Free Metal Or Alloy Containing Patents (Class 252/62.55)
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Publication number: 20110268950Abstract: A gel-like composition that includes a gel, wherein the gel includes a polymer and an ionic liquid contained in the network of the polymer; and an electromagnetic wave suppressor, wherein the electromagnetic wave suppressor is dispersed in the gel and wherein the thermal conductivity of the gel-like composition is at least 0.8 W/mK.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Haruhiko Miyazawa, Akihiko Mitsui
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Publication number: 20110266517Abstract: A composition comprising a material at least partially enclosed by a tubular, spherical or planar nanostructure composed of a plurality of peptides, wherein each of the plurality of peptides includes no more than 4 amino acids and whereas at least one of the 4 amino acids is an aromatic amino acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.Inventors: Ehud GAZIT, Meital Reches
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Publication number: 20110253926Abstract: Provided is a sputtering target including (Co and Pt) or (Co, Cr, and Pt); SiO2 and/or TiO2; and Co3O4 and/or CoO. A magnetic recording film having a granular structure and high coercivity can be formed by performing sputtering using the aforementioned sputtering target. By producing the sputtering target by sintering a powder of raw materials at 1000° C. or lower, SiO2, TiO2, Co3O4, and CoO can be prevented from being reduced during the sintering to give a more effective sputtering target.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiromitsu Hayashi
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Publication number: 20110244003Abstract: The present invention discloses a self standing network or scaffold of nanoparticles with controllably variable mesh size between 500 nm and 1 mm having particle volume fraction between 0.5 to 50%. The network comprises nanoparticles, a surfactant capable of forming ordered structured phases and a cross linking agent, wherein the surfactant is washed off leaving the self standing scaffold. The invention further discloses the process for preparing the self standing scaffolds and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHInventors: Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Kamendra Prakash Sharma
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Publication number: 20110240909Abstract: Characteristics of a magnetic material are improved without using a heavy rare earth element as a scarce resource. By incorporating fluorine into a magnetic powder and controlling the crystal orientation in crystal grains, a magnetic material securing magnetic characteristics such as coercive force and residual flux density can be fabricated. As a result, the resource problem with heavy rare earth elements can be solved, and the magnetic material can be applied to magnetic circuits that require a high energy product, including various rotating machines and voice coil motors of hard discs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Takayuki KANDA, Matahiro Komuro, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yuichi Satsu
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Publication number: 20110244272Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle comprising melting an Al-containing starting material mixture to prepare a melt and quenching the melt to obtain an amorphous material; subjecting the amorphous material to heat treatment to cause a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle to precipitate in a product obtained by the heat treatment; collecting a hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle by subjecting the product to treatment with an acid and washing, wherein the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle collected has a particle size ranging from 15 to 30 nm, comprises 0.6 to 8.0 weight percent of Al, based on Al2O3 conversion, relative to a total weight of the particle, and Al adheres to a surface of the hexagonal ferrite magnetic particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Nobuo YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20110233455Abstract: A type of sintered Nd—Fe—B permanent magnet with high intrinsic coercivity of about 30KOe or more is produced by dual alloy method. The method comprises the following steps: preparing the powders of master phase alloy and intergranular phase alloy respectively, mixing the powders, compacting the powders in magnetic field, sintering the compacted body at 1050˜1125° C. and annealing at 890-1000° C. and 500-650° C. successively. In the process of preparing the powder of intergranular phase alloy, the nano-powder additive selected from the group consisting of NiAl, TiC, SiC, AlN, TiN, ZrN and the combination thereof is used to modify the powder of intergranular phase alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicants: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, ZHEJIANG INNUOVO MAGNETICS INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Mi Yan, Xiangzhi Zhou, Xiongfei Fan, Tianyu Ma, Wei Luo
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Publication number: 20110217456Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic catalyst formed by a single or multiple nano metal shells wrapping a carrier, wherein at least one of the metal shells is iron, cobalt, or nickel. The magnetic catalyst with high catalyst efficiency can be applied in a hydrogen supply device, and the device can be connected to a fuel cell. Because the magnetic catalyst can be recycled by a magnet after generating hydrogen, the practicability of the noble metals such as Ru with high catalyst efficiency is dramatically enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chan-Li HSUEH, Cheng-Hong LIU, Jie-Ren KU, Ya-Yi HSU, Cheng-Yen CHEN, Reiko OHARA, Shing-Fen TSAI, Chien-Chang HUNG, Ming-Shan JENG
