0 to 3 atomic percent. A method for producing a bulky nanocrystalline solid of formula MnxAlyDoz is provided. The method includes melting a mixture of metals to form a substantially homogenous solution, casting the solution to form ingots, measuring compositions of the ingots; crushing the ingots to form crushed powders, and milling the crushed powders to form nanocrystalline powders. The method further includes verifying the presence of ? phase and determining the amount of the ? phase, and simultaneously consolidating the nanocrystalline powders into a bulky nanocrystalline solid and undergoing phase transformation from ? phase to at least 80% ? phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Ian Baker, Qi Zeng
  • Publication number: 20160307678
    Abstract: An apparatus for, and a method of controlling magnetic anisotropy in a magnetic material comprises directing a layer of powdered metal material to a heat conducting substrate. Electromagnetic energy is applied to the powdered material sufficient to melt the powdered material which is subsequently cooled to create a solid layer on the substrate. An external magnetic field is applied to the material during at least the cooling step so as to imprint the solid magnetic material layer with magnetic anisotropy. Various novel magnetic structures can be fabricated using the technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: EXMET AB
    Inventors: Mattias UNOSSON, Björgvin HJÖRVARSSON, Vassilios KAPAKLIS, Fridrik MAGNUS
  • Publication number: 20160307679
    Abstract: A soft magnetic composite comprising an iron or iron alloy ferromagnetic material coated with an oxide material. An interface between the ferromagnetic material and the layer of oxide contains antiphase domain boundaries. Two processes for producing a soft magnetic composite are also provided. One process includes depositing an oxide layer onto an iron or iron alloy ferromagnetic material by molecular beam epitaxy at a partial oxygen pressure of from 1×10?5 Torr to 1×10?7 Torr to form a coated composite. The other process includes milling an iron or iron alloy ferromagnetic material powder and an oxide powder by high-energy milling to form a mixture; compacting the mixture and curing in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature from 500° C. to 1200° C. to form a soft magnetic composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Drexel University
    Inventors: Mitra Lenore TAHERI, Katie Jo SUNDAY, Steven Richard SPURGEON, Steven Joseph MAY
  • Publication number: 20160307680
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hybrid fastener system involving combining mechanical tensile features with magnetic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Boston Inventions, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel David Provencher
  • Publication number: 20160307681
    Abstract: A power control system for use with an electric lock mechanism having an actuator comprises a power supply to output an output voltage to the actuator. A credential device signals the power supply to output the voltage upon receiving an authorized code. A microcontroller controls the power supply, the credential device, and the actuator and may operate in an Access Mode or a Dog Mode. When in Access Mode, the actuator is unpowered and the credential device is powered until an authorized code is received and the power supply powers the actuator. The Dog Mode has an awake mode where the actuator is powered and the credential device is unpowered after the actuator remains in the powered state for a length of time. A sleep mode has the actuator unpowered and the credential device powered until an authorized code is received and the power supply powers the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Shaffer, David Corbin
  • Publication number: 20160307682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnet assembly for a solenoid valve, comprising a magnetic core (3), composed of at least two core elements (1, 2), and a magnetic coil (4), said magnetic core being connected in an annular recess (5) of a core element (1). According to the invention, the recess (5) on the side of a terminal surface (6) which forms the core element (1), is closed in a media-tight manner via a web portion (7). The invention further relates to a solenoid valve comprising such a magnet assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Girlinger
  • Publication number: 20160307683
    Abstract: A constant-current controller that supplies a constant current to an inductive load. This controller comprises an electric control circuit module. The electric control circuit module comprises a primary switch and a secondary switch. During a time interval in which the primary switch is closed (ton), the secondary switch is open and the voltage across the inductive load is equal to the source voltage (Vs). At time ton until the end of a time interval (T), zero volts appears across the inductive load. During this interval, current continues to flow as supplied by the energy stored in the inductance. The periodic current in the inductive load becomes constant with a sufficiently large PWM switching frequency and is dependent upon the parameters of the control circuit and the duration of ton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett L. Davis, Randall Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20160307684
