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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126808 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND MOVING A MAGNETIC FIELD HAVING A FIELD FREE LINE The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for generating and changing a magnetic field in a field of view (28), said magnetic field having a, in particular ball-shaped or line-shaped, first sub-zone (62) having a low magnetic field strengt... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110316656 | COIL ASSEMBLY FOR GUIDING A MAGNETIC OBJECT IN A WORKSPACE A coil assembly for guiding a magnetic object, such as an endoscopy capsule, in a workspace, wherein the magnetic object exhibits a magnetic dipole, includes different versions of coil assemblies having a number of individual coils and corresponding activation units for... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110291782 | SOLENOIDAL MAGNETS HAVING SUPPORTED OUTER COILS In a solenoidal electromagnet arrangement for a magnetic resonance imaging system, annular inner coils and annular end coils are provided, all concentrically aligned about an axis, the end coils being placed at axial extremities, axially outside of the inner coils. A pa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285486 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLURGICAL POWDER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DUST CORE, DUST CORE, AND COIL COMPONENT A process for producing metallurgical powder includes a step of coating surfaces of a plurality of first particles 10 with a first binder 30 and a step of coating a surface of the first binder 30 with a plurality of second particles having a diamete... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110273251 | SHAPED COILS FOR TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION Described herein are shaped coil TMS electromagnets formed by two bent magnetic coil loops joined at a vertex having an angle between the outer coil regions of the coils that is typically less than 120 degrees (e.g., between about 45 and about 70 degrees, 60 degrees, et... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110198955 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH DUAL INSULATED COIL ASSEMBLY An electrical coil assembly for use in a flooded electrical machine operating in an electrically conductive and/or chemically aggressive medium, and a method for manufacturing an electrical coil assembly, are disclosed. The electrical coil assembly incorporates an elect... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193503 | Magnetically Powered Reciprocating Engine And Electromagnet Control System The instant invention provides a magnetically controlled reciprocating engine having a unique electromagnet control system. The engine is constructed and arranged to operate from a stored power source such as batteries to provide extended run times by controlling the po... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110155723 | COIL FIXING MODULE AND INDUCTION COIL MODULE EMPLOYING THE SAME A coil fixing module is provided for fixing a coil of an electromagnetic device. The coil fixing module includes a supporting member and a fastening member. The supporting member is used for supporting the coil. The fastening member is disposed on the supporting member ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110130292 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR, PERFECT CONDUCTOR, PROTONIC CONDUCTOR, FERROMAGNETIC BODY, ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THESE MATERIALS There is provided a room-temperature superconductor that has a very simple structure and enters a state of superconductivity at room temperature. Also, there is provided a method for making the room-temperature superconductor. Further, there is provided a protonic condu... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110115589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHAPING A MAGNETIC FIELD IN A MAGNETIC FIELD-ENHANCED PLASMA REACTOR A magnetic field generator which provides greater control over the magnetic field is provided. The magnetic field generator has a plurality of overlapping main magnetic coil sections for forming a magnetic field generally parallel to the top surface of the supporting me... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110095854 | COIL TERMINAL According to one embodiment, a coil terminal is electrically connected to a coil being wound around an electromagnetic block and connected to a coated wire. The coil terminal includes a connection portion electrically connected to the coil, and a terminal body portion e... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110012698 | Method of Manufacturing a Solenoidal Magnet, and a Solenoidal Magnet Structure A method of manufacturing a solenoidal magnet structure, comprising the steps of providing a collapsible mold in which to wind coils; winding wire into defined positions (88) in the mold to form coils (34); placing a preformed tubular mechanical support st... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110005808 | Hybrid Conductors and Method of Making Same Hybrid conductors capable of achieving enhanced conductivity and current capacity over a wide range of frequencies are disclosed. The hybrid conductors may be used in electrical or thermal applications, or combinations of both. One method of fabricating such hybrid cond... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100271159 | Electromagnetic Coil Design for Improved Thermal Performance Methods and apparatus for improving the thermal performance of electromagnetic coils are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an electromagnetic actuator includes a core and a coil. The coil is formed form a conductor wire that includes a plurali... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100253453 | COIL FOR ELECTROMAGNET A coil for an electromagnet used in a clutch for a compressor of a vehicle is disclosed. The coil consists of a plurality of aluminum wires coated with an insulator and wound around a bobbin, in which the plurality of wires are simultaneously wound around the bobbin, an... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100244824 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AND METHOD FOR FORMING A SUPPORT FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) MAGNET An apparatus and method for supporting a magnetic resonance imaging magnet are provided. The apparatus includes a magnet coil support structure having a main former body with a plurality of channels and an end flange at each end of the main former body. The end flanges ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100101879 | Motor Battery Systems A combined motor-battery system comprising an electric power source adapted to convert self-originating electrical current to mechanical power utilizing a set of common functional structures. Preferred embodiments include an electrochemical cell comprising field reactiv... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100073117 | COIL UNIT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF In a coil unit of an electromagnetic contactor in which a coil having a coil strand wound around a flanged bobbin is mounted on a leg of a stationary core of an operating electromagnet, into one flange of the bobbin are press fitted a pair of terminal metal pieces respe... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100060396 | Coil Former and Coil Body For An Electromagnetic Relay A coil former for an electromagnetic relay is configured to receive a core and a coil winding. The coil former includes a first coil flange, a second coil flange, and a cylindrical winding area for fixing a coil winding arranged between the first and second coil flange,... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100045410 | PLANAR-HELICAL UNDULATOR A planar-helical undulator for emitting 360° electrically variable photo radiation, including a first coil and a second coil disposed relative to an undulator axis, an axis of the first coil and an axis of the second coil and the undulator axis being parallel to each o... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100033281 | PRECISE MULTI-POLE MAGNETIC COMPONENT A method is provided to manufacture a precise multi-pole magnetic component for using in magnetic encoders. A special layout of the circuit pattern is designed and formed on a printed circuit board (PCB). Alternate and regular magnetic field is induced according to Ampe... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100033280 | Conical magnet An electromagnet having a conical bore. The conical bore is created by wrapping a conductor around a conically-offset helix. The cross sectional area of the conductor can be varied in order to maintain a desired current carrying capacity along the helix. A single elemen... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090322458 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT A magnetic component includes at least one coil and a permeable structure. The coil is formed by a radially wound wire, and the thickness of the wire is various according to the distance from a portion of the wire to the center axis of the coil. The coil is covered by t... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090309681 | FIELD COIL ASSEMBLY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH The present invention relates to a field coil assembly of an electromagnetic clutch for a compressor. A field coil assembly according to the present invention includes a field coil member 20 having a coil wire 22 extending outward; a power connecting membe... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090295519 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THE DESIGN OF A BASIC MAGNET OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS WITH AT LEAST ONE GRADIENT COIL SYSTEM The method for determination of the design of the basic magnet of a magnetic resonance apparatus with at least one gradient coil system, the design of the basic magnet is determined by taking into consideration forces acting on the at least one gradient coil system that... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090293260 | CONDUCTIVE WINDING STRUCTURE, THE FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF, AND THE MAGNETIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME A conductive winding structure, the fabricating method thereof, and the magnetic device having the same are disclosed. The method for fabricating the conductive winding structure comprises steps of: (a) providing a mold; (b) performing an electroforming procedure to for... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090251257 | Wiring Assembly And Method of Forming A Channel In A Wiring Assembly For Receiving Conductor and Providing Separate Regions of Conductor Contact With The Channel 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 ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090237192 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS HAVING A MULTIPLE-SECTION Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments a magnetic resonance imaging system includes at least two cryostats, each cryostat having a portion of a superconducting coil. Some embodiments provide force balancing between the sections. So... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090174513 | COIL FORMERS FOR MRI MAGNETS A former for a coil of a magnet has a coil former body having an axially-extending floor, a first radially extending wall and a second radially extending wall. The walls are positioned at axial extremities of the axially extending floor. A radial dimension of the coil f... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090120322 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM GROUND COIL UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF In a magnetic levitation transportation system ground coil unit in which inside an annular coil conductor that is annularly wound, a mounting bush 3 including such a mounting hole 3a as to be parallel to a central axis of the coil conductor is dispo... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090083969 | Method of Reducing Multipole Content In A Conductor Assembly During Manufacture A method for manufacture of a conductor assembly. The assembly is of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or in which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, a voltage is induced. In an example embodiment one or more first coil rows... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090079531 | Multipole coils Multipole coils (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) comprise at least two coils (1, 2) which are disposed to concentrically enclose an imaginary axis (10). Multipole coils (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) of this type are designed in such a fashion that effective fields ca... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090050432 | FIELD COIL ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH The present invention relates to a field coil assembly for an electromagnetic clutch, which comprises an electromagnetic coil body 30 formed by winding an electromagnetic coil; a bobbin 20 for supporting the electromagnetic coil body 30; a field cor... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080272873 | Coil System for Contact-Free Magnetic Navigation of a Magnetic Body in a Working Chamber A magnetic body is displaceable in a contact-free manner in a working chamber by the use of a magnetic coil system composed of fourteen individually controllable coils. Three magnetic field components and five magnetic field gradients are produced. Apart from two indivi... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080231263 | DISTANCE, ORIENTATION AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT USING MULTI-COIL AND MULTI-FREQUENCY ARRANGEMENT The present invention relates to the field of orientation measurement by a magnetic field generating apparatus and a magnetic field receiver apparatus by using one or more coils, respectively. Said coils transmit or receive at least one magnetic field being modulated by... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080224807 | Horizontal magnet arrangement with radial access A magnet arrangement comprising a superconducting magnet coil system (M) for generating a magnetic field in the direction of a horizontal z-axis in a working volume (V) disposed along the z-axis about z=0 with at least one radial access to the working volume (V) ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080198560 | THIN-FILM MAGNETIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE HAVING SAME It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic component module with which circuit malfunction can be adequately prevented. There are provided a base having wiring, and a thin-film magnetic device provided on one side of the base. The thin-film magnet... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080191697 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE MAGNET DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS A superconductive magnet device includes: a pair of coil vessels configured to house a plurality of superconductive coils formed circularly, together with a refrigerant; a pair of vacuum vessels configured to house the coil vessels in the vacuum vessels, respectively; a... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080169893 | Low Ac Resistant Foil Winding for Magnetic Coils on Gapped A system and method reduces AC losses in a magnetic coil with a magnetic core with one or more gaps. A foil winding is formed with one or more cavities and is positioned about the magnetic core such that the cavities are adjacent to the gaps.... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080093966 | Penetrable assembled magnetic energy generator as well as its magnetic light The present invention discloses a magnetic light, having a magnetic energy generator, and a light body having at least a through slot for penetrating the energy generator, the magnetic energy generator includes a pair of detachable magnetic members jointed together with... | 04/24/2008 |
