Dust Cores Patents (Class 148/104)
  • Patent number: 11948712
    Abstract: A magnetic powder contains a soft magnetic material represented by the following composition formula, in which an average particle size is 2 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, and at least a surface layer is nanocrystallized, FeaCubNbcSidBe where, a, b, c, d, and e each indicate atomic percentage, 71.0 at %?a?76.0 at %, 0.5 at %?b?1.5 at %, 2.0 at %?c?4.0 at %, 11.0 at %?d?16.0 at %, and 8.0 at %?e?13.0 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sano
  • Patent number: 11508512
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core through simple compression molding and capable of manufacturing a complicatedly shaped powder magnetic core with reliable high strength and insulating properties. The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core with a metallic soft magnetic material powder, the method including: a first step including mixing a soft magnetic material powder and a binder; a second step including compression molding the mixture obtained after the first step; a third step including performing at least one of grinding and cutting on the compact obtained after the second step; and a fourth step including heat-treating the compact after the third step, wherein in the fourth step, the compact is heat-treated so that an oxide layer containing an element constituting the soft magnetic material powder is formed on the surface of the soft magnetic material powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Nishimura, Shin Noguchi, Toshio Mihara
  • Patent number: 11302466
    Abstract: A multilayer coil electronic component having improved inductance L, Q, and strength, and which has an element in which a coil conductor and a magnetic element body are stacked. The magnetic element body includes soft magnetic metal particles and a resin. The resin fills a space between the soft magnetic metal particles. Each of soft magnetic metal particles has a soft magnetic metal particle core and an oxide film covering the soft magnetic metal particle core. A layer of the oxide film contacting the soft magnetic metal particle core is made of an oxide including Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Hidekazu Sato, Yusuke Nagai, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko Kawasaki, Shinichi Kondo, Yuya Ishima, Shinichi Sato, Masaki Takahashi, Takashi Endo
  • Patent number: 11285533
    Abstract: A composite iron-based powder mix suitable for soft magnetic applications such as inductor cores. Also, a method for producing a soft magnetic component and the component produced by the method. An iron-based powder composition including a mixture of: (a) phosphorous coated atomized iron particles which are further coated by a silicate layer; (b) phosphorous coated iron alloy particles, the iron alloy particles of 7% to 13% by weight silicon, 4% to 7% by weight aluminium, the balance being iron; and (c) a silicone resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ann-Christin Hellsen, Zhou Ye
  • Patent number: 11217371
    Abstract: A bulk permanent magnetic material may include between about 5 volume percent and about 40 volume percent Fe16N2 phase domains, a plurality of nonmagnetic atoms or molecules forming domain wall pinning sites, and a balance soft magnetic material, wherein at least some of the soft magnetic material is magnetically coupled to the Fe16N2 phase domains via exchange spring coupling. In some examples, a bulk permanent magnetic material may be formed by implanting N+ ions in an iron workpiece using ion implantation to form an iron nitride workpiece, pre-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to attach the iron nitride workpiece to a substrate, and post-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to form Fe16N2 phase domains within the iron nitride workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Yanfeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 11072470
    Abstract: A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) storage system may include a reservoir body having a magnet integrally formed about an inlet opening of the reservoir body. For example, the magnet may be molding about a perimeter of the inlet opening during a molding process in which the reservoir body is formed. In some examples, the inlet opening defines a lumen extending into an interior of the reservoir body with the magnet being positioned at a location along the lumen opposite an external end face. The position of the magnet may be effective to engage a corresponding magnet on a DEF fill nozzle, allowing DEF to be introduced into the reservoir body. By integrating the magnet into the reservoir body, protection features that prevent erroneous filling of the reservoir body cannot be removed or bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen A. Stone
  • Patent number: 10804014
