Magnet Patents (Class 425/DIG33)
  • Patent number: 6123892
    Abstract: A magnet molding tool for controlling the orientation of magnetic particles in a polymer bonded magnet during injection molding. A magnet mold has a mold cavity. A flux generator is connected to the magnet mold for applying a magnetic field in the cavity. An upper plate is attached to the magnet mold to modify the magnetic field in the cavity such that the orientation of the magnetic particles varies proportionally to the dimensions of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A. Jarrard
  • Patent number: 6110402
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism for a hole form that is used to secure the hole form to a form wall during a casting process. The attachment mechanism includes a hole form having an opening formed in the face thereof and a magnet assembly which is received in the opening of the hole form. The magnet assembly can include a flange portion which can be received in a corresponding stepped portion of the opening. The magnet assembly is removable and can be used in other hole forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Press Seal Gasket Corporation
    Inventor: Michael R. Miller
  • Patent number: 6106759
    Abstract: A magnet molding tool for controlling the orientation of magnetic particles in a polymer bonded magnet during injection molding. The tool has magnet mold having a mold cavity. A flux generator is connected to the magnet mold. The flux generator applies a magnetic field in the cavity. A non-magnetic cap is attached to the magnet mold and is dimensioned to modify the magnetic field in the cavity such that the orientation of the magnetic particles in the cavity varies proportionally to the dimensions of the non-magnetic cap. In an alternative embodiment, a slot is formed in the magnet mold and dimensioned to modify the magnetic field in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A. Jarrard
  • Patent number: 6082701
    Abstract: A formwork system for prefabricated concrete parts has a baseplate (1) on which is mounted a magnet element (2A) which holds formwork or attachment elements in their positions. In order to enable such formwork or attachment elements to be handled more easily, they are equipped with a lifting frame (14) which overlies the magnet element (2A) and, on the side of the magnet element (2A) facing away from the baseplate (1), there is a gap (19) between the magnet element (2A) and the lifting frame (14). A suitably designed spring device (25) in the lifting mechanism can be used, after zeroing, to enable lifting to be carried out automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Reymann Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Reymann
  • Patent number: 6050798
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press has a rotating mold table and top and bottom plungers, which can move reciprocally in plunger guides, coaxially with the molds. The reciprocating motion of at least the bottom plungers is cam-controlled and these plungers are acted upon by a damping element to prevent an overshoot of their movement. To ensure an action which is as free from wear and is as maintenance-free as possible whilst maintaining constant damping of the bottom plungers, it is proposed according to the invention that the damping element consists of at least one magnetic element which acts on the plungers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Kilian & Co. GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Konig
  • Patent number: 6033198
    Abstract: A method for making micromagnets and magnets with a micro-polarization pattern on at least one surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Edward P. Furlani, Syamal K. Ghosh, William J. Grande
  • Patent number: 6019587
    Abstract: A stamper plate attaching/detaching device of an injection mold for forming an optical disc substrate wherein a stamper plate is supported in a cavity which is formed by a cavity side disc cavity plate, a movable disc cavity plate, and a cavity ring. The stamper plate attaching/detaching device is equipped with a section for holding the outer circumferential rim of the stamper plate by means of the inner circumferential rim of the cavity ring, which inner circumferential rim is larger than the outer diameter of the stamper plate. A plurality of pairs of permanent magnets, which have magnetic poles in parallel with respect to a central line are buried, with phase differences, on the same radial line of the cavity side disc cavity plate and the movable disc cavity plate. The cavity ring rotates between a first angle position and a second angle position in relation to the cavity side disc cavity plate and the movable disc cavity plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Seikoh Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Takahashi, Katsuyuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 6000922
