Magnet Structure Or Material Patents (Class 335/296)
  • Patent number: 8487727
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet assembly is provided. The superconducting magnet assembly includes a superconducting magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field, an iron shield configured to shield the superconducting magnet, and a magnetic gradient coil assembly configured to generate a gradient magnetic field. The superconducting magnet assembly further includes one or more magnetic lamination elements disposed on the iron shield to reduce eddy current induced by the gradient magnetic field in the iron shield. A method is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anbo Wu, Yan Zhao, Chao Yang, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Xianrui Huang
  • Patent number: 8487730
    Abstract: A magnetic field generating device includes a housing and a cryogenically coolable superconducting magnetic coil that is accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a deep-drilled hole, through which coolant flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Hahn, Andreas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8482369
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet assembly is provided that includes a magnet protection system electrically coupled to a plurality of magnet coils to form a closed loop circuit. The magnet protection system includes a single superconducting switch to selectively connect a power supply to the plurality of magnet coils and also includes a plurality of dump resistors arranged to form a resistor ladder circuit, with each of the plurality of dump resistors being connected between magnet coils forming a respective symmetric coil pair. The magnet protection system also includes a heater network connected between ends of the closed loop circuit and to the plurality of magnet coils, with the heater network configured to perform a quench-back operation to protect the plurality of magnet coils during quench and being driven by a partial-magnet coil voltage generated in a magnet coil upon initiation of a quench condition in the magnet coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jian-She Wang, Andrei G. Baikalov, Timothy John Bergfeld
  • Patent number: 8477003
    Abstract: An apparatus may deliver multi-vibrational electromagnetic (MVEM) fields which are independent but may work simultaneously. The MVEM fields may be used in many applications, including eliminating calcium build-up in pipes, reducing soap usage in laundry, reducing salt usage in water softeners, reducing chlorine use in pools, inhibiting algae growth, increasing water clarity, restructuring or inhibiting nitrates, restructuring or inhibiting tannins, restructuring or inhibiting calcium salts and other minerals, treating pain, treating inflammation, enhancing after-surgery healing, and improving circulation in treated areas of animals and humans. The apparatus may be formed from a plurality of wire-wrapped rods connected to a power supply. The plurality of rods may be incased in flexible foam and wrapped in a fabric outer covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventors: Gary Dean Wilson, Michael Dean Brown
  • Patent number: 8477004
    Abstract: A magnet pole for magnetic levitation vehicles includes an iron core (1) having an upper pole surface (2), a lower contact surface (3) for a magnet rear side (4) and a circumferential surface (5) disposed between the pole surface (2) and the contact surface (3). A coil (6) is applied onto the circumferential surface (5) of the iron core (1). An intermediate layer is made of an electrically insulating material, which is disposed between the circumferential surface (5) and the coil (6). A protective layer (9) encapsulates the coil (6). At least the pole surface (2) of the iron core (1) is made of a hard material and abuts the circumferential surface (5) in a lower region of the iron core (1). The protective layer (9) contains a section (15) made of an elastic material in a region adjacent to the circumferential surface (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Transrapid GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bugiel, Andreas Diekmann, Joachim Kraemer, Daniel Tschada, Qinghua Zheng
  • Patent number: 8471660
    Abstract: A superconducting magnetizer assembly includes a coil pack including an inner coil configured to generate a first magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the inner coil, an outer coil being disposed about the inner coil and configured to generate a second magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the outer coil, a non-conductive end spacer disposed between an end winding of the inner coil and an end winding of the outer coil, and a container to house the inner and outer coils; and a yoke disposed proximate the coil pack being configured to constrain the first and second magnetic fields to reduce the strength of the first field at the end winding of the inner coil, wherein the yoke comprises an annular ring configured to at least partially envelop the coil pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Humphrie Rochford, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran, Ernst Wolfgang Stautner
  • Publication number: 20130147586
    Abstract: A method for preparing magnetic materials is disclosed. The magnetic materials are prepared by implanting low energy magnetic ions into a substrate and annealing with a charged particle beam. Magnetic materials comprising magnetic nanoclusters in the near-surface region of a substrate are also disclosed. The magnetic materials are useful in, for example, magneto-electronic devices such as magnetic sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: John Vedamuthu Kennedy, Andreas Markwitz