    Abstract: There is provided a winding component capable of reducing the core temperature compared to the past even in a usage scenario where the amount of core heat generation is great, and whose size and weight may be reduced as a result. The present invention is a winding component including a coil (2) and a pair of upper and lower cores (4, 5) that form a closed magnetic path by surrounding an outer perimeter of the coil (2), the winding component having a bottom surface of the lower core (5) mounted on a housing (1) with a heat dissipation function, where a metal plate (7) having a higher thermal conductivity than the lower core (5) is attached to an outer side surface (6) of the lower core (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi TAKIGUCHI, Mikio KITAOKA, Satoshi OTA
  • Publication number: 20160307685
    Abstract: A transformer assembly includes a housing with a sealed housing interior, a transformer disposed within the housing interior and having a core with windings wrapped about the core, and a condenser mounted to the housing. The condenser is in fluid communication with the housing interior. A surface of the windings bounds a coolant channel extending between the windings and the condenser to convey coolant of a first phase to the condenser and receive coolant of a second phase from the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Adam M. White, Mustansir Kheraluwala, Frank Z. Feng, Kris H. Campbell, Charles Shepard
  • Publication number: 20160307686
    Abstract: A coil electronic component includes a body including metal powder particles having shape anisotropy and a coil unit disposed in the body and having an axis perpendicular with respect to a thickness direction of the body. The metal powder particles having shape anisotropy are arranged such that a plane-shaped surface thereof is parallel to a direction of flow of magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Byeong Cheol MOON, Il Jin PARK, Se Hyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20160307687
    Abstract: A common mode filter includes a magnetic substrate in which ferrite particles having anisotropy and a planar structure are disposed to have a planar orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Chin Mo KIM, Jung Wook SEO, Eun Hye NA, Hak Kwan KIM, Hyung Jin JEON, Sung Yong AN
  • Publication number: 20160307688
    Abstract: A chip component includes a first body part in which at least one pillar part is formed, a winding coil having a central portion fitted onto the at least one pillar part, and a second body part stacked on the first body part so that the winding coil is embedded between the first body part and the second body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Jong Ik PARK
  • Publication number: 20160307689
    Abstract: A coil electronic component includes a first coil disposed on a first surface of an insulating substrate; a second coil disposed on a second surface of the insulating substrate opposing the first surface; a via connecting the first and second coils through the insulating substrate; a first via pad formed as one end of the first coil extending and disposed on the first surface of the insulating substrate to cover the via; and a second via pad formed as one end of the second coil extending and disposed on the second surface of the insulating substrate to cover the via. Upper surfaces of the first and second via pads have rounded corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Dong Jin JEONG, Kyung Seop LEE
  • Publication number: 20160307690
    Abstract: A resonant power converter for operation in the radio frequency range, preferably in the VHF, comprises at least one PCB-embedded transformer. The transformer is configured for radio frequency operation and comprises a printed circuit board defining a horizontal plane, the printed circuit board comprising at least two horizontal conductive layers separated by an isolating layer, a first embedded solenoid forming a primary winding of the transformer and a second embedded solenoid being arranged parallel to the first solenoid and forming a secondary winding of the transformer, wherein the first and second embedded solenoids are formed in the conductive layers of the printed circuit board, wherein each full turn of an embedded solenoid has a horizontal top portion formed in an upper conductive layer, a horizontal bottom portion formed in a lower conductive layer, and two vertical side portions formed by vias extending between the upper and the lower conducting layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Mickey P. Madsen, Jakob Døllner Mønster
  • Publication number: 20160307691
    Abstract: An inductor includes a stacked body having a first through hole, and an insulation film covering the stacked body. The stacked body includes a first wiring, a first insulation layer stacked on the first wiring and including a second through hole exposing the first wiring, a first adhesive layer stacked on the first insulation layer and including a third through hole communicating with the second through hole, a second wiring stacked on the first adhesive layer and including a fourth through hole communicating with the third through hole, a second insulation layer stacked on the second wiring and including a fifth through hole communicating with the fourth through hole, and a first through electrode with which the second to fifth through holes are filled. The first and second wirings are connected to form a helical coil. The fifth through hole has a larger planar shape than the fourth through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Kiyokazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20160307692