    Abstract: A molding assembly for producing a magnetic development roller having relatively precise magnetic development fields for use in an electrostatographic reproduction machine to develop a latent image recorded on a photoconductive member of the machine. The molding assembly includes a cylindrical member having a first end, a second end, a first radius, and a shell portion. The shell portion includes an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a molding cavity that has a second radius corresponding to an outer radius of a magnetic development roller molded within the molding cavity. The molding assembly also includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced channels formed within the shell portion, with each channel of the plurality having generally parallel walls, and being located immediately adjacent the inner surface of the shell portion for containing a permanent magnet suitable for inducing a magnetic field in a magnetic development roller molded within the molding cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Wagner, Moritz P. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5993184
    Abstract: A bonding tool assembly (10) for supporting a composite part structure (11) during fabrication and curing processes, includes a bonding tool (12) and a plurality of fairing bars (14). The bonding tool (12) contains a support surface (16) upon which a composite part structure (11) is placed. The plurality of fairing bars (14) are placed completely around the periphery of the composite part structure (11) providing lateral support. The fairing bars (14) each contain a mating surface (18) which is placed directly upon the support surface (16) of the bonding tool (12). Each mating surface (18) contains a plurality of extended indexing protrusions (20) which form a distinct pattern and are secured by threaded fasteners (21). The support surface (16) contains a plurality of indexing recesses (22) that are configured to form the same pattern as the indexing protrusions (20) such that the fairing bars (14) and the bonding tool (12) are matable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Christopher J. Morrow
  • Patent number: 5979307
    Abstract: A double-belt system for processing viscous melts includes a driven upper belt having a lower working run, and a driven lower belt having an upper working run spaced beneath the lower working run to form a gap therewith for receiving a viscous melt. A gap-adjusting mechanism includes upper rollers engaging an upper surface of the lower working run, and lower rollers engaging a lower surface of the upper working run. A distance between the upper rollers and lower rollers is adjustable to vary a size of the gap. A compensation mechanism is disposed over the lower working run to apply an upward force thereto for pulling the lower working run against the upper rollers, thereby resisting sagging of the lower working run. At least one delivery mechanism applies a temperature-controlled liquid across an entire width of the lower working run for controlling a temperature thereof. The liquid is extracted by an extraction mechanism disposed downstream of the delivery mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Santrade Ltd.
    Inventors: Stefan Brauer, Werner Huber, Klaus Schafer
  • Patent number: 5912020
    Abstract: A process for operating an injection molding machine with a stationary die plate on a machine bed and a movable die plate, which die plates are lockable during an injection process by magnetic closing elements, the process including the steps of moving the movable die plate toward the stationary die plate to close a mold, simultaneously moving a structural component part enclosing one of the die plates toward one end to a distance of a few millimeters from the other of the die plates, locking a drive of the movable die plate, activating electromagnets arranged at the structural component part enclosing the one die plate by supplying current, adjusting generation of electromagnetic closing force relative to energy level and duration in dependence on an injection process, and at the end of an injection cycle, moving the movable die plate and the structural component part enclosing the one die plate into an end position in which a free space is formed, so that the free space above the machine bed between the die
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Otto Grunitz
  • Patent number: 5800839
    Abstract: A plastic magnet injection molding machine comprising a pair of exciting coils respectively embedded into a fixed plate and a movable plate along with respective seats and a metal mold including ferromagnetic central members and non-magnetic peripheral members is provided. With such an arrangement, the machine can anisotropically process magnet powder with enhanced efficiency by energizing the coils. Both the fixed plate 2 and the movable plate 4 of the machine are made of ferromagnetic metal. The exciting coils 7, 8 are respectively embedded into the plates at the oppositely disposed sides thereof along with the non-magnetic annular seats 9, 10 surrounding the respective exciting coils. The fixed mold 12 and the movable mold 13 of the metal mold 11 of the machine include respective central members 14, 15 made of ferromagnetic metal. The central members 14, 15 of the fixed and movable molds are respectively made to abut corresponding central portions 2a, 4a of the fixed plate 2 and the movable plate 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kudo, Haruo Okada, Fumihiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5798122