  • Publication number: 20130147587
    Abstract: An improved field emission system and method. The invention pertains to field emission structures comprising electric or magnetic field sources having magnitudes, polarities, and positions corresponding to a desired spatial force function where a spatial force is created based upon the relative alignment of the field emission structures and the spatial force function. The spatial force function may be based on one or more codes. In various embodiments, the code may be modified or varied. The code may be combined with another code. One or more aspects of the code, including spacing and amplitude, may be modulated or dithered according to a predefined pattern. Multiple magnet arrays may be combined, each based on a different code or portion of a code, resulting in a combination spatial force function. Magnet structures having differing field patterns may be used to generate a desired spatial force function related to a cross correlation of the two field patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: CORRELATED MAGNETICS RESEARCH LLC
    Inventor: Correlated Magnetics Research LLC
  • Patent number: 8451080
    Abstract: The magnetic force between the electromagnet and plunger of a magnetic actuator, the electromagnet including a coil generating magnetic flux when the coil is energized, can be increased by locating a near field plate on the electromagnet. The near field plate has a spatially modulated surface reactance configured to focus the magnetic flux within a region of the plunger, such as the central portion of an end portion of the plunger proximate the electromagnet, so as to increase the magnetic force between the electromagnet and plunger. Examples also include permanent magnet based actuators and the use of other magnetic field focusing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaewook Lee, Debasish Banerjee, Hideo Iizuka, Ercan Mehmet Dede
  • Publication number: 20130120875
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-frequency magnetic field generation element includes a first fixed layer, a first free layer, and a second free layer. A direction of a magnetization of the first fixed layer is fixed and has a component parallel to a first direction. A direction of a magnetization of the first free layer is variable and has a component orthogonal to the first direction. A direction of a magnetization of the second free layer is variable and has a component orthogonal to the first direction. The first fixed layer is provided between the first free layer and the second free layer. The magnetizations of the first free layer and the second free layer oscillate. A rotation direction of the magnetization of the first free layer is opposite to a rotation direction of the magnetization of the second free layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Hirofumi SUTO, Tao Yang, Tazumi Nagasawa, Kiwamu Kudo, Rle Sato, Koichi Mizushima
  • Patent number: 8424652
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling device includes a vane member and an electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a core having a plurality of poles comprising at least four poles. An electrically conductive winding has a first portion surrounding a first one of the poles and a second portion surrounding a second one of the poles. The winding is selectively energized for selectively magnetically coupling the electromagnet and the vane member such that the vane member and the electromagnet are movable together in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Jacek F. Gieras, Sastry V. Vedula, Pei-Yuan Peng, Bryan Siewert
  • Publication number: 20130078076
    Abstract: A method transfers substrate modules that are formed by cutting a substrate sheet in a cutting machine. The method rapidly and efficiently transfers the substrate modules from the cutting machine to facilitate the transfer of the substrate modules for subsequent processes, thereby reducing operational time and complexity, reducing machine idle time, and increasing operational efficiency, to avoid requiring additional equipment for operation and thus increasing yield as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: ASKEY COMPUTER CORPORATION, ASKEY TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin Hsiung, Ching-Feng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8405477
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and devices for propulsion through a fluid, in particular at low Reynolds number. We describe a method of propelling one of a magnetic device and a fluid relative to the other, the magnetic device comprising a pair of magnetic moments linked by an elastic coupling element, one of said moments having a greater resistance to a change in orientation due to an external applied magnetic field than the other, the method comprising applying an elliptical or ellipsoidal rotating magnetic field to the device to cause a change in mutual attraction or repulsion between said magnetic moments to thereby change a physical configuration of said device, propelling said device relative to said fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: University of Exeter
    Inventors: Feodor Yurievitch Ogrin, Peter Georgiev Petrov, Charles Peter Winlove
  • Patent number: 8405479