    Abstract: Provided is a flaky soft magnetic powder composed of an Fe—Si—Al alloy containing Si: 5.5 to 10.5 mass %, Al: 4.5 to 8.0 mass %, and Fe and incidental impurities: balance, wherein the flaky powder exhibits a ratio (D50/TD) of 35 to 92 where D50 represents the average particle size (?m) of the powder and TD represents the tap density (Mg/m3) of the powder, and the flaky powder exhibits a coercive force of 239 to 479 A/m as measured under application of a magnetic field in an in-plane direction of the flaky powder. The flaky soft magnetic powder exhibits superior sheet formability and has high magnetic permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Kuse, Kodai Miura, Fumihiro Maezawa, Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 10601286
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a motor core includes a preparing step, a coating step, a stacking step, and a forming step. In the preparing step, the silicon steel sheets are cleaned and dried. In the coating step, an electrically insulating colloid is coated between each pair of adjacent silicon steel sheets. In the stacking step, the silicon steel sheets on which the electrically insulating colloid is applied are stacked on each other to form a layered structure. In the forming step, the stacked silicon steel sheets are subjected to a colloid curing process so that the electrically insulating colloid forms a thermosetting plastic. This reduces the chance of forming eddy currents, reducing the eddy current loss of the motor core during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUKUTA ELECTRIC & MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chin Feng Chang
  • Patent number: 10395813
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic core which can be produced with improved productivity without increasing a material cost and has required magnetic and mechanical properties and a process for producing the same. The magnetic core is produced by compression molding and thereafter thermally hardening iron-based soft magnetic powder having resin films formed on surfaces of particles thereof. The resin film is an uncured resin film formed by dry mixing the iron-based soft magnetic powder and epoxy resin containing a latent curing agent with each other at a temperature not less than a softening temperature of the epoxy resin and less than a thermal curing starting temperature thereof. The iron-based soft magnetic powder having the resin films formed on the surfaces of the particles thereof is compression molded by using a die to produce a compression molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Uemoto, Shinji Miyazaki, Takuji Harano, Natsuhiko Mori, Hiroyuki Noda
  • Patent number: 10327365
    Abstract: A magnetic field shielding unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a first shielding sheet having a first magnetic field shielding layer formed of fragments of an Fe-based alloy to enhance an antenna characteristic for wireless charging in order to enhance flexibility and reduce an eddy current; and a second shielding sheet having a second magnetic field shielding layer formed of fragments of ferrite to enhance an antenna characteristic for short range communication in order to enhance the flexibility of the shielding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Amosense Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil Jae Jang, Dong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10325706
    Abstract: Provided are a composite material having low iron loss, high saturation magnetization, and high strength, and a magnetic component and a reactor that include the composite material. A composite material contains a soft magnetic powder and a resin having the soft magnetic powder dispersed therein, the soft magnetic powder including a coarse powder having an average particle size D1 of not less than 50 ?m nor more than 500 ?m and a fine powder having an average particle size D2 of not less than 0.1 ?m but less than 30 wherein the soft magnetic powder is contained in an amount of not less than 60 vol % nor more than 80 vol % with respect to the composite material as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Kusawake, Shigeki Masuda, Atsushi Sato
  • Patent number: 10109402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rare earth based magnet that inhibits the high temperature demagnetization rate even when less or no heavy rare earth elements such as Dy, Tb and the like than before are used. The rare earth based magnet according to the present invention is a sintered magnet which includes R2T14B crystal grains as main phase and grain boundary phases between the R2T14B crystal grains. When the grain boundary phase surrounded by three or more main phase crystal grains is regarded as the grain boundary multi-point, the microstructure of the sintered body is controlled so that the ratio of the grain boundary triple-point surrounded by three main phase crystal grains in all grain boundary multi-points to be specified value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Kato, Yoshinori Fujikawa, Taeko Tsubokura, Chikara Ishizaka, Katsuo Sato