    Abstract: A stamper plate mounting device for an injection mold for making an optical disc substrate. A stamper plate is detachably supported in a cavity hollow which is formed between a cavity side disc cavity plate and a movable disc cavity plate of the injection mold for making an optical disc substrate. A central hole is provided at the center of the disc cavity. The stamper plate mounting device has (1) means for holding the inner circumference of the stamper plate which has, on one end thereof, a flange for holding the inner circumference of the stamper plate and which is precisely fitted in the central hole from the other end thereof, and (2) permanent magnet which is buried in the bottom surface of the central hole or in the other end of the means for holding the inner circumference of the stamper plate and which has a magnetic pole in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Seikoh Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5780079
    Abstract: An apparatus for molding a connector includes a stationary body, a moving body, a first and a second blocks detachably fixed to the moving body, and a core block having at least one core. The first block has at least one hole and the second block has at least one through-hole corresponding to the first hole. When the molding apparatus is closed, the stationary body, the moving body, and the first and the second blocks cooperate to define a cavity which will be filled with a molten plastic material and a leading end of the core fits through the through-hole of the second block and into the hole of the first block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Daewoo Telecom Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho-kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 5772161
    Abstract: Brackets for holding a porous tube in a fixed position in a surrounding production mold material, which production mold is used in non-pressurized slip casting for forming vitreous china products, and to molding systems in combination with the brackets. The bracket is angled to provide first and second leg portions of elongated dimensions. The first leg portion is comprised of a magnetic material for removably adhering to magnets embedded in a case mold section for forming the production mold. Thus, the elongated dimension of the first leg portion corresponds to that which provides an adhering relationship to the embedded magnet. The second leg portion comprises a receptacle for holding a porous tube. In one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle is an aperture whereby the porous tube is threaded. In another embodiment, the receptacle is a depression whereby the porous tube snaps into position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Inventor: Douglas N. Livingston
  • Patent number: 5762967
    Abstract: A elastically and reversibly deformable rubber mold for producing powder compacts is made of a material at least a part of which is a mixture of rubber and magnetic powder. In use, this rubber mold filled with the magnetic powder and subjected to a magnetic field and pressure with punches, thereby compressing the powder to form powder compact. This makes the distribution of magnetic field in the cavity of the rubber mold more homogeneous, and therefore, the distortion, cracking and chipping caused by inhomogeneity of the distribution of the magnetic field are reduced, so that the shape of the resultant powder compact is closer to the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Intermetallics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Sagawa, Hiroshi Nagata, Toshihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5733580
    Abstract: A die for extrusion molding a resin bonding magnet. In the production of the magnet, a molten mixture of a magnetic powder and a resin are introduced into a cavity between an outer die and a mandril to which a magnetic field is applied. A steep temperature gradient along the die axis direction of the molten mixture and the cavity is achieved by making the outer die of a multiple layer structure along the die axis direction, utilizing two or more axially adjacent blocks or sheets made of the same or different materials whereby fluidity of the molten mixture is sufficiently high at the inlet of the cavity to enable the magnetic powder in the molten mixture to be sufficiently orientated in the direction of the magnetic field and then the molten mixture is cooled to a solidified state so that the orientation of the magnetic powder is not disturbed, thereby producing a magnetic having high magnetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Ikuma, Masaaki Sakata, Koji Akioka, Tatsuya Smimoda
  • Patent number: 5728346
    Abstract: Chiral composite material is made using an apertured plate (2) having apertures (3) therethrough corresponding to the desired locations of chiral elements (4) in the composite material. The plate (2) is located to overlie a substrate (1) with or without the intermission of spacer (10) which may be apertured in correspondence with the plate (2) or which may be ring like in form. The chiral elements (4) are held in position by locating means such as a tab (5) which may be magnetic in, on or associated with the plate (2) and a first layer (8) of liquid host material is placed in the apertures (3) around the elements (4) against the substrate (1), allowed to set and the plate (2) removed. A second layer (9) of liquid host material is then applied to the set first layer (8) and allowed to set to produce the desired composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Sajad Haq
  • Patent number: 5690969