    Abstract: A magnet structure is provided that includes a first layer of magnets including a first pole magnet and a plurality of first magnets that are positioned about the first pole magnet. The plurality of first magnets are oriented to have respective magnetic fields directed inward relative to the first pole magnet. The magnet structure may also include a second layer of magnets including a second pole magnet and a plurality of second magnets positioned about the second pole magnet and oriented such that the plurality of second magnets have respective magnetic fields directed outward relative to the second pole magnet. The magnet structure may also include a planar magnet positioned between the first and second layers of magnets and oriented such that the planar magnet repels each of the first and second layers of magnets. A magnet assembly and an associated method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Mark Allen Cleveland
  • Patent number: 8406833
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field B0 in a measuring volume (3) has a plurality of radically nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) and which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the magnet coil system is located in a helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL<4 K. The apparatus is characterized in that heating means are provided which always keep the HTS at an increased temperature TH>TL and TH>2.2 K. The cryostat in accordance with the invention can maintain the HTS section over a long period of time in a reliable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bruker Biospin GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Roth, Axel Lausch
  • Patent number: 8395466
    Abstract: A bionic telescopic matrix unit is disclosed, which is composed of a slide shaft (6), a metal guide pipe (7), an elastic telescopic shell (2) and an electromagnetic coil (3). In the elastic telescopic shell (2), the slide shaft (6) made of a permanent magnet extends into the metal guide pipe (7) via the front end of said pipe (7) and comes into sliding contact with the inner tube wall of the metal guide pipe (7). The rear end of the metal guide pipe (7) and the front end of the slide shaft (6) protrude out through the front and back openings respectively of said elastic telescopic shell (2), said front and back openings of said elastic telescopic shell (2) being fixedly connected to the outer peripheral wall of the metal guide pipe (7) and to the slide shaft (6) respectively, thus connecting the metal guide pipe (7) with the slide shaft (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Dezheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 8382042
    Abstract: A structure includes a polymer structural member, which may include a shape memory polymer material, that can change its size and/or shape. An electromagnetic source is used to impose an electric field or a magnetic field on the polymer structural material, in order to control the shape of the material. The force may be used to change the shape of the material and/or to maintain the shape of the material while it is under load. The polymer material may be a solid material, may be a foam, and/or may include a gel. A shape memory polymer material may have mixed in it particles that are acted upon by the electromagnetic field. The structure may be used in any of a variety of devices where shape change (morphing), especially under loading, is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Terry M. Sanderson, Yvonne C. Levenson, David R. Sar
  • Patent number: 8382063
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve includes a valve body, a valve element, a movable iron core, a guide tube, a coil, a yoke, and a fixed iron core. The valve body includes a fluid flow path. The valve element is movable and seated on a valve seat provided in the fluid flow path of the valve body. The movable iron core moves the valve element with respect to the valve seat. The guide tube is cylindrical and movably supports the movable iron core. The coil is mounted on an outer periphery of the guide tube. The yoke covers an outside of the coil and forms a magnetic circuit. The fixed iron core is provided facing the movable iron core and attracts the movable iron core by energization of the coil. The valve body is coupled to the guide tube on one opening end side of the guide tube, and the fixed iron core is provided on an other end side of the guide tube with a clearance spaced from an inside of the guide tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Toyooki Kogyo Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Noritaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8384346
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus, comprising a field emission source having polarities and positions in accordance with a code, a plurality of connected coils adapted to move proximate to said field emission source and having positions in accordance with said code, and wherein an electrical pulse is created when said field emission source is aligned with said plurality of connected coils according to said code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 8378768
    Abstract: The invention is a processing component used in electrophoresic conversion of coal fired flue gas carbon dioxide and nitrogen emissions into useful products in lieu of the more costly geosequestration of pollutant by-products produced in the electrical generating and transportation sectors of the economy. Carbon dioxide and facility stack nitrogen imbalance of coal-fired furnace emissions are chemically reacted with electric vehicle fuel cell spent electrolyte in the commercial production of plastic carbon polymers and nitrogen fertilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Edward Milton McWhorter