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Publication number: 20110210283Abstract: A low melting temperature composite material including an alloy having about 0.1% by weight to about 99% by weight of tin and about 0.1% by weight to about 90% by weight of an element selected from the group consisting of silver and gold, and about 0.1% by weight to about 50% by weight of magnetic particles dispersed in the alloy. Method of heating such a composite material, remotely manipulating such a composite material with magnetic fields, enhancing the mechanical properties of such a material, and making such a material are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Ainissa G. Ramirez, Eric L. Hayes
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Publication number: 20110204020Abstract: Multilayer carbon nanotube capacitors, and methods and printable compositions for manufacturing multilayer carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are disclosed. A first capacitor embodiment comprises: a first conductor; a plurality of fixed CNTs in an ionic liquid, each fixed CNT comprising a magnetic catalyst nanoparticle coupled to a carbon nanotube and further coupled to the first conductor; and a first plurality of free CNTs dispersed and moveable in the ionic liquid. Another capacitor embodiment comprises: a first conductor; a conductive nanomesh coupled to the first conductor; a first plurality of fixed CNTs in an ionic liquid and further coupled to the conductive nanomesh; and a plurality of free CNTs dispersed and moveable in the ionic liquid. Various methods of printing the CNTs and other structures, and methods of aligning and moving the CNTs using applied electric and magnetic fields, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: NTHDEGREE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC.Inventors: William Johnstone Ray, Mark David Lowenthal, Neil O. Shotton, Thomas William Clinton, Theodore I. Kamins, Vera Nicholaevna Lockett
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Publication number: 20110206619Abstract: The various embodiments herein provide a gold coated SPIONs with jagged surface. The gold coated SPIONs have a core and a shell. The core is a SPION molecule and the shell is a jagged gold layer. A non-uniform polymeric gap exists between the core and the shell. The embodiments also provide a method of producing the jagged gold coated SPIONs by mixing a colloidal dispersion of SPIONs with pH sensitive polymers. Adding a gold salt to the above mixture and reducing the gold salt to form jagged gold coated SPIONs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicants: PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRANInventors: Morteza Mahmoudi, Mohammad Ali Shokrgozar
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Patent number: 7993542Abstract: A magnetic material for magnetic refrigeration has a composition represented by (R11-yR2y)xFe100-x (R1 is at least one of element selected from Sm and Er, R2 is at least one of element selected from Ce, Pr, Nd, Tb and Dy, and x and y are numerical values satisfying 4?x?20 atomic % and 0.05?y?0.95), and includes a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, a Th2Ni17 crystal phase, or a TbCu7 crystal phase as a main phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinya Sakurada, Akiko Saito, Tadahiko Kobayashi, Hideyuki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20110186948Abstract: Magnetic material based on at least one magnetic 3d transition metal element and at least one Group IVA semiconductor element, this material being homogeneous and having a Curie temperature (Tc) of 350 K or higher. Method for the production and uses thereof, especially in spintronics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Pascal Pochet, Emmanuel Arras
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Publication number: 20110186771Abstract: A composite materil comprises magnetic particles dispersed in electrically insulating material. The magnetic particles have an aspect ratio greater than 1 (preferably greater than 10) and a concentration sufficiently high to produce negative permeability. The magnetic particles may be magnetic flakes of reduced carbonyl iron of average diameter 50 ?m, average thickness 1 ?m and aspect ratio 50, the magnetic flakes being at least 25% by volume of the composite material. The magnetic flakes may be aligned to produce enhanced permeability. The electrically insulating material may be paraffin wax, particulate PTFE, or another polymer. To control permittivity, the composite material may include an electrically conducting component such as graphite or conductive coatings upon the magnetic flakes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Shahaid Hussain, Philip Mark Shryane Roberts, Peter Allen Hobson