  • Patent number: 10050510
    Abstract: Cylindrical outer and inner rotors coaxially supported so as to be rotatable, and a cylindrical stator interposed between the rotors are provided, and rotational torque is transmitted between the outer rotor and the inner rotor by interaction between: a plurality of magnets uniformly arranged on the inner circumference of the outer rotor; a plurality of magnets uniformly arranged on the outer circumference of the inner rotor; and a plurality of magnetic bodies juxtaposed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the stator. Rod-shaped magnetic bodies extending in the axial direction of the stator are used, and each magnetic body is placed in skew arrangement with a deviation amount in the circumferential direction corresponding to 1/12 to ¼ of the juxtaposition pitch in the circumferential direction between one axial end and the other axial end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 9984812
    Abstract: A power inductor includes a substrate having a through hole in a central portion thereof; a first internal coil pattern and a second internal coil pattern each having a spiral shape and provided on opposite surfaces of the substrate outwardly of the through hole; a magnetic body enclosing the substrate on which the first internal coil pattern and the second internal coil pattern are provided, end portions of the first internal coil pattern and the second internal coil pattern being exposed to opposite end surfaces thereof; a first external electrode and a second external electrode provided on the opposite end surfaces of the magnetic body to be connected to the end portions of the first internal coil pattern and the second internal coil pattern, respectively; and an anti-plating layer covering the magnetic body between the first external electrode and the second external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youn Kyu Choi, Hea Ah Kim, Jae Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 9826580
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source; and a light-source driving unit configured to drive the light source and that includes a transformer. The transformer includes a core comprising a plurality of metal powders; and a plurality of coils embedded in the core. At least one coil has a diameter different from a diameter of another coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngsup Kwon, Byungkyou Min, Jinwon Jang
  • Patent number: 9754710
    Abstract: The compact for a magnetic core is manufactured by filling a soft magnetic powder in the die hole, pressing it to form a compact at a density ratio of the soft magnetic powder being 91% or more, and extruding it from the die hole. Before filling the soft magnetic powder to the die hole, a lubricating coating containing lubricating oil and molybdenum disulfide particles is formed on the inner surface of the die hole. It is more effective when further containing insulating ceramic particles. On the extrusion-sliding surface, the compact has a surface layer of the structure that molybdenum disulfide particles and the insulating ceramic particles are interposed between the soft magnetic powder particles, and insulation of soft magnetic powder particles in the surface layer is not destroyed by extrusion. This provides a powder magnetic core suitable for high frequency application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inagaki, Chio Ishihara, Noriyuki Nakayama, Jiro Shima
  • Patent number: 9715957
    Abstract: A bulk permanent magnetic material may include between about 5 volume percent and about 40 volume percent Fe16N2 phase domains, a plurality of nonmagnetic atoms or molecules forming domain wall pinning sites, and a balance soft magnetic material, wherein at least some of the soft magnetic material is magnetically coupled to the Fe16N2 phase domains via exchange spring coupling. In some examples, a bulk permanent magnetic material may be formed by implanting N+ ions in an iron workpiece using ion implantation to form an iron nitride workpiece, pre-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to attach the iron nitride workpiece to a substrate, and post-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to form Fe16N2 phase domains within the iron nitride workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Yanfeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 9530542
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes an insulated wire including a conductor wire and an insulation formed around the conductor wire, and a shield layer formed around the insulated wire and including a shield wire. The shield wire includes a tubular member including a conductive material and defining a gap therein, and a magnetic powder is filled in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Akimoto, Naofumi Chiwata, Yosuke Sumi, Katsutoshi Nakatani, Kenji Ajima, Hiroshi Okikawa, Yasuharu Muto
  • Patent number: 9396873