    Abstract: A center position device for a mold includes an outer housing, and an inner housing. An annular permanent magnet is fitted in the inner housing and covered by a disc secured with washers to close up flat an open lower side of the outer housing. The plural annular magnetic bands are formed in the lower side to be attracted to a mold. The outer housing has a center tubular wall for engaging a sleeve tubular bolt, and a headless tubular bolt engaging in a female threaded hole of the sleeve bolt. A correct pin is fitted in a lower center hole of the headless bolt. A wrench screws the headless bolt to move the correct pin to protrude in an injecting hole of the mold so that after the device is fitted in a threaded rod hole of an injecting machine, the injecting injecting hole of the mold is correctly aligned to the injecting hole of a threaded rod of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Chin-Lung Fang
  • Patent number: 5622726
    Abstract: An appratus including a support structure which carries a positioning device having a valve positionable into contact with a damaged windshield. The valve includes a chamber for a repair liquid and passageways for the liquid and for the removal of air from the windshield damage area. A ball element of the valve is controlled by a hand held magnet and when unseated releases the liquid into a valve outlet defined by an O-ring seal. A hand pump with a lockable piston evacuates the valve and the damage site and subsequently opens to pressurize the site. A positionable mirror provides direct viewing and also a reflected image of the repair operation. A modified support structure permits repairs in curved and marginal areas of the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Inventor: Arone Tanner
  • Patent number: 5612062
    Abstract: In a means for holding a stamper plate in a molding metal die so that the stamper plate can be easily mounted on and dismounted from the surface of a disc cavity plate, the means comprises the stamper plate having a hole at the center thereof and composed of a ferromagnetic substance, a stamper plate bush having an engaging shaft portion to be engaged with the center hole of the stamper plate in a molding cavity and disposed at the center of the disc cavity plate on the side where the stamper plate is mounted, a magnetic flux generating means disposed in a ring shape around the outer periphery of the engaging shaft portion of the stamper plate bush in the disc cavity plate for generating magnetic flux in a direction vertical to the surface of the stamper plate coupled with the engaging shaft portion, a vacuum hole defined to the disc cavity plate in correspondence to the portion of the stamper plate where no information is recorded for vacuuming the rear surface of the stamper plate, and an air passage define
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Seikoh Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5593700
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for folding edge sections of molded parts, blanks, or covers provided for them of leather, artificial leather, plastic, or the like, having a sizing plate provided with a cut-out, into which is inserted a pressure plate, the dimensions of the cut-out in the sizing plate corresponding to those of the finished molded part or blank or of a part of it, having a folding plate, on whose side facing the sizing plate, edges are formed for folding over the edge sections of the molded part, blank or cover, and having a base die for accommodating the sizing plate and the pressure plate, the pressure plate inserted into the cut-out of the sizing plate preferably being flexibly supported on the base tool and being vertically movable with respect to the sizing plate and the base die, and the folding plate being retained on a fixing plate, which is vertically movable, for example pneumatically or hydraulically, so as to allow the folding plate to be set down on the sizing plate, as well
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Inventor: G unter Stilgenbauer
  • Patent number: 5470590
    Abstract: A reusable die for the manufacture of molded seat cushions that includes a first device for forming a positive profile of a contoured surface, such as a seating support surface, from data obtained for defining the positive surface profile; and a second device for forming a negative profile of the contoured surface, whereby the first surface is adapted to be maintained in contact with the second surface. The first device includes a plurality of rods adapted to define the positive profile. The second device also includes a plurality of rods and a deformable member, such as a wire mesh, that coact with the rods of the first device to form the negative profile. The rods of both the first device and the second device are adapted to be locked in place. A sealing surface is vacuum formed over the negative profile, which then forms a wall of a foam mold. Liquid foam material is then injected in the mold and permitted to cure thereby forming a contoured seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Clifford E. Brubaker, David M. Brienza, Michael J. Brienza
  • Patent number: 5470592
    Abstract: In an apparatus for generating clamping force in injection molding machines having stationary and moving platens, between which an injection molding die is mounted, and a traversing mechanism associated with the moving platen for opening and closing of the injection molding die, the present invention provides means for locking the traversing mechanism after the molding die has been closed. The clamping force required during injection is generated by at least one element made of a magnetostrictive material that is mounted between the traversing mechanism and the moving platen. Each magnetostrictive element is surrounded by a magnetic coil that is controllably energized to produce an alternating magnetic field which causes elongation of the associated element, generating the clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Steger