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Publication number: 20110175013Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide composite magnetic material having excellent soft magnetic characteristics that can reduce the size of electromagnetic components such as inductors, choke coils, and transformers and is usable in a high frequency range. The composite magnetic material of the present invention includes substantially spherical magnetic metal powder, flat inorganic insulating material interposed between the magnetic metal powder, and a binder, in which the magnetic metal powder has an aspect ratio of not more than 3, and the inorganic insulating material has an aspect ratio of not less than 2 and is cleavable. The present invention also provides a process for producing the composite magnetic material, which includes carrying out pressure-forming while crushing the inorganic insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Yuya Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20110168939Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SUMIDA CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko NAKAMURA, Keisuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20110168938Abstract: An multiple inorganic compound (1) according to the present invention is a multiple inorganic compound (1) including a main crystalline phase (2) including an inorganic compound, the main crystalline phase (2) including a sub crystalline phase (3) having an elementary composition different from that of the main crystalline phase (2) however including a non-metallic element arrangement identical to that of the main crystalline phase 2. Furthermore, each of the main crystalline phase (2) and the sub crystalline phase (3) include at least one metallic element, and the at least one of the metallic element included in the sub crystalline phase (3) is identical to a metallic element included in the main crystalline phase (2), which metallic element identical to that included in the sub crystalline phase is formed as a solid solution in the main crystalline phase (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo ESAKI, Motoaki NISHIJIMA, Takeshi YAO, Mitsuhiro HIBINO
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Publication number: 20110163256Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal composite component is characterized in that the composite component (60) is provided with at least two sections (61, 62, 63) of different magnetization, at least two sections (61, 62, 63) being situated on the one-piece component (60) in direct succession. The starting material for manufacturing the composite material (60) is a semi-austenitic steel, which is provided as a cylindrical blank. The blank is subsequently shaped into an intended shape of the composite component (60) and rendered magnetizable in a multistage forming and/or heat treatment process, the heat treatment being performed in such a way that the component has a saturation polarization Js=0.9-1.5 T. This is followed by a local heat treatment in a partial area under simultaneous cooling of the areas of the composite component (60) where the magnetic properties are not to be changed, in order to define strictly delimited transitional areas between the different areas of magnetization (61, 62, 63).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Max Seitter, Stefan Oetinger
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Patent number: 7972450Abstract: A magnet comprising grains of a ferromagnetic material whose main component is iron and a fluorine compound layer or an oxy-fluorine compound layer of fluoride compound particles of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and rare earth elements, present on the surface of the ferromagnetic material grains, wherein an amount of iron atoms in the fluorine compound particles is 1 to 50 atomic %.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Takao Imagawa
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Publication number: 20110147642Abstract: A magnetic powder for magnetic recording medium comprises acicular particles constituted primarily of Fe, wherein the powder contains Co in an amount such that the Co/Fe ratio is 50 at. % or less and the Co is contained in a manner such that the surface portion has a higher concentration than the core portion of the particles, and upon subjecting the magnetic powder for magnetic recording medium to TG measurement, the powder exhibits at least two oxidation starting points: a low-temperature side oxidation starting point and a high-temperature side oxidation starting point. The magnetic powder achieves improved resistance to oxidation without sacrificing magnetic characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi KONNO, Kenichi INUOE, Toshihiko UEYAMA, Kenji MASADA, Shinya SASAKI
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Publication number: 20110140031Abstract: Article for use in magnetic heat exchange, intermediate article and method for producing an article for use in magnetic heat exchange An article for magnetic heat exchange is produced by heat treating an intermediate article comprising, in total, elements in amounts capable of providing at least one magnetocalorically active LaFe13-based phase and less than 5 Vol % impurities, wherein the intermediate article comprises a permanent magnet. The intermediate article is worked by removing at least one portion of the intermediate article. The intermediate article is then heat treated to produce a final product comprising at least one magnetocalorically active LaFe13-based phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Vacuumschmeize GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Katter, Volker Zellmann
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Patent number: 7959822Abstract: A magnetorheological formulation which comprises at least one base oil, at least one magnetizable particle, a at least one dispersant and a at least one thixotropic agent is described.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Guenter Oetter, Martin Laun, Juergen Pfister, Rene Lochtman, Gerald Lippert, Heiko Maas