    Abstract: Provided is a dust core and a method for manufacturing a thereof, having an effect that the soft magnetic powder is prevented from sintering and bonding together upon heating, the hysteresis loss can be effectively reduced, and the DC B-H characteristics is excellent. In a first mixing process, a soft magnetic powder composed mainly of iron and an inorganic insulating powder of 0.4 wt %-1.5 wt % are mixed by a mixer. A mixture obtained in the first mixing process is heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at 1000° C. or more and below a sintering temperature of the soft magnetic powder. In a binder addition process, a silane coupling agent of 0.1-0.5 wt % is added. A binder, e.g. a silicone resin of 0.5-2.0 wt % is added to the soft magnetic alloy powder to which the inorganic insulating powder is attached by the silane coupling agent, and the soft magnetic alloy powders are bonded to each other so as to be granulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Oshima, Susumu Handa, Kota Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 9257227
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a rare-earth magnet with high coercive force, including a first step of pressing-forming powder as a rare-earth magnet material to form a compact S, the powder including a RE-Fe—B main phase MP (RE: at least one type of Nd and Pr) and a RE-X alloy (X: metal element) grain boundary phase surrounding the main phase; and second step of bringing a modifier alloy M into contact with the compact S or a rare-earth magnet precursor C obtained by hot deformation processing of the compact S, followed by heat treatment to penetrant diffuse melt of the modifier alloy M into the compact S or the rare-earth magnet precursor C to manufacture the rare-earth magnet RM, the modifier alloy including a RE-Y (Y: metal element and not including a heavy rare-earth element) alloy having a eutectic or a RE-rich hyper-eutectic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Haga, Noritaka Miyamoto, Tetsuya Shoji, Noritsugu Sakuma, Shinya Omura, Motoki Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9230733
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a rare-earth magnet with high coercive force, including a first step of pressing-forming powder as a rare-earth magnet material to form a compact S, the powder including a RE-Fe—B main phase MP (RE: at least one type of Nd and Pr) and a RE-X alloy (X: metal element) grain boundary phase surrounding the main phase; and second step of bringing a modifier alloy M into contact with the compact S or a rare-earth magnet precursor C obtained by hot deformation processing of the compact S, followed by heat treatment to penetrant diffuse melt of the modifier alloy M into the compact S or the rare-earth magnet precursor C to manufacture the rare-earth magnet RM, the modifier alloy including a RE-Y (Y: metal element and not including a heavy rare-earth element) alloy having a eutectic or a RE-rich hyper-eutectic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuaki Haga, Noritaka Miyamoto, Tetsuya Shoji, Noritsugu Sakuma, Shinya Omura, Motoki Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8999075
    Abstract: A composite magnetic material manufactured by mixing a metal magnetic powder with an insulating binder to produce a mixed powder, press-molding the mixed powder to produce a molded product, and heat-treating the molded product in an oxidizing atmosphere at not lower than 80° C. and not higher than 400° C. to form an oxide film on a surface of the molded product. The metal magnetic powder includes Si, Fe, and component A, and the composition thereof satisfies 5.5%?Si?9.5%, 10%?Si+component A?13.5%, and the remainder is Fe, where % denotes weight %. The component A includes at least one of Ni, Al, Ti, and Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Takeshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8974608
    Abstract: A powder magnetic core with improved high frequency magnetic characteristics and reduced eddy current loss is manufactured by a manufacturing method including the steps of (a) providing coated soft magnetic particles which are particles composed of soft magnetic material which each have been coated with an insulating coating, and insulator particles; (b) forming a magnetic layer by press molding the coated soft magnetic particles in a mold assembly; (c) forming an insulator layer on the magnetic layer by press molding the insulator particles in the mold assembly; and (d) repeating the steps (b) and (c) to fabricate a laminate of alternating magnetic layers and insulator layers and provide the powder magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirose, Masaharu Edo, Akira Sato
  • Publication number: 20150017056
