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公开(公告)号:US20240006100A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-04
申请号:US18369683
申请日:2023-09-18
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke
CPC classification number: H01F1/0577 , H01F41/0273 , B22F3/12 , B22F3/17 , H01F13/003 , B22F3/24 , B22F5/12 , C22C1/02 , H01F41/0266 , B22F3/16
Abstract: A continuous method of manufacturing permanent magnets and the permanent magnets created thereby. A fine powder is created from a combination of magnetic metals. The powder (a metal alloy) is placed in a non-magnetic container of any desired shape which could be, for example, a tube. The metal alloy and tube are swaged while a magnetic field is applied. Once swaging is complete, the metal alloy and tube are sintered and then cooled. Instead of sintering, a bonding agent can mixed into the powder. Following cooling, the metal alloy is magnetized by placing it between poles of powerful electromagnets with the desired field direction. The process of the invention enables mass-produced, cost-effective PM products, which are more robust, easily assembled into products, enables new “wire like” shapes with arbitrary magnetization direction. The process enables mass production of permanent magnets of any desired cross section, produces permanent magnets continuously that may be cut to any length, and may, in an embodiment, result in directional magnets.
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公开(公告)号:US11575301B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17146381
申请日:2021-01-11
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Shashikant Manikonda
IPC: H02K21/12 , H02K1/27 , H02K15/03 , H02K1/2786 , H02K16/02 , B60K7/00 , H02K1/278 , H01F1/057 , H01F41/02 , H02K3/28 , H02K3/42 , B22F9/04
Abstract: A dual-rotor machine comprising a dual rotor support structure rotatably connected to a frame. A stationary stator is disposed between the rotors and is fixed to the frame. An inner rotor and outer rotor, each comprising a permanent magnet Halbach array, are coaxially disposed with the stator and are rotable about the stator. In this configuration, the inner rotor channels its magnetic flux to its outside, while the outer rotor channels its magnetic flux to its inside. The magnetic flux density at the stator for the dual-rotor machine can be as high as 2 Tesla or higher for high-grade neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet material, and the stored magnetic energy for conversion to mechanical or electrical energy available to the stator may be at least 0.5 kJ/m. The rotor Halbach arrays may comprise monolithic permanent magnets with continuously variable magnetic field direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180078269A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15823535
申请日:2017-11-27
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Sasha Ishmael
CPC classification number: A61B17/22012 , A61B17/22 , A61B34/73 , A61B2017/22002 , A61B2017/22081 , A61B2018/00386 , A61B2018/00404 , A61N1/32 , A61N1/40 , A61N2/004 , A61N2/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for removing plaque from blood vessels by applying constant or time varying magnetic or electrical fields. In one embodiment a system includes winding configurations positioned about a central axis along which a body region may be placed. Each winding configuration generates a magnetic field in a direction which passes through the body region. A first winding configuration generates a first magnetic field component perpendicular to a second magnetic field component generated by a second winding configuration. In a related method for removing a deposit of plaque from a position along a wall of a blood vessel a magnetic field is applied which has a net direction predominantly orthogonal to the direction of the flow of blood through the vessel.
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公开(公告)号:US20170207592A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-20
申请号:US15408153
申请日:2017-01-17
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke
Abstract: Microemitter arrays comprising a plurality of microemitters having current transfer features such as microtips or blades to form contactless current transfer structures, and homopolar machines comprising same, are described and claimed. The invention further defines homopolar motors or generators comprising electrical connections formed of electrodes that transfer current without mechanical contact. Micron-size electron field emitters offer contact-free current transfer with high longevity, high reliability and are insensitive to temperature and if needed ionizing radiation. The microemitters may comprise diamond material and may be placed in a vacuum or noble gas environment. The gap between microemitters and electrodes for efficient, reliable current transfer could be in the range of 0.5 to 2 mm. The current transfer can be accomplished without mechanical contact, enabling higher RPM motors than previously achievable with brush or liquid metal electrical connections.