  • Patent number: 5453231
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming venting channels in a continuously-formed foam product includes a plurality of channel-forming plates which are removably attachable to the upper endless-type conveyor of a rigid foam laminating apparatus. The channel-forming plates provide a molding surface to form transverse channels in the foam product during the foaming operation. The channel-forming plates are easily removed for repair and/or replacement and include a centering bar which accurately positions each plate on the endless conveyor. The channel-forming plates are configured to form generally U-shaped channels in the upper surface of the continuously formed foam product to provide venting channels when the foam product is cut and used in roof insulation. The product and venting channels therein are sized to provide a continuous channel when a plurality of the foam panels are used as well as to facilitate attachment to standard trusses or joists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: NRG Barriers, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce F. Douglas
  • Patent number: 5364253
    Abstract: A magnetic circuit component molding device for integrally molding a compound a center yoke with a ring-shaped magnet includes top and bottom press vertically arranged at opposed positions. A ring-shaped magnet is place on a bottom die between top and bottom press. The top and bottom press compress the compound against the ring-shaped magnet ring with a vertical pressure. A holder unit, separated in plural segments, having tapered outer circumferences is provided around the ring-shaped. A holder presser having a tapered inner circumference is mounted on the holder unit as tapered portions thereof are engaged together. A portion of the vertical pressure, when the top press compresses the compound, is transferred by springs 10 to the holder presser, and is amplified by the tapered portions and applied to the outer circumference surface of the ring-shaped magnet by the holder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kojima, Kazuyoshi Amami, Hiroshi Ueda, Shizuo Furuyama, Yoshihiro Hara, Kyoichi Hasegawa, Tadashi Kawamata
  • Patent number: 5354521
    Abstract: A magnetically detectable plastic pipe having magnetic particles distributed in the wall of the pipe so that it is easily detected from the surface when buried in the ground, in a wall in concrete or other distant or relatively inaccessible locations. The magnetic particles are preferably distributed in the wall of the pipe by extrusion with the plastic at the time the pipe is formed and the pipe is passed through a magnet to magnetize the pipe diametrically with one pole on one side of the pipe and the other pole diametrically opposite. The pipe magnetization polarity may be selectively reversed to encode a unique magnetic signature to the pipe. Changing the magnetization polarity may also be used to encode data on the pipe. The pipe may be rotated and passed linearly through the magnet, or the magnet may be rotated around the pipe to produce a spiralled diametrically oriented magnetic structure. Another magnetic material used is strontium ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Gas Research Institute
    Inventor: William L. Goodman
  • Patent number: 5322430
    Abstract: A mold clamping device in an injection molding machine comprising a stationary electromagnetic plate and a movable electromagnetic plate provided at the side of the stationary electromagnetic plate away from the movable platen so as to be capable of being moved toward and away from the stationary electromagnetic plate. Both electromagnetic plates are each provided with an electromagnetic coil for generating a magnetic attracting force. The device further comprises a movable platen driving mechanism which is composed of a combination of a feed screw shaft and a nut member and is connected to the movable platen. An operation for closing the molds is performed by the driving mechanism. Subsequently, a mold clamping operation of both molds is performed by a magnetic attracting force from the electromagnetic coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kasai, Shinichi Tazawa
  • Patent number: 5282733
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a sub-mold hollow structure defining a plurality of sub-mold hollows which are formed in at least one of a fixed-side base plate and a movable-side base plate with a keyway being formed in the base plate in which the sub-mold hollow structure is formed. A changeable sub-mold is detachably mounted in each of the sub-mold hollows, and a comb-shaped fixing key is detachably engaged in the keyway and fixes the changeable sub-molds when the comb-like fixing key is inserted into the keyway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Seikosha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Noritake, Takeo Murayama, Hideo Onda, Satoru Yoshizawa, Kazuhiko Kogo
  • Patent number: 5098276