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Publication number: 20110133112Abstract: A ferromagnetic compound magnet in accordance with the present invention includes a ferromagnetic compound based on a binary alloy containing R—Fe system (R is a 4f transition element or Y) or a ternary allay containing R—Fe-T system (R is a 4f transition element or Y, and T is a 3d transition element except for Fe, or Mo, Nb or W), the ferromagnetic compound being characterized by: atomic percentage of the element R to the element Fe or to the elements Fe and T is 15% or lower; an element F is incorporated into an interstitial position in a crystal lattice of the alloy. The ferromagnetic compound is expressed in a chemical formula of: R2Fe17Fx; R2(Fe,T)17Fx; R3Fe29Fy; R3(Fe,T)29Fy; RFe12Fz; or R(Fe,T)12Fz (0<x?3, 0<y?4, 0<z?1).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Takao Imagawa
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Publication number: 20110129692Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises: (a) a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and (b) a stack of thin film layers on the substrate surface, including a layer of a magnetic alloy material with a stabilized hexagonal close-packed (“hcp”) crystal structure, comprising: (i) a major amount of a ferromagnetic element with a first hcp crystal structure having a first c/a ratio, where “c” is a lattice parameter of the unique symmetry axis of the hcp structure along which a preferred direction of magnetization lies and “a” is a lattice parameter along a direction perpendicular to the c axis; (ii) a minor amount of a non-magnetic element with a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure; and (iii) a minor amount of at least one hcp-stabilizing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: Seagate Technologies LLCInventor: Thomas Patrick Nolan
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Publication number: 20110123830Abstract: According to a method for producing a metallic magnetic powder for magnetic recording, which comprises treatment including, in sequence, a step of allowing a reducing agent to act on a metallic magnetic powder comprising particles having a metallic magnetic phase composed mainly of Fe or Fe and Co and containing one or more of rare earth elements (including Y), Al and Si (these are hereinafter referred to as “nonmagnetic ingredient”), in a liquid containing a complexing agent capable of forming a complex with at least one or more of the nonmagnetic ingredients, to thereby make the nonmagnetic ingredient in the powder particles dissolve out into the liquid (dissolution treatment step), a step of heat treatment in a reducing gas atmosphere (re-reduction treatment step), and a step of heat treatment in an oxidizing gas atmosphere (stabilization treatment step), a metallic magnetic powder for magnetic recording, which comprises particles having a particle length of from 10 nm to 45 nm and an axial ratio of 2 or mType: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2008Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicants: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Kazuyuki Tohji, Takayuki Yoshida, Okayama Gotoh, Masatoshi Nakayama
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Patent number: 7947191Abstract: A composite material composed of nanoparticles of transition metal(s) and magnetic ferric oxide, a method of preparing the same, and uses of the same are provided. The composite material is substantially composed of nanoparticles of transition metal(s) or alloy thereof and nanoparticles of magnetic ferric oxide, the size of nanoparticles of transition metal(s) or alloy thereof is in the range of 0.7 to 5 nm, the size of nanoparticles of magnetic ferric oxide is in the range of 5 to 50 nm, and the amount of transition metal(s) or alloy thereof is in the range of 0.1 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of composite material, the magnetic ferric oxide is gamma-Fe2O3, Fe3O4, complex obtained from gamma-Fe2O3 by partial reduction, or complex obtained from Fe3O4 by partial reduction.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Peiking UniversityInventors: Yuan Wang, Junling Zhang, Minghui Liang, Xiaodong Wang, Yongge Wei, Linlin Gui
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Publication number: 20110101263Abstract: A multi-component alloy particle containing at least two metal components and at least one surface modifier contacting the metal components where in the multi-component alloy particle atoms of the metal components are arranged in an ordered manner, and the multi-component alloy particle is ferromagnetic and disperses in a solvent. Method for making the multi-component alloy particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Shuzo Tokumitsu, Yuki Hirajima