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a soft magnetic metal powder having a pearlite lamellar structure in which ferrite structures and cementite structures are repeated, a method for preparing the same, and an electronic component including the same as a core material. According to the present invention, the soft magnetic metal powder having the pearlite lamellar structure in which the ferrite structures and the cementite structures are repeated may be easily prepared, and an eddy current loss may be easily decreased without changing the existing molding process, such that the soft magnetic metal powder may be used as a core material of various electronic components such as an inductor, a motor, an actuator, a sensor, a transformer, and a reactor, requiring soft magnetic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hak Kwan KIM, Sang Kyun KWON, Sung Jae LEE, Sung Yong AN
  • Patent number: 8932517
    Abstract: A process for production of a packed soft magnetic component, comprises the steps of:—preparing a rotational mold, consisting of at least one mold cavity connected to a driven rotational axle, arranging a coil in the mold, filling the at least one mold cavity with a binder and a soft magnetic, metallic material in the form of a powder,—driving the axle for rotation of said at least one mold, whereby the soft magnetic, metallic material is packed by centrifugal forces to one side of said at least one mold cavity, mixed with the binder, thus forming a component comprising a soft magnetic composite with a coil embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Magnetic Components Sweden AB
    Inventor: Mats Alaküla
  • Publication number: 20140352847
    Abstract: A method for preparing an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet, including: preparing a R1—Fe—B-M sintered magnet having a thickness of between 1 and 10 mm; spraying a layer of Tb or Dy having a thickness of between 10 and 200 ?m on each surface of the sintered magnet in a sealed box under an Ar atmosphere by hot spraying method; and transferring the sintered magnet coated with the layer of Tb or Dy to a vacuum sintering furnace, heating the sintered magnet at the temperature of between 750 and 1000° C. in a vacuum condition or under the Ar atmosphere, and allowing heavy rare earth element Tb or Dy to enter an inner part of the sintered magnet via grain boundary diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Yantai Zhenghai Magnetic Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongjiang YU, Xiuyan SUN, Zhiqiang LI, Yulin WANG, Lei LIU
  • Patent number: 8810353
    Abstract: In a first mixing process, soft magnetic powders and inorganic insulative powders of 0.4-1.5 wt % relative to the soft magnetic powders are mixed. In the heating process, a mixture through the first mixing process is heated at a temperature of 1000° C. or more and below the sintering temperature of the soft magnetic powders under a non-oxidizing atmosphere. In the granulating process, a silane coupling agent of 0.1-0.5 wt % is added to form an adhesiveness enhancing layer. A silicon resin of 0.5-2.0 wt % is added to the soft magnetic alloy powders having the adhesiveness enhancing layer formed by the silane coupling agent to form a binding layer. A lubricating resin is mixed, and a mixture is pressed and molded to form a mold. In an annealing process, the mold is annealed under a non-oxidizing atmosphere to form a dust core which is used to form a reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Oshima, Susumu Handa, Kota Akaiwa, Taichi Tamura
  • Patent number: 8557330
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a soft magnetic material has a step of preparing a metal magnetic particle containing iron as the main component, and a step of forming an insulating film surrounding the surface of the metal magnetic particle. The step of forming the insulating film includes a step of mixing and stirring the metal magnetic particle, aluminum alkoxide, silicon alkoxide, and phosphoric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toda Kogyo Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Maeda, Naoto Igarashi, Haruhisa Toyoda, Seiji Ishitani, Hiroko Morii, Kazuyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20130153088
    Abstract: A method for producing a rare earth-based magnet is provided that comprises providing a precursor sintered R2Fe14B-type magnet where R represents a rare earth element, applying particles comprising a rare earth element R? to a first surface of the precursor sintered magnet, applying particles of further material to the first surface of the precursor magnet and/or a further surface of the precursor magnet and heat treating the precursor sintered magnet. The heat treating is carried out at a temperature T for a time t selected to allow diffusion of the rare earth element R? into the precursor sintered magnet to produce a magnet. The further material remains solid and particulate after the heat treating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 8421293