  • Patent number: 8373528
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic field control method and a magnetic field generator which are capable of moving a local maximum point of magnetic field intensity on a predetermined plane easily to any given point within a predetermined area on the predetermined plane. A magnetic field generator 10 includes a pair of permanent magnets 16a, 16b provided axially of a predetermined axis A, with a gap G in between. The permanent magnet 16a is formed on a drive unit 14a in such a way that a center region 30a of a first main surface 26a is off the predetermined axis A. The permanent magnet 16b is formed on a drive unit 14b in such a way that a center region 30b of a first main surface 26b is off the predetermined axis A. The permanent magnet 16a revolves on a path R1 as a rotating member 24a rotates. The permanent magnet 16b revolves on a path R2 as a rotating member 24b rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Takayama, Mitsutoshi Natsumeda, Kentaro Horisaka
  • Patent number: 8368496
    Abstract: A ring magnet assembly has a generally cylindrical magnet body defining an air gap having an upper end and a lower end. Upper and lower face plates dispose respectively at an upper portion of the ring magnet and lower portion of the ring magnet. The face plates preferably have a high magnetic permeability. A mass analyzer may be disposed within the air gap. An ion generator may be disposed within an air gap of a ring magnetic assembly of the present invention. A pair of vertically-stacked magnetic ring assemblies may be provided. In that embodiment, a mass analyzer may be disposed within one air gap and an ion generator within another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Monitor Instruments Company, LLC
    Inventors: Guenter F. Voss, Anthony N. Duryea
  • Patent number: 8362863
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed towards magnetization of permanent magnets using superconducting magnetizers. For example, in one embodiment, a superconducting magnetizer assembly is provided. The assembly includes a coil pack having an inner coil including a first superconducting magnet material, the coil being configured to generate a first magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the coil, and an outer coil including a second superconducting magnet material, the outer coil being disposed about the inner coil and being configured to generate a second magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the outer coil. The coil pack also includes a container configured to house the inner and the outer coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Humphrie Rochford, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran, Ernst Wolfgang Stautner
  • Patent number: 8362860
    Abstract: A superconducting apparatus includes a superconducting member generating a magnetic field when an electric power is supplied to the superconducting member, a permeable yoke into which a magnetic flux of the magnetic field generated by the superconducting member permeates, and a conductive portion cooled to a low temperature state by a low temperature portion and cools the permeable yoke by thermally making contact therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ohashi, Nobuo Okumura, Hidetoshi Kusumi
  • Patent number: 8362864
    Abstract: A magnet assembly (200) is provided according to the invention. The magnet assembly (200) includes at least one magnet (210), a magnet keeper (220) including a substantially planar magnet receiving face (222) for receiving the at least one magnet (210), and brazing (230) that affixes the at least one magnet (210) to the magnet receiving face (222) of the magnet keeper (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony William Pankratz, Roger Scott Loving
  • Patent number: 8354908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cylindrical magnetic levitation stage which includes a cylindrical substrate used to form micro-patterns of various arbitrary shapes on a large-area semiconductor substrate or display panel substrate, a cylindrical substrate, a combination of a first permanent magnet array and a first coil array and a combination of a first permanent magnet array and a first coil array, which are coupled to the cylindrical substrate, so that levitation, axial translation and rotation of the cylindrical substrate can be made finely through the control of a magnetic force generated by the interaction between a magnetic field generated by electric current applied to the coil arrays and a magnetic field generated from the permanent magnet arrays corresponding to the coil arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Jeon, Hyun Seok Oh, Sung Il Chung, Yeon Ho Jeong, Do Hyun Kang, S. A. Nikiforov, Mitica Caraiani
  • Publication number: 20130009734
    Abstract: A tool for assembling a cylindrical magnet assembly to a bore tube and a resulting assembly. The cylindrical magnet assembly includes at least one coil mounted on a former. A cavity is provided in the former at selected locations. At each of the selected locations, the material of the bore tube is deformed to form a radially-directed protrusion. Each protrusion is brought to bear against a periphery of each corresponding cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Plc.