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Patent number: 7927501Abstract: A magnet comprising magnetic powder containing at least one rare earth metal element, and an oxide binder for binding the magnetic powder, wherein an inter-face distance of the binder determined by diffraction analysis is 0.25 to 2.94 nm. The disclosure also discloses a method of manufacturing a magnet comprising; compacting magnetic powder containing at least one rare earth element under pressure in a mold; impregnating the compacted magnetic powder molding with a precursor solution of an oxide material; and heat-treating the compacted magnetic molding impregnated with the precursor thereby to impart an inter-face distance determined by diffraction analysis to the binder in the compacted molding. The distance is 0.25 to 2.94 nm.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Matahiro Komuro, Yuichi Satsu, Takao Imagawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20110076508Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic strip, wherein the strip has a magnetic easy axis which is axially parallel to a transverse axis of the strip. The strip is cut to length, from strip material made of a semi-hard magnetic crystalline alloy, along a transverse axis of the strip material substantially corresponding to a length (l) of the strip. The strip material has a magnetic easy axis which runs axially parallel to the transverse axis of the strip material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Ottmar Roth
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Patent number: 7914695Abstract: The object of the present invention is to both reduce costs and improve magnetic characteristics of rare-earth bond magnets in which magnetic material is bound with a binding agent. In order to achieve this object, magnetic characteristics of a magnet are improved by performing cold forming on rare-earth magnetic powder by itself with no resin added. Then, in order to provide strength for the magnet, a low-viscosity SiO2 precursor is infiltrated and thermoset in the magnet shaped body. As a result, it is possible to obtain a rare-earth bond magnet in which magnetic characteristics are improved and costs are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Satsu, Matahiro Komuro, Takao Imagawa, Takashi Yasuhara, Yutaka Matsunobu
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Publication number: 20110064965Abstract: Magnetic materials and methods exhibit large magnetic-field-induced deformation/strain (MFIS) through the magnetic-field-induced motion of crystallographic interfaces. The preferred materials are porous, polycrystalline composite structures of nodes connected by struts wherein the struts may be monocrystalline or polycrystalline. The materials are preferably made from magnetic shape memory alloy, including polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga, formed into an open-pore foam, for example, by space-holder technique. Removal of constraints that interfere with MFIS has been accomplished by introducing pores with sizes similar to grains, resulting in MFIS values of 0.12% in polycrystalline Ni—Mn—Ga foams, close to the best commercial magnetostrictive materials. Further removal of constraints has been accomplished by introducing pores smaller than the grain size, dramatically increasing MFIS to 2.0-8.7%.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Peter Mullner, Markus Chmielus, Cassie Witherspoon, David C. Dunand, Xuexi Zhang, Yuttanant Boonyongmaneerat
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Publication number: 20110064944Abstract: Ferromagnetic multi-block copolymers of the sort which can be used to provide high-density, highly ordered thin films, composites and related articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Gregory N. Tew, Raja Shunmugam, Zoha Al-Badri, Thomas P. Russell
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Publication number: 20110062372Abstract: A magnetic material is provided, which is represented by the general formula of: Ra-x-yHoxDyy Fe1-a-b-c-d Cod McBb, where x, y, a, b, c, and d are weight percentages of related elements and in respective ranges of: about 28%?a?about 34%, about 0.95%?b?about 1.3%, about 0?c?about 1.5%, about 1%?d?about 10%, about 15%?x?about 20%, about 3%?y?about 8%. R is a rare earth element, which is selected from the group consisting of: Nd, Pr, La, Ce, Gd, Tb, and combinations thereof. M is a metal selected from the group consisting of: Al, Cu, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Hf, Mn, Nb, Sn, Mo, Ga, Si, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Qing Gong, Xiaoxia Deng, Xin Du
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Patent number: 7897200Abstract: The present invention provides a ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic coupling film structure and a fabrication method thereof. The structure includes an antiferromagnetic layer of cobalt oxide having a thickness of 2 to 15 monolayers and formed on a substrate at a temperature ranging from 700K to 900K; and a ferromagnetic layer of cobalt having a thickness of at least one monolayer for being formed on the antiferromagnetic layer of cobalt oxide.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: National Chung Cheng UniversityInventors: Jyh-Shen Tsay, Chi-Wei Lee, Gung Chern
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Publication number: 20110031432Abstract: A process for mechanically strengthening a permanent magnet includes providing nanofibers or nanotubes, providing a ferromagnetic metal, defining a mixture by mixing the ferromagnetic metal with the nanofibers or nanotubes and sintering the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventor: Michael STRASIK
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Publication number: 20110033748Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen occluding alloy powder having an ideally activated surface state where oxide and hydroxide precipitated on the surface of said powder have been removed quickly with a simple means. The method for surface treating a hydrogen occluding alloy powder involves agitating a hydrogen occluding alloy powder containing Ni and Mg with an Ni content from 35 to 60 wt % in a lithium hydroxide aqueous solution (first process). Then the hydrogen occluding alloy powder is agitated in an alkali metal hydroxide aqueous solution containing at least either one of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide (second process).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventors: Kyoko Nakatsuji, Hideaki Ohyama