    Abstract: Improvement of torque densities, miniaturization and weight saving for outer rotor type motors or permanent-magnet-field-type DC motors can be efficiently achieved by high-energy densification of a magnet. However, torque pulsation or armature reaction gives negative influences thereto. Further, in application of a slotless (coreless) structure eliminating the torque pulsation or the armature reaction, the magnetic resistance of motor magnetic circuits will be enhanced. For solving the above problems, there is provided an annular magnet that is opened in a reverse direction relative to the opening direction of a U-shaped segment fabricated in constantly-directed magnetic fields, the annular magnet having an anisotropic distribution where angles relative to inner peripheral tangent lines can be continuously changed in the range of approximately 0 to 90 degrees, and having energy density (BH)max of 160 to 186 kJ/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8404141
    Abstract: A rare earth bonded magnet is provided which is produced such that a mixture which comprises: a rare earth magnet powder; a resin binder comprising a thermosetting resin; an organic phosphorus compound; and a coupling agent is compress-molded, heated and cured, wherein the organic phosphorus compound and the coupling agent are represented by the following respective chemical formulas (structural formulas):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Menjo, Kinji Uchiyama, Yuki Takeda
  • Patent number: 8398879
    Abstract: A powder mixture, which contains a soft magnetic powder and an insulating powder lubricant in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more relative to the soft magnetic powder, is formed by compacting at a compacting pressure of 800 MPa or less, thereby obtaining a powder compact that has a space factor of the soft magnetic powder of 93% or more. The powder compact can be used as a soft magnetic powdered core. The soft magnetic powdered core has a specific resistance or 10,000 ??cm or more. A powder of a metal soap such as barium stearate or lithium stearate is used as the insulating powder lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Muramatsu, Chio Ishihara, Masaki Yanaka
  • Patent number: 8372218
    Abstract: Magnet cores pressed using a powder of nanocrystalline or amorphous particles and a pressing additive should be characterized by minimal iron losses. These particles have first surfaces represented by the original strip surfaces and second surfaces represented by surfaces produced in a pulverization process, the overwhelming majority of these second particle surfaces being smooth cut or fracture surfaces without any plastic deformation, the proportion T of areas of plastic deformation of the second particle surfaces being 0?T?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Nuetzel, Markus Brunner
  • Patent number: 8366837
    Abstract: The invention can provide a dust core that can counteract a large electric current, achieve an increase in frequency and miniaturization, and achieve an improvement in voltage resistance, and a magnetic element using the same. The dust core of the invention is a dust core including metallic magnetic powder, an inorganic insulating material, and a thermosetting resin, in which the metallic magnetic powder has a Vickers hardness (Hv) in a range of 230?Hv?1000, the inorganic insulating material has a compressive strength of 10000 kg/cm2 or lower and is in a mechanical collapse state, and the inorganic insulating material in a mechanical collapse state and the thermosetting resin are interposed between the metallic magnetic powder particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Wakabayashi, Takeshi Takahashi, Nobuya Matsutani
  • Patent number: 8328954
    Abstract: Crystal fractured surfaces of raw meal powder having more equal crystal orientation relationship in the magnetic field are arranged to be assembled together so that a method of manufacturing a permanent magnet which has an extremely high degree of orientation can be provided. In this invention, raw meal powder (P) is filled into a cavity, the raw meal powder (P) is oriented in the magnetic field while being pressed or urged by pressing means that has a smaller area than the cross-sectional area of the cavity. Semi-finished product thus oriented is compression-molded into a predetermined shape in the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Yoshinori Shingaki
  • Patent number: 8328955
    Abstract: A composite magnetic material is manufactured having magnetic properties that can excellently cope with the decreasing size and increasing electric current of magnetic elements, such as choke coils, and can be used in a high frequency range, a dust core using the composite magnetic material, and a method of manufacturing the same. The dust core includes magnetic metal powder and an insulating material, in which the magnetic metal powder has a Vickers hardness (Hv) of 230 ? Hv? 1000, the insulating material has a compressive strength of 10000 kg/cm2 or lower and is in a mechanical collapsed state, and the insulating material in a mechanical collapsed state is interposed in the magnetic metal powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Wakabayashi, Takeshi Takahashi, Nobuya Matsutani
  • Patent number: 8323422