    Inventor: Russell Peter GORE
  • Patent number: 8338993
    Abstract: To provide an actuator that can flexibly and softly move like muscles, can maintain a stable operation over a long period of time, can generate a strong driving force, has a rapid input response, has a favorable sensitivity, has a high energy conversion efficiency, and can be accurately controlled, a coil is embedded in a magnetic elastomer obtained by mixing a powder-like ferromagnetic or highly magnetic permeable material with an elastomer, so that the coil can be electrically connected. By electrically connecting the coil, a magnetic field generates in the coil and around the coil. The magnetic field penetrates the magnetic elastomer. When the magnetic field generates in the magnetic elastomer, deformation force acts on the magnetic elastomer by the magnetic force acting on each portion in the magnetic elastomer. Thus, driving force can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Keiichi Kaneto
  • Publication number: 20120319807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a magnet (1), wherein the magnet (1) is formed from at least one magnetic material (3) and one binding agent (4) and is subsequently hardened. According to the invention, a metal oxide (8) that is chemically bonded to the magnetic material (3) is produced from the binding agent (4) during hardening. The invention further relates to a magnet (1) and an electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Zeitler, Ulrike Mock
  • Publication number: 20120293288
    Abstract: An electromagnetic energy transducer configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy comprises two magnetic elements including a permanent magnetic element and a soft-magnetic element and an electrical coil. The permanent magnetic element and the soft-magnetic element are arranged to form a magnetic circuit and one of the two magnetic elements is movable in relation to the other of the two magnetic elements. The electrical coil surrounds a part of the soft magnetic element. The movable magnetic element is held in a first position by a spring force and moved into a second position by applying an external mechanical force exceeding the spring force, and at the first position the magnetic flux within the soft magnetic element is different than the flux at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Frank SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 8310325
    Abstract: A magnet arrangement for creating a magnetic field. The magnet arrangement includes a first magnet having a first surface defining a first pole and a second surface defining a second pole opposite the first pole, and a second magnet having a third surface defining a third pole and a fourth surface defining a fourth pole opposite the third pole. The second surface has a higher magnetic flux density than the first surface. The third surface has a higher magnetic flux density than the fourth surface. The second magnet is spaced from the first magnet to define a first gap between the second surface and the third surface. Magnetic field lines of the magnetic field run from the first surface to the second surface, from the second surface to the third surface through the first gap, and from the third surface to the fourth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Sesha Madireddi
  • Patent number: 8294542
    Abstract: A magnetic suspension device comprises a magnetic base and a suspension body. The suspension body is suspended above the magnetic base. The suspension body is provided with a receiving coil and at least one luminous body. The magnetic base is provided with a transmitting coil. The transmitting coil transmits an AC signal to the receiving coil. The receiving coil converts the AC signal transmitted by the transmitting coil into electric energy and supplies the electric energy to the luminous body for emitting light. In the magnetic suspension device of the present invention, the transmitting coil is arranged at the magnetic base, and the receiving coil is arranged in the suspension body. Wireless power transmission is realized through the transmitting coil and the receiving coil, so, the luminous body arranged on the suspension body can emit light without any cell and external power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventors: XiaoBing Wang, LiangQing Li
  • Patent number: 8294543
    Abstract: A system and method of generating a magnetic field that is uniform in magnitude and direction may generally restrict the field from expanding away from a longitudinal axis. In some instances, such a magnetic field may be controllable in magnitude and direction. In accordance with some embodiments, a generated magnetic field may be selectively confined to a predetermined three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Otto Voegeli
  • Publication number: 20120262260
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to processing samples. In particular, the technology provides articles of manufacture, apparatuses, and methods related to purifying an analyte from a sample matrix using magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James P. Light, II, Daniel C. Miller
  • Publication number: 20120262259
    Abstract: A linear-rotary electromagnetic actuator with a rotation module having an output shaft and a rotary encoder configured to sense rotary motion of the output shaft; and a translation module having a linear encoder configured to sense translational motion of the intermediate component; and an intermediate translator coupled between the rotation module and the translation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Tat Joo Teo, Guilin Yang
  • Publication number: 20120249273
    Abstract: A magnetic-dielectric disc assembly includes a magnetic ceramic disc coaxially secured within a dielectric ceramic ring by an adhesive that includes a powdered ceramic in an epoxy matrix. The powdered ceramic is selected from the group consisting of alumina, titania, silica, and zirconia. The magnetic-dielectric disc assembly can be used as a component of, for example, a circulator, isolator, or similar electrical assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dave Cruickshank, Tri M. Ly, Jingmin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20120248358