    Abstract: Self-leaded inductive devices and methods of manufacture and use. In one embodiment, the inductive device includes a winding, a first shaped core piece, and a second shaped core piece. The winding is composed of one or more turns and is sized so as to fit around a central spindle element located on the core combination. The windings are preferably round in cross-section and have sufficient thickness so as to retain the shape of the interface portions of the winding so as to provide adequate co-planarity for surface mounting applications. The interface portions of the winding may include for example U-shaped leads, L-shaped leads or wave-shaped leads, and may optionally be formed so as to have a rectangular cross section at the interface portions of the otherwise round winding. Methods of manufacture and use are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Shuizhen Zhou, Shuhui Chen, Qian Chen
  • Publication number: 20160307693
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a coil including lead terminals plated with a metal; a body part filling a space around the coil; and external electrodes connected to the lead terminals of the coil. At least portions of the lead terminals of the coil are exposed externally of the body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tai Yon Cho, Doo Young Kim, Sang Ho Shin, Jun Ah, Woo Kyung Sung
  • Publication number: 20160307694
    Abstract: A coil component includes a coil section and an outer package made of magnetic material in which the coil section is embedded. Both ends of the coil section are drawn out as outer electrodes from a first lateral face of the outer package, and the drawn-out sections are bent toward a bottom face of the outer package, and further bent along the bottom face and a second lateral face, then bent toward a cut-out section provided to the top face of the outer package before engaged with the cut-out section. Recesses are provided on the bottom face at places where the outer electrodes overly, and the outer electrodes are bent toward the recesses, respectively. Inside the bent section of each of the outer electrodes, a notch is formed and the notch includes an opening that spreads over the two faces. A vertex portion of the bent section inside the notch is curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: MUTSUYASU OHTSUBO, RYUSUKE TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160307695
    Abstract: A magentic configuration using a plurality of posts and spiting the primary winding on each of the posts and placing the secondary windings together with the rectifiers menas around each posts to minimise the stray and leakage inductance. In this magentic configurations there is a significant reduction of the core material and a reduction of the footprint by a better utilization of the copper. The magentic field is weaving from through a post to the other minimizing the vertical components and forcing the magentic field to be paralel with the winding reducing the ac copper losses. These properties allows this magentic strcuture to be suitable in very high frequency applications and even in application with air core. These magentic structures can be used for transformer inplementation and also for the inductive applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Ionel Jitaru
  • Publication number: 20160307696
    Abstract: A magnet manufacturing method has preparing magnetic powder of a hard magnetic material, which includes one or more of an Fe-N-based compound and an R-Fe-N-based compound, pressurizing and molding the magnetic powder at a pressure equal to or higher than a fracture pressure at which particles of the magnetic powder are destroyed in order to obtain a primary molding, and heating the primary molding at a temperature lower than a decomposition temperature of the magnetic powder. A particle size distribution measured for the magnetic powder indicates that, for the magnetic powder, a ratio of a particle size with a cumulative frequency of 50% to a particle size with a cumulative frequency of 3% is less than eight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi MIO, Koji NISHI, Yusuke KIMOTO, Takashi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160307697
    Abstract: A magnet manufacturing method has a step of preparing mixed powder of magnetic powder of a hard magnetic material, which includes one or more of an Fe—N-based compound and an R—Fe—N-based compound and a lubricant that allows formation of an adsorption film on a surface of the magnetic powder, a step of heating the mixed powder at a temperature that is equal to or higher than a melting point of the lubricant and that is lower than a decomposition temperature of the magnetic powder to form the adsorption film of the lubricant on the surface of the magnetic powder, a step of pressurizing and molding the magnetic powder in order to obtain a primary molding, and a step of heating the primary molding at a temperature that is lower than the decomposition temperature of the magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi MIO, Koji NISHI, Yusuke KIMOTO, Takashi TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160307698
    Abstract: The invention provides a full-automatic network transformer winding machine, comprising a T1 ring winding device and a T2 ring winding device connected with said T1 ring winding device, wherein said T1 ring winding device includes an enameled wire pre-cutting mechanism, a stranding mechanism before T1 ring winding, a T1 ring winding mechanism and a tail wire-cutting mechanism which are connected with one another sequentially, and said T2 ring winding device includes a separating mechanism, a stranding mechanism before T2 ring winding and a T2 ring winding mechanism which are connected with one another sequentially. The full-automatic network transformer winding machine of the invention can completely replace manual winding to manufacture the network transformer, has high production efficiency and high product acceptability, and meanwhile provides great convenience to automatically realize shell mounting and end wrapping in subsequent processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Xinyu Chen, Dongya Ji, Jinhui Wu