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Publication number: 20110024671Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for producing a composite magnetic material, wherein the non-magnetic binder comprises a layered compound having an insulation property and the non-magnetic binder and soft magnetic metal powder is admixed with each other, the admixture is compacted to a desired shape, and the compact is heat-treated under predetermined condition to form a thin insulating layer made of the insulating layered compound on the surface of the soft magnetic metal powder, thereby producing the composite magnetic material having a withstand voltage of 20 V or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: TOHO ZINC CO., LTD.Inventors: Etsuo OTSUKI, Shinya NAKANO, Hirofumi KUROSAKI
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Publication number: 20110016994Abstract: A method of detecting illicit offensive weapons fabricated from plastics articles by felons is disclosed. Electrically conductive and/or magnetically permeable particles are incorporated in the plastics material prior to moulding. The felons are then scanned from time to time using a metal detector. A moulded plastics article and a method of fabricating a moulded plastics article are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: SEBEL FURNITURE LTDInventor: Gregory Brent WELSH
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Publication number: 20110014463Abstract: The present invention provides a removable adhesive sheet, which comprises a mixture of a hot-melt removable adhesive and a ferromagnetic material. The removable adhesive sheet of the present invention can be held to the prescribed location by means of magnetic force in initial stage of the adhesion at room temperature to an article composed of a metal or the like, and further, can move easily and position easily to a correct location, and can be peeled off easily after sticking by heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicants: LINTEC Corporation, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeyuki Yaguchi, Yoshitomo Ono
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Publication number: 20110006246Abstract: A ferromagnetic powder composition is described comprising soft magnetic iron-based core particles, wherein the surface of the core particles is provided with a first inorganic insulating layer and at least one metal-organic layer, located outside the first layer, of a metal-organic compound having the following general formula: (R1[(R1)x(R2)y(MOn-1)]nR1, wherein M is a central atom selected from Si, Ti, Al, or Zr; O is oxygen; R1 is a hydrolysable group; R2 is an organic moiety and wherein at least one R2 contains at least one amino group; wherein n is the number of repeatable units being an integer between 1 and 20; wherein the x is an integer between 0 and 1; wherein y is an integer between 1 and 2; wherein a metallic or semi-metallic particulate compound having a Mohs hardness of less than 3.5 is adhered to at least one metal-organic layer; and wherein the powder composition further comprises a particulate lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: HOGANAS AB (PUBL)Inventors: Björn Skårman, Zhou Ye, Hilmar Vidarsson
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Publication number: 20110001079Abstract: The invention relates to producing magnetic fluids and to novel material synthesis. The inventive method for producing nanoparticles for magnetic fluids by electron-beam evaporation and condensation in vacuum consists in evaporating an initial solid material and in fixing nanoparticles of this material on a cooled substrate by means of a solidifiable carrier during vapour condensation, wherein a solid inorganic magnetic material, which is selected from a group containing metals, alloys or oxides thereof, is used as an initial material and a solid liquid-soluble material is used as a carrier material for fixing nanoparticles of the magnetic material. The method further consists in simultaneous evaporating the initial material and carrier composition, in which the carrier concentration ranges from 99 to 70%, by electron-beam heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Boris Paton, Boris Movchan, Iurii Kurapov
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Patent number: 7846273Abstract: An R-T-B type alloy (wherein R is at least one member selected from rare earth elements, T is a transition metal including Fe, and B includes boron) which is a raw material for use in a rare earth-based permanent magnet, wherein the volume percentage of the region containing an R2T17 phase having an average grain diameter of 3 ?m or less in the short axis direction is from 0.5 to 10%.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Shiro Sasaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kenichiro Nakajima
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Publication number: 20100294978Abstract: The present invention provides a metal/insulator nanogranular material including: ferromagnetic particles having a composition represented by the formula (1) (Fe1?xCox)100?z(B1?ySiy)z??(1) in which x, y and z each satisfy 0?x?1, 0?y?1, and 0<z?20; and an insulating matrix constituted of an Mg—F compound, the insulating matrix being filled to surround the ferromagnetic particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: DAIDO TOKUSHUKO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiichi NAGATA, Shigenobu KOYAMA, Sanji KANIE