    Abstract: Provided is a dust core excellent in flux density, iron loss, and mechanical strength. A production process of a dust core according to the invention includes a step of compacting a mixture obtained by mixing an iron-based soft magnetic powder for powder compact having a phosphate conversion coating film on the surface of an iron-based soft magnetic powder with a lubricant to obtain a powder compact, a heat treatment step of heating the resulting powder compact at 550° C. or more but not more than 650° C. in an inert atmosphere, and a heat treatment step of heating the heat-treated powder compact at 420° C. or more but not more than 530° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohwaki, Hiroyuki Mitani, Hirofumi Hojo, Tomotsuna Kamijo
  • Patent number: 8313834
    Abstract: To provide a core for reactor capable of reducing the eddy current loss and improving the direct current superposition characteristics, a manufacturing method thereof, and a reactor. A core for reactor M is obtained by press molding metallic magnetic particles coated with an insulating coated film, and the metallic magnetic particles have the following compositions: (1) the mean particle size is 1 ?m or more and 70 ?m or less; (2) the variation coefficient Cv which is a ratio (?/?) of the standard deviation (?) of the particle size and the mean particle size (?) is 0.40 or less; and (3) the degree of circularity is 0.8 or more and 1.0 or less. On the outside of the insulating coated film, at least one of a heat-resistance imparting protective film and a flexible protective film is further provided as a outer coated film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Toru Maeda
  • Patent number: 8287664
    Abstract: A magnet core is required to be particularly dense, made of alloys produced in a rapid solidification process and have a minimal coercitive field strength. To achieve these aims, a coarse-grain powder fraction is first produced from an amorphous strip of a soft magnetic alloy. In addition, at least one fine-grain powder fraction is produced from a nanocrystalline strip of a soft magnetic alloy. The particle fractions are then mixed to produce a multi-modal powder, wherein the particles of the coarse-grain particle fraction have an amorphous structure and the particles of the fine-grain powder fraction have a nanocrystalline structure. The multi-modal powder is then pressed to produce a magnet core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Brunner
  • Patent number: 8287665
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy contains P, B, and Cu as essential components. As a preferred example, an Fe-based alloy contains Fe of 70 atomic % or more, B of 5 atomic % to 25 atomic %, Cu of 1.5 atomic % or less (excluding zero), and P of 10 atomic or less (excluding zero).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: NEC Tokin Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Akiri Urata, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Akihiro Makino
  • Patent number: 8277575
    Abstract: The invention relates to inorganic intermetallic compounds having a PMR effect (combined GMR/CMR effect), which are characterized in that they contain at least two elements per formula unit and have a field sensitivity of less than 10% per 0.1 T at temperatures greater than 290 K. The invention also relates to composites consisting of these compounds, to a method for the production thereof and to their use, in particular, as magnetic field sensors or in the domain of spin electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Claudia Felser
  • Patent number: 8277679
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a composite magnetic material having well-balanced magnetic properties and chemical properties, and a magnetic element using thereof. Concretely, the present provides the composite magnetic material comprising a binder and a magnetic powder contains followings: Mn not less than 0.25 wt % and not larger than 3 wt %, Si not less than 1 wt % and not larger than 7 wt %, Cr not less than 2 wt % and not larger than 8 wt %, and the rest of Fe and inevitable impurities with respect to the total weight of a magnetic powder material, and a ratio of powder particles having the major/minor axis is not less than 2 is not larger than 5% of the total powder particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Keisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8241557
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a dust core wherein generation of iron oxide at grain boundaries in the dust core is unlikely to take place upon annealing of the dust core subjected to compaction, thus allowing excellent electromagnetic characteristics to be realized. Also, the following is provided: a method for producing a dust core, which comprises: a step of molding a magnetic powder comprising a powder for a dust core formed with an iron-based magnetic powder coated with a silicone resin into a dust core via compaction; and a step of annealing the dust core via heating so as to cause the silicone resin contained in the dust core to be partially formed into a silicate compound, wherein annealing of the dust core is carried out at a dew point of an inert gas of ?40° C. or lower in an inert gas atmosphere in the annealing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Sugiyama, Toshiya Yamaguchi, Shinjiro Saigusa, Mitsutoshi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 8226779