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公开(公告)号:US10892672B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-12
申请号:US16089622
申请日:2017-03-30
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Shashikant Manikonda
IPC: H02K16/02 , H02K1/27 , H02K21/12 , B60K7/00 , H01F1/057 , H01F41/02 , H02K3/28 , H02K3/42 , H02K15/03 , B22F9/04
Abstract: A dual-rotor machine comprising a dual rotor support structure rotatably connected to a frame. A stationary stator is disposed between the rotors and is fixed to the frame. An inner rotor and outer rotor, each comprising a permanent magnet Halbach array, are coaxially disposed with the stator and are rotable about the stator. In this configuration, the inner rotor channels its magnetic flux to its outside, while the outer rotor channels its magnetic flux to its inside. The magnetic flux density at the stator for the dual-rotor machine can be as high as 2 Tesla or higher for high-grade neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet material, and the stored magnetic energy for conversion to mechanical or electrical energy available to the stator may be at least 0.5 kJ/m. The rotor Halbach arrays may comprise monolithic permanent magnets with continuously variable magnetic field direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20190109526A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-11
申请号:US16089622
申请日:2017-03-30
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Shashikant Manikonda
Abstract: A dual-rotor machine comprising a dual rotor support structure rotatably connected to a frame. A stationary stator is disposed between the rotors and is fixed to the frame. An inner rotor and outer rotor, each comprising a permanent magnet Halbach array, are coaxially disposed with the stator and are rotable about the stator. In this configuration, the inner rotor channels its magnetic flux to its outside, while the outer rotor channels its magnetic flux to its inside. The magnetic flux density at the stator for the dual-rotor machine can be as high as 2 Tesla or higher for high-grade neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet material, and the stored magnetic energy for conversion to mechanical or electrical energy available to the stator may be at least 0.5 kJ/m. The rotor Halbach arrays may comprise monolithic permanent magnets with continuously variable magnetic field direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180226190A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-09
申请号:US15941810
申请日:2018-03-30
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Sasha Ishmael
CPC classification number: H02K16/025 , B22F9/04 , B60K7/00 , H01F1/0576 , H01F41/0266 , H01F41/0273 , H02K1/27 , H02K1/278 , H02K1/2786 , H02K3/28 , H02K3/42 , H02K15/03 , H02K16/02 , H02K21/12 , H02K2201/03
Abstract: A flux directed magnet and a method of manufacturing a flux-directed magnet in a reduced number of process steps is described and claimed. The present invention is, in an embodiment, a single-step manufacturing of flux directed magnet assemblies such as, but not limited to, Halbach arrays of arbitrary multipole order. Even tube-shaped flux directed magnet assemblies such as Halbach arrays with large aspect ratio, i.e. length to diameter, can be produced in single steps using the method of the invention. Alternatively, the present invention may be one step of a plurality of steps in a process for manufacturing of flux directed magnet assemblies.
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公开(公告)号:US10002696B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-19
申请号:US14554255
申请日:2014-11-26
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Gerald Stelzer , Rainer Meinke , Mark Senti
IPC: H01F27/30 , H01F27/10 , H01F5/06 , G01R33/38 , H01F6/06 , H01F7/20 , H01F41/04 , H01F41/086 , H01F41/071 , H01F41/098 , G01R33/28 , G01R33/3815 , H01F6/02
CPC classification number: H01F5/06 , G01R33/288 , G01R33/3802 , G01R33/3815 , H01F6/02 , H01F6/06 , H01F7/20 , H01F41/04 , H01F41/071 , H01F41/086 , H01F41/098 , Y10T29/49014 , Y10T29/4902 , Y10T29/49073
Abstract: A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method provides a first insulative layer tubular in shape and including a surface along which a conductor segment may be positioned. A channel formed in the surface of the insulative layer defines a first conductor path and includes a surface of first contour in cross section along a first plane transverse to the conductor path. A segment of conductor having a surface of second contour in cross section is positioned at least partly in the channel and extends along the conductor path. Along the first plane, contact between the conductor surface of second contour and the channel surface of first contour includes at least two separate regions of contact.
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公开(公告)号:US20180158586A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15823427
申请日:2017-11-27
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Gregory J. Shoultz , Gerald M. Stelzer
CPC classification number: H01F7/20 , B65H39/16 , H01F6/06 , H01F7/202 , H01F27/29 , H01F41/04 , H01F41/048 , H01F2041/0711 , H05H7/04 , Y10T29/49016 , Y10T29/49021
Abstract: A conductor assembly and method for making an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one series of embodiments the assembly comprises a spiral configuration, positioned along paths in a series of concentric cylindrical planes, with a continuous series of connected turns, each turn including a first arc, a second arc and first and second straight segments connected to one another by the first arc. Each of the first and second straight segments in a turn is spaced apart from an adjacent straight segment in an adjoining turn.
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公开(公告)号:US09831021B2
公开(公告)日:2017-11-28
申请号:US14650303
申请日:2013-12-06
Applicant: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
Inventor: Rainer Meinke , Gregory J Shoultz , Gerald M Stelzer
CPC classification number: H01F7/20 , B65H39/16 , H01F6/06 , H01F7/202 , H01F27/29 , H01F41/04 , H01F41/048 , H01F2041/0711 , H05H7/04 , Y10T29/49016 , Y10T29/49021
Abstract: A conductor assembly and method for making an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one series of embodiments the assembly comprises a spiral configuration, positioned along paths in a series of concentric cylindrical planes, with a continuous series of connected turns, each turn including a first arc, a second arc and first and second straight segments connected to one another by the first arc. Each of the first and second straight segments in a turn is spaced apart from an adjacent straight segment in an adjoining turn.
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