    Abstract: A magnet assembly for a solenoid valve, has a housing, which comprises a housing jacket as the ferromagnetic circuit upper part, a cover disc pressed into the housing jacket as the ferromagnetic circuit lower part, and a coil body, which is arranged inside the housing and comprises a winding carrier wound with a coil winding, wherein a tolerance-compensating mechanism is arranged on the coil body. A corresponding solenoid valve having such a magnet assembly is also disclosed. The tolerance-compensating mechanism is configured so that the winding carrier is pressed by a lower flange against the pressed-in cover disc in such a way that a boundary surface of the lower flange is seated substantially without gaps against a boundary surface of the cover disc, in order to form a thermal transition resistance that is as low as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Guillaume Pic, Martin Haas, Wolfgang Mailaender
  • Patent number: 8279030
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of electrical, mechanical and thermal isolation of superconductive magnet coils includes a superconductive magnet for environments wherein large differences of electrical potential between the interior superconductive winding and the exterior of the device, on the order of 103to 106 Volts may exist. The methods and apparatus also includes insulation, cooling, and structural elements such that the interior of the device is capable of maintaining cryogenic temperatures needed for superconductivity, even in the presence of high heat flux incident on the overall winding housing. Finally, a device includes structural elements for support against gravity and other forces exerted on the assembly that include expansion jointing and stabilization to minimize warping or bending of the assembly due to temperature gradients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Magnetic-Electrostatic Confinement (MEC) Corporation
    Inventors: Devlin Baker, Daniel Bateman
  • Publication number: 20120242416
    Abstract: A magnetic device is provided in one example that comprises a free layer having a magnetic anisotropy. The magnetic anisotropy is at least partially non-uniform. The magnetic device further comprises an antiferromagnetic layer adjacent to and weakly exchange coupled with the free layer, wherein the weak exchange coupling reduces the non-uniformity of the magnetic anisotropy of the free layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Romney R. Katti
  • Publication number: 20120229236
    Abstract: A magnetic attachment system for attaching a first object to a second object. A first magnet structure is attached to the first object and a second magnet structure is attached to the second object. The first and second objects are attached by virtue of the magnetic attraction between the first magnet structure and second magnet structure. The magnet structures comprise magnetic elements arranged in accordance with patterns based on various codes. In one embodiment, the code has certain autocorrelation properties. In further embodiments the specific type of code is specified. In a further embodiment, an attachment and a release configuration may be achieved by a simple movement of the magnet structures. In a further embodiment, the magnetic pattern may include a non-magnetic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Correlated Magnetics Research LLC
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts, James Lee Richards
  • Publication number: 20120229238
    Abstract: A magnetic member includes a plurality of superparamagnetic particles held by the magnetic member. Each of the plurality of superparamagnetic particles is formed with a particle size which is set at least such that a Neel relaxation time ?n in the each of the superparamagnetic particles becomes shorter than a cycle P of an alternating current magnetic field applied to the magnetic member (?n<P) when the magnetic member is used as an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: FERROTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutake Hirota, Kenichi Katsuma, Masakake Hirooka, Takayuki Hachida
  • Patent number: 8258903
    Abstract: A superconducting, actively shielded magnet has a first and second superconducting coil modules that generate a homogeneous magnetic field in a first direction in an operating volume of the magnet and that reduces the scatter magnetic field in an environment of the magnet. A third superconducting coil module is arranged in proximity to the first and second coil modules. The third coil module is fashioned to generate a compensation gradient field given occurrence of an interference gradient field in the environment so that the effect of the interference gradient field in the operating volume is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Guenter Schnur
  • Patent number: 8256098
    Abstract: A method for producing a switchable core element-based permanent magnet apparatus, used for holding and lifting a target, comprised of two or more carrier platters containing core elements. The core elements are magnetically matched soft steel pole conduits attached to the north and south magnetic poles of one or more permanent magnets, inset into carrier platters. The pole conduits contain and redirect the permanent magnets' magnetic field to the upper and lower faces of the carrier platters. By containing and redirecting the magnetic field within the pole conduits, like poles have a simultaneous level of attraction and repulsion. Aligning upper core elements “in-phase,” with the lower core elements, activates the apparatus by redirecting the magnetic fields of both pole conduits into the target. Anti-aligning upper core elements “out-of-phase,” with the lower core elements, deactivates the apparatus resulting in pole conduits containing opposing fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Creative Engineering Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jim G Michael