    Abstract: An automated facility for the large-scale production of superconducting magnets for use in a particle accelerator. Components of the automated facility include: a superconducting coil winding machine; a coil form and cure press apparatus; a coil collaring press; collar pack assembly apparatus; yoke half stacking apparatus; a cold mass assembly station; and a final assembly station. The facility can produce, on an economical manufacturing basis, magnets made of superconducting material for use in the ring of the particle accelerator. Each of the components is under the control of a programmable controller for operation having repeatable accuracy. All of the elements which are combined to form the superconducting magnet are thus manufactured with the dimensional precision required to produce a known, uniform magnetic field within the accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Jarabak, Wallace H. Sunderman, Edward G. Mendola, Ralph W. Kalkbrenner
  • Patent number: 5075166
    Abstract: A protective sheet for a resin pre-impregnated fiber board (prepreg) incorporates ferromagnetic material. This permits effective and safe manipulation of the fiber board during processing (trimming) and in the manufacture of fiber components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union-Munchen GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Sikorski, Michael Schober, Reinhold Schoenacher
  • Patent number: 5049053
    Abstract: Anisotropic rare-earth permanent magnets characterized in that an aggregate of a plurality of blocks, to each of which anisotropy is imparted, is formed using powders of magnetic material containing rare-earth elements, and the adjoining blocks are powder-metallurgically bonded together under pressure into one piece; a method of making anisotropic rare-earth permanent magnets by molding anisotropic blocks by magnetic-field molding, arranging, aggregating and sealing a plurality of blocks in a bag, and cold hydrostatic pressing the aggregate of blocks in the absence of magnetic field; and a suitable metal mold for magnetic-field molding anisotropic permanent magnets of a relatively large size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunori Tabaru
  • Patent number: 5039292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for manufacturing Nd-Fe-B alloy magnet materials, and in particular, for manufacturing an integral, columnar-ring-shaped Nd-Fe-B magnet which is multi-pole-magnetized along the circumference thereof and which is used as the rotor magnet of a high-efficiency stepping motor. The device of this invention is composed of a die punch, an upper and a lower punch having two concentric sections. The space is defined by the die and the upper and lower punches includes induction means for heating the green compact or the densified compact and sealing means for keeping the die under a reduced pressure condition or in an inert gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeho Tanigawa, Katsunori Iwasaki, Yasuto Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5007814
    Abstract: A device for separating and closing a split mold that comprises a base, a stationary platen, and a movable platen extending upward from the base and oriented to oppose each other, electromagnets, a hydraulic cylinder, and a control panel. The movable platen is capable of movement toward and away from the stationary platen by the hydraulic cylinder. The stationary platen has the electromagnets mounted thereon and the movable platen has the electromagnets mounted thereon. In the use of the device, the mold is positioned upon the base such that the first half is positioned against the stationary platen. The movable platen is moved against the second half and the electromagnets are activated. The movable platen is then moved away from the stationary platen, and the mold halves are held against their respective platens by the attractive forces of the electromagnets. Mold halves are thus separated by the movement of the platen away from the stationary platen in activation of the electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventors: Raymond L. Saunders, Joseph M. Forrestal
  • Patent number: 4981635
    Abstract: A method for producing a resin-bonded magnet, which includes steps of mixing a magnet element and microcapsules each of which contains at least one component of a thermally polymerizable resin composition as a binder component, mechanically breaking at least a part of the microcapsules during formation of a green compact comprising said resin composition and said magnet element to discharge the components of said resin composition from the capsules, and curing said resin to produce the resin-bonded magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Yamashita, Masami Wada, Masaharu Miyagawa, Hiroshi Dohi
  • Patent number: 4961894
    Abstract: A process for producing a synthetic resin molded article composed of a film or sheet and an injected resin part, comprising fitting a film or sheet to a cavity of a mold in position and then injection molding a thermoplastic resin, wherein said mold has a magnet buried therein at least at a position of the resin passageway at the gate or its vicinities or positions symmetrical about said passageway to form a magnetic fixing part and said film or sheet has a magnet or a ferromagnetic substance fitted thereto at a position or positions corresponding to said magnet fixing part of the mold. The process makes it possible to automate the step of fitting the sheet to the mold, and provides a large-sized or curved molded article excellent in apearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Seizo Yabe, Kunio Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 4935174