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a magnetic core includes a first step of applying a treatment liquid for forming an insulating film to iron powder; a second step of heat-treating the iron powder to which the treatment liquid has been applied, at a temperature higher than 350 degrees; a third step of compacting the heat-treated iron powder to form a magnetic core; and a forth step of heat-treating the magnetic core at a temperature ranging from 600 degrees to 800 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Imagawa, Yuichi Satsu, Matahiro Komuro, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8216393
    Abstract: A powder composite core is to be particularly dense and strong while being produced from soft magnetic alloys. In particular, the expansion of the heat-treated core is to be avoided. To produce this core, a strip of a soft magnetic alloy is first comminuted to form particles. The particles are mixed with a first binder having a curing temperature T1,cure and a decomposition temperature T1,decompose and a second binder having a curing temperature T2,cure and a decomposition temperature T2,decompose, wherein T1,cure<T2,cure?T1,decompose<T2,decompose. The mix is pressed to produce a magnet core while the first binder is cured. The magnet core is then subjected to a heat treatment accompanied by the curing of the second binder at a heat treatment temperature TAnneal>T2,cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Brunner, Georg Werner Reppel
  • Patent number: 8187394
    Abstract: A powder magnetic core is provided for operating at high frequencies that is obtained by pressure forming an iron-based magnetic powder covered with an insulation film, which has a specific resistance more than 1000, preferably more than 2000, and most preferably more than 3000 ??m, and a saturation magnetic flux density B above 1.5, preferably above 1.7, and most preferably above 1.9 (T). A method for the preparation of such cores as well as a powder which is suitable for the preparation also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hoganas AB
    Inventors: Zhou Ye, Björn Skårman
  • Patent number: 8172956
    Abstract: A sintered soft magnetic powder molded body having a composition containing Fe, 44 to 50% by mass of Ni and 2 to 6% by mass of Si, or a composition containing Fe and 2 to 6% by mass of Si, wherein the Si is unevenly distributed among particles, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Unoki, Shoichi Yamasaki, Yuji Soda, Masakatsu Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8153256
    Abstract: The soft magnetic material includes a plurality of composite magnetic particles having a metal magnetic particle and an insulating film surrounding the surface of the metal magnetic particle. The metal magnetic particle contains iron as the main component. The insulating film contains aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, and oxygen. The insulating film satisfies the relationship 0.4?MAl/(MAl+MSi)?0.9 and the relationship of 0.25?(MAl+MSi)/MP?1.0 in the case that molar amount of aluminum contained in the insulating film is represented by MAl, the sum of the molar amount of aluminum contained in the insulating film and the molar amount of silicon contained in the insulating film is represented by (MAl+MSi), and the molar amount of phosphorus contained in the insulating film is represented by MP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Toda Kogyo Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Maeda, Naoto Igarashi, Haruhisa Toyoda, Seiji Ishitani, Hiroko Morii, Kazuyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8133329
    Abstract: One embodiment includes compacting a powder material using at least a first magnetic field to form a compact and selectively sintering a first portion of the compact and leaving a second portion of the compact unsintered to form a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Shekhar G. Wakade
  • Patent number: 8105443
    Abstract: A method for the production of pressed permanent magnets comprises the following steps: A mixture of at least one magnetic powder and a thermosetting binder is provided and pressed to produce a moulded body. In order to obtain a permanent and particularly reliable protection against oxidation and corrosion, the moulded body is impregnated with an acid and solvent mixture in an impregnating bath before the cure of the thermosetting binder, whereby the entire surface of the permanent magnet is coated with a reaction layer [FIG. 1].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Georg Werner Reppel, Volker Zellmann