  • Patent number: 8255022
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field B0 in a measuring volume (3) has a plurality of radially nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the LTS section (5, 6) is located in a first helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL<4 K. The apparatus is characterized in that the HTS section (4) is disposed radially within the LTS section (5, 6) in a separate helium tank (19) of the cryostat (1) having normal liquid helium and is separated from the LTS section (5, 6) by means of at least one wall disposed between the two helium tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Bruker Biospin GmbH, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Theo Schneider, Gerhard Roth, Arne Kasten
  • Patent number: 8255023
    Abstract: A cryostat (1) with a magnet coil system including superconductors for the production of a magnet field B0 in a measuring volume (3) has a plurality of radially nested solenoid-shaped coil sections (4, 5, 6) and which are electrically connected in series, at least one of which being an LTS section (5, 6) with a conventional low temperature superconductor (LTS) and at least one of which being an HTS section (4) including a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the magnet coil system is located in a helium tank (9) of the cryostat (1) along with liquid helium at a helium temperature TL. The apparatus is characterized in that a chamber (11) is provided within which the HTS sections (4) are held having an internal portion with a sufficiently low pressure such that helium located therein at a temperature of TL is gaseous. The cryostat in accordance with the invention can be utilized to maintain HTS coil sections over a long period of time in a reliable fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Bruker Biospin GmbH, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schlenga, Marion Klaeser, Thomas Arndt
  • Publication number: 20120212310
    Abstract: A system and method of generating a magnetic field that is uniform in magnitude and direction may generally restrict the field from expanding away from a longitudinal axis. In some instances, such a magnetic field may be controllable in magnitude and direction. In accordance with some embodiments, a generated magnetic field may be selectively confined to a predetermined three-dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: Otto Voegeli
  • Publication number: 20120212723
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator includes a first and second magnetic members that are displaceable relative to each other and are arranged to provide a magnetic circuit; and a coil configured to, in use, receive a current to generate a magnetic flux through the magnetic circuit, thereby generating a force between the first and second magnetic members in a first direction, the magnetic flux, in use, being transferred between the first and second magnetic members through a first surface of the first magnetic member and a second surface of the second magnetic member, the first and second surface being separated by an airgap, wherein the first surface and the second surface are arranged relative to each other such that an outer dimension of the first surface extends beyond an outer dimension of the second surface in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Sven Antoin Johan Hol, Jan Van Eijk, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Gerard Johannes Pieter Nijsse, Simon Bernardus Cornelis Maria Martens, Yang-Shan Huang, Michael Wilhelmus Theodorus Koot, Jeroen De Boeij, Maarten Hartger Kimman, Wei Zhou
  • Patent number: 8248195
    Abstract: A flat electromagnetic actuator includes a solenoid, a shaft at the center thereof, first and second bearings, a projecting supporting part, a movable core having an annular projection, a cylindrical yoke, a coil bobbin, a coil and a cylindrical housing whose top is closed, wherein an axial dimension thereof is shorter than a radial dimension thereof, and wherein the second bearing, the projecting supporting part, the movable core, the annular projection, the cylindrical yoke, the coil bobbin, and the housing are disposed on a same surface perpendicular to a displacement direction of the shaft, and continuously provided in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Ryuen, Kenji Suda
  • Patent number: 8248196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnet arrangement for magnetic levitation vehicles. Said arrangement comprises a magnetic back box and a plurality of magnetic poles that are connected to said back box and that have magnetic pole faces bordering on a common reference surface. According to the invention, the reference surface extends along an elastic line when the magnetic pole is in the unloaded state, said elastic line being inverse to the curvature of the surface that is obtained under a nominal load of the magnetic poles when the magnetic pole faces are in the unloaded state on a plane. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of magnet arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bugiel, Harald Pfannkuch, Wolfgang Hahn, Joachim Krämer
  • Patent number: 8232583
    Abstract: The objective is to develop a device that generates power with high efficiency and utilizes the obtained electrical energy effectively without external combustion energy such as fossil fuels or the like. Electrical energy is obtained by carriers passing through a potential barrier due to a field effect, and thus energy is pre-supplied to the carriers to increase the number of carriers contributing to electrical energy generation, whereby a highly efficient field power generation device can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventor: Norio Akamatsu