    Abstract: In a mold having a pattern forming portion composed of a magnetic material, a pattern is formed by magnetically depositing a magnetic material on the wall of a cavity of the mold, and a resinous material is then injected into the cavity for molding and simultaneously transferring the pattern onto the surface of thus molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4911627
    Abstract: A hollow cylindrical flux source (HCFS) is formed into a toroidal shape. A hollow toroid of magnetically neutral material is mounted in the central cavity of the toroidal flux source. The hollow toroid has a central coaxial toroidal cavity of given cross-section (e.g., rectangular). The toroid flux source and the hollow toroid are each equatorially split into two halves. When the two halves are brought into juxtaposition and a suspension of magnetic material is deposited in the coaxial toroidal cavity a permanent magnet toroidal ring will be fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Herbert A. Leupold
  • Patent number: 4844853
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a method of making a porous mold by using an upper case which bears lines for forming channels for water and air communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Ito, Akio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 4834929
    Abstract: A method of making precision low cost molds by applying a plurality of layers of material to a pattern. The method includes providing a pattern of the part to be formed; orienting the pattern on a surface plate in a molding dam; applying a release coating to the surfaces; applying a thin resin layer to form the mold surface; applying a layer of fiber reinforced tooling resin to the thin resin layer; applying an epoxy-dry plaster bonding layer to the tooling resin; inserting a reinforcement framework into the dam; and applying bulk casting plaster to complete the body of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: 3D Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Dehoff, Hugh T. Dehoff, Chris A. Dehoff
  • Patent number: 4830802
    Abstract: A method of making a porous mold used in pressure casting for forming ceramic articles, which includes the steps of: removably attaching a plurality of apertured holding members in an array at a desired interval to the inner face of an upper case made of a rigid material; threading a flexible line into the apertures of the holding members in each row to hold it at a predetermined spacing from the inner face of the upper case, at least one of the two ends of the flexible line being extended to the outside of the upper case; casting slurry into a mold cavity which is defined between the upper case and a lower basic case joined to the former case to form a porous mold; removing the upper case from the porous mold after the slurry has cured, while leaving the holding members together with the flexible lines in the porous mold; and extracting the flexible lines from the porous mold to form channels in the porous mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Ito, Akio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 4828477
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for preventing the scattering of ejected molded articles in a plastic forming. The scattering prevention device includes screens made of a synthetic resin film and disposed at both sides of molds mounted on a fixed die plate and a movable die plate and inside a space defined by tie bars in such a manner that the molds can be screened, and magnetic assemblies coupled to each of two lateral ends of each of the screens for fixing the screen to the opposed molds or die plates, so that, while the molds are open, the screens are extended, while the molds are being clamped, the screens are contracted and folded. The height of each of the screens is set such as to be smaller than a gap between the upper and lower tie bars, so that the screens can be folded outwardly from between the upper and lower tie bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Inventor: Akira Uehara
  • Patent number: 4778635
    Abstract: A sheet (10) of anisotropically conductive material may be fabricated by mixing a quantity of electrically conductive, ferromagnetic particles (16), typically spheres, in an uncured polymer (12). The polymer is then cured in a magnetic field which causes the particles to align in chains (14) each parallel to the lines of the field. In accordance with the invention, a spatially varying magnetic field, comprised of first and second substantially uniformly spaced regions (22 and 24) of high and low field strength, respectively, is applied to the polymer (12) during curing. The difference in the strength of the magnetic field in the first and second regions is such as to give rise to a lateral force on the particles which urges them into the first regions of high field strength where the particles align into chains. Since the first regions of high field strength are substantially uniformly spaced, the chains of particles in the polymer will be likewise substantially uniformly spaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
    Inventors: Charles D. Hechtman, Victor J. Velasco
  • Patent number: 4678616