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Patent number: 7837892Abstract: Rubber compound containing at least one nanoscale, magnetic filler and at least one non-magnetic filler. Vulcanizable mixture containing the rubber compound and at least one crosslinking agent and/or vulcanization accelerator. Molding obtainable from the vulcanizable mixture by heat treatment or action of an electrical, magnetic or electromagnetic alternating field.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Markus Pridoehl, Guido Zimmermann, Joachim Froehlich, Achim Gruber, Gregor Grun, Thomas Ruehle, Dirk W. Schubert
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Publication number: 20100291412Abstract: A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within carbon nanotubes, which are arranged in a substrate to facilitate the reading and writing of information by a read/write head. The substrate may be flexible or rigid. Information is stored on the magnetic nanoparticles via the read/write head of a storage device. These magnetic nanoparticles are arranged into data tracks to store information through encapsulation within the carbon nanotubes. As carbon nanotubes are bendable, the carbon nanotubes may be arranged on flexible or rigid substrates, such as a polymer tape or disk for flexible media, or a glass substrate for rigid disk. A polymer may assist holding the nano-particle filled carbon-tubes to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventor: Tyson York Winarski
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Publication number: 20100291403Abstract: Disclosed are bimetallic strips that incorporate magnetostrictive materials to enhance and provide sensing, actuating and energy harvesting functions. The bimetallic strips include a positive magnetostrictive Fe-based alloy layer and a flexible layer. The flexible layer may be a negative magnetostrictive layer or a permanent magnet layer. One or more permanent magnet materials may also be used in the arrangement. The bimetallic strips are inexpensive and easily manufactured, and have characteristics that enhance sensing and actuator applications, and enables energy harvesting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: The United States of America, Secretary of the NavyInventors: Arthur E. Clark, Marilyn Wun-Fogle, James B. Restorff
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Publication number: 20100285337Abstract: A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within carbon nanotubes, which are arranged in a substrate to facilitate the reading and writing of information by a read/write head. The substrate may be flexible or rigid. Information is stored on the magnetic nanoparticles via the read/write head of a storage device. These magnetic nanoparticles are arranged into data tracks to store information through encapsulation within the carbon nanotubes. As carbon nanotubes are bendable, the carbon nanotubes may be arranged on flexible or rigid substrates, such as a polymer tape or disk for flexible media, or a glass substrate for rigid disk. A polymer may assist holding the nano-particle filled carbon-tubes to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventor: Tyson York Winarski
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Publication number: 20100285376Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic catalyst formed by a single or multiple nano metal shells wrapping a carrier, wherein at least one of the metal shells is iron, cobalt, or nickel. The magnetic catalyst with high catalyst efficiency can be applied in a hydrogen supply device, and the device can be connected to a fuel cell. Because the magnetic catalyst can be recycled by a magnet after generating hydrogen, the practicability of the noble metals such as Ru with high catalyst efficiency is dramatically enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chan-Li Hsueh, Cheng-Hong Liu, Jie-Ren Ku, Ya-Yi Hsu, Cheng-Yen Chen, Reiko Ohara, Shing-Fen Tsai, Chien-Chang Hung, Ming-Shan Jeng, Fanghei Tsau
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Publication number: 20100276627Abstract: The present invention relates to new intermetallic compounds having a crystalline structure of Ni3Sn2 type for the magnetic refrigeration, their use and a process for preparing the same. The present invention further relates to new magnetocaloric compositions for the magnetic refrigeration and their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: UNIVERSITE HENRI POINCARE NANCY 1Inventor: Thomas Mazet
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Patent number: 7821371Abstract: A planar magnetic device 1 including a first magnetic layer 3, a second magnetic layer 5, and a planar coil 4 disposed between the first magnetic layer 3 and the second magnetic layer 5, wherein magnetic particles 7 having a shape ratio S/L of 0.7 to 1 when a length of a long axis is L and a length of a short axis orthogonal to the long axis is L are filled in a gap W between coil wirings of the planar coil 4. According to the planar magnetic device 1, it is possible to realize a planar magnetic device such as an inductor reduced in height by using fine particles that enable to effectively obtain a large inductance value.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Inoue, Akira Sato, Katsutoshi Nakagawa