    Abstract: A method of producing a permanent magnet in which a material containing ferromagnetic powder is molded into a columnar or cylindrical molded body through injection molding, compression molding, or the like, in a magnetic field capable of orienting and magnetizing the ferromagnetic powder. The method comprises the steps of applying a magnetic field to the molded body in the unidirection perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the molded body to orient and magnetize the molded body so as to have two magnetic poles of N and S; demagnetizing the magnetized molded body; and divisionally remagnetizing the demagnetized molded body on its outer or inner surface to form at least two stripes of N and S poles arranged alternately and extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited
    Inventor: Giichi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 4673542
    Abstract: A method for integrally forming in place on an exterior side of a foam seat or backrest cushion a hook or loop strip fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren R. Wigner, Zoltan I. Pandak
  • Patent number: 4661053
    Abstract: A plastic magnet injection molding machine comprises a stationary platen side and a movable platen side block each made of a ferromagnetic material and fixed to or integrated with a stationary and a movable platen, a stationary platen side and a movable platen side exciting coil arranged at the outer circumferences of respective ferromagnetic blocks, and a stationary platen side and a movable platen side cover each made of a non-magnetic material and attached to respective platens so as to surround the outer circumferences of the respective exciting coil and ferromagnetic block. The stationary platen side ferromagnetic block and non-magnetic cover have, respectively, surfaces each being in opposition to the movable platen and being flush with each other in a single plane parallel with the stationary platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yokota, Masashi Kato
  • Patent number: 4608744
    Abstract: At the time of blow molding of a frame made of synthetic resin in the shape of a hollow plate, a molding process of the frame of a seat for vehicles which comprises a reinforcement plate in the shape of with leg portions substantially equal to the thickness of the frame plate is mounted within a molding die, thereby forming said reinforcement plate so as to be embedded within said frame. Furthermore, the upper and lower plates of the frame may be connected to each other by means of the leg portions of said reinforcement plate in the shape of so that a frame with a closed construction may be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nemoto
  • Patent number: 4604042
    Abstract: A mold for producing an anisotropic magnet from a composition essentially consisting of magnetic powder and a binder, a mold body, a cavity for molding the composition in the presence of an anisotropically oriented magnetic field produced by a plurality of first magnets for providing magnetic fluxes for the magnetic field in the cavity, yokes, each provided between the cavity and the first magnets, and second magnets provided on both circumferential sides of the yokes for preventing the leakage of the magnetic fluxes. The first and second magnets are made of permanent magnets such as rare earth cobalt magnets. The mold may be provided at both ends with third magnets for preventing the axial leakage of the magnetic flux from the axial ends of the yokes. Two or more molds may be combined in a single molding apparatus while sharing the first magnets. This mold is suitable for the injection, extrusion or insert molding of bonded magnet rolls, motor rotors, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeho Tanigawa, Shuichi Shiina, Kimio Uchida
  • Patent number: 4496303
    Abstract: A plastic bonded magnet is formed of a solidified mixture of thermoplastic powder and magnetic particles capable of being permanently magnetized. The magnet in one form is cylindrical and provided with a coaxial bore. The particles are substantially uniformly dispersed throughout the magnet in coaxial sections extending between the cylinder axis and the periphery of the magnet. Also the particles are substantially commonly aligned throughout. A given quantity of the particles may be orientable which leads to the common alignment.The method of fabricating the magnet includes the steps of mixing quantities of plastic material and solid magnetizable particles to obtain a substantially uniform mixture. The mixture is injection molded to form the magnetic body, the molding step including the injection of the mixture into a cavity having a form of the body, primarily cylindrical, and through a disc-shaped gating orifice on the aforesaid axis, which is midway between the body ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Xolox Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Loubier
  • Patent number: 4385877
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus wherein an annular magnetic coil is disposed to enclose the outer periphery of a mold when it is clamped and to move in the directions to open and close said mold. An injection molding apparatus comprising, a stationary mold, a moving mold made movable to and from said stationary mold for forming an injection molding cavity together with said stationary mold, a magnetic coil movable back and forth in cooperation with the operation of said movable mold and adapted to enclose the outer peripheries of the two molds clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Inventor: Norihiko Tanabe